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World listens to ‘Iron Lady of Jharkhand’ in the Big Apple

The Big Apple is renowned as the home of investment banks, glitzy fashion shows and other 21st-century tributes to prodigious wealth accumulation. But on Thursday it played host to a powerful symbol of Indian adivasis’ struggle against oppression, Jharkhand activist and journalist Dayamani Barla. On a rainy and blustering evening in Manhattan, Ms. Barla,...

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Port projects lagging behind in AP

A study taken up by The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) on development of ports has found that implementation of port projects among the nine maritime States of the country is poorest in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka for political reasons. Investors not confident Political uncertainty, particularly in the backdrop of...

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Malkajgiri LS seat a hot favourite for many

Much like its metamorphosis from a semi-urban to highly urbanised outback of the State Capital, Malkajgiri Lok Sabha constituency is turning out to be a hot favourite for aspiring Parliamentarians from Congress, Telugu Desam, YSRC and TRS. The constituency with seven Assembly segments — Medchal, Secunderabad Cantonment (SC), Malkajgiri, Qutbullapur, Kukatpalli, Uppal and L.B....

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Congress scouting for nominees for reserved LS seats in Telangana

With three Congress MPs from Telangana almost severing ties with their party as a prelude to joining the TRS very soon, the Congress leadership has started scouting for alternative candidates for these seats for next year’s Parliament elections. The party is indeed hard-pressed to find replacements for Manda Jagannath (Nagarkurnool), G. Vivekanand (Peddapalli) and...

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‘Brigadier injured in Pak firing at LoC in Uri sector’

An Indian Army official of the rank of Brigadier and another soldier have sustained minor injuries when Pakistani troops opened small arms and mortar fire from across the LoC in Uri sector of Kashmir valley on Friday evening, authoritative sources here told The Hindu. Even as the Army did not issue any statement about...

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Indian-American wins National Geographic Bee

Indian-American Sathwik Karnik (12) has won the prestigious National Geographic Bee contest after getting all five questions right as the children of community members continue to dominate the geography bee and the spelling bee competitions in the U.S. To clinch the title, Karnik correctly named Chimborazo as the mountain in Ecuador that represents the...

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