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First Look: Mumbai's crumbling heritage

One person was killed and four people were injured as part of Mumbai's famous Esplanade Mansion, formerly known as Watson Hotel, an endangered world heritage building, collapsed on Friday.Firemen......

Boston bomb was meant to target US Independence Day

Boston blast mastermind Tamerlan Tsarnaev had planned to blow up the bomb on the July 4, but rescheduled his plans as his pressure cooker bomb, which he had made in his own apartment, was ready......

Photos: Saudi Arabia allows women to ride bikes, but...

Saudi Arabian authorities have now allowed women to ride buggies and bikes in public. A source from the commission for the promotion of virtue and the prevention of vice said that under the new......

Anti-Islam video sparks protests in Kolkata

Hundreds of Muslims on Thursday held protests against an anti-Islam video and tried to march to the American Center here, which closed down for the second half of the day. The protestors, belonging......

Court rejects bail applications of Azad Maidan rioters

The sessions court on Friday rejected bail applications filed by the five accused arrested in connection with the August 11 Azad Maidan violence, observing that there is a prima facie case against......

In Bengal's industrial wasteland, retail offers hope

The 100-year-old Metropolitan Building in Esplanade has an illustrious history. Till the 1950s, it used to house a huge foreign departmental store called Whiteway & Laidlaw that closed down......

Ashok Soota on starting from scratch at age 69

Ashok Soota's house overlooks one of the best maintained parks in Bangalore's upmarket Koramangala area. I go there to say hello to his three dogs - both of us are dog lovers - and then we walk......

Ashok Soot on starting from scratch at age 69

Ashok Soota's house overlooks one of the best maintained parks in Bangalore's upmarket Koramangala area. I go there to say hello to his three dogs - both of us are dog lovers - and then we walk......

What Mamata has in store for Bengal

Mamata Banerjee led Trinamool Congress has released its election manifesto on Monday promising to bring all round development in West Bengal with special emphasis on industry and agriculture. It......

CWG: Bribes may drop due to traffic discipline

Both newspapers and radio channels have been educating the public about traffic movements during the upcoming Commonwealth Games. We are being told that roads leading into and out of Game venues,......

When Rani faced the music!

Here's what your favourite celebrities have been up to. Rani Mukerji is spotted in this rather kitschy ensemble at the Uninor Mirchi Music Awards 2010 in Mumbai, on...

Directing India's best children's film

Mumbai-based P N Ramachandra won this year's prestigious National Award for the best children's film Putaani Party. The director, who earlier won laurels for his Tulu film Suddha, talks......

Old theatres make way to grand multiplexes

It's probably a little late to be talking about the death of single-screen theatres. Multiplexes have become so ubiquitous these days that we forget that it was only a decade ago that standalone......

Top Telugu actresses of 2009

Heroine-centric Telugu films don't get made very often, and actresses usually have to make do with inconsequential, glam-doll roles. But this year, there were three heroine-centric films......

'It's justified if women want to dominate men'

Harman Baweja was all set to be the next Bollywood star. But a dismal debut, Love Story 2050, crashed his hopes of becoming an overnight sensation. His next release Victory sank his career even......

Ganguly reveals kidnap threat on daughter

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday confirmed media reports that his familyreceived letters threatening that his daughter Sana would be kidnapped.Beginning of the end for Fab Four?"This......

China leaps on world stage in style

Opening ceremony images Resurgent China opened the Olympics on Friday with a burst of fireworks at a spectacular ceremony that wove ancient Chinese history with modern wizardry and aimed to draw a......

Paris protesters force Olympic torch onto bus

Protests over China's crackdown on Tibet forced organisers in Paris to put the Olympic torch on a bus on Monday to protect it from demonstrators. A police source said the torch was placed aboard a......

Dalmiya arrested, released on bail

Former Board of Control for Cricket in India chief Jagmohan Dalmiya was arrested on Wednesday on charges of misappropriation of over Rs 2.90 crore of the cricket body's funds, but immediately......

Spotted: Wasim Akram at Salaam-e-Sonu

Reader Ankit Gupta sent us this picture from Singapore. 'Spotted Pakistani ex-cricketer Wasim Akram @ live 'SALAAM-E-SONU' --- the phenomenon Sonu Nigam -- concert at Esplanade Theatre, Singapore,......

People speak for esplanade

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Q. What are some good places to eat in kolkata central? How should I reach them?
: A. peter cat, mcdonald, aminia, etc. all are in park sreet and esplanade area more

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Q. why a road in mubai is called marine drive :D ?
QnA Quiz: A. Marine Drive is a skillfully laid-out boulevard in South Mumbai. It is actually an upturned 'C'-shaped six lane concrete road, which lengthens to 3...... more

http://qna.rediff.com/questions-and-answers/why-a-road-in-mubai-is-called-marine-drive-d-/17984372/answers/17699701

Q. how many pepole in esplanade now
Redif User: A. lets hope the best more

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Q. AAP KE SHAHER KI KIS MITHAI/PAKWAN PRASIDHHA HAIN?
: A. K C Das' Rasogolla. When you visit Calcutta next, visit K C Das at Esplanade East, Chowringhee. more

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Web results for Esplanade

Buffalo boy's Calcutta crush!

My family and I board a plane this morning to take us back to America. For the last three years, I have been proud to say I live in Calcutta, and... ...

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130519/jsp/calcutta/story_16914796.jsp

MHADA seeks Chavan nod to evict tenants

MHADA has identified 16 cessed buildings that are in a dilapidated condition. Officials said they require immediate evacuation. The agency will... ...

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/mhada-seeks-chavan-nod-to-evict-tenants/1117709/

Brief rain, gusty wind blow city off track

A three-minute squall clocking 60kmph at its peak hit Calcutta on Friday evening stopping homebound office staff in their tracks, forcing closure... ...

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130518/jsp/calcutta/story_16911533.jsp

Moon in a lake

It is India in the 18th century. Even that far back in time, this land Hindoostan, as it was then called is an ancient one. It is marked with... ...

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130517/jsp/opinion/story_16902391.jsp

Students unions protesting Saradha scam baton charged in Kolkata

According to a CNN IBN report, students? bodies SUCI and AIDSO, backed by the Left parties, had organised a protest rally in central Kolkata. The... ...

http://www.firstpost.com/india/kolkata-police-baton-charge-left-students-bodies-protesting-chit-fund-scam-781241.html

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