New name but old job: Police orderlies to be called followers

Edit The Times of India 16 Jun 2016
BENGALURU. The state government's decision to do away with the orderly system where police constables are deputed for menial jobs in the households of senior officers may appear path-breaking. But read between the lines and the message is clear. This legacy from the British Raj, where senior officers have glorified house servants, will continue, albeit in another guise ... Though designated as gunmen, they do everything but wield the gun....

Animal activists question decision to revive mounted cop unit in Coimbatore

Edit The Times of India 16 Jun 2016
Coimbatore. The city police's move to revive the mounted horse unit in Coimbatore has sparked off a debate with animal rights activists arguing that such a unit was not necessary in this modern age. When motorcycles and jeeps can travel faster and has access to every other corner of the city, there is no need for a horse unit in Coimbatore, they argue. "Mounted horse units are a 150-year-old hangover from the British raj ... RELATED....

Oh Teri! Aamir Khan Forgets that Lagaan Completed 15 Years!

Edit Pinkvilla 15 Jun 2016
Set in the period of India's colonial British Raj, the story highlighted the plight of a small village whose inhabitants were burdened by high taxes. The villagers face the arduous task of learning the cricket and playing against the Britishers- in which they emerge ......

Finally, Karnataka to do away with orderly system

Edit The Times of India 14 Jun 2016
Bengaluru. In a welcome move, the Karnataka government has decided to abolish the system of orderlies in police, a practice dating back to the colonial era ... Over the years, efforts by several governments to abolish the British Raj system faced stiff resistance, especially from senior IPS officers. Abolition of the orderly system was one of the long-pending demands of the constabulary ... Stay updated on the go with Times of India News App....

8 Sports Based Movies Everyone Should Watch At least Once!

Edit Pinkvilla 14 Jun 2016
Bollywood is known for trying out all sorts of genres when it comes to making a movie. Of the lot, we've seen the most inspiring ones to be that of Sports genre. Let's have a look at some of the best one's Bollywood has given us till date.. Iqbal ... Chak De ... Lagaan. Directed by Ashutosh Gowariker, the film is set in the Victorian period of British Raj in India ... Bhaag Milkha Bhaag ... Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikandar ... Kai Po Che ... Paan Singh Tomar ... Mary Kom ... ....

Sikh Heritage App launched in Singapore

Edit DNA India 12 Jun 2016
... Singapore, then a penal colony of British Empire ... The late Maharaj Singh is revered for his bravery and for planning a revolt with his followers against the British Raj in Punjab ... Among other trails, the app has the Sepoy Lines area around Outram Road and Cantonment Road where the sepoys, or Indian soldiers in the British Raj, built their barracks....

App on Sikh Heritage in Singapore launched

Edit Deccan Chronicle 12 Jun 2016
... Singapore, then a penal colony of British Empire. The late Maharaj Singh is revered for his bravery and for planning a revolt with his followers against the British Raj in Punjab ... Among other trails, the app has the Sepoy Lines area around Outram Road and Cantonment Road where the sepoys, or Indian soldiers in the British Raj, built their barracks....

Mobile app on Sikh Heritage launched in Singapore

Edit Indian Express 12 Jun 2016
... Singapore, then a penal colony of British Empire ... The late Maharaj Singh is revered for his bravery and for planning a revolt with his followers against the British Raj in Punjab ... Among other trails, the app has the Sepoy Lines area around Outram Road and Cantonment Road where the sepoys, or Indian soldiers in the British Raj, built their barracks....

Hrithik Roshan looks rustic, fierce in Mohenjo Daro poster

Edit Indian Express 08 Jun 2016
The first poster of actor Hrithik Roshan’s much-awaited movie Mohenjo Daro is out ... Hrithik, in the poster of the upcoming film, is seen in a muscular avatar ... Hrithik tweeted ... His name..?… @utvfilms @agppl_tweets @hegdepooja @arrahman ... “Before the British Raj, the Mughals, Christ, Alexander, Buddha and India as we know it, there was… Mohenjo Daro,” the motion poster reads ... ....

Brick-by-brick

Edit The Hindu 08 Jun 2016
The speaker Vikramjit Singh Rooprai who heads the Delhi Youth for Heritage Foundation delineated facts and figures to illustrate the ups and downs in the city’s long march during which it was ruled by 125 kings of several dynasties, ending with the British Raj in 1947 ... The advent of the British saw Metcalfe House, Skinner’s Church, Fraser’s House and the Town Hall, to be followed by the New Delhi of Lutyens ... Keywords....

Hrithik Roshan teases fans with 'Mohenjo Daro' world

Edit Deccan Herald 07 Jun 2016
Actor Hrithik Roshan has teased his admirers with the motion poster of his much-awaited epic adventure-romance drama "Mohenjo Daro" ... "Before the British Raj, the Mughals, Christ, Alexander, Buddha and India as we know it, there was......

Hrithik takes us back to the dawn of civilization in Mohenjo Daro motion poster

Edit Deccan Chronicle 07 Jun 2016
"Even before the British Raj, Mughals, Christ, Alexander, Buddha and India as we know it, there was Mohenjo Daro", says the motion poster ... ....

Sailing into the Indo-Pacific

Edit Indian Express 07 Jun 2016
Although Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his predecessor, Manmohan Singh, have often used the term in their speeches over the years, there has been much resistance to the idea of the “Indo-Pacific” in the Indian establishment. (PTI photo) ... That the Indian and Pacific Oceans are two different worlds has long been the conventional wisdom ... There is no better testimony to the idea of the Indo-Pacific than India’s legacy of the British Raj....
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