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‘Geotubes threat to my security’

City mayor Sunil Prabhu thinks that the geotubes used for the conservation of Dadar Chowpatty are a threat to his...

22 Feb 2013 12:30 PM IST

Go Dutch this weekend

Tijs Michiel Verwest, better known as Tiesto in the EDM scene, is a people’s performer. In the past two decades...

28 March 2013 10:21 PM IST

Sallu calls the shots

Salman Khan has taken charge of his next film Mental and wants to incorporate some last minute changes to the script....

20 March 2013 10:24 PM IST

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. (Photo: AP)

UN chief to work with Trump administration despite UNESCO pullout

US quit UNESCO accusing the body of 'anti-Israel' bias after it designated in July the old city of Hebron as a...

13 Oct 2017 8:23 AM IST

Foreign Policy magazine said the decision was aimed at saving money and to protest what the US believes is UNESCOs anti-Israel stance. (Photo: AFP)

US withdraws from UNESCO, accuses body of 'anti-Israel bias'

The head of UNESCO Irina Bokova voiced 'profound regret' over United States withdrawing from the UN body.

12 Oct 2017 7:02 PM IST

For centuries, those practising this form of medicine swear every day on something more elaborate than the Hippocratic Oath, and perform prayers and only then treat patients.

Biopiracy: Right over Tibetan medicine

China tries to stake claim over Sowa Rigpa which has a significant Indian influence on the Tibetan medicine.

12 Oct 2017 6:50 AM IST

Lasbella district and Hub, which are close to Karachi, have been worst affected by the flash floods, the spokesperson said. (Photo: AP/Representational)

Vietnam's deadliest typhoon in years kills more than 90, scores...

Typhoon Damrey is the latest and deadliest of the 12 major weather systems that have barrelled into the country so far...

9 Nov 2017 3:32 PM IST

The Royal Opera House back in the day when it was contructed. Image obtained from Rajan Jayakar Collections.

A flashback through Mumbai heritage

A structure dating back the colonial era, it is renowned for its exquisite Baroque design with pure Italian marble.

9 Nov 2017 12:27 AM IST

The Green Tribunal observed that the ecology of the area surrounding the Taj Mahal cannot be compromised. (Photo: PTI)

Taj Mahal politics in Uttar Pradesh

An irresistible magnet for tourists, the Taj Mahal is considered a jewel in the crown among India's vast cultural...

6 Nov 2017 1:25 AM IST

Archaeologist Dieter Noli sits in the sand with gold coins from the wreck of a 16th century Portuguese ship that was discovered in a diamond-mining area on Namibias Atlantic coast, in Oranjemund. (Photo: AP)

In Namibia, 1533 Portuguese shipwreck's relics hidden away

More than 2,000 gold coins from the wreck, most of them Spanish and Portuguese, are in a central bank vault in Windhoek,...

17 Sept 2017 1:03 PM IST

The only dispute is with the frontline buildings at Marine Drive and Oval Maidan, which can be raised only up to 32 metres, said Mr Shahpuri.

Locals oppose UNESCO tag

UN body's guidelines don't apply to all Marine Drive bldgs, claim residents.

17 Sept 2017 1:37 AM IST

Oval Maidan has many art deco buildings around it.

State wants world heritage tag for Oval Maidan

The precinct has Victorian neo-gothic architecture buildings of the 19th century on one site.

11 Sept 2017 2:15 AM IST