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Interview: Sam Pitroda in conversation with The Statesman

Sam Pitroda, Chairman of the Indian Overseas Congress in conversation with Santu Das of The Statesman, about Congress prospects in the Lok Sabha elections, political situation in the country and Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, among other issues.

A New Day, A New Dawn

There is a surprise for the readers. A special Poila Boishakh gift from none other than West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee. Who has written a piece for this special edition.

A HAPPY JOURNEY

This evening it was about honoring those who made it possible for the oldest English daily to host its most prized annual celebration of heritage, the Vintage Car Rally, which enters its 53rd year this year.

Indian newspapers from 1966 plane crash found on melting French glacier

The newspapers belong to the residue of an Air India plane that crashed into Europe's highest mountain on January 24, 1966, and were discovered by Timothee Mottin, who runs the cafe-restaurant La Cabane du Cerro at an altitude of 1,350 metres above the French resort of Chamonix.