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Ex-West Bengal CM Siddhartha Shankar Ray’s house to get heritage tag

Kolkata, 12/3: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to include former West Bengal chief minister Siddhartha Shankar Ray’s south-Kolkata residence on its list of heritage buildings, councillor Sandip Ranjan Bakshi said on Sunday.   Built in 1900, Ray’s residence, a two-storey red brick structure, is considered to be a landmark in Hazra area.  …

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US-sanctioned general to become public face of China’s growing military

Beijing, 12/3: General Li Shangfu, named on Sunday as China’s new defence minister, is a veteran of the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) modernisation effort – a drive that led the United States to sanction him over the acquisition of weapons from Russia.   Although his new post within the Chinese system is viewed as largely…

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