Rashtrapati Bhavan tours to cost Rs.25

May 20, 2013 15:19

New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) Daily public tours of Rashtrapati Bhavan, which began for the first time from Jan 1 this year at the initiative of President Pranab Mukherjee and have become very popular with tourists, will now cost Rs.25 per person. A Rashtrapati Bhavan press release said nominal registration [...]

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Unravelling the Indian curry

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Unravelling the Indian curry

Since childhood, being born in a North Indian Punjabi family, I have been fond of curries – spicy chicken curry or tangy vegetable tangy curry accompanied with rice or a crisp tandoori roti oozing with white butter. Then, there are a plethora of exotic curries such as Kerala’s raw mango [...]

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For the elderly in US, poetry blunts the pain of isolation

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Chicago, May 20 (IANS) A woman in her seventies takes the microphone to recite a short poem, which, she warned the men present, was on the hazards of flirting. “Cheda na karo ate jatein raston mein, pale pad gayi to mushkil hogi” (Do not flirt with every girl who crosses [...]

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Woman flees to Britain, refusing to join Swaziland king’s harem

May 19, 2013 17:41
Woman flees to Britain, refusing to join Swaziland king’s harem

London: A 22-year-old woman fled to Britain from the southern African nation of Swaziland and is seeking asylum after refusing to join the harem of 13 wives of Swazi king Mswati III. Tintswalo Ngobeni fled to Britain after she caught the attention of the millionaire monarch, known for his lavish lifestyle, [...]

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Closer ties between China, India to strengthen BRICS

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Closer ties between China, India to strengthen BRICS

Only weeks after Chinese President Xi Jinping had a much-publicized meeting with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in Durban on the sidelines of a BRICS summit, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang reached New Delhi today on the first leg of his maiden tour abroad. Such a short time interval in top-level [...]

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