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For all its oddball energy and earnest ambition, Fairy Folk cannot be missed, applauds Mayur Sanap.

SHRI ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY (BAHARAMPUR): Sir, I would like to flag the attention of the entire House towards this issue. In spite of volcanic and seething anger coupled with indignation, hate against…. …(Interruptions)

Sir, in spite of volcanic and seething anger coupled with indignation and hate against the gangrape incidents which have been occurring at regular intervals across the nation, there is no respite of this kind of brutal and bestial crime. सर, हम यहां बहुत सारे कानूनों की बात करते हैं, मृत्युदंड की घोषणा करते हैं । बहुत कुछ कर रहे हैं, लेकिन कभी-कभी लगता है कि क्या हम पैसे के बुद्धिमान और पाउंड के मूर्ख हैं?कोई कमी नहीं दिखाई देती । सर,हैदराबाद की घटना हुई, उसके बाद बंगाल में माल्दा, फिर उन्नाव का मामला आ गया । हम लोग कहां जाएं, हिन्दुस्तान के लोग कहां जाएं?सबसे बड़ी बात है कि उन्नाव में चार दिन पहले आरोपी को रिहा किया गया । आरोपी ने पीड़िता को मारने के लिए आग लगा दी । महिला भागती हुई, दौड़ती हुई किसी के पास शरण लेनी गई । उसके बाद हॉस्पिटल में भर्ती हुई,अभी दिल्ली आई । उसकी 95 परसेंट बॉडी जल गई । यह क्या हो रहा है?आज की तारीख 6 दिसम्बर को बाबरी मस्जिद ध्वस्त हुई थी और वहां मंदिर बन रहा है । एक तरफ हिन्दुस्तान में राम जी का मंदिर बन रहा है और दूसरी तरफ सीता को जलाया जा रहा है ।…(व्यवधान)

Why is every alternate person in rural India above the age of 40 blinded by cataract when only one in five in cities has the disease?

The day Folkestone was rocked by one of Kent's worst ever earthquakes  Kent Live

Earthquake rumbles under sea off Norfolk coast | Great Yarmouth News  Great Yarmouth Mercury

Aukeran is a professional dance troupe from Basque country founded in 1997 by Edu Muruamendiaraz. The beautiful and graceful professional dancers have backgrounds in both […]

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The circus is coming to the Smithsonian! The Big Top went up on the National Mall this week in preparation for the 2017 Smithsonian Folklife […]

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 Blues singer and pianist Marcia Ball performs “Louella” at the 2008 Smithsonian Folklife Festival.      

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New on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings: This official music video is for “Ripest of Apples” by Anna & Elizabeth, from the new album ‘The Invisible Comes […]

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In Armenia, the completion of a carpet and cutting it from its loom is a significant rite of passion for young female weavers.

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From the Haka in New Zealand to the Klapa in Croatia, the earliest music traditions relied on the human voice alone.

Norfolk Southern is working with GreenTrees LLC on a five-year reforestation project.

The US Navy Veterans Lung Cancer Advocate is appealing to a Navy Veteran who has lung cancer and who was exposed to asbestos at Navy Base Norfolk to please call them for direct access to the lawyers Karst von Oiste-KVO-Get Compensated.

Barbara Taber, Ed.D. has led a career of honor, ethics and excellence with an enviable track record of accomplishments. She has served as an influence to countless students and colleagues alike. Keep an eye on www.drbarbarataberspeaks.com in 2019.

Barbara Taber, Ed.D. has led a career of honor, ethics and excellence with an enviable track record of accomplishments. She has served as an influence to countless students and colleagues alike. Keep an eye on www.DrBarbaraTaberSpeaks.com in 2019.

Suffolk County plans to allow school districts to install cameras on school buses to improve child safety.

Suffolk County prosecutors have charged a county legislator with perjury and ethics violations.

A federal jury has found former Suffolk District Attorney Thomas Spota guilty on all charges in the latest corruption trial that has brought down some of Long Island’s most powerful public officials. Spota’s ex-aide, Christopher McPartland, was also found guilty.

Name change reflects wide range of events for 2019.

Waterboys, Richard Hawley, The Wonder Stuff and many more to mark anniversary.

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The 49th Northwest Folklife Festival was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. But here's how you can celebrate the spirit of Folklife — listening to music, watching dances from various traditions, learning crafts and more — at home.

The 49th Northwest Folklife Festival was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. But here's how you can celebrate the spirit of Folklife — listening to music, watching dances from various traditions, learning crafts and more — at home.

Folk collective reaps quirky rewards from genre-crossing.

The heavy industrial area of Kwinana is home to Perth's only remaining beach shack community, but there are fears a new container port could destroy the simple lifestyle the locals have worked so hard to preserve.

A peaceful paradise known for its iconic pine trees and spectacular coastline, Norfolk Island is riddled with political tension and simmering social unrest.

It's hard to imagine a subtropical island struggling with drought, but Norfolk Island has had only 12mm of rain all summer and dams and water tanks are running dry.

The Federal Government has handed Norfolk Island a lifeline to save its tourism industry, but locals have railed against their offering saying it could turn tourists away.

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The Holland family have hosted thousands of dinner parties in a bus parked in the driveways of complete strangers. It is their way of keeping one foot in urban life while living off the grid.

(United States Ninth Circuit) - Affirming the district court's summary judgment to the defense in a Copyright Act infringement case centered on a pen and ink depiction of two dolphins whose creator claimed a painting of two dolphins was copied because the panel found that the idea was simply drawn from nature and that expressing ideas that nature has already expressed for all cannot result in copyright.

Rings Around Saturn Debuts At #3 With Halliday Named As #3 “Top Artist”

The Kansas City Singer-songwriter Has Released “Can’t Go Back” From His Critically Acclaimed “Crossing Willow Creek” Album.

Facets Of Folk Hit #1 On The Folk Alliance International Folk DJ Charts And Is Now On The List For Consideration For The Grammy® For Best Folk Album

Facets Of Folk Hit #1 On The Folk Alliance International Folk DJ Charts And Is Now On The List For Consideration For The Grammy® For Best Folk Album

The actress laughed off the rumors.

The two rappers gave out hundreds of meals

We all need to tighten our belts

For the first time in over three decades, BT has suspended its dividend scheme as the former state-owned teleco grapples with the fallout from the novel coronavirus pandemic, and the financial uncertainty that'll inevitably ensue.…