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    Mumbai Commuter Rail division: Some ideas on fixing the commercial capital’s lifeline
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    A new book sets out to trace the roots of modern languages back to one ancient tongue
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    Criminal charges against Ashoka University professor outrageous and absurd, say ex-bureaucrats
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    Anti-Sikh pogrom: Without tangible reparations, Rahul Gandhi’s apology is symbolic
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    A border ran through it: The life and lonely death of an 80-year-old Kashmiri man
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Watch: In a first, special artwork painted on Howrah Bridge for Kolkata’s Durga Puja

Students from government art college in Kolkata hand-painted the traditional art form of the ‘alpona’ on the bridge for an electronics retail chain.

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Oct 19, 2023 · 10:19 am
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On the auspicious occasion of #Navratri2023 #DurgaPuja2023 #Durgapujo2023 #Dussehra

Rangoli on #HowrahBridge at mid night. Another #Tata Co initiatives... by #Croma. pic.twitter.com/TkoGAv7aM1

— Debashish Sarkar 🇮🇳 (@DebashishHiTs) October 17, 2023

VIDEO | The iconic 80-year-old Howrah Bridge in Kolkata has been given a colourful makeover with 'alpana' motifs on the occasion of Durga Puja. pic.twitter.com/pugNtgAumL

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