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In Marseille, Modi recalls Savarkar's 'courageous escape'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Marseille in southern France and paid homage to the memory of freedom fighter V D Savarkar, who attempted a "courageous escape" at the port city. IMAGE:......

BJP, Sena counter Rahul's Savarkar attack with Indira letter

Countering Rahul Gandhi's criticism of V D Savarkar, the Bharatiya Janata Party and its ally, Shiv Sena, reminded the Congress leader on Saturday that his grandmother and former prime minister......

Port Blair gets a name change: Sri Vijaya Puram it is

Port Blair, the capital city of the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, has been renamed Sri Vijaya Puram, Union Home Minister Amit Shah announced on Friday. IMAGE: President Droupadi......

President Murmu Visits Savarkar's Cell

President Droupadi Murmu is on a five-day visit to the Andaman and Nicobar islands. In her first engagement in Port Blair, the President laid a wreath at the Martyrs Column and visited the Cellular......

Will Rajeev Chandrasekhar Upset Shashi Tharoor?

I hope those who underestimate Rajeev Chandrasekhar will be proved wrong in this fight for Thiruvananthapuram's future, notes Rajeev Srinivasan. IMAGE: Rajeev Chandrashekhar, the Bharatiya Janata......

What? You haven't been to Andamans yet?

Have you had enough of hill stations? Ooty, Kodaikanal, Simla, Nainital, Mahabaleshwar, Matheran must have figured in your itinerary at some time or the other.The scenic beauty of the hills have......

The story behind the spectrum war

When it was under scrutiny for selling spectrum cheap to new operators in 2008, the department of telecommunications or DoT submitted in its defence that the policy directives were to improve......

6 qualities that make you a crorepati

"The person who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare. The sure-thing boat never gets far from the shore." That's Dale Carnegie (1888-1955), failed farmer, teacher,......

Kangana Pays Homage To Savarkar

A day after she received the award for Best Actress at the National Awards in New Delhi, Kangana Ranaut flew to Port Blair to pay homage to Vinayak Damodar Savarkar at the cellular jail in the......

The worst onscreen accents in Hollywood

A new poll by a US ticket agency has revealed the top three actors with the worst onscreen accents of all time. At third position is Tom Cruise, who put on an Irish lilt for his......

Shahid reaches out to young fans

A short film scripted, directed and enacted by school children was recently screened in Mumbai. It was produced under the banner Amol Gupte Cinema and made by the young talents of......

Images: Sri Lanka vs New Zealand, 1st ODI, Tri-series

Sri Lanka's Tillakaratne Dilshan looks back as the ball hits the wickets in the opening match of the tri-series against New Zealand in Colombo on Tuesday. After winning the toss and opting to bat......

Spotted: The great Sir Vivian Richards in Sydney

Reader Rajiv Pai sent us this picture with the great Sir Vivian Richards. Thank you, Rajiv, for sharing this...

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