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Tagore's Santiniketan added to UNESCO World Heritage List

Santiniketan, the famed place in West Bengal where poet Rabindranath Tagore built Visva-Bharati over a century ago, has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. IMAGE: The clock tower at......

HC stays Visva-Bharati's move to take part of Amartya Sen's land

Calcutta high court on Thursday gave an interim stay against a move by Visva Bharati to take away a part of Nobel laureate Amartya Sen's property Pratichi at Shantiniketan. IMAGE: A 2019......

Modi urges people to visit historical railway stations in their vicinity

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said many railway stations in the country are rich in history and urged people to visit such stations in their vicinity to know about their significance in......

Nehru sat on Tagore's chair, not me: Amit Shah

Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday rejected in Lok Sabha the claim by Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury that he sat on Rabindranath Tagore's chair during his visit to Visva Bharati. The......

'Count me as your sister': Mamata backs Amartya Sen amid land row

Expressing pain and anguish at recent developments alluding to Amartya Sen's familial properties in Shantiniketan, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday wrote to the Nobel laureate......

India to see mall space addition of more than 65 million square feet by 2022

Almost all the big mall developers/investors - such as Raheja-owned Inorbit Malls, Xander-APG joint venture Virtuous Retail South Asia (VRSA), property developer Prestige Estates Projects, and......

Dark days will soon be over for a remote tribal village in Bengal

The UK-India research project is funded by Research Councils UK and India's Department of Science and Technology. Experts from the University of Leeds, University of Exeter, and University of......

Holi weekend splash for travel companies

An extended weekend is on the cards this week owing to Holi and that has given the leading travel portals and tour operators a lot to cheer about. To make the most of this opportunity, travel......

Package for tourism sector soon

After the stimulus package for the India Inc, government is mulling a package, including luxury tax cut for the tourism and hospitality sector. "I have written to the prime minister seeking......

G8 should scrap farm subsidies: Lord Paul

NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paulsaid on Thursday G8 countries should abolish subsidies to their farmers in order to stop undermining the interests of farmers in developing countries like India.......

'When he is hitting someone, you can see it in his eyes'

'It's this swag and body language that convinces you that he can pound 10 men to dust with his bare fists.' IMAGE: Sham Kaushal with Amitabh Bachchan on the sets of Yudh. Photograph: Kind courtesy......

Bela Shende sings Kanha Suno Na

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'Salman is freed from a hanging sword for 13 years'

The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities: The Bombay High Court has ruled that Salman Khan has been acquitted of all charges in the 2002 hit-and-run case.......

'Balraj Sahni was a misfit in filmdom'

On his birth centenary on May 2013, veteran actor Balraj Sahni's grandniece, Malavika Sangghvi, recounts his extraordinary but sad life.The world knew him as Balraj Sahni, the celebrated......

Ustad Amjad Ali Khan: I'm happy Rahman won Grammy

Ustad Amjad Ali Khan may have lost out on a Grammy win at the 52nd Grammy awards but the maestro is very happy for A R Rahman, who won two Grammies this year. The Ustad was nominated in the......

Subhas Bhowmick appointed East Bengal coach

East Bengal on Wednesday appointed Subhas Bhowmick as coach for the remaining of the 2008-09 season which will see the club compete in the final leg of the I-League. East Bengal sack Stanley......

Dempo to meet HAL in Fed Cup opener

Defending champions Dempo Sports Club will take on Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) in the opening match of the 27th Federation Cup football championship at the Nehru Stadium in Margao on......

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