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TN: 14-yr-old 'forced' to drink urine, teachers suspended

Close on the heels of the Shantiniketan case, a 14-year-old boy of a private school in Perambalur was allegedly forced to drink his own urine by three teachers after he sought permission to go to......

Shantiniketan, India's next World Heritage Site?

Shantiniketan, the abode of Nobel Laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore, and Western Ghats can well be the India's next World Heritage Sites, if UNESCO accepts the country's proposal.......

Student shot dead on Shantiniketan campus

A girl student of Visva Bharati university was shot dead by an unidentified young man who also tried kill himself at the girls' hostel on Sunday.The police said the man entered Sri Sadan Hostel and......

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen bereaved

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen's mother Amita Sen passed away at Shantiniketan in West Bengal on Monday after prolonged illness, family sources said.\nShe was 92 and is survived by son Amartya Sen and......

Breakthrough in Tagore Nobel heist case

The CBI suspects that an area around the Steel Authority of India Limited guest house in Shantiniketan was the place where the planning of the theft of Rabindranath Tagore's Nobel prize and other......

Boeing's stunning 787 to fly in Japan soon

The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is finally set for commercial operations after nearly three years of production delays. The Boeing 787-8, which costs $185.2 million is a long-range, mid-size......

IPL-4: The highest spending brands

The year 2011 is certainly a year of take-off for those involved with cricket. One doesn't get any prize money for guessing. Since the World Cup cricket tournament and now with the current Indian......

PHOTOS: Volkswagen's awesome CarTowers

Volkswagen's Car Towers -- at the theme park Autostadt next to the carmaker's plant in Wolfsburg in Germany -- are transparent cylindrical buildings that rise 150 feet to 490 feet above the ground.......

Environment under attack: Why India will pay dearly

Posco was cleared because it is India's largest FDI project and the South Korean government lobbied for it. Such things don't happen in democracies which respect the rule of law, says Praful......

Unwanted calls: Trai set to impose hefty fines

In a move that will give major relief to millions of subscribers, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India will on Tuesday announce new guidelines to curb the menace of unsolicited calls by......

'Balraj Sahni was a misfit in filmdom'

On his birth centenary on May 2013, veteran actor Balraj Sahni's grandniece, Malavika Sangghvi, recounts his extraordinary but sad life.The world knew him as Balraj Sahni, the celebrated......

Salman Khan cheers for Aamir's film

Here's what your favourite celebrities have been up to. Aamir Khan, Omkar Das Manikpuri and Salman Khan share a few laughs at a special screening of Peepli Live on Tuesday, in Mumbai. The film......

Directing Madhrasapattinam

Director Vijay, an assistant to filmmaker Priyadarshan, made his directorial debut with Kireedam, a remake of the Malayalam classic of the same name. His second film was the remake of Khosla ka......

Ustad Amjad Ali Khan: I'm happy Rahman won Grammy

Ustad Amjad Ali Khan may have lost out on a Grammy win at the 52nd Grammy awards but the maestro is very happy for A R Rahman, who won two Grammies this year.The Ustad was nominated in the......

'Two flops don't matter to Salman's career'

Prem Soni is one lucky director. In his very first film, he has managed to rope in Bollywood's top stars -- Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor. Not only that, he's also releasing his film Main Aurr Mrs......

Silly Point: Why Sachin should not score a century!

Aarti Samant a Silly Point viewer joins Manu Shankar and Abhishek Mande and tells us why she is hoping that Sachin doesn't score a century Okay, so we're stirring the hornet's nest......

'Four-day cricket is not going to attract people'

Bikash Mohapatra catches up with Aussie pacer Shaun Tait, who was in Mumbai to consult India physio John Gloster. It was surprising to see Shaun Tait watching the Ranji Trophy Super League......

Batista poised to be named Argentina coach

Olympic golds medal-winning coach Sergio Batista was poised on Monday to succeed Diego Maradona and lead Argentina to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Batista has been interim coach since Maradona......

Brazil on song but worry over Julio Cesar

Brazil gave a glimpse of the Latin American flair they will bring to the World Cup in South Africa with a 3-0 warm-up win over Zimbabwe on Wednesday, a victory tempered by an injury to goalkeeper......

When Sehwag bats at his best he defies superlatives

When Virender Sehwag got to a typically rambunctious run-a-ball century (101 off 101), Murali Vijay was batting 81 (108 balls) at the other end. That statistic defines the partnership and, more......

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Q. What is meant by Basant Utsav ?
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Q. Shantiniketan school girl made to drink urine for bedwetting. If it is true, what should be done with the people responsible for this ?
Uncommon Freind: A. Holi by the name of Basant Utsav is celebrated with fervour in the state of West Bengal. The tradition of Vasantotsav, meaning Spring Festival was...... more

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Q. Is your home a heaven or hell???
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Common Sense: A. bahut sunder shahari ke laajwaab shayar/poet, hein ((Josh Malihabadi was born as Shabbir Hasan Khan on 5th December, 1898 at Malihabad. He did his...... more

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The conscience keeper

Mega gala events, full of glitter and glamour, have begun to mark 2013 as the birth centenary of Indian cinema with the 1913 release of Dadasaheb... ...

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'Balraj Sahni was a misfit in filmdom'

On his birth centenary on May 2013,�veteran actor Balraj Sahni's grandniece, Malavika Sangghvi, recounts his extraordinary but sad life.The world... ...

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Only 25 BEd colleges under Bangalore University (BU) can admit students

The issue related to BEd and MEd education in Bangalore University (BU) has finally been resolved. The syndicate meeting held on Friday decided to... ...

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Good, Bad And Crumble

Manages to encapsulate much that was right and a lot more that went wrong in Visva Bharati in a 70-year span. Uttam Sengupta Text Size Search:... ...

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Techie falls to death from 17th floor flat

A software engineer slipped to his death from his 17th floor apartment after clambering over the railings to reach a window when he found he... ...

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TN: 14-yr-old 'forced' to drink urine, teachers suspended

Shantiniketan, India's next World Heritage Site?

Student shot dead on Shantiniketan campus

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen bereaved

Breakthrough in Tagore Nobel heist case

Boeing's stunning 787 to fly in Japan soon

IPL-4: The highest spending brands

PHOTOS: Volkswagen's awesome CarTowers

Environment under attack: Why India will pay dearly

Unwanted calls: Trai set to impose hefty fines

'Balraj Sahni was a misfit in filmdom'

Salman Khan cheers for Aamir's film

Directing Madhrasapattinam

Ustad Amjad Ali Khan: I'm happy Rahman won Grammy

'Two flops don't matter to Salman's career'

Silly Point: Why Sachin should not score a century!

'Four-day cricket is not going to attract people'

Batista poised to be named Argentina coach

Brazil on song but worry over Julio Cesar

When Sehwag bats at his best he defies superlatives

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