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BICENTENARY CELEBRATIONS
French Senate delegation visits India to boost strategic and parliamentary ties across ports, blue economy, and innovation hubsA French Senate delegation visited India from April 10 to 15. They explored key projects in Mumbai, Puducherry, and Chennai. Discussions fo...
Carrying Jyotirao Phule's Trishul: education, justice, social reformIndia celebrates Mahatma Jyotirao Phule's 200th birth anniversary. Phule was a great social reformer who championed education and equality....
'Prachand Paanch': 5th Battalion of Rajput Regiment turns 200The 5th Battalion of the Rajput Regiment, one of the Indian Army's distinguished units, celebrated its 200th anniversary. A commemorative p...
Britain's Railway celebrates 200 years in Bollywood style with 'DDLJ' musicalLondon celebrates 200 years of the railway network by partnering with Yash Raj Films to honor 'Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge' with immersive ...
PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate new campus of IIT Bhubaneswar on December 24: Dharmendra PradhanBesides dedicating the new IIT Bhubaneswar campus, Modi will lay the foundation stone for IISER, Berhampur, Pradhan said.
No shortage of arms and ammunition: Army ChiefThe army chief was in Varanasi to attend the bicentenary celebrations of the 9 Gorkha Rifles at 39 Gorkha Training Centre, also said that I...
Bheem Army protests violence against Dalits in MaharashtraA large group of protesters staged a sit-in and raised slogans against the Maharashtra government here last evening.
Mumbai protests: Over 30 cops injured, 300 persons detainedDeputy Commissioner of Police Sahaji Umap of Zone VI said that 11 personnel were injured in Govandi and adjoining areas.
Centre receives report from Maharashtra govt on caste-based violenceThe ministry has also received a factual report from the state government on the prevailing situation, the spokesperson said.
Aspirations, as Dalits martial memoriesAn East Indian Company force comprising, among others, ‘untouchable’ Mahars, who had forced a division of the Peshwa’s army to retreat.
Maharashtra caste violence: Left or right, who stoked violence?Ambedkar, who is a grandson of Babasaheb Ambedkar, said the violence was engineered by Shivraj Pratishthan activists, who provoked villager...
Free expression in varsities under threat: Manmohan Singh"Regrettably, independent thinking and free expression at Indian universities are now under threat," Manmohan Singh said.
Indian higher learning institutes lagging behind in global ranking: Pranab Mukherjee"We shall have to find out our appropriate place in the realm of higher education and occupy our rightful place in the comity of nations," ...
Charles Dickens' 'Great Expectations' to visit KolkataA stage adaptation of Charles Dickens' 'Great Expectations' that took Britain's West End by storm is now preparing to visit Kolkata.
First battalion of 'Third Gorkha Rifles' completes 200 yearsA ceremonial event was held today at the Military Station, Sevoke Road, near Siliguri in West Bengal, where the 'First-Third', as they are ...
Sourav Ganguly gets life membership of MCC"Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) has awarded Honorary Life Membership of the Club to former India captain Sourav Ganguly," the MCC said.
PM Manmohan Singh gifts commemorative stamp on Indian Museum to MamataAt the inaugural function of the bicentenary celebrations of the museum, the oldest in Asia, the two leaders shared the dais in the newly-r...
Congress complains to PM about 'worsening' law and order in WBA state-level Congress delegation met PM Manmohan Singh today and complained to him about the alleged "worsening" law and order situation a...
- Good teachers of English should be given wider reach
English is hamstrung by poor teaching in India, compounded by a curriculum that focuses on its functional aspects rather than highlighting ...
The appetite for expression has diminished in modern timesThere is no need to rely only on the vocabulary of the worthies who write textbooks and formulate workbooks, for the result is plain to see.