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Fields Of Dreams: In Dantewada, Sachin Tendulkar Builds More Than Just Playgrounds
Here, in a land long known for its dense forests, tribal heritage, and the dark shadows of Naxalism, India's greatest cricketer is scripting a new innings.
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Bihar's Heritage Building In Rail Town Razed In 100th Year Of Danapur Division
A nearly century-old building that was originally constructed as a prime recreational centre in the famed railway town of Khagaul in Patna district has been significantly demolished to make way for an elevated road project.
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Police Station Turned Into Restaurant: This Meghalaya Cafe Lets You Dine Inside A 'Jail'
A 140-year-old building in Meghalaya, which used to house a police station, has been converted into a unique cafe. Part of the dining area has a jail theme.
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"A Gujarati Will Find A Way To Innovate Simplest Of Things": Chief Justice Of India
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice DY Chandrachud on Saturday inaugurated a district court building in Rajkot and said that the people here have stayed rooted in its cultural heritage while embracing changes with time.
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Visva Bharti Writes To President Over Road At Santiniketan Campus
Visva-Bharati authorities on Sunday wrote to President Droupadi Murmu, seeking her intervention for returning of a road lined by heritage buildings on the central university's campus from the West Bengal government.
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Two 13-Year-Olds Turn Themselves In Over Sydney Building Fire
Two 13-year-olds have turned themselves over to police after a blaze burned down a seven-storey heritage building in central Sydney, officers said Friday.
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1 Injured In Explosion In Punjab's Amritsar
One person suffered minor injuries and glass facades of some buildings were damaged in an explosion on a heritage street near the Golden Temple, police said on Sunday.
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Goa Governor Says Raj Bhavan Should Be Open For Public, Ready To Move Out
Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai has said he would not mind moving out of the 450-year-old heritage structure of Raj Bhavan so that the historical premises can be opened for public viewing.
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Ex-Bengal Chief Minister Siddhartha Shankar Ray's House To Get Heritage Tag
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to include former West Bengal chief minister Siddhartha Shankar Ray's south-Kolkata residence on its list of heritage buildings, councillor Sandip Ranjan Bakshi said on Saturday.
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Fire Destroys Sikkim Heritage Park Building, Triggers Political Tension
A major fire at Eco-Heritage Cultural Park in Yangang in South Sikkim destroyed its main building, triggering political tension in the Himalayan state on Saturday with ruling SKM and opposition SDF blaming each other for the blaze.
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Bombay High Court Building To Open Its Doors For Heritage Walks From Oct 16
The Bombay High Court building will be thrown open to heritage enthusiasts from October 16 as part of the Maharashtra government's efforts to boost tourism in Mumbai, an official said on Thursday.
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Heritage School, College Buildings To Be Protected Monuments In Kerala
The heritage buildings of schools and colleges, constructed during the pre-independence period, will be declared as protected monuments in Kerala, state Minister for Museum and Archaeology, Ahammad Devarkovil said on Thursday.
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Delhi Assembly ''Mystery Tunnel'' Needs To Be Properly Probed: Experts
Historians and heritage experts, including those from the ASI, have called for carrying out a scientific investigation of a tunnel located beneath the sprawling building of the Delhi Assembly, which has again captured the imagination of the people.
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Plan To Reuse Heritage Building In Delhi As Restuarant, Revitalise Monuments
Delhi is dotted with a large number of smaller but important sites, which people pass by on a daily basis but hardly notice like old domes and arches and tombs, the mayor said.
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Delhi Building's Hawa Mahal-Like Facade Being Demolished On Civic Body's Order
A Delhi-based heritage textile trader who had added a Hawa Mahal-like new facade to an old building in Chandni Chowk, was looking forward to inaugurate it on August 15, but instead it is being torn down in compliance with an NDMC order.
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Fields Of Dreams: In Dantewada, Sachin Tendulkar Builds More Than Just Playgrounds
Here, in a land long known for its dense forests, tribal heritage, and the dark shadows of Naxalism, India's greatest cricketer is scripting a new innings.
-
Bihar's Heritage Building In Rail Town Razed In 100th Year Of Danapur Division
A nearly century-old building that was originally constructed as a prime recreational centre in the famed railway town of Khagaul in Patna district has been significantly demolished to make way for an elevated road project.
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Police Station Turned Into Restaurant: This Meghalaya Cafe Lets You Dine Inside A 'Jail'
A 140-year-old building in Meghalaya, which used to house a police station, has been converted into a unique cafe. Part of the dining area has a jail theme.
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"A Gujarati Will Find A Way To Innovate Simplest Of Things": Chief Justice Of India
Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice DY Chandrachud on Saturday inaugurated a district court building in Rajkot and said that the people here have stayed rooted in its cultural heritage while embracing changes with time.
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Visva Bharti Writes To President Over Road At Santiniketan Campus
Visva-Bharati authorities on Sunday wrote to President Droupadi Murmu, seeking her intervention for returning of a road lined by heritage buildings on the central university's campus from the West Bengal government.
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Two 13-Year-Olds Turn Themselves In Over Sydney Building Fire
Two 13-year-olds have turned themselves over to police after a blaze burned down a seven-storey heritage building in central Sydney, officers said Friday.
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1 Injured In Explosion In Punjab's Amritsar
One person suffered minor injuries and glass facades of some buildings were damaged in an explosion on a heritage street near the Golden Temple, police said on Sunday.
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Goa Governor Says Raj Bhavan Should Be Open For Public, Ready To Move Out
Governor P S Sreedharan Pillai has said he would not mind moving out of the 450-year-old heritage structure of Raj Bhavan so that the historical premises can be opened for public viewing.
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Ex-Bengal Chief Minister Siddhartha Shankar Ray's House To Get Heritage Tag
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to include former West Bengal chief minister Siddhartha Shankar Ray's south-Kolkata residence on its list of heritage buildings, councillor Sandip Ranjan Bakshi said on Saturday.
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Fire Destroys Sikkim Heritage Park Building, Triggers Political Tension
A major fire at Eco-Heritage Cultural Park in Yangang in South Sikkim destroyed its main building, triggering political tension in the Himalayan state on Saturday with ruling SKM and opposition SDF blaming each other for the blaze.
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Bombay High Court Building To Open Its Doors For Heritage Walks From Oct 16
The Bombay High Court building will be thrown open to heritage enthusiasts from October 16 as part of the Maharashtra government's efforts to boost tourism in Mumbai, an official said on Thursday.
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Heritage School, College Buildings To Be Protected Monuments In Kerala
The heritage buildings of schools and colleges, constructed during the pre-independence period, will be declared as protected monuments in Kerala, state Minister for Museum and Archaeology, Ahammad Devarkovil said on Thursday.
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Delhi Assembly ''Mystery Tunnel'' Needs To Be Properly Probed: Experts
Historians and heritage experts, including those from the ASI, have called for carrying out a scientific investigation of a tunnel located beneath the sprawling building of the Delhi Assembly, which has again captured the imagination of the people.
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Plan To Reuse Heritage Building In Delhi As Restuarant, Revitalise Monuments
Delhi is dotted with a large number of smaller but important sites, which people pass by on a daily basis but hardly notice like old domes and arches and tombs, the mayor said.
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Delhi Building's Hawa Mahal-Like Facade Being Demolished On Civic Body's Order
A Delhi-based heritage textile trader who had added a Hawa Mahal-like new facade to an old building in Chandni Chowk, was looking forward to inaugurate it on August 15, but instead it is being torn down in compliance with an NDMC order.
