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$\Bouillon\ means broth in French, and it was from the restorative qualities of their principal dish that the word \restaurant\ comes. (Photo: AFP)$ Life

Parisians get back to basics with bouillons'

Paris rediscovers appetite for its world-beating 'bouillons'.

18 Jun 2019 11:40 AM IST

On Wednesday, instead of crowds, only a few dozen specialist workers wearing white protective overalls, hard hats and masks could be seen carrying out painstaking work to make the building safe. (Photo: AFP)

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Inside Notre-Dame: rubble, emptiness and an immense task ahead

Journalists were on Wednesday given unprecedented access during a tour around the inside of the 850-year-old World...

18 July 2019 5:52 PM IST

Scores of people were injured due to the ensuing clashes between the demonstrators and law enforcement officials. (Photo: ANI)

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Police, Yellow Vest protesters clash after Bastille Day celebrations...

Three key members of the protests, including the movement's ideologist Eric Drouet, were arrested by the police during...

15 July 2019 4:35 PM IST

Paris is crisscrossed by dozens of hop-on, hop-off double-decker buses that shuttle tourists between the main monuments, as well as international tourist coaches that bring in budget travellers from all over Europe. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

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Paris plagued by overtourism, bans buses from city centre

Paris says tourist buses no longer welcome in city centre, encourages to use of cycles.

3 July 2019 11:56 AM IST

In new India, the way in which action is being taken against corruption, dynasty politics, loot of peoples money, terrorism, this has never happened before, PM Modi said. (Photo: ANI)

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'No place in new India for corruption': PM Modi declares at UNESCO in...

Modi said India is now surging ahead, 'mandate we got was not merely for running a govt but for building a new India.'

23 Aug 2019 2:56 PM IST

A Taco Bell in upstate New York served their nachos with a very unexpected ingredient- a door knob. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

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'It is sad': Waiter shot dead for being too slow with sandwich in...

With the shooter still on the run Saturday, shocked residents gathered outside the pizza and sandwich eatery.

18 Aug 2019 10:38 AM IST

Restorers used a wind tunnel to help dry the tapestry before freezing it to kill off any fungi and parasites that might eat away at the weaving. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

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Precious Notre-Dame tapestry restored after fire

Treasured Notre-Dame tapestry restored after blaze.

16 Sept 2019 12:40 PM IST

Da Vinci had a legendary obsession with the flight of birds and how understanding the mechanism could lead to the creation of a human flying machine. (Photo: AFP)

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Leonardo da Vinci's famous mechanical lion on display in Paris

Leonardo da Vinci's mechanical lion goes on display in Paris museum.

12 Sept 2019 10:13 AM IST

A medical staff member prepares to collect samples from a woman at a COVID-19 testing centre set up in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AFP)

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French coronavirus death toll overtakes Spain's

France now stands as world's fourth-highest number of fatalities after the United States, Britain and Italy

13 May 2020 11:33 AM IST

A grandchild gives a kiss to his grand-father, suspected of being infected with the novel coronavirus, as he is evacuated to a hospital by the Protection Civile Paris Seine first aid workers, from his home in Paris. (AFP)

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France prepares to lift lockdown, red zone Paris under watch

Prime minister Edouard Philippe opine that enough progress had been made in curbing the virus and supporting hospitals

8 May 2020 12:57 PM IST

$French police unionists fire blue flares as they demonstrate with a banner reading\ No police, no peace\ down the Champs-Elysee avenue, Friday, June 12, 2020 in Paris. (AP)$ World

Police rally for government support in France after chokehold ban

French police opine that new restrictions have gone too far, and have taken issue with any implication of systemic...

12 Jun 2020 4:18 PM IST

Firefighters extinguish a burning car near the Champs-Elysees in Paris on August 23, 2020, as PSG supporters riot after the UEFA Champions League final football match between Paris Saint-Germain and Bayern Munich at the Luz stadium in Lisbon. (AFP)

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Scores arrested as Paris Saint-Germain fans riot after defeat to...

The trouble lasted several hours, as groups of fans threw bottles and fireworks at police, who responded with tear gas...

24 Aug 2020 1:29 PM IST