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After Hagia Sophia, Turkey turns another museum into mosque

Turkey's decision to convert the sixth-century Chora Museum into a mosque has drawn criticism from various quarters. IMAGE: Turkish police officers stand guard on the top of the Kariye (Chora)......

72 dead as Super Cyclone Amphan devastates West Bengal

The fiercest cyclone to hit Bengal in 100 yrs destroyed mud houses and crops, and uprooted trees and electric poles.Windows buckled from the pressure of the storm, cars floated on water-logged......

'It seems there was a war': Cyclone Amphan overwhelms Bengal

Amphan was the fiercest Cyclone to hit West Bengal in the last 100 years.A large part of the state was without power as electricity poles have been blown away.Mobile and internet services were also......

Jobs lost due to lockdown, homes ravaged by cyclone: Migrants' plight

Jamal Mondal, 45, a migrant labourer who returned from Bengaluru to his hometown Gosaba in South 24 Parganas district on Monday, was happy to be reunited with his family, even though he had lost......

COVID-19: 13% museums around the world may never reopen

Nearly 13 per cent of the museums around the world may never reopen, the United Nations's cultural agency has warned, as about 90 per cent of them globally have had to close their doors due to the......

Railways to allow private players for bullet train projects

The projects - Delhi-Varanasi, Mumbai-Nagpur, Delhi-Ahmedabad, Chennai-Mysore, Delhi-Amritsar, Mumbai-Hyderabad, and Varanasi-Howrah - are expected to cost around Rs 10 trillion. Illustration:......

Railways seeks private fund to develop Mumbai's CST station

The estimated cost of the project is around Rs 1,642 crore. The Indian Railways has floated a tender to redevelop Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (Mumbai) station with private......

Indian Railways' heritage routes likely to be monetised

The railways heritage lines that are part of the UNESCO-accorded sites list include Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, Nilgiri Mountain Railway, and Kalka Shimla Railway. As part of its plan to monetise......

Have you seen a car collection like this?!

Dr Ravi Prakash's 250 vintage car collection includes J R D Tata's 1940 Buick Limousine and a Sunbeam-Talbot used by Lord Mountbatten.Nikita Puri reports. All Photographs: Kind courtesy Classic......

'BJP is on track to lose 2019 election'

'The middle class is already alienated.' 'If the stockmarket is destabilised, the BJP is finished; the party will lose in every town.' 'And if the stockmarket crash happens just before the 2019......

The A to Z of Shah Rukh Khan

'Tu toh bilkul hero nahi lagta (you don't look like a hero at all).' In candid interviews over the years, an amused Shah Rukh Khan has often recalled this observation, made by a security guard......

Mrinal Sen: 'I wish I could start from scratch'

'How do you expect me to tone down my anger when the most prominent culture in India today is the culture of corruption, in every sphere of life?'Mrinal Sen, who passed into the ages on December 30......

Lipstick Under My Burkha actress Aahana's WOW Australian holiday

Stars go for the loveliest holidays -- exotic locations with a lot of adventure thrown in.We bring you their travels in a special series. Sophie Choudry had a breezy Monaco holiday. Malaika Arora......

2022 Asian Games mascot unveiled in digital ceremony

IMAGE: 19th Asian Games will be held in Hangzhou from September 10 to 25, 2022. Photograph: Twitter Three sporty robots, collectively known as the 'smart triplets', representing the UNESCO World......

PIX: Check out 2022 FIFA World Cup Emblem

The emblem's design embodies the vision of an event that connects and engages the entire world, while also featuring striking elements of local and regional Arab culture and allusions to the......

Sports Shorts: Ankita crashes out of US Open Qualifying event

IMAGE: Ankita Raina failed to keep her momentum. Photograph: Ankita Raina/Twitter India's top women's singles player Ankita Raina crashed out of the women's singles US Open qualifying event......

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Railways to allow private players for bullet train projects

The projects - Delhi-Varanasi, Mumbai-Nagpur, Delhi-Ahmedabad, Chennai-Mysore, Delhi-Amritsar, Mumbai-Hyderabad, and Varanasi-Howrah - are expected... ...

http://www.rediff.com/money/report/private-players-allowed-for-bullet-train-projects/20200918.htm

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Ajanta and Ellora caves, the UNESCO heritage sites located in Aurangabad, and other monuments in Maharashtra are yet to be reopened for visitors. ...

https://www.news18.com/news/india/if-taj-mahal-is-reopening-why-not-ajanta-and-ellora-ask-experts-2874957.html

History, significance and theme of the UNESCO designated...

International Literacy Day 2020: History, significance and theme of the UNESCO designated day International Literacy Day 2020: September 8 marks... ...

https://www.hindustantimes.com/more-lifestyle/international-literacy-day-2020-history-significance-and-theme-of-the-unesco-designated-day/story-A81OztLrU8p8MZfnm8uVJK.html

J&K's Mughal Garden To Be Included Into UNESCO World Heritage List

The Jammu and Kashmir administration has started preparing a dossier on the six Mughal Gardens in the Kashmir Valley in a bid to empanel them in... ...

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/jammu-and-kashmir-mughal-garden-to-be-included-into-unesco-world-heritage-list-2291890

Two of 3 Gundecha brothers in sexual abuse row in Bhopal

An Amsterdambased former student of Gundecha Brothers’ Dhrupad Sansthan in Bhopal has accused the late Ramakant Gundecha and his younger brother... ...

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhopal/two-of-3-gundecha-brothers-in-sexual-abuse-row-in-bhopal/articleshow/77956834.cms

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