Working for change in UP: A lot can be done (Comment, With Image)
February 9th, 2012 - 12:01 pm ICT by IANS
This isn't a work of fiction, nor is it constructed to bash politicians or start a revolution, especially at a time when this sprawling state is going to the polls. It's ... Read more...
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Uttar Pradesh mosques double up as primary schools (With Image)
February 7th, 2012 - 12:40 pm ICT by IANS
Azamgarh (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 7 (IANS) Amid the mushrooming convent schools, mosques still continue to be popular centres of learning at least up to the primary class level in Uttar ... Read more...
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Nagpur man aims to unite lonely elders (With images)
February 6th, 2012 - 10:44 am ICT by IANS
Nagpur, Feb 6 (IANS) Advocating the need for companionship in the autumn of life, a Nagpur octogenarian has taken up the task of mooting live-in relationships for senior citizens who ... Read more...
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Cops turn entertainers in Bollywood (Feature)
January 29th, 2012 - 12:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) A policeman's role in Bollywood earlier meant playing second fiddle, but not any more. With "Dabangg" and "Singham", the doors have opened up for ... Read more...
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Winter rain: Splashing romance on Bollywood songs
January 24th, 2012 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) Be it "Kaatey nahin kat te" or "Zoobie doobie", there has always been something sensual and seductive about Bollywood songs shot in the rain. ... Read more...
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A glimpse of historic Cellular Jail in Mumbai
January 24th, 2012 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 24 (IANS) Soon a replica of the world-famous Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, along with some original fittings and articles, will be seen in Mumbai ... Read more...
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A key Bihar lesson - don’t forget the private tuition!
January 22nd, 2012 - 12:36 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, Jan 22 (IANS) Shakuntla Sinha knows where to cut corners to keep the house running with her husband's Rs.15,000 salary. The couple maintain a strict, austere lifestyle and rarely ... Read more...
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Delhi’s pottery market survives amid posh malls (With Images)
January 17th, 2012 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The colourful and fragile products on sale are an eerie reminder of the precarious nature of their makers' existence. An eye-catching pottery market, an oasis ... Read more...
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Punjabi filmmakers want to tell realistic stories
January 16th, 2012 - 2:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) The Punjabi film industry is churning out 40-45 films a year and getting recognition too, but it feels the need to make real life ... Read more...
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Working 24X7 to see light at the end of Rohtang tunnel
January 15th, 2012 - 2:10 pm ICT by IANS
Manali (Himachal Pradesh), Jan 15 (IANS) Working deep below a mountain of snow in Arctic-like conditions, a team of dedicated men, including experts from Germany and Austria, are focussed ... Read more...
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Coronation park: Monument to capital’s civic neglect
January 10th, 2012 - 4:36 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 10 (IANS) It was to have been ready in time to commemorate the centenary of Delhi becoming the capital, but the historic coronation park, which once held ... Read more...
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A requiem for dead at Himachal’s cemeteries (With Image)
January 10th, 2012 - 1:08 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Jan 10 (IANS) At Oakover cemetery, the oldest British era cemetery in this erstwhile summer capital of British India that was opened in 1828, 17 out of the 20-odd ... Read more...
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These Africans take Indian development ideas home
January 9th, 2012 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) On a socio-economic train voyage of India, Isaac Abeiku Otoo, a youth leader from Ghana, realised what one could do with just Rs.1,000 ($20). Inspired ... Read more...
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Dubai-born Kashmiri brings ‘change’ to her village (With Images)
January 8th, 2012 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Jan 8 (IANS) Moved by the plight of her remote village in Jammu and Kashmir state, a Kashmiri woman born and brought up in Dubai relinquished what could have ... Read more...
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Indian lessons for Kenyan bead weavers (With Image)
January 8th, 2012 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) The chill still hangs heavy in the air - misting the brick and mortar facade of Dilli Haat in the capital. It is ... Read more...
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Train to real India: On road to entrepreneurship
January 8th, 2012 - 1:21 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 8 (IANS) One train, 450 youngsters, 15 days, 7,000 km and 13 stops. Overwhelming as the journey sounds, it proved life-changing for those who undertook it, exploring ... Read more...
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Once again, nursery admissions no child’s play for parents (With Images)
January 6th, 2012 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) It's that time of the year when thousands of anxious parents stand in serpentine queues outside popular schools in Delhi, just to pick up a ... Read more...
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What Guinness? My job is to run: 100-year-old Fauja Singh (Interview) (With images)
January 4th, 2012 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Jan 4 (IANS) His marathons at the ripe old age of 100 may not have been recognised by Guinness World Records on technical grounds, but Punjab-born British citizen ... Read more...
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Little Bengal in a Mumbai school (With Images)
January 2nd, 2012 - 1:48 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 2 (IANS) It is a celebration of West Bengal! From traditional handicrafts to dresses to dances to cuisine -- it's a veritable tour de force through the ... Read more...
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Wanderlust: On the road to self-discovery
January 2nd, 2012 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) It's 10 a.m. and an eatery at the New Delhi Railway Station is bursting at seams with travellers. Nishant Sinha, 23, is slurping his morning ... Read more...
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From palaces to people: Urdu mushaira reaches out
January 1st, 2012 - 4:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Dispelling fears of its demise, the 'mushaira' (Urdu poetry recital) has made a comeback in Delhi, symbolically completing a journey from the durbars of the ... Read more...
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A progressive madrassa in the heart of Uttar Pradesh (With Image)
December 30th, 2011 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
Bilariyaganj (Uttar Pradesh), Dec 30 (IANS) Breaking the stereotypes associated with madrassas, a 50-year-old Islamic seminary here teaches subjects like personality development and home science, runs an elaborate teacher ... Read more...
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Tusker tales: What ails captive elephants in Kerala
December 29th, 2011 - 1:05 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 29 (IANS) Elephants in India may be considered an embodiment of Lord Ganesh, but the status of captive jumbos in Kerala is anything but divine. Experts say the ... Read more...
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Children of a lesser god… on Kolkata’s streets
December 28th, 2011 - 2:02 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 28 (IANS) Sniffing on a dirty rag dipped in thinner or whitener fluid for a high, and then indulging in unprotected sex on filthy railway platforms or pavements. ... Read more...
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Indian Christmas with desi fusion fare
December 23rd, 2011 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) Christmas has over the years become an annual ritual celebrated in India with a "desi" flavour in millions of Christian homes -- and even at ... Read more...
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Murdered British charity worker rules slum children’s hearts (With Images)
December 23rd, 2011 - 12:30 pm ICT by IANS
Dharamsala, Dec 23 (IANS) He may have been brutally murdered here five years ago, but British charity worker Michael Blakey continues to live in the hearts of schoolchildren who have ... Read more...
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Shimla’s white Christmas a thing of the past (Postcard from Shimla)
December 19th, 2011 - 2:36 pm ICT by IANS
Shimla, Dec 19 (IANS) Oh, for a white Christmas and New Year! That is now the feeling in Shimla where snow on Christmas has become a thing of the ... Read more...
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Women entrepreneurs shine at Dalit trade fair
December 18th, 2011 - 2:44 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 18 (IANS) Kalpana Saroj, 50, is the daughter of a Dalit police constable in Akola district of Maharashtra. Today she heads a Rs.3,000 crore business enterprise.Saroj was one ... Read more...
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Lives in peril: Inside Manipur’s drug zone
December 13th, 2011 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
Churachandpur (Manipur), Dec 13 (IANS) A litter of cigarette stubs, abandoned syringes and used contraceptives greet a visitor to one of the four drug hangout joints in Manipur's second largest ... Read more...
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Doctor by day, musician and writer by night
December 1st, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 1 (IANS) The scalpel gives way to a harmonium and the surgeon in 80-year-old Samir K. Gupta steps aside for the artist as he gives musical life to ... Read more...
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Buddhism: Moving beyond faith to heal lifestyle blues (Feature)
November 29th, 2011 - 2:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 29 (IANS) Twenty-nine-year-old Gagan Kaur's life fell apart when her 14-year-old relationship ended last year. A Buddhist monk found her sinking in a private clinic in the ... Read more...
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Fighting traditions and laws, tribal women seek property rights
November 28th, 2011 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
Rekong Peo (Himachal Pradesh), Nov 28 (IANS) It's 8 in the morning and a group of women is ready to trudge miles of rugged, cold and inhospitable Himalayan terrain ... Read more...
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The bold, naughty Bollywood heroine comes of age
November 18th, 2011 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 18 (IANS) She gulps down 'desi tharra', smokes pot, mouths expletives, talks naughty, exposes like never before and doesn't mind some sultry moves -- that's the ... Read more...
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Shimla’s Mall Road set for cobbled stone makeover (Postcard from Shimla)
November 12th, 2011 - 11:46 am ICT by IANS
Shimla, Nov 12 (IANS) Once upon a time it was a 'British only' street. And now Shimla's famous Mall Road is set for a facelift as the asphalt road surface ... Read more...
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Indian-origin businesswoman seeks to give back to Ghana
November 10th, 2011 - 12:22 pm ICT by IANS
Accra (Ghana), Nov 10 (IANS) An Indian-origin woman - one of the many second generation Indians living across West Africa - is striving to give back to society in Ghana, ... Read more...
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