A Georgia city moved a pre-Civil War house out of the way of a hotel project instead of demolishing it; after a $500,000 relocation and restoration, it is becoming a coffee shop

The nearly $500,000 relocation and restoration effort has preserved the pre-Civil War structure, which is now being prepared as a new location for Bizarre Coffee (Image Credit: Facebook/ @Save Acworth History by Mark Turner) A house that survived for more than a century is getting a new life not as a museum, but as a…

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Another setback for Mamata Banerjee as her Rejinagar bypolls pick withdraws | India News

Mamata Banerjee faces setback in Rejinagar as her candidate withdraws. NEW DELHI: Rabiul Alam Chowdhury, the Mamata Banerjee-led faction’s candidate for the Rejinagar Assembly bypoll, has decided to withdraw his candidature, dealing another setback to the faction a day after its Nandigram nominee also pulled out.Chowdhury said he was withdrawing because the faction’s newly allotted…

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Manoj Bajpayee: Waheeda Rehman to make rare screen comeback as Mahatma Gandhi’s mother Putlibai in Manoj Bajpayee starrer, director Sudhir Mishra calls her casting ‘special and surreal’ – Report | Hindi Movie News

Veteran actor Waheeda Rehman is set to make a rare return to the screen with Sudhir Mishra’s upcoming directorial venture, which is backed by Anubhav Sinha. According to reports, Rehman has joined the cast of the film and will portray Putlibai, the mother of Mahatma Gandhi. Manoj Bajpayee will play Gandhi in the historical drama,…

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The Indian town that bottled the smell of rain: How Kannauj turned rose petals, copper stills and an ancient craft into a global fragrance legacy

Tucked away in Uttar Pradesh, roughly 80 kilometres from Kanpur, sits a town most Indians have never heard of, yet it has quietly built a global reputation entirely around scent. This is Kannauj, officially and popularly celebrated across the country as the Perfume Capital of India. According to various industry estimates circulating in recent years,…

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‘Both the trophies will come’: BCCI’s big update on Asia Cup trophies snubbed by Mohsin Naqvi | Cricket News

Indian women’s cricket team and Mohsin Naqvi The Asia Cup trophies won by India’s men’s and women’s teams remain in Dubai, but BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia has assured that both pieces of silverware will eventually make their way to the board’s headquarters in Mumbai.Saikia confirmed the development after the BCCI’s 95th Annual General Meeting in…

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