Everything you need to know about Gora Colony: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Gora Colony: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
To reconsider the legacy of Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) on his 152nd birth anniversary is to confront a maze of contradictions. What, for instance, inspired a school dropout without a college degree to establish an international university? Why did a member of the land-owning 'zamindar' class feel compelled to write about the lives of oppressed peasants, and to experiment with schemes for rural development? How could a man write so insightfully about the lives of women? What made him express religious devotion in erotic language, and love in the language of religion? Why did he yearn for fame, yet live in constant fear of it?
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) Doctors in a city hospital claim to have performed a rare "limb-salvage" surgery to avoid amputating the left leg of a 13-year-old Nigerian girl suffering from bone cancer.
New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) An 18-year-old youth was stabbed to death in Delhi by a person of his locality for reasons of personal enmity, police said Thursday.
New Delhi, April 12 (IANS) A major fire broke out in west Delhi's Narela area around 1.35 p.m. Friday, fire service officials said. There was no immediate report of injury to anyone or loss of life.
Yakutsk (Russia), Feb 21 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A new gold deposit has been discovered in Russia's Siberian republic of Yakutia, the region's economics ministry said Thursday.
Karachi, Dec. 6 (ANI): The builder who allegedly demolished a century-old Hindu temple in the city's Soldier Bazaar on Saturday has gone to court against the media for "distorting the news in favour of the community".
Mumbai, April 19 (IANS) Yet another gory murder shocked Mumbaikars when at least 13 teenagers clubbed to death a 17-year-old boy who had allegedly used expletives against the mother and girlfriend of one of the attackers, police said Thursday.
Islamabad, August 10(ANI): Seven suspected Haqqani network militants have been killed in a suspected US drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region bordering Afghanistan, according to Pakistani intelligence officials.
Kolkata, Aug 8 (ANI): Scores of students led by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee paid floral tributes to Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore on his 70th death anniversary here on Monday.
Islamabad, June 5 (ANI): The Pakistan police have released four foreigners bearded in Taliban-style after detaining them for a short while, at a checkpoint near Gora Qabristan in Peshawar.
Peshawar, May 25(ANI): At least two people have been killed and 19 others wounded in a suicide attack on the CID police station at Peshawar.
Islamabad, May 1(ANI): The All Pakistan Minorities Alliance (APMA) Central Executive Committee (CEC) has condemned the attacks on a church and Christian properties in Gujranwala.
Sydney, Oct 6 (ANI): One of the friends of Abhijeet Swami, a 20-year-old Indian engineering student who has been missing for almost a week in Sydney, has claimed that Swami was "not happy" and wanted to spend time in the mountains instead of studying.
Jammu March 28, (ANI): Global warming and a continuous dry spell has forced Jammu and Kashmir's Gujjar and Bakerwal tribes to start their bi-annual seasonal tribal migrations towards upper reaches of Shivalik, Perpanchal and Trikuta hills of Himalayas a month ahead of their routine schedule.
Mysore, July 3 (ANI): The Rapid Action Force (RAF) staged a flag march in the riot-hit areas of Mysore today.
Bhubaneswar, Mar 26 (ANI): In a bizarre ritual, locals tied the nuptial knot of two monkeys in Balasore district of Orissa.
Mumbai, Jan.14 (ANI): The witness to the landing of terrorists ahead of the Mumbai terror attacks returned home in the early hours on Wednesday after being reported by a section of media to have gone missing since Sunday.
How casual we are in fighting terror is best manifested when the news of a key witness to the 10 terrorists who entered Mumbai on November 26 missing comes to the surface. Nothing could be more shameful and corrupt
Karachi, Aug 20 (ANI): With the arrest of three persons, the Karachi Police have unearthed a graveyard scam in which the employees of Sakhi Hasan graveyard dug up old graves, sold away their skeletons and also the graves to new "customers" for anything between Rs11,000 and Rs15,000.
Peshawar, July 30 (ANI): The Pakistan Army has imposed curfew across the Swat region for an indefinite period after its troops exchanged fire with militants in some areas of the valley.
