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CDS General Bipin Rawat was a simple and brilliant student, recall friends
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], December 9 (ANI): In 2018, CDS General Bipin Rawat had planned a get-together with his old batchmates, but he could not turn up for the event due to some professional reasons. And that was the only time when the 1973 batchmates had planned a meeting to reli
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Indian Institute of Advanced Study in Shimla opens doors for tourists
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], September 23 (ANI): The 18th-century British-era building of the Indian Institute of Advanced Study (IIAS) in Shimla was opened for visitors almost after a gap of over five months.
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Women prisoners in Pakistan suffer in cubbyhole
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Peshawar [Pakistan], September 12 (ANI): Women prisoners in Pakistan's Peshawar have been without a separate prison ever since the demolition of a British-era building, according to local media.
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Discrimination against street dogs started in British era: Agra rescuer
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 12 (ANI): An Agra woman, who has been rescuing and rehabilitating stray dogs for nearly 40 years, has raised the issue of discrimination between the domestic and foreign breeds.
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Indian Railways to end British-era practice of posting 'bungalow peons'
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 7 (ANI): Indian Railways has decided to end the British-era practice of posting "bungalow peons" known as Telephone Attendant-cum-Dak Khalasis (TADKs) at the residences of senior officials of the 167-year-old national transporter.
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Restoration work of Shimla's Bantony Castle starts amid lockdown
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], May 21 (ANI): The homeless migrant labourers hailing from different parts of the country have started renovation and restoration work of over century-old building, 'Bantony Castle', the British era building, amid the fourth phase of coronavirus lockdown.
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Urmila Matondkar compares CAA with Rowlatt Act, gets WW II years wrong
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 31 (ANI): Actor-turned-politician Urmila Matondkar on Thursday compared the Citizenship Amendment Act with the British era Rowlatt Act 1919, but got the year wrong when the World War II ended.
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British era honorifics like 'Mahamahim' need to go: Venkaiah Naidu
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Aug 14 (ANI): Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday took a light-hearted jibe at the old British-era custom of using honorifics that are still being used in official communication and said that the time to let them go was here.
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Rajasthan: 7 British era guns stolen from Raj Bhawan in Mount Abu
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Mount Abu (Rajasthan) [India], March 5 (ANI): Seven British era antique guns were stolen from Raj Bhawan here on Saturday night.
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Maharashtra Governor orders restoration of British-era cannons
Updated : 7 years, 4 months ago IST
Mumbai [India], Nov 4 (ANI): Maharashtra Governor CV Rao has ordered restoration of two identical British-era cannons each weighing 22-tonne, which were found in Raj Bhavan here on Saturday.
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Western Railways renames Elphinstone station as Prabhadevi
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Jul 17: In another case of changing the British era names, the Western Railway on Tuesday renamed Elphinstone Road Station to Prabhadevi on Mumbai's suburban section.
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Bareilly Municipal Corporation implements dress code for staff
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh) [India] January 10 (ANI): The Bareilly Municipal Corporation will be implementing a dress code for its staff and officers where the employees will not be allowed to wear casual wears to the office.
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