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Now, spot the tiger wings at KIA’s T2
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Will act tough against trollers posting objectionable comments on social media, warns A.P. Home Minister Anitha
She said users were making abusive and obscene comments against women, which was intolerable.
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Waqf row in Karnataka: Of land ownership and beyond
The controversy around the Waqf Board serving notices to farmers and others, which had its genesis in the small village of Honawad in Vijayapura, has slowly become a State-wide and even a national issue, with the Joint Parliamentary Committee on Waqf Amendment Bill visiting Karnataka on November 7. The Hindu Rishikesh Bahadur Desai visits Honawad and takes stock of the larger ramifications of the issue
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Provide investor details to Arun Kumar in pen drive: HC to Margadarsi Financiers
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Nampally court takes cognisance of ED’s prosecution complaint against AgriGold
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Couple robbed, assaulted at wildlife preserve near Agartala
Police launched an investigation after the victim filed a complaint with the Bishalgarh police station. The victim claimed that he was physically assaulted by the attackers.
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Trinamool leaders debate on Mamata passing on the mantle to Abhishek Banerjee
While the Trinamool is grappling with the question of a retirement age in politics, a section of leaders are saying that the election of Donald Trump in the United States at 78 years has proved that age is just a number
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Days after 10 deaths, M.P. forms advisory panel for rehabilitation and treatment of wild elephants
Madhya Pradesh Chief Wildlife Warden V.K.N. Ambade tells The Hindu that the nine-member panel will be headed by the Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife)
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PDP, JKPC, and AIP legislators bring fresh joint resolution on Article 370
The group of MLAs term the ruling National Conference resolution passed earlier in the House to be vague and ambiguous; demand immediate restoration of Article 370 in unaltered form
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Keep the bran on millets to retain health benefits: study
Dehusked millets are nutritious and should be promoted in Indian diets to improve diet quality, say authors
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When industrial unrest broke out in the textile mills of Coimbatore in 1948
Immediately after Independence, a major crisis gripped the textile sector in the city. Retrenchment notices were served on about 11,000 workers on a single day. The workers started a strike and the mills shut. The agitation, which went on for nearly five months, came to an end, thanks to the intervention of Kamaraj and government assurances
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A beacon of women’s education in Kulasekarapattinam for 120 years
Chettikulam Deivanayagam started a school for girls in 1904. It was named after his wife Thayammal who died young.
He introduced free meals and followed reservation in admission. He also started a teachers’ training institute in 1947
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A Dargah where property loot amounts to killing a cow on the banks of Ganga
According to a copper plate of the Muthukumara Vijayaragunatha Sethupathi Kaathathevar, one will incur the sin of killing a Kaaram Pasu, if one misappropriates the proceeds from Pakkiri Puthukulam village donated to the Habil and Qabil Dargah, which is a few yards away from the house of late President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
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High levels of chemicals led to change in colour of water in Vellore Fort moat
A series of tests carried out by the T.N. Water Supply and Sewerage Board, on the request of the ASI, has found that high levels of ammonium, nitrate and phosphate led to the colour change; The report has been sent to the ASI’s Chennai Circle, which might seek the govt.’s intervention into the issue
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