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Nearly 100 Vintage Kancheepuram Silk Saris On Display At Chennai Exhibition
A priceless collection of vintage hand-woven Kancheepuram silk saris keeps visitors spellbound as they walk past the sixty to nearly hundred-year-old exhibits in Chennai.
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Ten-man Manchester City Show Silk And Steel To Extend Premier League Lead
Manchester City moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League despite having Rodri sent-off in a fiery 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest on Saturday.
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Bengaluru Metro Services On Extended Stretch Of Kanakapura From Tomorrow
The Namma Metro train services from Yelachenahalli to Silk Institute stretch on Kanakapura Road will commence from January 14, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa said on Wednesday.
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Chirag Paswan's Party Shadow Looms Over NDA Ahead Of Bihar Polls Phase 2
Bhagalpur has been known for long as a BJP stronghold, which even RJD supremo Lalu Prasad could not decimate during the peak of his political powers in the 90s, but as the silk city of Bihar goes to polls on Tuesday it has come to symbolise the risk the ruling NDA faces from its former constituent Lok Janshakti Party in these assembly elections.
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Hundreds Violate Covid Norms At Chennai's Popular Silk Store, Sealed
Kumaran Silks, a popular textiles and garments store in Chennai, was sealed by the city's civic body on Tuesday after a video showing a massive crowd gathered inside the multi-storeyed showroom ahead of the festive season but in violation of social distancing rules.
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Bengaluru Cop Runs Drives To Keep Public Space Safe For Women
A two-week programme is on in Bengaluru to make public spaces welcoming. It is the initiative of a young police officer, Isha Pant. NDTV spoke to her at the city's Silk Board Junction, one of the places identified for the programme.
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A Moustache And In Royal Attire, Harsh Vardhan Is King Janak In Ramleela
Donning traditional silk costumes, a gleaming crown and speaking chaste Hindi, Union Minister Harsh Vardhan Friday assumed a different role -- legendary king Janak of Mithila -- at a Ramleela event, and made sure he conveyed the message on importance of clean environment.
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Fearing Debt Trap, Pak Rethinks Chinese 'Silk Road' Projects
After lengthy delays, an $8.2 billion revamp of a colonial-era rail line snaking from the Arabian Sea has become a test of Pakistan's ability to rethink signature Chinese "Silk Road" projects due to debt concerns. The rail megaproject linking the coastal metropolis of Karachi to the northwestern city of Peshawar is China's biggest Belt and Road Ini...
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Sri Lanka Key Component Of Belt & Road Initiative: China
Sri Lanka is a key component of China's 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, with Hambantota Port and Colombo Port City as the two flagship projects of cooperation between the two countries under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Chinese Ambassador Cheng Xueyuan said.
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Video Of Engagement That Took Place 15 Days Before Delhi Family Deaths
Two women inlehengas and two boys in silk kurtas and jackets danced to a popular Hindi song as a crowd cheered - a wedding video that may have been unremarkable but for the fact that all four were found hanging in their Delhi home just two weeks later, on Sunday.
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Chennai Building Burnt Down In Fire To Be Razed In 3 Days
The fire that burnt down a textile showroom in Chennai has been extinguished and work to demolish the building housing it is expected to commence soon, as a top central portion collapsed today.
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After 2-Day Fire, Chennai Ponders How To Demolish This Building
A major market in the heart of Chennai remains blocked off as a fire raged for the second day in a row at a large shop which sells textiles. By the afternoon, the fire was nearly extinguished, but the area remained covered in thick smoke.
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Day 2 Of Chennai Shop Fire, Five Floors Collapse, Smoke Soars
A major market in the heart of Chennai remains blocked off as a fire raged for the second day in a row at a large shop which sells textiles.
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First Direct London-China Freight Train Completes 12,000-Kilometre Run
The first freight train to link China directly to the UK arrived in the eastern Chinese city of Yiwu Saturday after covering over 12,000-kilometres (7,500 miles), making it the second-longest route in the world.
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Kuwait's 22-Mile Bridge, Cost $3 Billion, Is Nearly Complete
Kuwait is building one of the world's longest causeways to its remote north where it will pump billions into "Silk City", aiming to revive the ancient Silk Road trade route.
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Nearly 100 Vintage Kancheepuram Silk Saris On Display At Chennai Exhibition
A priceless collection of vintage hand-woven Kancheepuram silk saris keeps visitors spellbound as they walk past the sixty to nearly hundred-year-old exhibits in Chennai.
-
Ten-man Manchester City Show Silk And Steel To Extend Premier League Lead
Manchester City moved five points clear at the top of the Premier League despite having Rodri sent-off in a fiery 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest on Saturday.
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Bengaluru Metro Services On Extended Stretch Of Kanakapura From Tomorrow
The Namma Metro train services from Yelachenahalli to Silk Institute stretch on Kanakapura Road will commence from January 14, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa said on Wednesday.
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Chirag Paswan's Party Shadow Looms Over NDA Ahead Of Bihar Polls Phase 2
Bhagalpur has been known for long as a BJP stronghold, which even RJD supremo Lalu Prasad could not decimate during the peak of his political powers in the 90s, but as the silk city of Bihar goes to polls on Tuesday it has come to symbolise the risk the ruling NDA faces from its former constituent Lok Janshakti Party in these assembly elections.
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Hundreds Violate Covid Norms At Chennai's Popular Silk Store, Sealed
Kumaran Silks, a popular textiles and garments store in Chennai, was sealed by the city's civic body on Tuesday after a video showing a massive crowd gathered inside the multi-storeyed showroom ahead of the festive season but in violation of social distancing rules.
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Bengaluru Cop Runs Drives To Keep Public Space Safe For Women
A two-week programme is on in Bengaluru to make public spaces welcoming. It is the initiative of a young police officer, Isha Pant. NDTV spoke to her at the city's Silk Board Junction, one of the places identified for the programme.
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A Moustache And In Royal Attire, Harsh Vardhan Is King Janak In Ramleela
Donning traditional silk costumes, a gleaming crown and speaking chaste Hindi, Union Minister Harsh Vardhan Friday assumed a different role -- legendary king Janak of Mithila -- at a Ramleela event, and made sure he conveyed the message on importance of clean environment.
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Fearing Debt Trap, Pak Rethinks Chinese 'Silk Road' Projects
After lengthy delays, an $8.2 billion revamp of a colonial-era rail line snaking from the Arabian Sea has become a test of Pakistan's ability to rethink signature Chinese "Silk Road" projects due to debt concerns. The rail megaproject linking the coastal metropolis of Karachi to the northwestern city of Peshawar is China's biggest Belt and Road Ini...
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Sri Lanka Key Component Of Belt & Road Initiative: China
Sri Lanka is a key component of China's 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, with Hambantota Port and Colombo Port City as the two flagship projects of cooperation between the two countries under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Chinese Ambassador Cheng Xueyuan said.
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Video Of Engagement That Took Place 15 Days Before Delhi Family Deaths
Two women inlehengas and two boys in silk kurtas and jackets danced to a popular Hindi song as a crowd cheered - a wedding video that may have been unremarkable but for the fact that all four were found hanging in their Delhi home just two weeks later, on Sunday.
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Chennai Building Burnt Down In Fire To Be Razed In 3 Days
The fire that burnt down a textile showroom in Chennai has been extinguished and work to demolish the building housing it is expected to commence soon, as a top central portion collapsed today.
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After 2-Day Fire, Chennai Ponders How To Demolish This Building
A major market in the heart of Chennai remains blocked off as a fire raged for the second day in a row at a large shop which sells textiles. By the afternoon, the fire was nearly extinguished, but the area remained covered in thick smoke.
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Day 2 Of Chennai Shop Fire, Five Floors Collapse, Smoke Soars
A major market in the heart of Chennai remains blocked off as a fire raged for the second day in a row at a large shop which sells textiles.
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First Direct London-China Freight Train Completes 12,000-Kilometre Run
The first freight train to link China directly to the UK arrived in the eastern Chinese city of Yiwu Saturday after covering over 12,000-kilometres (7,500 miles), making it the second-longest route in the world.
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Kuwait's 22-Mile Bridge, Cost $3 Billion, Is Nearly Complete
Kuwait is building one of the world's longest causeways to its remote north where it will pump billions into "Silk City", aiming to revive the ancient Silk Road trade route.
