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The Hindu PM to inaugurate several infrastructure projects in national capital today

Modi to hand over keys of 1,675 flats to slum dwellers, lay foundation stones of many other works; big-ticket announcements likely to boost BJP’s campaign ahead of Delhi Assembly poll due in Feb.

The Hindu Manmohan Singh: An easy boss with some mischievous humour

The former Prime Minister did not make much of his remarkable career and was willing to answer uncomfortable questions

The Hindu Pulavar Kaliyaperumal, the Vathiyar in Viduthalai-2, who nurtured Naxalism

Vijay Sethupathy, playing the role of Perumal Vathiyar, has resurrected Pulavar Kaliyaperumal of Pennadam, the Naxalite leader-turned-Tamil nationalist, who was sentenced to death with his son Valluvan in a case of murder. Five other members of his family were awarded life sentence. Pulavar’s death sentence was commuted by President V.V. Giri

The Hindu When a critic of EVMs went silent on Election Commission’s challenge

Jayalalithaa’s AIADMK opposed the use of the machines in the 2001 Assembly election, arguing that they had failed in even developed nations. The party went to the Madras High Court and the Supreme Court, but they rejected its plea for ballot papers

The Hindu A pioneering effort to translate the holy book of Islam into Tamil in full

On February 19, 1926, A.K. Abdul Hameed Baqavi started off on a journey that would take him over two decades to complete. His translation of The Quran, which is written in classical Arabic and organised in 114 chapters, took time. But the elegant style of the work, published in 1949, has made it one of the most enduring versions

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