Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com and A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com boarded the Himsagar Express that runs between Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu and Jammu Tawi in Jammu and Kashmir. Check out the scenes they witnessed...
An internal communication of the home ministry states that the Naxal movement is fast spreading to the southern states, and if immediate action is not taken it could blow up into a full-fledged menace, reports Vicky Nanjappa.
In a nation divided by many things, the 12-digit unique identity number is holding lives to ransom.
Patnaik, 89, passed away at Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences in the temple city
'Rich Indians don't give cash, they give gold. Why?' 'Because cash is spent by temples on prasad or doing some charitable work.' 'Gold remains intact with god,' says Aakar Patel.
Readers reminisce their bitter sweet experiences of ordering meals in the Indian Railways.
While three operational mines in Chhattisgarh had a capacity of 12 million tonnes (mt), six were yet to start production.
'The D K Adikesavulu clan is so wealthy, owns so many houses, and has so much jewellery,' notes T V R Shenoy, 'that it did not notice a servant stealing at the rate of Rs 66 lakh every year!'
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