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Providing 25 kg free foodgrain to 8 lakh households, will cost only Rs 44 crore per month, says RTF to Jharkhand govt

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Kolkata: A team from Right to Food Campaign, Jharkhand Chapter met Chief Minister Hemant Soren and Food Minister Rameshwar Uraon to alert them of the imminent danger of hunger and starvation in the state due...
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Lockdown Hunger

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren orders inquiry into the migrants getting threat for asking water in quarantine centre

Shahnawaz Akhtar - 0
Kolkata: When the news report highlighting the plight of migrant workers put up at a quarantine centre in Maithan was published, Jharkhand’s Chief Minister Hemant Soren ordered an inquiry and asked deputy commissioner of Dhanbad...
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Lockdown Hunger

Migrants ask for water, gets shoot threat in Jharkhand quarantine center

Shahnawaz Akhtar - 1
Kolkata: When 300 migrant workers from West Bengal and Jharkhand complained of not getting water and food, then they were threatened by the driver of an official of the Dhanbad quarantine centre. He threatened to...
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Lockdown Hunger

Bengal jute mill workers face acute food scarcity amid lockdown, activists write to Mamata

Shabina Akhtar - 0
Kolkata: The lockdown has got another extension of 19 days. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, today announced that the lockdown would continue till May 3 in an attempt to control transmission of COVID-19. Some lauded the...
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Let There Be Light

Why every year I keep a roza during Ramzan- A Hindu lady

Meha Khanduri - 5
I started keeping roza (fasting) three years back, and now several of my Hindu friends too fast. But I am often asked why being a...
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Let There Be Light

Love In the Time of Corona and Hate Virus

Biswajit Roy - 0
At least, for a brief period, the global pandemic would force them to believe that ‘we the people’ breathe same air irrespective of our mortal identity markers and will die the same death if the viruses, ‘natural’ and man-made are allowed to spread more
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Let There Be Light

NIFT design students to be given business orientation

Ashok Chatterjee - 0
Kolkata: India’s only government fashion institute National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) has reworked its curriculum to produce not only designers, but also those...
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CinemaScope

Rishi Kapoor will always remain a romantic hero

Aditya Mukherjee - 0
Barely had the nation come to terms with the news of Irrfan’s untimely death when the devastating news of Rishi Kapoor’s sudden demise, in...
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CinemaScope

Irrfan Khan believed in talent than mere looks

Aditya Mukherjee - 0
In the Eighties, when Irrfan was a teenager, people used to say he looked like the spitting image of the then Bollywood star Mithun...
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CinemaScope

Irrfan Khan- The unforgettable star of Indian cinema

Diganta Guha - 0
"Teeno Khan Ko Takkar Dene Ke Liye, someone has arrived dude," a legendary filmmaker had once paid ode to a rustic-looking actor with his...
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Play On

Even Virat is human…

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Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli’s match-winning unbeaten 94 (off 50 balls) against the West Indies at Hyderabad on Friday is yet another personification of...
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Play On

Sanju Samson gets his due, accidentally though

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Kolkata: With injury ruling left-handed opening batsman Shikhar Dhawan out of the T20 series against West Indies, Kerala wicketkeeper Sanju Samson has been drafted...
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Birthday boy Suresh Raina still hasn’t entered his twilight zone

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Kolkata: Some people are innately gifted and coupled with dedication, they scale big heights in their respective fields. There are others who may not have...
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Go Green

Farming no more a way of life in Mechukha, Arunachal Pradesh

Nabamita Mitra - 0
Shi-Yomi: Mechukha Valley in the newly formed Shi-Yomi district,  west Arunachal Pradesh is over 200 km from Pasighat. The constituency comprising 20 villages with...
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Kolkata Cares: City dwellers take initiatives for a Green Future

Kirti Baheti - 0
Kolkata: There might be alleged violation of National Green Tribunal's rules during the Chhath Puja celebration, at Rabindra Sarovar's green zone but average Kolkatan...
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Puja at Rabindra Sarovar: Religious sentiments vs environmental concern

Simrana Fatima and Ananya Sarkar - 0
Kolkata: Rising pollution and environmental issues might have become a focal point of discussion in many Indian cities, including national capital Delhi, but it...
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