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WILDLIFE
Environment Ministry failing in its role, say NGOs
A NATIONAL network of 50 environmental organisations and individuals has charged the Ministry of Environment and Forests with being the weak link in environmental protection, and instead, pandering to "market-based instruments" in recent ...
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POLITICS
Did you mean `Sinha Manmohan shrikhand?'
ON Budget day, the Finance Minister read out a couplet from ancient literature, creating some interest that there would be poetry when politics turns dull. But if you thought that his site would have more of his speeches, laced with verses, you'd ...
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LIFESTYLE
VLCC centre in Kochi
KOCHI: Beauty and fitness chain VLCC has forayed into the Kerala market with the opening of its first centre in Kochi on Monday. This will be the company's 18th centre in South India and will offer advanced slimming and beauty services ...
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EVENTS
Makhanchor Nandakishore
An all-women team builds a five-storey human pyramid to reach the dahi-handi (pot of curd) suspended about 30 feet above the ground. This ceremony is a symbolic celebration of Krishna's love for milk and butter. Such competitions, held ...
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SHOPPING
Sigma to set up Rs 120-cr shopping mall in Bangalore
THE Sigma Group, which is setting up a multiplex in Bangalore, plans to set up a six-lakh sq ft shopping mall worth Rs 120 crore in the city. The Sigma Group Managing Director, Mr H.S. Bedi, told Business Line that the shopping mall ...
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ENTERTAINMENT & LEISURE
Chandra leads from front as Zee pads up
THE Chairman of Zee Telefilms, Mr Subhash Chandra, is back in action. After acquiring the television rights for the matches organised by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the Zee chief is said to be personally involved in the ...
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ARTS & CRAFTS
Crafts exhibition begins in Mumbai
PARAMPARIK Karigar, an organisation of Indian craftspeople, is holding an exhibition of works of 75 craftsmen in painting, weaving, dyeing, carving, pottery, printing and metal casting embroidery here this week. The exhibition, which began on ...
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