Friday, August 17, 2018

Soldier, civilian killed in separate militant incidents in Kashmir

One Army soldier and a woman were killed in two separate incidents of militant violence on Friday in Kashmir valley, according to the police.A polic
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‘Once I start playing the first few notes, I’m in my element’: Matt Savage

Matt Savage and his inspirational journey in music
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Dhanya Ravi and her unbreakable spirit

The motivational speaker doesn’t allow Osteogenesis Imperfecta, a rare genetic disease, to stand in her way
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Anger turns to appreciation: a soldier recounts rescue operation in Ernakulam

Over 500 citizens stranded in Eloor and adjoining localities were rescued by the Ghatak Platoon on the Independence Day
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Rescue operations on in four districts in Kerala

Centre makes arrangements to supply 100,000 food packets to the flood-affected areas in Kerala
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Pakistan confirms U.S. suspended military training program

The training of Pakistani soldiers in the United States is the latest program to be hurt by the cutoff of security aid to Pakistan, which was announced at the beginning of this year.
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Making millets your own

Have you switched over to millets? A Food Festival in the city shows you how

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Looking towards India for design

Clarissa Bowers, Miss World America 2017, wears a Ponduru Khadi gown created by the fashion designing students of the city

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The sound of KNOWLEDGE

A library of audiobooks opens up the world in exciting ways for visually challenged students

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The eye of the camera

It is World Photography Day on August 19 and the cameras are out as shutterbugs prepare to capture the best of Visakhapatnam

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Rise of the elevator

Ruth D’souza Prabhu on how the trend is gradually catching up in the country

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What’s love got to do with it?

Mindfulness is so last year. 2018 is all about self love and the brands are in on it, too

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Digital diorama

Can technology help revive artisanal textiles? These designers say yes

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Handmade Journeys offers customised luxury holidays

Former journalists Alisha Wadia and Friyan Driver curate holidays you will not find at your neighbourhood travel agency

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‘I want people to associate my food with gluttony’

Chef Aarudhra Giri on why she doesn’t think gluttony is a sin and the opening of her new café

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‘I want people to associate my food with gluttony’

Chef Aarudhra Giri on why she doesn’t think gluttony is a sin and the opening of her new café
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Life in Turkey Now: Tough Talk, but Fears of Drug Shortages


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3M: The change makers

With a prototyping lab and materials library, the makers of the Post-It are amping up innovation in India with a new design centre

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Soldier, civilian woman killed in Kashmir

One Army soldier and a woman were killed in two separate incidents of militant violence on Friday in Kashmir valley, according to the police.A polic
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‘Once I start playing the first few notes, I’m in my element’: Matt Savage

Matt Savage and his inspirational journey in music
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Dhanya Ravi and her unbreakable spirit

The motivational speaker doesn’t allow Osteogenesis Imperfecta, a rare genetic disease, to stand in her way
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Anger turns to appreciation: a soldier recounts rescue operation in Ernakulam

Over 500 citizens stranded in Eloor and adjoining localities were rescued by the Ghatak Platoon on the Independence Day
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Rescue operations on in four districts in Kerala

Centre makes arrangements to supply 100,000 food packets to the flood-affected areas in Kerala
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Closing act

Monisha Jaising’s finale at the Lakmé Fashion Week trades minimalism for splendour

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Pakistan confirms U.S. suspended military training program

The training of Pakistani soldiers in the United States is the latest program to be hurt by the cutoff of security aid to Pakistan, which was announced at the beginning of this year.
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Muzaffarpur rape case: CBI raids former Minister's residence

The CBI team probing the Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case of 34 minor girls has also conducted raid at the residence of some relatives of Brajesh Thakur in Muzaffarpur.
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Nurse Lini’s widower donates first month’s salary to Kerala CM’s relief fund

Donates first salary as a clerk to the CM’s distress relief fund
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Al-Qaeda’s master bomb maker may be dead: UN

Counter-terrorism analysts have said that there should be significant scepticism over al-Asiri’s possible demise for one major reason: his group Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has not released any statement acknowledging his death, nor a eulogy celebrating his martyrdom.
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Respite for Kerala as IMD forecasts lesser rains from Sunday

IMD has issued a red alert indicating heavy to very heavy rainfall for all the districts in Kerala except Kasargod for Friday.
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Kerala floods, cricketers pay last respects to Ajit Wadekar and other news in pictures

 11.45 am16 railway employees stuck in Yedakumari railway stationA team involving involving police officers, forest officers and local residents have
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Respite in raining in North Kerala, morning sunshine brings cheers

People continue to stay in the government relief camps opened in all the districts by government agencies as well as by NGOs and private groups
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Bhutan King, ministers from South Asian neighbours to attend Vajpayee funeral

“There is a void in the politics of South Asia after his death. There can be political differences but the desire of peace remains present across the border. We stand with India in this difficult time,” Mr. Imran Khan told the Pakistani media.
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Fire and Rescue Services teams on high alert

Fire and Rescue Services personnel across the Nilgiris have been put on alert and are on duty round the clock to ensure that any natural calamities a
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Two houses damaged near Kurichi tank

Incessant rain here led to inundation of roads, and flooding of houses on Thursday.Two houses on Periyasamy Street in Sunnambu Kaalvai near Kurichi t
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Rain triggers landslips on Pollachi - Valparai road

Two persons die; all reservoirs receive copious inflow
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Puthur weir comes alive with water flow

Now, a favourite picnic spot
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Crop loan: ₹1,028 crore allocated for delta districts

‘Farmers can approach 697 credit societies in 8 districts’
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Crack in abandoned bridge triggers panic

Entry points to old Coleroon bridge blocked; no disruption of traffic on new bridge, say officials
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Do not delay water release: farmers

Demand made for release of water in 58-canal as well
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‘Vajpayee was a true patriot and an assertive nationalist’

Floral tributes were paid to the portrait of former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee by leaders and cadre of Bharatiya Janata Party at their party
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Sikh man stabbed to death in his store in U.S.

Simran Jeet Singh, a visiting scholar at New York University’s Center for Religion and Media and a Senior Religion Fellow for the Sikh Coalition, tweeted about Singh’s tragic death, saying “this is the third attack on a Sikh in the last three weeks. So tired of all this sadness.”
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Balm for hurt hearts

Rain-hit people find a soothing experience at ‘Apna Ghar’
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Balm for hurt hearts

Rain-hit people find a soothing experience at ‘Apna Ghar’
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As Stock Markets Brush Off Trade Tensions, a Warning of Trouble Ahead


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Drinking water supply goes haywire in six districts in Kerala

Kasargod is the only district where the supply has not been affected
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Muzaffarpur rape case: CBI raids former Minister's residence

The CBI team probing the Muzaffarpur shelter home rape case of 34 minor girls has also conducted raid at the residence of some relatives of Brajesh Thakur in Muzaffarpur.
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Nurse Lini’s widower donates first month’s salary to Kerala CM’s relief fund

Donates first salary as a clerk to the CM’s distress relief fund
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Al-Qaeda’s master bomb maker may be dead: UN

Counter-terrorism analysts have said that there should be significant scepticism over al-Asiri’s possible demise for one major reason: his group Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) has not released any statement acknowledging his death, nor a eulogy celebrating his martyrdom.
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Respite for Kerala as IMD forecasts lesser rains from Sunday

IMD has issued a red alert indicating heavy to very heavy rainfall for all the districts in Kerala except Kasargod for Friday.
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Kerala floods, and other news in pictures

 10:30 a.m.Respite in rainfall in North KeralaAfter two days of relentless downpour that claimed several lives, there has been respite from the rains
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Respite in raining in North Kerala, morning sunshine brings cheers

People continue to stay in the government relief camps opened in all the districts by government agencies as well as by NGOs and private groups
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Bhutan King, ministers from South Asian neighbours to attend Vajpayee funeral

“There is a void in the politics of South Asia after his death. There can be political differences but the desire of peace remains present across the border. We stand with India in this difficult time,” Mr. Imran Khan told the Pakistani media.
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Fire and Rescue Services teams on high alert

Fire and Rescue Services personnel across the Nilgiris have been put on alert and are on duty round the clock to ensure that any natural calamities a
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Two houses damaged near Kurichi tank

Incessant rain here led to inundation of roads, and flooding of houses on Thursday.Two houses on Periyasamy Street in Sunnambu Kaalvai near Kurichi t
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Rain triggers landslips on Pollachi - Valparai road

Two persons die; all reservoirs receive copious inflow
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Puthur weir comes alive with water flow

Now, a favourite picnic spot
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Crop loan: ₹1,028 crore allocated for delta districts

‘Farmers can approach 697 credit societies in 8 districts’
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Crack in abandoned bridge triggers panic

Entry points to old Coleroon bridge blocked; no disruption of traffic on new bridge, say officials
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Do not delay water release: farmers

Demand made for release of water in 58-canal as well
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‘Vajpayee was a true patriot and an assertive nationalist’

Floral tributes were paid to the portrait of former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee by leaders and cadre of Bharatiya Janata Party at their party
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Sikh man stabbed to death in his store in U.S.

Simran Jeet Singh, a visiting scholar at New York University’s Center for Religion and Media and a Senior Religion Fellow for the Sikh Coalition, tweeted about Singh’s tragic death, saying “this is the third attack on a Sikh in the last three weeks. So tired of all this sadness.”
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Live: Atal Bihari Vajpayee's mortal remains to be cremated at Smriti Sthal at 4 pm today

The body of the BJP veteran was kept at his official residence 6 A Krishna Menon Marg on Thursday to allow people to pay their homage.
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Massive rescue operation underway in Kerala

More than 100 people were killed in different rain-related incidents over the last 48 hours.
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Sri Lankan leaders, top bureaucrats pay tributes to Vajpayee

In a tweet on Thursday, President Maithripala Sirisena said: “Today, we have lost a great humanist and a true friend of Sri Lanka.
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Jim Mattis says further Taliban assaults likely in weeks ahead

Mattis has said he believes the Afghan security forces are gaining momentum and can wear down the Taliban to the point where the insurgents would choose to talk peace. So far that approach has not produced a breakthrough.
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Kerala rains | Live updates: Relief from heavy rains expected from August 19

Airlift operations commence in areas along Chalakudy and Periyar rivers
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Pentagon delays Trump’s military parade until at least 2019

The parade’s cost has become a politically charged issue, particularly after the Pentagon canceled a major military exercise planned for August with South Korea, in the wake of Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
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Balm for hurt hearts

Rain-hit people find a soothing experience at ‘Apna Ghar’
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Vajpayee recognized the significance of ties with U.S.: Pompeo

Pompeo recalled that Vajpayee had famously characterized U.S.-India ties as a “natural partnership of shared endeavors” in his speech to the U.S Congress in 2000.
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‘Revival of traditional art forms need of the hour’

Singer Balasubrahmanyam delivers Ramanaiah Raja Memorial Oration
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The never-ending traffic woes

Rain coupled with VIP movement hits vehicular movement in city
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KSEB regulates power supply

Switches off 800 transformers; provides emergency helpline 1912
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Highland villagers sitting on pins and needles

Power supply disruption adds to their woes
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Floods hit 20,000 people

15,000 people staying at 172 relief camps in 57 villages
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Strong determination

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A slice of goodness

The Pizza Bakery joins the contest for the perfect pizza, aided by soft cheese, European beers and flaming pyrotechnics

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A treat for car lovers

The second edition of the Vintage Car and Bike Show at Hotel Fortune Pandiyan was a big hit with vehicles from another era on display

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For News Media, a Day of Solidarity in a Summer of Unease


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Netflix and Kenya Barris, Creator of ‘Black-ish,’ Reach a Deal


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Kroger Tests Driverless Cars for Grocery Deliveries


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In Shadow of Mt. Etna, Europe Makes a Last Stand for Solar


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Elon Musk Confronts a Fateful Tweet and an ‘Excruciating’ Year


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What Corona Owner’s $4 Billion Bet on a Marijuana Firm Says About Pot’s Future


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Leander Paes pulls out of Asian Games

“It is with a heavy heart that I have to say that I will not be playing the upcoming Asian Games in Indonesia,” Paes said.

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Ajit one of our finest captains: Shastri

Ravi Shastri has condoled the death of the former India captain Ajit Wadekar. “Very sad. On behalf of the whole Indian cricket team, we would like to

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A giant when it came to reading the game, says Kapil

Was someone I could go to anytime for anything: Tendulkar

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Pant gears up, Kohli seems in no visible discomfort

Bumrah among the first quicks to turn his arm over in nets

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Pandya not an all-rounder yet: Holding

‘You need to put batsmen under pressure consistently’

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Wadekar was a game-changer: Rhodes

The South African feels absence of Bhuvneshwar and Bumrah in the first two Tests hurt India

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Bayliss not committing to Stokes playing

It’s good to have him back around the squad, says the England coach

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Two talented players as coaches

When Bhaskar Pillai walked on to the lush green outfield at the NPR College ground here on Thursday afternoon, D. Vasu greeted him with a warm smile.

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Atletico beats Real

Wins the competition for the third time in nine seasons

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Threat of rain looms large

M.S.K. Prasad hopeful conditions will improve

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Chance for players to impress the selectors

The pink ball and floodlights could spice up the tournament which begins today

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Hockey team makes its presence felt

It is a proud moment for all of us, says coach Harendra at flag hoisting ceremony

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ITF delegates approve radical Davis Cup overhaul

The shake-up for the men's team tournament received 71.43 per cent support from about 120 delegates at the ITF annual meeting.

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We are here without a negative bone, says Shastri

The head coach backs Rahane who is struggling for form

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Asian Games: Zeeshan Ali has no clue about Leander Paes’ arrival

India had won five medals in 2014 including a gold, silver and three bronze.

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