On a sunny Tuesday afternoon, Kartik Tudu and his brother Charan Tudu stand across from the anganwadi centre at Mathurapahari village near the Bengal-Jharkhand border, counting the SUVs that pass their mud houses. Almost 10 every half an hour, they say, some with sirens and boards that signal the arrival of ‘very important people’. “We
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According to officials of the Public Health Department of the GCC, over 17,000 dog bite cases — involving both domestic and community dogs — are reported every year | Photo Credit: M. Vedhan The Tamil Nadu government will hold meetings with officials of the Municipal Administration and Water Supply (MAWS) and Animal Husbandry Departments over
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Jammu and Kashmir Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday (February 15, 2025) dismissed three government employees including a jailed policeman for their alleged terror links, officials said. The sacked employees have been identified as police constable Firdous Ahmad Bhat, teacher in School Education Department Mohammad Ashraf Bhat and orderly in Forest Department Nisar Ahmad Khan
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There is a rainbow on my kitchen counter—scarlet tomatoes, amber-in-the mud potatoes, emperors-in-purple slumming as brinjals, a Mardi Gras frolic of bell peppers mauve, green and gold. The street below my window is a rainbow surge too, a Moebius strip of shifting hues, a Monday morning world on the move. I usually resent such parallels,
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Municipal Administration and Water Supply Minister K.N Nehru presided over the first pre-budget review meeting held at Kalaivanar Arangan regarding the development project works in ten districts, along with Mayors, commissioners, officials in Chennai on Friday. | Photo Credit: AKHILA EASWARAN Requests to improve 35-year-old underground drainage system, damaged roads and other civic amenities were
Photo used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: ANI There has been a record fall in the recruitment of youth into militancy in Jammu and Kashmir this year, according to official data. For the first time in 15 years, local militant strength has fallen to single digits, with official figures suggesting that the number
Intel Corp. shares are on track for their biggest one-week gain on record, as unconfirmed discussions about a partnership with a key rival provide hope for a turnaround after an extended period of weakness. The chipmaker has risen as much as 32% this week, which would represent its strongest such jump in its more-than-40-year history,
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N Biren Singh hands over the letter of resignation from the post of Chief Minister to Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla, at Raj Bhavan in Imphal. His resignation, however, offers little hope for any improvement of the ethnic violence in the State. | Photo Credit: ANI The resignation of N. Biren Singh as the Chief Minister
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