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NCERT axes caste-based discrimination in Class 6 books

India had a prime meridian of its own much ahead of the Greenwich meridian and it was called "madhya rekha", which passed through the city of Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh, according to a new Class-6......

'Vedas do not refer to anything called Hinduism'

'They were certainly not practising Hinduism in the Harappan culture (which includes Mohenjo Daro and other sites).''There was no notion of Hinduism then.' If you want to understand Indian history......

How can you change history, asks Nitish on Shah remark

The Bharatiya Janata Party's insistence that history be rewritten with more emphasis on Hindu kings who resisted Muslim invasion than on the invaders themselves has received a thumbs down from......

Maharashtra governor halts joint address, walks out of assembly in a huff

The first day of the Maharashtra legislature's budget session on Thursday witnessed unprecedented chaos as Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari left the Central Hall of Vidhan Bhavan without completing......

Nitish aide calls K'taka minister 'deshdrohi' for saffron flag remark

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's key political aide Upendra Kushwaha, who has been rankling the ally Bharatiya Janata Party over the alleged denigration of Emperor Asoka, on Friday found fresh......

Sony PlayStation may sell 45% more this year

Sony Computer Entertainment is likely to sell 350,000 units of PlayStation in India by the end of 2010, 45 per cent more than last year. In the previous year, it had sold 240,000 units. "Since......

It's Kautilya 4.0 in Union Budget speech

Kautilya, widely known as pioneer of economics in India and author of Artha Shastra (rules of economics), was invoked for the fourth time in the country's annual Union Budget speech on Friday,......

Budget speech: Mix of wit, humour, words of wisdom

Quoting medieval India's political thinker Kautilya as well as Mahatma Gandhi, finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday punctuated his Budget speech with words of wisdom, wit and humour.......

Bigg Boss 16: Is Sumbul Really A Cry Baby?

Sumbul Touqeer has turned out to be quite the cry baby on Bigg Boss 16. Sumbul had made quite an impression on Bigg Boss host Salman Khan when she first entered the house. Will Sumbul change her......

Meet the STARS of Article 15

India's caste system rears its ugly presence in Anubhav Sinha's well-received Article 15. Apart from its rousing commentary on the sickening degree of social hierarchy, following the brutal rape......

'I was never out of work'

'Who wouldn't want to dress up like a princess every morning?' Shweta Prasad Basu gets ready to play one in her new TV show. IMAGE: Shweta Prasad Basu in Chandra-Nandini Shweta Prasad Basu makes......

'Jhalak Dhikhhla Jaa was not an easy journey'

'I was planning to quit but I think fans recognised my efforts and voted for me,' Jhalak Dhikhhla Jaa 7 winner Ashish Sharma tells Rajul Hegde. Ashish Sharma aka Major Rudrapratap Singh of the......

Rishi: Please don't call me chocolate hero

Rishi Kapoor fielded questions from the media about his turn as Rauf Lala in Agneepath in New Delhi recently. Here's what he said.Rishi Kapoor, the 'chocolate' hero of the phenomenally successful......

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