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Wails replace wedding songs at soldeirs’ homes killed in terror-triggered blast

In a cruel twist of fate, the two brave soldiers who lost their lives on Tuesday when terrorists triggered a powerful improvised explosive device (IED) along the India-Pakistan border in the Akhnoor Sector of Jammu, were meant to be celebrating the happiest day of their lives just days later in April when their weddings were fixed.

Kerala survives only with assistance from Centre: Union Minister Kurian

Two days after sparking a controversy over his statement, asking Kerala to ‘declare itself backward’ if it wanted Central funds, Union Minister of State for Fisheries and Minority Affairs George Kurian said on Tuesday that Kerala survives only with the assistance of the Centre and that there is not a single project the state can claim as its own.