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History In 2 Minutes: Bombay's Benefactor

Nana Jagannath Shankerseth is one of the greats who made Mumbai India's foremost city. Here is why: Photographs: Kind courtesy Wikimedia.org Some of Mumbai's iconic institutions came about because......

Scottish-born travel writer Bill Aitken dies in Dehradun at 90

Noted Scottish-born travel writer Bill Aitken, known for his writings on Indian mountains, rivers, and railways, died here at a hospital on Wednesday night. IMAGE: File image of noted......

How Will Lee's Election Impact Asia?

Lee Jae-myung's decisive victory in South Korea's snap presidential election marks a major political shift driven by the public backlash against authoritarianism, observes Dr Rajaram Panda. IMAGE:......

When Dr Singh Met Sachin...

22 images that captures glimpses of a most unusual Indian who led the nation for 10 years. The first of a series: IMAGE: Dr Manmohan Singh, then prime minister of India, wishes Sachin......

Full text: President Murmu's R-Day eve address to the nation

'Today, let us reaffirm our commitment to strive to realise Gandhiji’s dreams. His watchwords, truth and nonviolence, will continue to remain relevant for the whole world. He also taught us......

Railways chug into hotel business

Moving ahead with its long-pending plan of building budget hotels, the railways have identified ICRA for conducting feasibility studies. The railways plan to build low-cost hotels at six places.......

Mamata takes Railway finances off track

Hindi couplets, shrill notes, political correctness (a coach factory at Rae Bareli, drinking water plant at Amethi) and a bagful of projects for West Bengal (over half a dozen factories and......

Vintage hotels in 'Palace on Wheels' coaches soon!

Currently, the National Rail Museum houses seven of the original nine 'Palace on Wheels' coaches that remind one of the luxury in which the Maharajas of the yore travelled. Railway buffs may soon......

Award winning architectural wonders

The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design recognises buildings for new architecture, landscape architecture, interiors and urban planning.Take a look at the amazing buildings that won......

Ashwani Lohani to take charge as AI chief for second time

It was during his tenure that Air India made its first operating profit of Rs 105 crore in FY17 since the merger of Indian Airlines and Air India in 2007. The government on Wednesday called back......

Rani Mukerji, Pamela Chopra unveil Yash Chopra's statue

The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: Late filmmaker Yash Chopra has been honoured with a bronze statue at the heart of Interlaken, Switzerland. His wife Pamela......

302 films in 365 days!

Aseem Chhabra tell us how he watched 302 films in 365 days on airplanes, on Netflix, Amazon, iTunes, Google, Hulu, DVDs and even on YouTube. As a journalist I often write about films. I see many,......

'I was in the best team that never played for India'

Michael Dalvi, who played first class cricket for Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Bengal, once hit a century against a fiery Malcolm Marshall and the West Indies.At 77, he has a razor sharp memory, a ready......

Euro 2016: French floods, strikes cast pall over tournament

IMAGE: French riot policemen attend a drill at the Marseille railway station, France, May 4, 2016, in preparation of security measures for the UEFA 2016 European Championship. Photograph......

Milkha Singh on the Race of his Life

'Somehow the Flying Sikh has endured in people's memory.' IMAGE: The Legendary Milkha Singh, who passed into the ages on June 18, 2021. Photograph: PTI Photo This feature was first published on......