The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will soon start restoration of the historic 204-year-old Town Hall, an official said on Tuesday.


Restoration of Kolkata's British-era Town Hall to start soon


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Goa, one of the top tourism destinations in the country, should host electronic dance music (EDM) festivals based on classical music, musical plays and folk music, Tourism Minister Manohar Ajgaonkar said on Monday.


Need classical, folk music-based EDMs: Goa Minister


The Cell for IPR Promotions and Management (CIPAM) has launched a social media campaign to promote Indian Geographical Indications (GIs) with "#LetsTalkIP", an official said on Monday.


Centre launches social media campaign to promote Indian GIs


Liquor sales in Kerala during the the 10 days of Onam touched a record high of Rs 440.6 crore, up from Rs 411.14 crore during the previous Onam season, according to official figures.


Liquor worth Rs 440.6 cr sold in Kerala during Onam season


Ahmedabad in Gujarat on Friday was formally accorded the status of India's first World Heritage City with UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova handing over the certificate in this regard to Chief Minister Vijay Rupani.


Ahmedabad gets India's first World Heritage City certificate


As a precautionary move, all major Ganeshotsav 'mandals' (associations) in and around Mumbai were on Tuesday urged to switch off all electrical devices and power supply in their marquees to avoid electrical short-circuits or a potential disaster.


Switch off power, Ganeshotsav marquees advised


Title: The Corporate Jungle: Your Guide to Understanding Workplace People and Politics; Author: Seema Raghunath; Publisher: Harper Collins; Pages: 207; Price: Rs 299


Corporate Jungle: Understanding workplace, people and politics (Book Review)


Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Friday announced that the state will distribute free sarees to over one crore women on the occasion of Bathukamma, a regional festival.


Telangana to gift free sarees to one crore women


Wade through a searing memoir and a chilling indictment of the Indian prison system; get an insight look into what motivates exceptional companies and how they are a cut above the rest; read a mystery story that revolves around diamonds worth millions; and flick through a book full of stories from Chennai.


Of prison, business, mystery and Madras (IANS Books This Weekend)


The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) on Tuesday revived its defunct training centre in the Kashmir Valley where Mahatma Gandhi gave Charkha training to locals in 1947, officials said.


KVIC revives defunct centre in Kashmir


Title: Fifty Things That Made the Modern Economy; Author: Tim Harford; Publisher: Little, Brown; Pages: 352; Price: Rs 599


The amazing tales of inventions that created and run the modern world (Book Review) 


Four persons were killed and four others wounded on Sunday when a mortar shell slammed the fairgrounds in the capital Damascus where a premier trade fair is being held.


Mortar shelling at Damascus fair kills four


The Mizoram government's flagship programme, New Land Use Policy (NLUP), has brought development to the state and prosperity to the farmers, Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla said in his address at the Independence Day function here on Tuesday.


Mizoram's flagship programme helped farmers: CM


Kerala is set to host the Nehru Boat Race here on Saturday with nearly 80 boats participating.


Kerala gears up for Nehru Boat Race


As part of its increasing engagements with the countries of Southeast Asia under the Act East Policy, India on Monday called for expanding the areas of cooperation among the member countries of the Mekong Ganga Cooperation (MGC) bloc.


India for expanding cooperation among Mekong Ganga countries


The launch of a non-preachy, non-prescriptive account of the possibilities that define India amidst magnificent paradoxes witnessed an insightful discussion on public governance, diplomacy and intelligentsia.


Harnessing the potential of India's rapidly expanding workforce to boost economy


Title: 30 Second Thrillers; Author: K.V. Sridhar; Publisher: Bloomsbury India; Pages: 334; Price: Rs 499


The short screen stories that influenced generations of Indians (Book Review) 


The Delhi Metro will begin a month-long "Heritage Walk" programme from Saturday to give people a taste of the rich history of Old Delhi, it said on Friday.


Delhi Metro to begin 'Heritage walks' from Saturday


The 28 per cent Goods and Services Tax (GST) on musical instruments has struck a discordant note with their manufacturers and dealers in West Bengal, whose capital Kolkata is a traditional hub of the industry.


Bengal's musical instrument makers unhappy with GST slab


"To consume meat or not to" -- has been a never-ending debate between those supporting non-vegetarian lifestyle and those opposing it. And the recent religio-political dash added to slaughter of animals has only accentuated the debate among people.


'Say no to meat' is the apolitical message from experts


Crammed into 8-by-10 feet studios, Kumartuli artisans are hard pressed for time to spruce up and deliver the famed Durga Puja clay idols in less than two months from now. And rain has played spoilsport again.

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