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The British-style Gothic church was built in 1869 on a 15-acre plot of land gifted by the then ruler of erstwhile Travancore by missionary Henry Baker

The move follows the failure of the company to respond to a Suchitwa Mission show cause notice on December 23

Estimated to cost $137 billion, the dam will be built at a huge gorge in the Himalayan reaches where the Brahmaputra river makes a huge U-turn to flow into Arunachal Pradesh and then to Bangladesh

NTPC-BHEL Power Projects Limited, which aimed to construct coal and ash handling plants and water treatment systems for thermal power stations, did not find takers for its products while Tirupati airport is yet to have regular international flights

Pakistan’s former Foreign Minister Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri said Dr. Singh looked forward to the day when it would be possible to have “breakfast in Amritsar, lunch in Lahore, and dinner in Kabul”

Day 3 of the 4th Test between India and Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground may face rain disruptions, affecting play. India trail by 310 runs with Rishabh Pant and Ravindra Jadeja attempting to reduce the deficit. Rain could influence the match's outcome, potentially leading Australia to consider enforcing the follow-on.

From the India-U.S. civil nuclear deal and Quad to ties with Pakistan, the former PM was deeply involved in foreign policy forays

Police sources said the name of the BJP MLA from Coochbehar, Nikhil Ranjan Dey, was allegedly used as a reference to book a room at the MLA hostel in Kolkata from where three suspects were arrested

Conveying their condolences to Dr. Singh’s wife and daughters, the CPI(M) statement also said that “during his ten-year tenure as Prime Minister, Dr. Singh stood firmly for secular and democratic values” 

China has approved the construction of the world's largest dam on the Brahmaputra River in Tibet, aiming to develop clean energy and address climate change. Despite assurances from China about the project's safety and ecological measures, concerns arise in India and Bangladesh regarding potential control over water flows. The project faces engineering challenges due to its seismic location.