Thursday, August 30, 2018

‘@Nartanasala’ review: Humour lacks bite

The title itself is suggestive of the tone of the film
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China’s sudden release of water threatens to submerge Arunachal villages

No need to panic, says China
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Ticket to the past: rediscovering Royapuram’s Railway Printing Press

Among the last of its kind in the country, the Railway Printing Press at Royapuram prints tickets with machines dating back to 1927
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She who tills the land: spotlight on women farmers

City-based Organic Farmers Market trains the spotlight on women cultivators

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A bridge of sticky mango: introducing Chennai to Thai cuisine

For Chef Siriporn Krasaeat, popularly known as Chef Joy, introducing guests to the food of her homeland is just another part of the job

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From Hyderabad with love: Kerala flood relief

A group of friends did what they could to show Kerala that Hyderabad is with them
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Alagiri says he is ready to accept Stalin as party chief, if readmitted into DMK

But they are not ready to admit me, says the expelled leader
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Surprises across the Durand line

A Pashtun couple opens up their Bengaluru home to serve visitors home-cooked Afghanistani and Pakistani cuisine

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Boarders’ delight

For those returning to Ooty, chopsuey and chilli chicken at Shinkows completes the homecoming experience

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Utterly butterly obsessed: world of homemade flavoured butters

Love toast? Now add a gourmet twist with infusions of bacon, pesto and curry leaves

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Asian Games 2018 women’s hockey: high stakes for India in finals

A win against Japan on Friday would hand India the ticket to Tokyo 2020.

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Lost in time in Luxor

With its magnificent temples and pharaonic tombs, Luxor, once known as Thebes, is where ancient Egypt rests in all its glory, discovers Fabiola Jacob

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Bridge across forever: Germany’s centuries-old Merchant’s Bridge

Red and white, yellow and brown, grey and blue — houses on Merchant’s Bridge or Kramerbrucke are colourful. But they have no numbers. Or addresses. E

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Having it the Dutch way at Turf café

Dutch-themed bistro, Turf café, offers an assortment of European delicacies, a range of burgers and a variety of desserts to choose from

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In the river of dreams: exploring the Amazon

The Amazon’s dark forbidding heart is a place for chills, thrills and wonderful calm

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Children on the rooftop: Ladakh for the little ones

Clear-blue skies, snow-covered mountains, crystal-clear waters... Ladakh is a great holiday destination. But can you take the kids along? Here’s a quick guide for parents

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Angling for a ‘fishing holiday’? Here’s how you can catch one

Limpid waters, silence and the thrill of reeling in a record catch, are drawing people to fishing holidays

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Kumaraswamy urges Rahul to give nod for Karnataka Cabinet expansion

“The coalition government is secure under the leadership of Siddarmaiah. Siddaramaiah is necessary for the coalition government to run safety,” says Mr. Kumaraswamy
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JPC deadline running out, Rahul tells Jaitley

On Wednesday, the Union Finance Minister asked the Congress chief to “check and revert” on the Rafale deal issue.
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Ticket to the past

Among the last of its kind in the country, the Railway Printing Press at Royapuram prints tickets with machines dating back to 1927
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Ticket to the past

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Youth brigade in action in floot-hit areas

Youngsters from the capital city rolled up their sleeves for a clean-up mission

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Anjali Gopan is inspired by the Napier grounds

The shutterbug zooms in on the green spaces of the museum and its premises

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‘Write’ help at the right time

Many people came forward to write notes for students who had lost their notebooks in the flood

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Pompeo to raise issue of terrorism with new Pakistani leadership: report

Gen. Dunford, who also attended the briefing, said the U.S. had “permanent interests in South Asia” and wanted to “maintain a presence [there] to have influence in that region”.
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Supreme Court reserves order on Bhushan Steel ex-promoter’s case

Neeraj Singal, who was arrested by the SFIO for allegedly siphoning off ₹2,500 crore funds, got bail from the Delhi High Court on August 29.
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Asian Games 2018: Mouma Das bows out of women’s singles TT competition

Mouma Das crashed out of the women’s singles table tennis competition at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta on Thursday.The 34-year-old Indian paddler

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Trump revisits wargames with SKorea as NKorea talks stall

The message came in a series of tweets on Wednesday that blamed China for a lack of progress in getting North Korea to end its nuclear program.
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FIFA corruption scandal: Ex-South American football official gets prison sentence

Juan Angel Napout of Paraguay received the sentence in federal court in New York City, where he and another football official from Brazil were found guilty late last year of racketeering conspiracy and other charges.

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India to become world’s 5th largest economy in 2019: Jaitley

Other economies in the world is growing at much lesser rate, says the Union Finance Minister
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Lalu surrenders before CBI court in Ranchi

The Jharkhand High Court on September 24 had directed him to surrender by August 30.
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Pakistan regurgitating failed approach on Kashmir, says India

Pakistan’s new government must not indulge in “polemics” but work to build a South Asian region free of terror and violence, India has said after Pa
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China pigeon racers hide birds in milk cartons on a bullet train to win prize money

It was no surprise then when their homing pigeons scooped the first four places in the race and total prize money of more than $150,000.
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EU’s Barnier says must prepare for a “no-deal” Brexit

The European Union's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Thursday the bloc must prepare for a no-deal Brexit, even if its goal was an ord
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Rahul, Jaitley face off on Rafale

Cong. chief thanks Minister for bringing back attention on the ‘great robbery’
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Russia and China to counter Washington’s “hegemonic impulse” with giant military exercise

The Pentagon’s national defence strategy unveiled in January focused on Russia and China as principle strategic challenges to the United States.
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Myanmar dam breach floods 85 villages, thousands driven from homes

Traffic between Myanmar's major cities of Yangon and Mandalay and the capital, Naypyitaw, was disrupted after the flooding damaged a bridge on the highway linking the cities.
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2+2 dialogue an indication of deepening strategic partnership: U.S.

The maiden two-plus-two dialogue between India and the United States scheduled in New Delhi next week is an indication of the deepening strategic pa
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Varavara Rao flown back home by Pune police

Nearly 20 policemen stood guard in the corridors of the apartment building while scores of others were deployed in its vicinity.
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Hizb chief’s son arrested in 2011 terror funding case

The investigation has picked up after it was briefly suspended when the Centre announced suspension of operations during the month of Ramzan.
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U.S. lawmakers urge sanctioning China officials over crackdown

A group of U.S. lawmakers are calling on their government to impose sanctions including asset freezes and visa bans on Chinese officials and compani
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Kerala Assembly begins special one-day session to discuss floods impact

"We had overcome Cyclone Ockhi and Nipah outbreak. We are a people who are capable of overcoming this challenge as well," the Chief Minister said.
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Militant killed in Bandipora encounter, search operations continue

Search operation turned into an encounter after militants opened fire towards security forces positions.
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Buddhist monk arrested in Bodh Gaya for alleged sexual abuse of 15 child monks

A Buddhist monk running a meditation center at Bihar’s Bodh Gaya district was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly sexually abusing 15 child monks.Th
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PM Modi arrives in Nepal to attend BIMSTEC Summit

The BIMSTEC is a regional grouping comprising Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan and Nepal. The grouping accounts for 22 % of the global population.
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Australian PM leaves for Indonesia to conclude free trade deal

Mr. Morrison will meet Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Friday where the FTA negotiations will be concluded and the comprehensive strategic partnership will be signed.
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U.S. whistle-blower Chelsea Manning to be barred from Australia

Lawyer Greg Barns, who has represented Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, said people with criminal records have been allowed into Australia in the past.
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Narendra Modi in Nepal, Asian Games 2018, and other news in pictures

 11:00 amModi in Nepal to attend BIMSTEC SummitPrime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Kathmandu on Thursday to attend the 4th BIMSTEC Summit that wil
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Relief collection points opened in schools and colleges

The 2 TN Armed Squadron Tiruchi on Wednesday opened relief collection points at various colleges and schools for helping the flood-ravaged victims of
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‘Coalition govt. will complete five years without a hitch’

Siddaramaiah, former Chief Minister, who openly batted for the coalition government, said the government would complete five years without any hitch.O
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Meet to focus on banana exports

The National Research Centre for Banana (NRCB) here will observe its Foundation Day on Friday with focus on banana exports.It teamed up with Agricult
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No contractor, but foundation laid

Even before the contractor for constructing a multi-level car parking facility at Hampankatta under the Smart City Mission has been selected, U.T. Kha
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Velankanni festival begins

Special mass will be in English, Marathi, Konkani, Malayalaym, Telugu, Kannada
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Teachers relieved as moveto club schools put on hold

No sign of proposal on schools with single digit enrolment
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Police crack the whip on helmet-less pillion riders

1,950 cases booked in Tiruchi district since August 23
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India Post Payment Bank to be launched on Saturday

With one main branch and five access points initially in Mangaluru, the bank will cover all post offices by December 31
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Sick units bemoan handover ofNPAs to asset reconstruction firms

Manufacturers of boilers and boiler components in Tiruchi region, who are in a rough patch facing the predicament of takeover of their possessions by
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Banks see decline in lending to business units

As 70% of ancillary units struggle to sustain operations
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Realtors dithering overregularisation of plots

Due to sombre mood, difficulty in realisation of vacant sites
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Children’s Traffic Parkto sport a new look soon

Amphitheatre, safety driving centre, play field to be established
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The footprints of the youth icon

Swami Vivekananda delivered his landmark speech at Chicago 125 years ago. Remembering his visit to Bangalore and his special relationship with the Mysore state

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The swan’s journey

Vedanta Desika’s kavya titled Hamsa Sandesam has 110 slokas, with 60 slokas in the first AsvAsam (section) and 50 in the second. Rama had been agitate

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A teacher’s notes on kindness

This school teacher who adopts pets from rescue organisations, leads by example

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All is fish that comes to the net

The rhythms and routine of life at the Fishing Harbour

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Book drive to replenish flood-hit libraries

A campaign to collect books for children in places affected by the flood

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His cup of tea

There is a lot of love brewing in G Ram Babu’s Irani chai

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Serena, Venus set up Williams vs. Williams match at US Open

Get ready for the latest Grand Slam instalment of Williams vs. Williams: the superstar siblings will be meeting in the third round at the U.S. Open,

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Arpinder ends 48-year wait, Swapna makes history

Gold tally in athletics goes to five; Dutee dazzles with silver sprint double

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Bronze for Sharath-Manika in table tennis

Loses to China’s Yingsha Sun and Wang Sun in semifinals

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Asian Games: Vikas Krishnan - almost blinded but not beaten

Eye injury makes Olympian doubtful for semifinal; Amit in bronze zone too

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Asian Games: Indian teams assured of two more medals in squash

Make the last-four stage

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US Open: Djokovic battles through brutal heat, ousts Fucsovics

Impressive Federer puts out Nishioka; heat rule imposed for first time

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Duleep Trophy: Fazal, Shorey light up day one

Blue skipper leads the way while latter continues the fight

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This is going to be even harder: Kohli

Confident of maintaining momentum

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End of the road for BFC

Goes down to Altyn Asyr in the second leg semifinal

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Series against Sri Lanka very important: Mithali Raj

Says wants to continue as long she contributes to the team

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Quadrangular Series: India-B wins title in style

Wallops Australia-A to claim Quadrangular Series

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Heat rule in effect again at U.S. Open

With humidity levels expected to reach over 70 percent, conditions will be more stifling than it was on Tuesday

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German coach rejects ‘racism’ claims

Turkish-origin Özil resigned last month, complaining of facing discrimination

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Indian women’s hockey team reaches first Asian Games final in 20 years

India will now face Japan, who upset five-time champions South Korea 2-0 in the other semifinal

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Gurjit helps India manage to enter the final

For only the third time ever; Japan upsets defending champion Korea

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Asian Games: Record-setter India to face tricky Malaysia in men’s hockey semis

India displayed great attacking hockey in the pool stages and pumped in as many as 76 goals in five matches

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Ramya gets past Eunji

Yeongwol (Korea): Ramya Natarajan got past Eunji Lim of Korea 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 in the first round of the $15,000 ITF women’s tennis tournament here on We

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Peluche wins main event

Peluche (Trevor up), won the Srikantadatta Narasimharaaja Wadiyar Memorial Million, the feature event of the races held here on Wednesday (August 29).

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Swapna Barman becomes first Indian heptathlete to win Asian Games gold

En route to the title, she won the high jump and javelin throw events and finished second-best in shot put and long jump

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Return to form augurs well for Manish Pandey

The batsman has scored a barrage of runs (306) in his four outings in the Quadrangular Series

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Asian Games 2018: India’s 4x400m mixed relay appeal rejected

India had lodged a protest, stating that a Bahraini runner had obstructed Hima Das before India finished with silver

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Castlebridge may score an encore

Castlebridge, who is in good form, may score an encore in the H.H. Sri Krishnaraja Wadiyar Memorial Trophy (1,400m), the main event of the races to b

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Asian Games: Arpinder Singh clinches gold in men’s Triple Jump

Arpinder won it with a jump of 16.77m

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Tiger Kingdom shines

Tiger Kingdom shone when the horses were exercised here on Wednesday morning (August 29).Sand track:600m: Adele (Santosh), Pleiades (S. Nayak) 38. Fo

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Kashkha, Punjabi Girl, Sakura and Star Superior please

Kashkha, Punjabi Girl, Sakura and Star Superior pleased when the horses were exercised here on Wednesday morning (August 29).Outer sand:600m: Yellowz

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Asian Games 2018: Dutee Chand wins silver in women’s 200m

Dutee clocked 23.20 in the final

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Southampton Test: India will target an unsettled England

Visitors likely to field an unchanged side for successive games for the first time under Kohli

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Trump’s Tariffs on Canadian Newsprint Are Overturned


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The Long, Monstrous Reign of the Red Delicious Apple Is Ending


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Trump Attacks CNN After Source Raises Doubts About Report on Russia Meeting


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Henry Arnhold, Patriarch of a Storied Banking Family, Dies at 96


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Aston Martin, James Bond’s Carmaker of Choice, Files for an I.P.O.


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