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An A.H. Wheeler Bookstore at Sawai Madhopur railway station, Rajasthan. Image Courtesy/ Wikipedia In 1888, a young British journalist in Allahabad was short of money and needed to get back to England. He walked into a bookstall on the railway platform and struck a deal with a Frenchman. The result was the Indian Railway Library -- six grey-green paperbacks, each priced at one rupee, with covers illustrated by Kipling's own father, John Lockwood Kipling.They included Soldiers Three, The Phantom ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday announced the provisional attachment of assets worth approximately ₹131.45 crore in Spain, including a luxury yacht and immovable properties, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). These assets belong to Pavel Prozorov, a Spanish national and the alleged mastermind behind the unauthorised forex trading platform OctaFX. The attached assets comprise a commercial Italian-model luxury yacht cruising in the Western Mediterranean, ...Read More >
Mumbai: St James Church, one of the oldest landmarks from Thane's colonial history, is getting a facelift to celebrate its 200th anniversary in July. The church was built in 1825 as a place of worship for British officers and soldiers when the town, then spelled as Tannah or Thana, was the headquarters of a large district in the Bombay Province. The restoration work on the church building is expected to continue for six months, but the jubilee will be celebrated on July 25. Rev Rajendra Bhosale ...Read More >
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