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Bengaluru | Whose parks and gardens are these anyway?
For decades, Bengaluru has revelled in its status as the Garden City, but of late, its parks and gardens have become objects of contention as different groups want to claim ownership. While the ownership technically lies with the State government, a lack of concrete regulations give rise to the question of ‘whose park is it anyway?’ from time to time, as Jahnavi T.R. finds out
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Bapatla police crack ₹74-lakh cyber fraud case, two persons rom Rajasthan
The police have busted a nationwide network of frauds involving more than ₹10 crore in 43 cases reported from 18 States, says SP Tushar Dudi
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lay stone for new railway zone, green hydrogen projects in Visakhapatnam on January 8
Modi is also scheduled to address a public meeting at Andhra University engineering college grounds
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Checking crime is the primary goal of govt., A.P. CM tells probationary ASPs and DSPs
Friendly policing is the approach, Naidu says, adding that people committing atrocities against women and children must be dealt with an iron fist
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What do the State of Forest Report 2023 findings mean? | Explained
Experts say the report doesn’t specify the quality of forests contributing to increases in forest cover nor provides data on causes of forest degradation
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Books, writers have been guiding light in times of defeat: Pawan Kalyan
Recalling a few writings that stayed with him since his childhood, Mr. Kalyan pointed out how he could relate to the struggles of the protagonist in the Kesava Reddy’s ‘Athadu Adavini Jayinchadu’ and understand the travails of the people in Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay’s ‘Vanavasi’
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Navy skydivers collide during rehearsal for operational demo
At 5.40 pm, a mid-air collision occurred between two Navy skydivers who were gliding with their parachutes during the operational display rehearsals
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KREDL records profit of ₹135 crore for FY 2023 - 24
A financial assistance of ₹5 crore was also given to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund by KREDL
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S-VYASA’s school of Advanced Studies will be inaugurated on January 3
Union Minister J.P. Nadda will inaugurate the school
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The tick-tock of the Pawar family clock
A 2023 split in the Nationalist Congress Party, one of Maharashtra’s regional powerhouses helmed by Sharad Pawar, who has been in politics for about 60 years, has altered the course of the State’s politics. With his nephew Ajit gaining political ground and the third generation of Pawars learning the ropes, The Hindu gauges how the battle for succession has impacted the family itself and the State as a whole
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Dispute over ‘Farishtey’ scheme ends, Supreme Court asks Delhi govt., L-G to make peace
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Karnataka Cabinet cancels white-topping works on 92 roads approved in 2018-19
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Pulavar Kaliyaperumal, the Vathiyar in Viduthalai-2, who nurtured Naxalism
Vijay Sethupathy, playing the role of Perumal Vathiyar, has resurrected Pulavar Kaliyaperumal of Pennadam, the Naxalite leader-turned-Tamil nationalist, who was sentenced to death with his son Valluvan in a case of murder. Five other members of his family were awarded life sentence. Pulavar’s death sentence was commuted by President V.V. Giri
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When a critic of EVMs went silent on Election Commission’s challenge
Jayalalithaa’s AIADMK opposed the use of the machines in the 2001 Assembly election, arguing that they had failed in even developed nations. The party went to the Madras High Court and the Supreme Court, but they rejected its plea for ballot papers
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A pioneering effort to translate the holy book of Islam into Tamil in full
On February 19, 1926, A.K. Abdul Hameed Baqavi started off on a journey that would take him over two decades to complete. His translation of The Quran, which is written in classical Arabic and organised in 114 chapters, took time. But the elegant style of the work, published in 1949, has made it one of the most enduring versions
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T.N. government announces Pongal bonus for employees; pensioners to get gift of ₹500 each
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Differences with Anbumani ironed out, but Mukunthan is party’s youth wing leader: Ramadoss
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DMK govt. does not compromise on the welfare of women and children, says Minister
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Rachakonda Cyber Crime police recover ₹70 lakh lost in digital arrest fraud
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