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    After demolitions in Delhi’s Madrasi Camp, Tamil Nadu offers support to families

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    White roofs can cool down homes – but scaling up this simple solution is a challenge

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    Scheduled Caste panel issues notice after Telangana IAS officer asks students to clean toilets

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    Why RSS outfit members are at centre of a Rs 14-crore scam at ICHR

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    In Hyderabad, the international style of art deco reveals itself in homes, with personal touches

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    Calcutta HC denies interim relief to law student arrested for remarks about Prophet Muhammad

  • UK’s new rules for international students will worsen university finances
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    UK’s new rules for international students will worsen university finances

  • A new parenting book suggests ways to amicably break up fights between young siblings
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    A new parenting book suggests ways to amicably break up fights between young siblings

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    US investigating Adani Group for suspected LPG imports from Iran: Report

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    Fiction pick: An elderly Bengali couple cannot decide what to feed their son-in-law on Jamai Shashti

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Watch: Kolkata Metro becomes the first in the country to run a train beneath a river

A metro rake completed a trial run under the bed of the Hooghly river through a tunnel 32 metres below the water level.

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Apr 13, 2023 · 10:27 am
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Kolkata Metro creates History!For the first time in India,a Metro rake ran under any river today!Regular trial runs from #HowrahMaidan to #Esplanade will start very soon. Shri P Uday Kumar Reddy,General Manager has described this run as a historic moment for the city of #Kolkata. pic.twitter.com/sA4Kqdvf0v

— Metro Rail Kolkata (@metrorailwaykol) April 12, 2023

Trial run of East-West metro of kolkata(india) under the river Ganga (Hooghly River). @Arzookazmi30 @Qamarcheema @fakharzai7 @arifaajakia pic.twitter.com/44qSUXXe3r

— Shivam jayanta (@shivam89722) April 12, 2023
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