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Which Place Is Known As The Toy City Of India?
Located between Bengaluru and Mysuru, this small Karnataka town has been making colourful wooden toys for centuries and is home to a craft tradition that carries a GI tag.
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How 2,500 Artistes Are Keeping Traditional Toymaking Alive In This Village
The whirr of machines and smell of carved wood hangs in the air of the Indian toy workshop, a centuries-old art form still in the game despite cheaper plastic alternatives.
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"I Am The Candidate": DK Shivakumar's Declaration For Key Poll In Karnataka's Channapatna Assembly
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday said that he is the Congress candidate for Channapatna Assembly bypoll.
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Notes Ban No Child's Play For Toy Sellers In Karnataka
Channapatna in Karnataka is well known for its bright and colourful wooden toys - popular with tourists who pass the town on the busy route between Bengaluru and Mysuru. In fact, Channapatna is called toy town - thanks to the popularity of these wooden creations. But coping with the notes ban is no child's play here.
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Australian woman raped near Mysore
Police in Mysore have arrested two men in connection with the alleged rape of an Australian woman. The victim knew one of the men and had driven with him to Bangalore. On their way back to Mysore he persuaded her to stay in a lodge in Channapatna on Friday night. There he allegedly raped here, while his relative, the lodge owner molested her.The wo...
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Villagers rescue trapped leopard
A leopard in distress, trapped in barbed wire, surrounded by a noisy crowd of human beings. A horribly familiar scenario - and things don't look good for the wild cat.But the villagers here chose to be different. There was excitement, there was fear - but there was also the voice of reason. The leopard, which could not move much anyway, was pi...
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Which Place Is Known As The Toy City Of India?
Located between Bengaluru and Mysuru, this small Karnataka town has been making colourful wooden toys for centuries and is home to a craft tradition that carries a GI tag.
-
How 2,500 Artistes Are Keeping Traditional Toymaking Alive In This Village
The whirr of machines and smell of carved wood hangs in the air of the Indian toy workshop, a centuries-old art form still in the game despite cheaper plastic alternatives.
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"I Am The Candidate": DK Shivakumar's Declaration For Key Poll In Karnataka's Channapatna Assembly
Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Thursday said that he is the Congress candidate for Channapatna Assembly bypoll.
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Notes Ban No Child's Play For Toy Sellers In Karnataka
Channapatna in Karnataka is well known for its bright and colourful wooden toys - popular with tourists who pass the town on the busy route between Bengaluru and Mysuru. In fact, Channapatna is called toy town - thanks to the popularity of these wooden creations. But coping with the notes ban is no child's play here.
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Australian woman raped near Mysore
Police in Mysore have arrested two men in connection with the alleged rape of an Australian woman. The victim knew one of the men and had driven with him to Bangalore. On their way back to Mysore he persuaded her to stay in a lodge in Channapatna on Friday night. There he allegedly raped here, while his relative, the lodge owner molested her.The wo...
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Villagers rescue trapped leopard
A leopard in distress, trapped in barbed wire, surrounded by a noisy crowd of human beings. A horribly familiar scenario - and things don't look good for the wild cat.But the villagers here chose to be different. There was excitement, there was fear - but there was also the voice of reason. The leopard, which could not move much anyway, was pi...
