Tag: British Raj

Bhubaneswar: Senior BJD leader and Agriculture Minister Damodar Rout, who was in the eye of a storm for his derogatory ‘Anganwadi’ remarks recently, has once against courted controversy by saying that Jayee Rajguru was not a freedom fighter. While addressing the Khurda Lok Mahotsav last evening, Rout said Paika Bidroha, the first war of independence […]

New Delhi: Located in the heart of Kolkata, the Victoria Memorial has long stood as a symbol of British Raj in India and the tourist hotspot has now topped the list for the Indian winners of Tripadvisors Travellers’ Choice awards for Museums. Tripadvisor is among the world’s largest travel websites and it said that the […]

New Delhi: Congress President Rahul Gandhi told party MPs on Saturday that the situation faced by the party workers was similar to that in the British period when it had no institutional support but it fought and won and is going to do so again. Addressing the first Congress Parliamentary Party meeting here after Lok […]

Puri: Shankaracharya of Puri, Swami Nischalananda Saraswati on Saturday alleged conspiracy behind demolition of mutts and other religious institutions in the pilgrim town. Breaking his silence on the ongoing demotion drive being carried out by the Puri district administration in 75 metre area around the Puri Jagannath temple, the Shankaracharya stated that the BP Das […]