The Madurai City Corporation is set to receive a special award from the Centre as part of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. The Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple has been adjudged best ‘Swachh Iconic Place’ in India as on October 1. Ten spots were identified by the Central Government as part of the ‘Swachh Iconic Places’ initiative earlier this year. Madurai District Collector […]
» Read moreFormer Maharashtra Chief Minister Narayan Rane, who had recently resigned from the Congress, on Sunday announced the launch of a new party called Maharashtra Swabhiman Paksh. “I have just launched the party. I am waiting for some people to join, then I will decide the future course [of action],” the 65-year-old Konkan strongman said at a press conference here. Mr. […]
» Read moreSri Lankan cricketer Thisara Perera posted this picture on Twitter yesterday, wishing his wife Sherami on her birthday. “The Person I Love. It’s her Birthday today,” he wrote alongside the photo. The Person I Love ❤️ It's her Birthday today pic.twitter.com/SXd8gW5Nmb — Thisara perera (@PereraThisara) September 29, 2017
» Read moreShaan Suhas Kumar from India is all set to represent India at the prestigious Miss Earth 2017 pageant to be held in Philippines next month. She succeeds Rashi Yadav as the new Miss Earth India. Shaan Suhas Kumar, 25 years old, hails from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh and is a media student, a very passionate and dedicated social worker, an NCC […]
» Read moreConsistent Pakistan middle-order batsman Azhar Ali completed 5,000 runs in the longer format during the third day’s play in the first Test against Sri Lanka on Saturday. The 32-year-old became the eighth Pakistan batsman to reach the milestone in his 61st Test, when he took a single to reach a personal score of 32.
» Read moreA day after a stampede at Mumbai’s Elphinstone Road railway station killed 23 people, Railway Minister Piyush Goyal called a meeting of the Railway Board to take decisions in a bid to ease passenger congestion at railway stations across the country. The Indian Railways decided to amend “a 150-year-old convention” to deem construction of foot overbridges mandatory at railway stations, […]
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