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Silk City shrine to get a facelift at cost of Rs1.15 crore

Edit The Times of India 12 Jun 2016
Berhampur. The Maa Budhi Thakurani Temple, one of the oldest shrines in the Silk City, will be given a facelift at a cost of Rs 1.15 crore. The development work will be executed by the state-owned Odisha Tourism Development Corporation (OTDC) ... Maa Budhi Thakurani is the presiding deity of the Silk City ... RELATED. From around the web....

China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Co.,Ltd signs 33 overseas projects since 200... (Wuhan Municipal Government)

Edit Public Technologies 12 Jun 2016
(Source. Wuhan Municipal Government) ... began construction in Pakistan ... It marks the progress of the projects of the new Silk Road, said Cai Gerui, general manager of the foreign service department of China Construction Third Engineering Bureau Co., Ltd ... covers South Asia, Southeast Asia and North Africa....

Notes from a battle zone

Edit DNA India 12 Jun 2016
-->. Partha Borgohain's 1962 ... Mention the 1962 Indo-China war in Arunachal Pradesh and the memories brim over — how, for instance, the locals helped terrified Indian soldiers flee from the invading Chinese army by dressing them in local attire; people also remember how the Chinese army, instead of being hostile, offered them beautiful silk, Chinese pottery and kind words ... My Country Land ... He promises Yaka he will return for her ... ....

Outdoors notebook | Here are some ideas to make Dad's day

Edit The Columbus Dispatch 12 Jun 2016
Americans will spend about $14.3 billion on gifts for Father’s Day 2016, according to the National Retail Federation. That’s meant to sound like a big deal, but it seems a little high. An outlay of $14.3 billion comes to about $44.27 per head when divided among the current U.S. population of about 323 million ... Fish and Wildlife Service ... Some hunters and fishermen are OK with silk, rayon or whatever, though washable should be standard....

HG Wells, Keynes, Orwell ... my years at the heart of the Bloomsbury Set

Edit The Guardian 12 Jun 2016
Anne Olivier Bell will be 100 next week. She tells of her encounters with the geniuses of a golden era. Great veterans of old wars are a rare and special breed ... Like that conflict, Mrs Bell – Olivier (pronounced “Olivia”) – is about to be a hundred years old ... Twitter. Her first encounter with Virginia Woolf – “this beautiful lady in a red silk dress” – was actually in Bloomsbury, at a party given by the artist Benedict Nicholson ... Twitter ... ....

One more held in mulberry silk export duty evasion scam

Edit The Times of India 11 Jun 2016
Ahmedabad. The Ahmedabad zonal unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has made one more arrest in the multi-crore duty evasion scam in import and export of mulberry silk ... According to DRI officials, they found that some exporters were making deemed exports by supplying mulberry silk fabrics to a 100% Export Oriented Unit (EOU), Shree Keshri Exports, based in Dhrangadhra on the basis of forged documents ... RELATED....

Hong Kong Eyes Shipping Boost From China's New Silk Road, Iran

Edit Jakarta Globe 11 Jun 2016
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Fashion hits and misses: palm tree and leopard prints; dodgy doggy outfits

Edit South China Morning Post 11 Jun 2016
Nifty silk scarf A twist on old-world chic ... ....

Jazz Mafia

Edit Skiddle 11 Jun 2016
Up The Creek Comedy Club in London. Saturday 11th June 2016 ... 18 ... Hosted by David Silk - with guest performers and sitters-in welcome – anything can happen, so get there early to ensure a front row seat ... ....

Super exclusive Aspinal of London to open on Queen Mary2

Edit The Examiner 11 Jun 2016
Harrods and the Queen Mary 2 will be the only two places to buy beautiful Pegasus designs that are digitally printed onto key bag silhouettes and silk, twill and cashmere. Photo courtesy of Cunard ....

Recipe: Pearl barley with broad beans, dill & dried cherries

Edit The Independent 11 Jun 2016
There were some kitchen tasks we always did outdoors when I visited my grandmother in Kentucky during the summer. Shucking corn was one of them. We’d sit on the back steps outside her kitchen armed with large brown paper bags – the kind they used to use in grocery stores – and strip the leaves and silk and toss them in the bag. Stringing beans was another ... And repeat. And repeat ... ....

Midas opens new furniture showroom in Riyadh

Edit Arabnews 11 Jun 2016
Attached Files. . ID. . 1465587422667192200. Publication Date. . Saturday, June 11, 2016 ... The new showroom is located in Riyadh's Al-Yasamine Boulevard on King Abdulaziz Road, Exit 5 ... The ground floor is dedicated to contemporary furniture, home accessories and selections of candles and silk flowers, while the mezzanine level caters to the top-end consumer looking for luxurious furniture. The mezzanine has a garden ... ....

The best bars to watch the Belmont Stakes

Edit New York Post 11 Jun 2016
Preakness winner Exaggerator is the Belmont Stakes favorite.Photo. Mark Abraham/UPI. If you can’t make it to the track for the Belmont Stakes on Saturday, these viewing parties will take you to the finish line. Race day begins at 1 p.m. and the namesake run goes off at 6.32 p.m. Bounce Sporting Club ... From 1 p.m ... 55 W ... mint juleps and Jockey Silks (Grey Goose, grapefruit and lemonade)....
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