A pillar here, an elaborately carved door there, trellised balconies and stone carvings offer tantalising glimpses of what it must have been like 2,000 years ago when Paithan, then known as Pratishthana, was the capital of the mighty Satavahana dynasty, and later the Vakatakas, the Yadavas and the Marathas. The town located a little more […]
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Tomato inflation: The wholesale price of the tomatoes for the first-grade variety stood above Rs. 100 per kg in many parts of India by the last week of June The sudden and rapid fall in the quantity of tomatoes brought to various mandis across India in the last week of June created a demand-supply mismatch. […]
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Vinay Narkar with weaver Ambubai Dhotre. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT For sari revivalist Vinay Narkar, the six-yard and nine-yard unstitched drapes are not merely a piece of cloth but a repository of India’s tradition of native weaves and patterns that showcase the unmatched skills and creativity of the subcontinent’s weaving communities. The threads of […]
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“Sitting in the forest in the dead of night and watching thousands of fireflies glowing in unison feels like the stars have descended on earth. They seem to light up the forest from one end to the other in a magical pattern,” says Digvijay Rathore, a senior trek leader of Mischief Treks, Mumbai, who has […]
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Kerala’s M. Sreeshankar, who won the long jump event at Indian GP-3, at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru on Monday, 10 April, 2023. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN On a day when quality performances were at a premium, Rubina Yadav (Haryana) towered over the rest by attaining the women’s high jump qualifying mark for […]
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File photo of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. He announced that the water conservation project will begin soon in the State. | Photo Credit: PTI The second phase of the Maharashtra Government’s ambitious water conservation project called ‘ Jalyukt Shivar’ will start soon, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on March 12. The ‘Jalyukt […]
Continue Reading200-metre-long bamboo crash barrier installed on Vani-Warora Highway in Maharashtra. Photo: Twitter/@nitin_gadkari Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on March 4 said a 200-metre-long bamboo crash barrier has been installed on a highway connecting Chandrapur and Yavatmal districts in Maharashtra, which he termed as the “world’s first” such exercise. Calling it a “remarkable achievement” for the country […]
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Anganwadi workers on behalf of Maharashtra State Anganwadi Workers (AITUC) Mahasabha staged a sit-in protest against the State government over the salary hike and other demands, in Nagpur on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: ANI The Maharashtra Government has decided to hike the remuneration of anganwadi workers, with ‘sevikas’ set to get 20% more and helpers […]
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IPS officer and former Maharashtra Intelligence chief Rashmi Shukla. File | Photo Credit: PTI Senior Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Rashmi Shukla has been appointed as the Director-General of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), a government order said on Thursday. SSB is the border-guarding force deployed along Nepal and Bhutan border. Ms. Shukla, a 1988 […]
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The U.N. General Assembly votes in favour of a resolution upholding Ukraine’s territorial integrity and calling for a cessation of hostilities after Russia’s invasion, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, at United Nations headquarters. | Photo Credit: AP India abstains in U.N. vote underscoring need for just, lasting peace in Ukraine India abstained in the U.N. General Assembly on February 23 […]
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