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.


Rain plays spoilsport for Kumartuli Durga idols business


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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said myriad festivals of India are not just a mode of entertainment but also a source of livelihood for millions of poor.


Festivals are source of livelihood for many: Modi


"I considered it my privilege to come to the holy land of Rameswaram," said Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Tamil to the delight of the gathering he addressed here after inaugurating a memorial for late President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.


Modi invokes Tamil to captivate audience


Supporting CBFC's decision to red flag director Suman Ghosh's documentary on Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, West Bengal BJP President Dilip Ghosh on Wednesday said the board had the power to pass a movie or stall it based on its evaluation.


BJP supports CBFC move to red flag Amartya Sen documentary


A day after Ahmedabad became India's first World Heritage City, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi urged the Centre and the Telangana government to secure a similar tag for Hyderabad.


Owaisi calls for world heritage city tag to Hyderabad


Had issues with ‘political gimmick’, not the Aadhaar idea: Modi in new book

Authored by political-economy analyst Shankkar Aiyar, the 266-page book is being unveiled tomorrow

Had issues with 'political gimmick', not the Aadhaar idea: Modi in new book

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The newly-introduced Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime has thrown the potters of Kumartuli, who craft the famed Durga idols, into a tizzy.


GST effect: Kumartuli potters in a tizzy for offshore Durga orders


Keen observers of contemporary Indian literature would agree that most recent books have depended heavily on promotions and marketing. But if publicity rules the roost, does the manuscript get its due?


What matters more: Writer or manuscript?


The Reserve Bank of India is independent but within the limits set by the government, says former Governor Y.V. Reddy, who also feels there is no such thing as "blanket independence" for a central bank.


RBI independent within limits set by government, says Y V Reddy


Britain's tourism office has announced the release of an interactive map to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the first Harry Potter book on Monday.


Britain maps out country's magic sites to promote tourism


Title: Boom Country? The New Wave of Indian Enterprise; Author: Alan Rosling; Publisher: Hachette India; Pages: 269; Price: Rs 599


Start-up Boom: Evolution of successful entrepreneurs in India (Book Review)


Hundreds of people on Monday took part in a beef party here to coincide with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh's visit as a mark of protest against new rules restricting the sale of cattle for slaughter.


Beef party in Mizoram during Rajnath visit


The GJM has called a 12-hour shutdown in the north Bengal hills

Army deployed in Darjeeling as GJM protest turns violent, tourists stranded

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India's overall goal for green energy in the country is an ambitious 175 gigawatts (GW) by 2022.

Major ports slipping up on renewable energy targets

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday requested the union government to provide Visa on Arrival facility and a halt here for Air India's Colombo-Varanasi flight to increase the tourist footfall in the state.


Odisha seeks Visa on Arrival facility in Bhubaneswar


Over 40,000 foreign tourists visited Myanmar's famous Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon in April, the first month of the 2017-18 fiscal year, said the Pagoda's Board of Trustee on Sunday.


Myanmar's Shwedagon Pagoda attracts over 40,000 foreign visitors


Is Feluda, auteur Satyajit Ray's iconic sleuth, bobbing about on a camel amid the urban jungle of the eastern metropolis?


Kolkata gets Feluda theme park


The West Bengal Heritage Commission will embark upon restoration of three heritage buildings in the state, including the house of Alexander Duff, the first overseas missionary of the Church of Scotland to India, an official said on Saturday.


Three Bengal heritage buildings to be restored


Aadhaar

court query came as govt defended inserting Section 139AA mandating linking of Aadhaar to PAN

Can a person pay taxes the way he wants? SC puts Aadhaar critics in a spot

The sleepy village of Bhilar, in the heart of Maharashtra's famed 'strawberry country' will soon get another identity as India's first "book village", Education Minister Vinod Tawde said here on Friday.


India's first 'book village' coming up in Maharashtra's strawberry country 


In a bid to boost tourist footfalls, tourism authorities in Goa are keen to use 'camaios', typically large, spacious buses used during the Portuguese era for public transport, for sight-seeing tours, an official said on Thursday.

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