Each place mentioned in the Time's list is evaluated based on certain criteria, like originality, quality, sustainability, innovation and influence, according to the magazine.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Thursday attacked the Modi government for insulting India's first Home Minister late Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, saying that the statue being built for him in Gujarat is "Made in China".

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hailed Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel for redrawing the Indian map after independence "to give us what it (country) is today".

Mahatma Gandhi was incomplete without Sardar Patel and they formed an "unbreakable pair": Modi