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How India celebrated its first Republic Day in 1950

Huge tri-colour-themed banners have been put up along the Kartavya Path while the theme for this year's tableaux that would roll down the boulevard where the annual Republic Day celebrations take......

How India celebrated 1st Republic Day

The maiden celebrations marking the birth of the Republic of India were not held on Rajpath (now Kartavya Path), the historical avenue that has over time become synonymous with the ceremony, but it......

Delhi police foil Canada terrorist's plot to kill singer Mangat

Five members of the gang operated by Canada-based designated terrorist Arshdeep Singh alias Arsh Dalla were on Monday arrested by Delhi Police, which claimed they were planning to kill Punjabi......

HC asks Army to consider major martyred in 1965 war for gallantry award

Nearly 58 years after an army officer laid down his life in the Indo-Pak war and was promoted posthumously, the Delhi high court has asked the honours and awards committee to consider a......

When Bhindranwale Was Arrested...

I telephoned Chief Minister Darbara Singh and asked him why this carefully thought-out plan had suddenly been aborted.The Chief Minister sounded very agitated and all he said was that this was not......

Gautam Singhania likes Trump's feud with China

'Trump's sparring with China is good for business,' Raymond's CMD tells Pavan Lall. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Clad in a V-necked, orange pima cotton T-shirt emblazoned with his team......

Dainik Bhaskar buys Saurashtra Samachar

The publication major Dainik Bhaskar Group, which earlier created a stir by launching its Gujarati daily Divya Bhaskar, seems to be in an acquisition mood.In a Rs 7-crore (Rs 70-million) deal, the......

COLUMN: Are we reinventing journalism?

An FTC discussion paper proposes radical measures such as tightening copyright laws to prevent search engines from showing news search results without paying the newspaper concerned, and enabling......

Good times, bad times of the media

Is the Indian media and entertainment industry in the middle of a major consolidation wave?There are the done deals. In January this year, Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries funded the merger of......

Sebi to probe buyback, M&As

Acquisitions by a former group company Satyam Infoway in 2000-01 and the promoters' announcement of a buyback in December last year are key issues that have caught the attention of the Securities......

Shaandaar is fun, fun, fun!

Where cheer is indispensable and cynicism is undesirable -- the world is viewed through rose-coloured glasses in Vikas Bahl’s Shaandaar, feels Sukanya Verma How else does a story about a......

Review: Revolver Rani is a confused film

Revolver Rani could have been the movie of the year. It ended up as a confused film that can't decide who, or what it wants to concentrate on instead, says Paloma Sharma.The era of dacoits in India......

Parthiv will not open again in Tests: Sourav

April 20, 2004 | 16:10 IST News from India Parthiv will not open again in Tests: Sourav [ telegraphindia.com] Irfan is part of Gujarat's gaurav: Modi [ expressindia.com] After breakthrough,......

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