Dense winter fog and smog have gripped several Indian cities, from Agra's Taj Mahal to the streets of New Delhi, Srinagar, Lucknow, and beyond. These chilling visuals capture how residents, commuters, and tourists are coping with poor visibility and biting cold. From washermen on the Gomti riverbank to Shikara rides in Dal Lake, the photographs highlight the impact of extreme weather on daily life across northern India.
Gandhi said just like the Constitution, the "caste census" is a policy framework and a guide for the Congress.
The government has also hiked excise duty by 11 percent, which is in addition to the 6 per cent that was announced in the budget, he said.
Why photograph just the Taj Mahal or India's poverty asks Bisheswar Choudhury, the Indian National Award winner at the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards.
The non-combatants (NC), who were first recruited in 1970 to take care of IAF's jobs such as washermen, cooks, drivers and bar-tenders, have made several representations to the Air Force top brass and the Defence Ministry in this regard, but to no avail.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Friday said he has asked PSU banks to provide loans at lower interest rates to workmen, like cobblers and washermen, and brushed aside apprehensions of possible repayment delays by them. Chidambaram said he had directed that all branches of PSU banks, numbering over 70,000, should provide Rs 5,000 loans at four per cent interest to workmen. He also wanted shepherds and fishermen to be added to the list of workers who could be given the loans.
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He told them wryly that he can do a lot of things but cannot be present in the Houses on their behalf.
'While censorship of any sort is anathema to the creative spirit, political correctness has become more and more the norm rather than the exception,' notes Uttaran Das Gupta.
'The Mallahs may remain divided between the two competing coalitions in Bihar,' says Mohammad Sajjad.
Prime Minister Modi has said it is their small units that drive the Indian economy.
Every year, for thousands of years, the Sonepur Mela, transforms a small rural town in north Bihar into a giant fair.
If we don't want a Hindu version of our neighbour, we must keep open minds -- even when what we hear or see is not what we like.
Yet, for all his belief in the goodness of life, Mani's films show that life is too complicated for goodness to permeate it completely.
One of the best stories coming out of Bihar is about a place where Chandragupta Maurya, Buddha, Ashoka, Sher Shah Suri and India's Mona Lisa meet.
Prime Minister Modi highlighted the importance of public participation in a democracy and said that the definition of democracy could not be restricted only to elections and the governments.
'The BJP has replaced huge portraits of the two BJP leaders from Gujarat with very small portraits of many leaders from Bihar. Much is being read into this changed tactic of hoardings and banners,' says Mohammad Sajjad.
Muslims constitute 20% of UP's electorate. Currently, Muslim voters are divided between Akhilesh's SP and Mayawati's BSP. What will tilt the balance? Can Muslims back the winning party? Mohammad Sajjad explains the mysteries of UP's Muslim politics.
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