A life-size replica of the Taj Mahal, often described as the world’s most beautiful building, is due to open for visitors in Bangladesh.
The replica has been built by a Bangladeshi filmmaker.
Ahsanullah Moni said he wanted his countrymen to experience the beauty of the Indian monument even if they were too poor to travel to see [...]
By Ashok Handoo
The latest inflation figure in the country has slipped down the 12 per cent mark which, if nothing else, should at least give a psychological relief to the people; the same way as a mere marginal increase in the inflation rate would ring the alarm bells in the media leading people to be [...]
A US strike on a Pakistani village near the Afghan border has killed at least nine people including suspected foreign militants, Pakistani sources say.
Initial reports said at least 20 people had died when an unmanned aircraft (drone) fired on the village in North Waziristan region.
But officials later put the numbers between nine and [...]
The toll in the Chamunda Temple near Jodhpur stampede has risen to 179 and hundreds others injured on Tuesday, officials said.
Severe overcrowding apparently caused the crush as more than 12,000 people gathered at the temple to celebrate Navaratra festival, Jodhpur Police Superintendent Malini Agarwal said. At least 168 people were killed in the stampede, said Naresh Pal [...]
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