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No consensus on uranium mining in Meghalaya (03 September 10:31) |
| Manoj Anand
The Rs 800 crore compensation packages to develop infrastructure in uranium-rich villages in West Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya has failed to convince the anti-mining lobby ... |
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Children live cursed life as parents separate (30 July 10:53) |
| Akshaya Kumar Sahoo
She is too weak to do the job she is presently engaged in, but she has no option other than working in the paddy field from dawn to dusk for the sake of her four grand c... |
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Going to India? Get lessons in etiquette first (23 July 10:53) |
| Sarju Kaul
Going for business in India? Better brush up on cultural tips. A trip to India could be fraught with confusion for Britons despite the long history and language we share.
The UK... |
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Villagers plant 280,000 saplings for world record (16 July 10:55) |
| Manoj Anand
Chaupakhi, a nondescript village in Western Assam’s Bongaigaon district, has ensured its entry in to the Guinness Book of World Records by planting more than 280,000 saplings ... |
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HIV-infected man condemned after death (09 July 10:23) |
| Akshaya Kumar Sahoo
Lack of awareness and superstition that closely trail the killer Aids have unfolded, perhaps in the most obnoxious manner, in a remote Orissa village.
As in life, the d... |
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Fate of mega projects in Orissa hangs in balance (02 July 11:07) |
| Akshaya Kumar Sahoo
Orissa may have attracted the highest amount of investment in mineral-based industry sector, but their fate is now hanging in balance because of delay in land acquisitio... |
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Youngsters in UP have a ‘nose’ for rhinoplasty (25 June 10:27) |
| Amita Verma
Until a few years ago, tampering with a nose could have led to a deadly feud. After all, it was a "naak ka sawaal" and there could be no compromises on that score. Tod... |
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Tunisia: A blend of tradition and modernity (11 June 10:50) |
| Ramesh Ramachandran
Tunisia is a small country with big ideas. It is located in North Africa, at the heart of the Mediterranean basin. It is the first country in the Arab world to abolish p... |
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The unseemly politics of terrorism in India (04 June 09:58) |
| K. Subrahmanyam
Following the Jaipur terror blasts resulting in over 60 deaths, there is an intense debate in the country on how to deal with terrorism. As is very characteristic of the pol... |
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White crocs inhabit Orissa sanctuary (26 January 11:09) |
| Meanwhile | Akshaya Kumar Sahoo
Bhubaneswar: The Bhitarkanika wildlife sanctuary in Orissa’s Kendrapara district continues to be the cradle of the estuarine or salt water crocodiles. Nume... |
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Sacrifice for Id goes online (20 December 10:33) |
| Focus | Syed Akbar
Hyderabad: Id-ul-Zuha or the feast of sacrifice is known for its qurbani or sacrificial sheep. Traditionally Muslims go shopping for sheep on the eve of Bakrid, as the Id... |
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At festival time, Saudi Indians feel lonely together (20 December 10:31) |
| Meanwhile | Siraj Wahab
Jeddah: With its plethora of shops, offices and small hotels, the centre of Jeddah, popularly known as Balad, is a lively place most of the time, and the big-city fe... |
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Owl adds new twist to smuggling (07 October 10:05) |
| Subhasish Chaudhuri
Kolkata: This is a problem which is keeping the state forest officials in Nadia district of West Bengal awake at nights. The reason is an unusual spurt in cross border s... |
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Controversy over Assam’s first indigenous tea planter (02 October 11:15) |
| Manoj Anand
Guwahati: Assam is the largest producer of tea in India, but it has embroiled into a major controversy over the name of its first indigenous planter in Assam.
In fact, the prob... |
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Decline in water availability worries scientists (10 September 09:45) |
| Akshaya Kumar Sahoo
Bhubaneswar: Scientists are concerned over the steady decline in per capita water availability in the country and have called for proper planning to reverse the negative... |
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Orissa museum preserves eggs of cobra (27 August 12:29) |
| Akshay Kumar Sahoo
Bhubaneswar: Forest officials have reportedly preserved abandoned eggs of a rare king cobra in the wildlife museum after the reptile recently nested along the swampy patc... |
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‘Chicken abuse leads to bird flu outbreak’ (06 August 09:07) |
| Report | Manoj Anand
Guwahati: People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) has warned that if the conditions in poultry industry are not improved, bird flu will become the norm rathe... |
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India to restore WWII road to Burma, China (27 May 09:28) |
| Meanwhile | Manoj Anand
Guwahati: The "Look East" policy of the UPA government took a stride, when construction work to restore historic Stilwell Road started in Assam.
The 1,726... |
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In Assam, a village overflows with grapes (20 May 09:51) |
| Aside | Manoj Anand
Guwahati: A nondescript village Hnahlan, in the frontier state of Mizoram, adjoining Burma, has suddenly started grabbing global attention. The village, with a populatio... |
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Bangalore’s growth potential unlimited (13 May 10:15) |
| Bangalore: When biotechnology major Biocon announced that it intends to set up a manufacturing facility in Vishakhapatnam, those who were grumbling about the city’s poor infrastructure sou... |
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A hit in Srinagar: Mecca live on TV (01 January 03:05) |
| Yusuf Jameel
"Those who make pilgrimage for the Haj or Umrah, they are the guests of Allah. Their petitions, if they make any to the Lord, will be granted, and if they seek deliverance... |
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Indians bond over street food (01 January 03:04) |
| Siraj Wahab
Mina (Saudi Arabia): For hundreds and thousands of Indians working here in Saudi Arabia, the 10-day Id-Al-Adha or Bakrid holidays is a time to take a break and perhaps leave Sau... |
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