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Navjot Singh Sidhu released from Patiala jail

5Apr

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Navjot Singh Sidhu released from Patiala jail

After about 10 months, the authorities released Punjab Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu from Patiala Central jail. Authorities released the leader due to his good behavior. Central jail released the cricketer-turned-politician almost two months before completing a one-year sentence in a road rage case. The Supreme Court sentenced the former state Congress chief to one-year rigorous imprisonment. The court gave the judgment over the death of 65-year-old Gurnam Singh in a road rage case in 1988. The authorities jailed the leader on May 20 last year. Soon after leaving jail in Punjab’s Patiala, Navjot Singh Sidhu said: “Democracy is in chains,” taking an apparent swipe at the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Sidhu once said, “Punjab is the shield of this country. When dictato...

Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre opens in Mumbai

2Apr

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Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre opens in Mumbai

The Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre was established to display the sensory journey of India’s rich cultural history through costume, performing, and visual arts. It is located within the Jio World Centre in the Bandra-Kurla Complex in Mumbai. Popularly known as the city of dreams. The NMACC was establish to display the sensory journey of India’s rich cultural history through costume, performing and visual arts. It is located within the Jio World Centre in the Bandra-Kurla Complex in Mumbai, popularly known as the city of dreams. The marvellous infrastructure includes a 2000 seating capacity grand theatre, a 4-storey art house. A Pavilion – a museum-like convertible area of 52,627 sq. ft for art shows and exhibitions, and a studio theatre. The cultural centre dedicated to her mother ...

Abandoned island of North Sentinel near India

14Feb

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Abandoned island of North Sentinel near India

North Sentinel Island is one of the Andaman Islands, an Indian archipelago in the Bay of Bengal. It is home to the Sentinelese, an indigenous people in voluntary isolation. Who has defended, often by force, their protected isolation from the outside world North Sentinel is one of the islands of Andaman Islands. A chain island controlled by India. In the Bay of Bengal which also includes South Sentinel Island. The island chain is much closer to Myanmar and Thailand than to mainland India. Moreover, North Sentinel falls 36 km west of the town of Wandoor in South Andaman Island and 59 km north of South Sentinel Island. The island has a total area of about 59.67 square km. It is surrounded by coral reefs and lacks natural harbors. The entire island is full of forest and a narrow white s...

“Turtuk” The village that Lost its Country in 1971

24Jan

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Pakistan

“Turtuk” The village that Lost its Country in 1971

War is sometimes necessary but it costs hundreds of lives. Around 52 years ago people of Turtuk village slept in Pakistan but woke up as Indians. As surprising as it sounds, it's a historical fact. Turtuk was a border region in Pakistan until 1971. One fine day, it became a part of India. The unsettling effects of this switch are still visible. Shyok, which literally means ‘river of death,’ proves one in the dark night of 1971. On 14 December 1971, when the Indian Army captured this village, Turtuk, from Pakistan. At the edge of Baltistan, enclosed by the Karakoram mountain range with the Shyok flowing in the valley below, Turtuk was one of four villages captured by Indian forces. Also See: Mount Kailash: Centre of so many mysteries In 1971, one of history’s shortest wars wa...

Mount Kailash: Centre of so many mysteries

23Jan

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Mount Kailash: Centre of so many mysteries

Mount Kailash is one of the most sacred and unique places on the earth. The center Shiv and Buddha lovers take this place as a holy pilgrimage. It has so many mysteries that dazzle the world amazingly. Mount Kailash is one of the peaks found in the Kailash ranges which is spread across India and Tibet. Mount Kailash is believed to be the holy abode of Lord Shiva. He is said to be in eternal meditation along with his consort Parvati and his much-loved vehicle Nandi. At an elevation of 6,656 meters above sea level, Mt.Kailash is not a high mountain in Tibet. But it's been worshipped as a famous sacred site by countless people of Buddhism, Bon, Hinduism, and Jainism. Strangely but its shape is like the pyramid of Egypt. Therefore, it is known as the “Biggest Man-made Pyramid”. It is ...