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    Historical romance: In 1906, an Englishwoman is infatuated by the handsome Indian groom of her horse

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    How Zohran Mamdani is busting the fake nostalgia of ‘Iran before the Islamic revolution’ memes

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    Harsh Mander: The plunder and loot by private healthcare in India

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    Why Ambedkar’s statue has been barred from the Madhya Pradesh High Court

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    Why Adani’s Dharavi redevelopment plan has run into resistance from some residents

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    Review: Rekha is the life and soul of Muzaffar’s Ali’s classic ‘Umrao Jaan’

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    For historian Jim Masselos (1940-2025), Mumbai was a city that was both his archive and his muse

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Watch: Commuters escape as plumes of black smoke come out of a train and cause panic in Chennai

The authorities at Southern Railways clarified there was no fire. The smoke was caused by an issue in the Head on Generation coupler, they said.

Scroll Staff
Jun 23, 2023 · 06:00 pm
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Lokmanya Tilak Express, engine on fire near @Chennai_central...#Lokmanya_Tilak pic.twitter.com/yP6GZ1q86n

— R.SARATH BABU (@sarath1384) June 22, 2023

It is hereby clarified that there was no fire involved. Smoke got emitted due to trouble in the HOG coupler. The same attended and smoke has been stopped. Train resumed its journey.

— Southern Railway (@GMSRailway) June 22, 2023
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