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THE TIMES OF INDIA

Monday, December 18, 2017

Today's Headlines

Hyderabad

Uneasy calm: Dialogue to douse Utnoor blaze

How Telugu won legal battle for 'classical' tag

Eloquent KCR leaves writers in thrall with poetry, slokas

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Chennai

PT Usha takes to crowdfunding to run school
Legendary athlete PT Usha, called ‘Payyoli Express’ by her fans, has taken to crowdfunding and raised Rs 20 lakh to train budding girl sprinters and runners at her school in the hope of turning them into contenders for Asiad and Olympics.

In a twist, IIT-Madras beats IIT-B in placements this year
Placements 2017 at the Indian Institute of Technology saw a dramatic change in an established trend. It was IIT-Kanpur which had the most successful day one with the largest number of offers made on its campus.

Filmmaker shows mother's struggle against stigma of widow remarriage

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Chandigarh

Cops tow car with kid inside as parents go to buy veggies

Getting back Punjab football's glory

Punjab: Blast in truck loaded with firecrackers leaves one dead

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Bangalore

Photos and TV shows push up desi smartphone memory size

A fitness buff, this innovative engineer pedals with legs, hands

Cong govt shielding killers of Gauri, Paresh: Rajnath Singh

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Ahmedabad

Five arrested with 9 firearms
Late on Saturday night, ahead of counting of votes for the Gujarat assembly polls on Monday, city crime branch apprehended five men with eight country-made pistols, one revolver and 12 live cartridges.

One held for stealing luxury bus
Crime branch nabbed Vimalkumar Gajjar, 42, of Chandkheda for stealing a mini luxury bus from Naroda.

Repolling held in six booths of five seats

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Delhi

Micro-breweries in Delhi soon as LG clears hurdle
Three years after Delhi government’s go-ahead, the stage is finally set for micro-breweries to open in the capital with lieutenant governor Anil Baijal clearing a technical hurdle holding up implementation of the decision.

Air Quality Index below 200 for first time in a week
The AQI was recorded at 198 as compared to 218 on Saturday, with the minimum temperature settling at 7.8 degrees Celsius. Day time temperature, however, remained high and was recorded at 23.6 degrees Celsius — one degree above normal. Experts forecast a slight rise in temperatures over the next few days.

10-in-1 school hub to beat space woes

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