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8:22 pmVizianagaram SP praises free artificial limbs distribution to accident victims
8:22 pmWoman, two girls drown in pond in Mancherial district
8:19 pmSome Devaswom officials involved in ghee scam, claims Keralam Minister Muraleedharan
8:19 pmOver 840 motorists caught for drunk driving in Hyderabad, Malkajgiri commissionerate limits
8:18 pmFree travel scheme: Keralam govt. releases ₹88.23 crore to KSRTC to cover revenue loss
8:18 pmRailway Board urged to expedite cadre restructuring orders
8:16 pmTwo killed after van hits median worker and collides with HMDA water tanker on Hyderabad’s ORR near
8:12 pmLS Speaker Om Birla meets counterparts from Cuba, Russia ahead of BRICS parliamentary forum meeting
8:04 pmWoman attacks brother-in-law's private parts in Kanpur, police register case

India

Goddess of Giving

Reported by The Statesman 25 Oct 2026, 8:27 am IST 1 min read

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Once upon a time, on a full moon night by the river Padma, flowing along an area now known as Aricha, some 88 kilometers from Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, an old woman sat under a tree, weeping.

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Section: India
First reported by: The Statesman
Reporter: statesman news service
Published: Sunday, 25 October 2026, 8:27 am IST
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