The Diwali festival marks the victory of good over evil, and uplifting of spiritual darkness. Symbolically it marks the homecoming of goodwill and faith after an absence, as suggested by the Ramayana.

Here is wishing everyone a very happy Diwali and a prosperous New Year!

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Diwali News

• Coca Cola quarterly volume in India grows 20 percent

  New Delhi, Feb 7 (IANS) Global beverages giant Coca Cola posted 20 percent growth in volume for the quarter ended Dec 31 in India, driven by the Diwali festival, while its global consolidated net operating revenues rose by five percent to $11 billion. “India volume grew 20 percent in the quarter, our 22nd consecutive [...]

• Bengal celebrates Saraswati Puja

  Kolkata, Jan 28 (IANS)Bengal celebrated the day of knowledge by worshipping Goddess Saraswati with colour, ceremonies and fervour - and no studies. Saraswati puja, the rite of worship to the goddess of learning, is one of the biggest festivals in the Bengali calendar year after Diwali. Marquees have come all over this city and elsewhere [...]

• Renault to launch two more models in India in 2012

  Chennai, Jan 17 (IANS) French automobile manufacturer Renault will launch two more cars in India this year of which sports utility vehicle (SUV) Duster will be one. In a statement issued by Renault Tuesday, the company said the range of models in India would be expanded with the addition of three new vehicles, including [...]

• Delhi’s pottery market survives amid posh malls (With Images)

  New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The colourful and fragile products on sale are an eerie reminder of the precarious nature of their makers’ existence. An eye-catching pottery market, an oasis of traditional art set against the glass-and-concrete glitz of tony malls just down a busy south Delhi road, is testimony to both the [...]

• Indian stage, Bollywood, Broadway meet in Saurabh Shukla’s play

  New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The Indian stage, Bollywood and Broadway have never been far away - as popular television and screen actor Saurabh Shukla’s play “Red Hot” brings to light. “It is said there are only eight stories in the world to tell and you keep retelling them in different ways,” says Shukla [...]

• Mahindra Group unveils electric car

  New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) The Mahindra Group Friday unveiled its Reva NXR next generation concept electric vehicle (EV). The car is expected to be launched in November around Diwali. The unveiling took place at the Auto Expo being held here. “Just imagine travelling from Connaught Place to Delhi international airport for an energy [...]

• Contest for NRIs to attend Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

  New Delhi, Dec 16 (IANS) NRI Matters, an online platform for the Indian diaspora to get advice on financial matters and share their thoughts, has again launched an event whose winners will get a chance to attend next year’s Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Jaipur. NRI Power Podium, in its second edition, gives [...]

• Titan to double market share in jewellery business in 5 years

  Kolkata, Dec 15 (IANS) Tata group company Titan Industries is eyeing to double its market share of five percent in jewellery business in the next five years, a top company official said Thursday. Titan’s jewellery division owns the Tanishq, GoldPlus and Zoya brands.Tanishq pioneered the concept of branded jewellery and ornaments in [...]

• Where Diwali comes late and brings on animal slaughter

  Shimla, Nov 24 (IANS) Almost a month after the rest of India celebrated Diwali, some interior areas of Himachal Pradesh are set to usher in the festival Friday, slaughtering hundreds of animals in celebration, in keeping with the tradition. The mythical reason for the delayed Diwali, say locals, is that the news of Lord [...]

• Abhi-Ash welcome baby girl, get wishes galore (Roundup)

  New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) The Bachchan family is ecstatic about the birth of Abhishek and Aishwarya’s first child, a baby girl in Mumbai, Wednesday morning. The news also spread cheer among many Bollywood celebrities, who sent out good wishes for their new bundle of joy. Former Miss World Aishwarya, 38, was admitted [...]

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