Marble floors, walls like Ram Mandir — Mamata’s Jagannath Dham set to open in April
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Marble floors, walls like Ram Mandir — Mamata’s Jagannath Dham set to open in April

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An artist's impression of the Jagannath Dham in Digha | By special arrangement

An artist's impression of the Jagannath Dham in Digha | By special arrangement

A peek at Mamata’s Jagannath Dham, set for April opening: Marble floors, sandstone walls like Ram mandir

Spread across 22 acres & located on seaside, the magnificent Jagannath Dham will cost West Bengal govt approximately Rs 143 cr. As many as 1,000 workers are involved in building the temple. Read Sreyashi Dey’s report.

Why Telangana power sector is in ‘precarious’ state. ‘Rs 62kcr losses, Rs 82kcr debt’ accumulated since 2014

In white paper tabled in assembly, Congress govt says difficulty faced by discoms in paying power purchase bills aggravated by default of KCR govt in paying power bills of its own departments, reports Prasad Nichenametla.

‘Donkey flight’ held in Paris not first, Indians are trying to emigrate to US in record numbers

The case of a chartered flight ferrying 303 passengers to Nicaragua is just the latest in a record year for Indians seeking to emigrate to the US via the Mexican and Canadian borders, reports Keshav Padmanabhan.

What’s the history of India’s Union territories? They were once among 4 types of ‘states’

At the time of the commencement of the Constitution, we had four types of states – Part A, Part B, Part C and Part D, writes Sanjeev Chopra.

Don’t expect a gentler Modi in 2024. He’s already sure of his place in history

Narendra Modi’s supremacy doesn’t work in South India. Unless the BJP’s next victory is more national in character, the Hindi belt vs the rest problem will fester going ahead, writes Vir Sanghvi.

Indian govt hasn’t had much luck in killing Dawood Ibrahim—but media is doing much better

When Modi stood on the cusp of being elected PM, he vowed to hunt down Dawood. That hasn’t been delivered on—but media seems determined to proclaim success, regardless, writes Praveen Swami.