What happens to terms Keralite, Keralan: Tharoor’s witty take on Keralam replacing Kerala

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor had a witty take on Kerala’s name change on Tuesday, asking what happens now to the terms “Keralite” and “Keralan” for the “denizens” of the new “Keralam”. The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the proposal for altering the name of Kerala to Keralam. After…

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J’khand: All 7 on board air ambulance killed in crash, bodies brought to hospital for post-mortem

Ranchi:  All seven persons on board an air ambulance were killed after the aircraft crashed near Simaria in Jharkhand’s Chatra district, and their bodies have been brought to a hospital for post-mortem examination, officials said on Tuesday. The Beechcraft C90 air ambulance, operated by Redbird Airways Pvt Ltd, was en route to Delhi from Ranchi…

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Columnist M S Shanker, Orange News 9

Precision vs Provocation: India’s Moral Stand

When India condemned Pakistan’s recent air strikes inside Afghanistan that reportedly killed 26 Pashtun civilians, it was not engaging in diplomatic grandstanding. It was stating a simple principle: counterterrorism cannot become a pretext for civilian slaughter. Pakistan claims its air force targeted terror hideouts across the Afghan border. If that were indeed the case, a…

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Cong, BJP cross swords over lands issue in Telangana’s Kamareddy town

Hyderabad: The verbal duel between Congress leaders and BJP MLA K Venkata Ramana Reddy over allegations of irregularities against him vis-à-vis a land parcel in Kamareddy town intensified on Monday with the former approaching authorities to release facts on the issue. Other than the allegations of land irregularities against the MLA, Congress leader Sandeep A…

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