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Why 27,000 Litres Of Ganga Jal Was Carried to London

When Jaipur's Maharaja Madho Singh was invited to attend King Edward VII's coronation in 1902, he chartered a ship for Rs 15 lakh for the journey.He also carried 27,000 litres of Ganga jal on......

Can Bhagwant Mann stop Punjab from going the Sri Lanka way?

Bhagwant Mann stares at a twin-headed monster: Resuscitating the state's debilitated public-sector enterprises and controlling the spiralling debt to keep the State machinery and his poll-fuelled......

Modi Has Enormous Curiosity About The World

'From the very start, PM Modi was insistent that visiting foreign leaders should be exposed to an India beyond its capital.''Through these experiences, he felt that the full Indian narrative would......

Ukraine Crisis: Time for Modi To Leave A Mark on India's Foreign Policy

Modi has the chance to break out of India's passive mode and firmly tell Russia that in this day and age, India will not support unilateral invasions, asserts Harishchandra Dighe. IMAGE: A child......

'India is losing 10,000 artefacts per decade'

'In China there is capital punishment for heritage theft. That is how they treat criminals, unlike us.''Here we treat them like it's a house-breaking theft.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra......

'Wish prices were kept low for the common man'

For Ashok Upadhyay, a taxi driver from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, who makes his living in Mumbai, there are concerns more pressing than the Budget. Namely, he says, prices for even basic......

Union Budget: What the FM has in store for you

Stating that 'aam aadmi' is the focus of all our programmes and schemes, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee proposed the following in Union Budget 2009-10. Personal income tax exemption limit for......

'Visa-on-arrival' in India soon

The ministry of tourism is pushing for visa-on-arrival facility to around 16 countries, a senior government official said. Initially, the visa facility can be issued at only two international......

Even Namibia is ahead of India!

India is way down in the World Economic Forum's Global Competitiveness Index, ranked at number 55 in a list of 104 nations.If it is any consolation, India moved one place up from last year's rank......

India plans air supplies to Nepal

National Security Adviser JN Dixit on Friday convened a meeting of top defence officials to discuss a contingency plan on air-dropping supplies to besieged Kathmandu.Although details of the plans......

Does Bhansali glorify jauhar?

'I am angry because this ever happened.''I am sad because it's painful to think what they must be going through.''I am glad we've fought hard to break through such cruel tradition.''But it burns my......

Vote: Priyanka Chopra's hottest look

Priyanka Chopra is one hot babe. And the 27-year-old just seems to get hotter with every release. Even a de-glam role in Kaminey hasn't dimmed the Cancerian's beauty one bit. So we decided to get......

Cummins banishes captaincy queries with World Cup heroics

With Pat Cummins in charge, victory over India in the World Cup final in Ahmedabad on Sunday will mark Australia as one of the great cross-format teams of the modern era. IMAGE: Pat Cummins......

Pick Your India Team For New Zealand Semi-Final

IMAGE: The Indian team's think-tank: Captain Rohit Sharma, Head Coach Rahul Dravid and senior pro Virat Kohli. Photograph: BCCI A near-invincible India start as favourites against an......

NZ pacer Tickner fights back tears, reveals father's home hit by cyclone

'My father's house has been fully destroyed. It was good to get back, help them out' 'Cricket to me is obviously my life as well, but it's nothing compared to what people are going through at the......

T20 WC: India are with a foot in the semis already

IMAGE: Player of the Match Kohli maintained his superb run of form with his 3rd fifty in four innings. Photograph: Sarah Reed/Getty Images Inaugural champions India put a foot in the semi-finals......

SAFF U-17 Championship: India wins title, defeats Nepal 4-0 in final

Photograph: Kind Courtesy AIFF Media/Twitter India put up a clinical performance to clinch the SAFF U-17 Championship title, defeating a 10-man Nepal 4-0 in the Final on Wednesday, at the......

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