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Woman fights chain-snatcher
Two thieves, who tried to snatch a gold chain from a woman, landed in
trouble when she put up a fight with them and fended off the chain-snatchers
by herself.
Cong men held for bid to block
train
About 200 protestors led by Congress north Chennai District secretary
Royapuram Mano today held a protest in front of VOC Railway Station condemning
the railway administration for going against the promise of rehabilitation
it had made to people living along the railway line at New Washermenpet
and Tondiarpet. They were arrested by the police.
Discovery of Nehru
27 May, 1964 -- Jawaharlal Nehru's last day on earth happened
to be my first. My father, TRR, a great admirer of 'Panditji' or an admirer
of the 'great' Panditji, as he would prefer it, promptly named me after
the just-dead PM. Editor T R Jawahar writes.
Warning: Plenty of warnings
inside
Mercifully, weekly columns like the one in your hand are not like
electronic consumer durables. Or else, every week you will have to encounter
something like this along with the column: 'Dear Reader, Thank you for
placing your confidence in Crank's Corner. Associate Editor K Balakumar
writes.
Defaming of Hinduism-IV
'Scholarly' works produced by specially hired scholars under the overall
feaudal tutelage and pecuniary stranglehold of the American Academy of
Religion (AAR) and Religion in South Asia (RISA) are being used by American
Christian groups to describe Hinduism as a 'dirty dignity destroying religion'
and as a 'pig-pen from the east'. V Sundaram writes. |
