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Former chief secretary K Jayakumar takes charge as TDB president
Amid the controversy over the Sabarimala temple gold heist case that has cast a shadow over the Kerala government, former state Chief Secretary K. Jayakumar assumed charge as the president of the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) on Saturday
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November 16, 2025
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RJD vows to serve poor; Sahani accepts verdict
The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), inits first official reaction to the poll drubbing in the Bihar Assembly polls, on Saturday, said it is a party of the poor and will continue to raise their voices.
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November 16, 2025
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Expert's eye view: SIR
INTRO: AS SPECIAL INTENSIVE REVIEW OF ELECTORAL ROLLS ROLL OUT IN WEST BENGAL, ABID HUSSAIN, FORMER WBCS (EXE) AND EX-SPECIAL SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF WEST BENGAL, DECODES THE PROCESS FOR THE STATESMAN'S READERS. DOLA MITRA INTERVIEWS THE EXPERT ELECTION OFFICER.
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November 16, 2025
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Trump cuts tariffs on some imports as price anger rises
President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order retroactively lowering tariff's on a range of agricultural imports, including beef, tomatoes, coffee and bananas, with the change taking effect from 20 November, CNN reported.
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November 16, 2025
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South Africa investigates a plane that arrived with more than 150 Palestinians from Gaza
South Africa’s intelligence services are investigating who was behind a chartered plane that landed in Johannesburg with more than 150 Palestinians from war-ravaged Gaza who did not have proper travel documents and were held onboard on the tarmac for around 12 hours as a result, the country’s president said Friday.
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November 16, 2025
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Massive blast at Nowgam police station leaves nine dead, 32 injured
At least nine people were killed and 32 others injured after a massive cache of explosives ~ seized from a “white-collar” terror module in Faridabad (Haryana) and brought to the Nowgam Police Station in Srinagar ~ detonated around midnight on Friday, reducing much of the building to rubble.
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November 16, 2025
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Evening in Monopoli
I decided to take a quiet stroll by the sea during the twilight hour. The golden sun sank slowly into the western sky, and the once dazzling azure dome deepened into a vast, midnight blue. In the distance, the old town of Monopoli shimmered faintly in the dark, its homes glowing like tiny lanterns scattered along the shore.
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November 16, 2025
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Lalu's daughter 'quits politics, disowns family'; blames Tejashwi's trusted aides
Following the crushing defeat of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in the Bihar Assembly elections, internal conflict within the Lalu Yadav family has come out in the open, creating a stir in Bihar's political circles.
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November 16, 2025
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IPL shake-up: Jadeja to RR, Samson to CSK in megatrade; Russell let go by KKR
The Indian Premier League (IPL) witnessed a flurry of activity on the final day of player trades with eight confirmed moves, headlines by the high-profile switches of Ravindra Jadeja and Sanju Samson between Chennai Super Kings (CSK) and Rajasthan Royals (RR).
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November 16, 2025
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Bihar rout triggers introspection in Congress in Kerala
Feeling from its crushing defeat in Bihar, the Congress appears to have found a strategic reset in Kerala with a renewed realisation within the state leadership that the party can no longer afford factional warfare if it hopes to return to power after two consecutive Assembly poll defeats.
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November 16, 2025
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A VISIT TO THE CINEMA
In the swinging 1940s, going to the movies was the primary pastime in Bengaluru.
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November 16, 2025
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Celebrating beauty outwards and within
The fourth season of Best Face Best Dress was celebrated with a cheerful evening at the Rotary Sadan, on 14 November, 2025. The award programme aims to bring out beautiful women to the spotlight from all over Bengal. This was essentially a platform for celebration of beauty, both internally and externally.
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November 16, 2025
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Jadeja’s return deeply special for everyone at Royals
Star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja’s move to Rajasthan Royals (RR) marks an emotional return to the franchise where his Indian Premier League (IPL) journey began.
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November 16, 2025
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Decisive vote
Bihar has delivered its verdict with striking clarity.
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November 16, 2025
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Ajit Pawar meets Shah in Delhi ahead of Pune land deal report's submission
NCP leader and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar met Union Home Minister Amit Shah at his residence in New Delhi on Friday night and congratulated him on the NDA's victory in the Bihar assembly elections, party sources said here on Saturday, adding that the meeting lasted about 25 minutes.
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November 16, 2025
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Rescuing and restoring the soul of Indian cinema
Cinema is more than moving images on a screen. It is memory, imagination, and history intertwined. Each film captures a moment in time, a reflection of who we were, what we dreamt of, and how we saw the world.
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November 16, 2025
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Struma Valley: Where wine, art, and mountains meet
In Bulgaria’s sun-drenched southwest, where the Struma River meanders through golden hills and lush landscapes, time slows, and the senses awaken.
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November 16, 2025
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Need to identify organisations and ideologies involved in terrorist incidents: VHP
In response to the recent bomb blast near the Red Fort inthe national capital, Delhi, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has sharply criticized global terrorist incidents, claiming that “the same religious ideology is at work behind most Jihadi terrorist attacks worldwide.”
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November 16, 2025
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Plutocracy Gone Crazy
Realising thatthe disruptive effectof Tesla’s AL-enabled robot Optimus onthejobmarketwas sureto draw theireof lawmakers, Muskwasquickto add that Optimus wouldsoon eradicate globalpoverty,and make top-class medicalcare available to everyone. Tesla shareholders, and acolytes like New York-based financial analyst Dan Ives, whosee Musk asa ‘modernday Albert Einstein,a Thomas Edison,’ supportMusk’s vision
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November 16, 2025
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Aadhaar not being used to add, delete names from voter list, ECI tells SC
The ECI told the Supreme Court that Aadhaar is being used only to verify the identity of applicants seeking inclusion in electoral rolls, and not as proof of citizenship or basis for adding or deleting names from voter list, a lawyer said on Saturday.
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November 16, 2025
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BJP silence on Nitish queers Bihar power talk pitch
After the historic results of the Bihar Assembly Election 2025, political activity has intensified over government formation in the state, with NDA leaders visiting Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's residence on Saturday.
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November 16, 2025
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Traversing the cartography of timelines
A nabyss of spectral projections, where art takes form at the intersection of geometry and geography ~such is the liminal tension that artist Radhika Khimji’s third solo at Experimenter evokes.
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November 16, 2025
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Double-engine government ensures the security, dignity and self-reliance of tribal communities: CM Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has reaffirmed his commitment to ensuring security, dignity and self-reliance for tribal communities.
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November 16, 2025
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EPS, Annamalai slam TN govt as Korean firm moves to AP
The AIADMK and BJP on Saturday launched a fierce attack on the DMK government after South Korean footwear manufacturer Wasoong International decided to relocate its proposed Rs 1720-crore project from Tamil Nadu to Andhra Pradesh —amovethat opposition leaders say has cost the state nearly 20,000 direct jobs.
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November 16, 2025
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PM reviews Bullet Train progress in Surat
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday undertook an inspection of the under-construction Bullet Train station in Surat, taking stock of the accelerated progress on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad High-Speed Rail Corridor (MAHSR), India’s most ambitious infrastructure undertaking.
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November 16, 2025
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Vijay urges TN voters to stay vigilant, calls voting ‘ultimate weapon of democracy’
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) leader Vijay has released avideo on his official X handle expressing deep concern over widespread confusion among the public regarding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral roll.
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November 16, 2025
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The Vanishing Whistle of the River Dolphin
DR SINGARAM KULANDAIVEL
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November 16, 2025
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Empowered women show the way in UP
Uttar Pradesh has long been a canvas of contrasts. On the one hand the biggest political and social movements and reforms originated here, churning out women of substance who led India's freedom struggle and fight against patriarchy and misogyny, but on the other hand women of UP had to suffer subjugation and second-class treatment due to the capitulation of our political system before a vote bank.
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November 16, 2025
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Hardeep Puri urges India-Korea cooperation in shipbuilding
KOREA HAS THE TECHNOLOGICAL EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE IN SHIP CONSTRUCTION, WHILE INDIA OFFERS STRONG DEMAND, SKILLED MANPOWER AND SUPPORTIVE POLICIES, HARDEEP PURI SAID. HE SAID THAT VESSELS BUILT UNDER SUCH COLLABORATIVE ARRANGEMENTS CAN RECOVER COSTS WITHIN FIVE YEARS AND POSITION INDIA AS A MAJOR GLOBAL MARITIME HUB.MR. PURI WAS VISITING THE SPRAWLING HANWHA OCEAN SHIPBUILDING FACILITY AT GEOJE IN SOUTH KOREA. THE VISIT MARKS A KEY HIGHLIGHT OF THE MINISTER'S ONGOING ENGAGEMENTS IN THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA FROM NOVEMBER 13-15, AIMED AT DEEPENING MARITIME COOPERATION AND EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES IN SHIPBUILDING, FLEET DEVELOPMENT, AND ENERGY TRANSPORTATION.
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November 16, 2025
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Farmer killed in tiger attack in UP
Anelderly man was killed in atiger attack near Vrindavan Colony in Sampoorna Nagar, Lakhimpur Kheri, triggering anger and protests among local residents, officials confirmed on Saturday.
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