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'Gujaratis Know Hinduism Equals BJP'

'The people of Gujarat are more religious than people of other states, this gives the BJP an advantage.' IMAGE: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel admires a kite with Prime Minister Narendra D......

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.......

HC stays Visva-Bharati's move to take part of Amartya Sen's land

Calcutta high court on Thursday gave an interim stay against a move by Visva Bharati to take away a part of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen's property Pratichi at Shantiniketan. IMAGE: A 2019......

Tagore's Santiniketan added to UNESCO World Heritage List

Santiniketan, the famed place in West Bengal where poet Rabindranath Tagore built Visva-Bharati over a century ago, has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. IMAGE: The clock tower at......

'Count me as your sister': Mamata backs Amartya Sen amid land row

Expressing pain and anguish at recent developments alluding to Amartya Sen's familial properties in Shantiniketan, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday wrote to the Nobel laureate......

Dark days will soon be over for a remote tribal village in Bengal

The UK-India research project is funded by Research Councils UK and India's Department of Science and Technology. Experts from the University of Leeds, University of Exeter, and University of......

G8 should scrap farm subsidies: Lord Paul

NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paulsaid on Thursday G8 countries should abolish subsidies to their farmers in order to stop undermining the interests of farmers in developing countries like India.......

India to see mall space addition of more than 65 million square feet by 2022

Almost all the big mall developers/investors - such as Raheja-owned Inorbit Malls, Xander-APG joint venture Virtuous Retail South Asia (VRSA), property developer Prestige Estates Projects, and......

Holi weekend splash for travel companies

An extended weekend is on the cards this week owing to Holi and that has given the leading travel portals and tour operators a lot to cheer about. To make the most of this opportunity, travel......

'When he is hitting someone, you can see it in his eyes'

'It's this swag and body language that convinces you that he can pound 10 men to dust with his bare fists.' IMAGE: Sham Kaushal with Amitabh Bachchan on the sets of Yudh. Photograph: Kind courtesy......

'Salman is freed from a hanging sword for 13 years'

The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: The Bombay High Court has ruled that Salman Khan has been acquitted of all charges in the 2002 hit-and-run case.......

Classic revisited: Three generations of Kapoors in Kal Aaj Aur Kal

In our special series revisiting great Hindi film classics, we look back at Prithviraj Kapoor, Raj Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor and Babita's 1971 film, Kal Aaj Aur Kal. There's something intimate about......

Review: Lootera is an absolute masterpiece

Lootera is a gorgeous, gorgeous film, one that uses its period setting affectionately, with loving detail, and not exploitatively, as our cinema is wont to do, writes Raja Sen. "Once upon a......

Champions Trophy: India leg of trophy tour concludes

IMAGE: Mumbai and Indian cricket's stars Ajinkya Rahane, Diana Eduljee, Dilip Vengsarkar, Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar, Ravi Shastri and Rohit Sharma with the Champions Trophy in Mumbai,......