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Explained: What appeared before Mahatma Gandhi’s image on Indian currency? A brief history

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal stirred a controversy when he appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to order the concerned authorities to print images of Hindu gods Laxmi and Ganesha on banknotes. Underscoring that the…

Sardar vs Nehru: Hype vs Reality

  New Delhi: It is said that when one works in an abattoir long enough, one goes deaf to the blood and guts of slaughter. In the much-hyped Nehru vs Sardar surround sound, there are…

Shia clerics seek PM’s intervention in renaming of Muslim sites

Lucknow: Shia religious leaders will write to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking restoration of the original names of Muslim historical and heritage sites in Lucknow. Shia cleric Mohammad Mirza Yasoob Abbas made the announcement after…

ASI to probe viral video of man offering namaz at Taj Mahal

  Agra: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has decided to probe the authenticity of a viral video purportedly showing a man offering ‘namaz’ with a woman sitting alongside him in garden area said to…

Name of father not compulsory for Devdasis’ children: Karnataka

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Thursday agreed to the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights’ recommendation on not asking children of Devdasis for the name of their father The Commission has taken a decision…

Saffron Buddha draws teachers’ ire

Lucknow:  A Buddha statue made of cement and concrete and installed at the main gate of the College of Arts and Crafts in Lucknow University, was found painted in ‘saffron’ colour, leaving teachers and students…

Gandhian Study centre in Gujarat not receiving grants (Ld)

Bhavnagar (Gujarat) : The Gandhian Study Centre at the Samaldas Arts College in Bhavnagar is facing a major financial crunch after it did not receive the necessary grants. If the Maharaja KrishnaKumarsinhji Bhavnagar University does…

Sixth accused arrested in Anjali case, one still on the run

New Delhi: Delhi Police have arrested the sixth accused in connection with the death of Anjali, who was hit and dragged by a car for about 12 km in the early hours of January 1.…

Nizam’s grandson questions Azmet Jah’s coronation

Hyderabad, Jan 22 (IANS) The coronation of Mir Mohammed Azmat Ali Khan, popularly known as Azmet Jah, as the successor of Hyderabad’s eighth titular Nizam Mukarram Jah has been opposed by the latter’s cousin Nawab Najaf…

Egyptian researchers find amulets inside 2,300-year-old mummy via ‘digital unwrapping’

Cairo: Egyptian researchers have discovered a total of 49 precious amulets on and inside a 2,300-year-old mummy, some of which were made of gold, by using computerised tomography scans to digitally unwrap the remains without…

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