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07/02/2018

This Persian term means ‘strong water’. Spirituous drinks were popular in Bengal even in ancient times and as a high demand item it was always an important source of government revenue. The Mughal Government had an [A] Duftar to regulate production of spirituous liquors and collection of tax from manufacturers and dealers. It became the [A] Department during the Company period and the Customs and Excise Department subsequently.
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07/02/2018

This was incorporated as a private limited company - jointly owned by the Government of India and Government of Travancore on August 18, 1950 with its first unit in, Aluva, Kerala. It became a full-fledged Government of India Undertaking under the administrative control of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) in year 1963 and took over companies engaged in mining and separation of beach sand minerals in southern part of the country, by establishing two more Divisions one at Chavara, Kerala and the other at Manavalakurichi (MK),Tamilnadu.

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07/10/2017

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18/03/2017

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17/03/2017

Please do watch 'Kuttikalodano Kali' in Mazhavil Manorama on this Saturday at 8:30 Pm.

Commendable performance by Rahul Reghu Josvin Joy Alvin Thomas Kadampukattil and Carol Abraham.

11/03/2017

Congratulations, Carol Abraham and Alvin Thomas.
Winners of the Tata Crucible Kochi.

08/03/2017

23/02/2017

Pydimarri Venkata S***a Rao was a native of Annerparthy village in the Nalgonda District of Telengana. He was a polygot, having mastered Sanskrit, Telugu, English and Arabic. He was also a naturopathy doctor and a bureaucrat who wrote several books in Telugu, the most famous of which is the novel Kalabhairavudu.But he is best remembered for some other reason….

21/02/2017

He is a famous Indian American entrepreneur moved to US at the age of 14. After his studies at Princeton University he went to India and lived as a monk in mountains for 12 years. He started a plastics raw material company in 1990, Prime PVC Inc , later called as Prime Conduit. After that he started a consumer products company, Living Essentials in 2004. According to Forbes 2012, he is the richest Indian in America.

19/02/2017

He was a 6th-century BC wrestler from the Magna Graecian city of Croton, who enjoyed a brilliant wrestling career and won many victories in the most important athletic festivals of ancient Greece.In addition to his athletic victories, He is credited by the ancient commentator Diodorus Siculus with leading his fellow citizens to military triumph over neighboring Sybaris in 510 BC.His legendary strength and death have become the subjects of modern art and literature. His death was a popular subject in 18th-century art. He was also said to have carried a bull on his shoulders, and to have burst a band about his brow by simply inflating the veins of his temples.A popular brand is also named after him.
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He was a 6th-century BC wrestler from the Magna Graecian city of Croton, who enjoyed a brilliant wrestling career and won many victories in the most important athletic festivals of ancient Greece.In addition to his athletic victories, He is credited by the ancient commentator Diodorus Siculus with leading his fellow citizens to military triumph over neighboring Sybaris in 510 BC.His legendary strength and death have become the subjects of modern art and literature. His death was a popular subject in 18th-century art. He was also said to have carried a bull on his shoulders, and to have burst a band about his brow by simply inflating the veins of his temples.
A popular brand is also named after him.
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