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What Happens when Sun Light Hits this Mosque is Simply Amazing!

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The Nasir al-Mulk Mosque, located in Shiraz, Iran, is truly an artistic master piece. Even more amazing than the intricate designs is what happens every morning when the rays of the rising sun hit the mosque. Every morning as sunlight passes through the windows of the mosque, the interior is transformed into an ocean of colors. This is something you have to see to believe.
 
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Thursday, May 29, 2014

News Digest: SIT may not get to know to know source of black money stashed abroad

THE TIMES OF INDIA
Friday, May 30, 2014
Today's Headlines

SIT may not get to know to know source of black money stashed abroad
It would remain a challenge to figure out what part of the black money is generated from criminal activities such as drug smuggling, arms deals, policy manipulations etc which have serious implications for national security, beyond just financial integrity.

Power supply reduced by half in rural UP after election results
The Uttar Pradesh power consumers it seems are paying the price for ignoring candidates of the ruling SP and voting for the BJP.

Woman killed after TTE pushes her off train in Jalgaon
A woman was killed after a travel ticket examiner (TTE) allegedly pushed her out of an AC compartment of a moving train at Maharashtra’s Jalgaon railway station on Thursday.

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Govt likely to continue with Aadhaar: Bankers
Bankers say that the new government is likely to continue with Aadhaar given the huge savings that it can bring by plugging leakages in subsidy payments and the support it provides to extending banking services to the unbanked.

Times Internet buys majority stake in CouponDunia
Times Internet, a digital product company, which is part of the Times Group, has announced that it has acquired a majority stake in Mumbai-based CouponDunia Media Private Limited.

Air India privatization an option, aviation minister says
Facing an existential crisis, Air India may have to be privatized as infusion of tax-payers’ money into the loss-making airline cannot be endless.

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Video streaming more eco-friendly than DVD viewing
Video streaming can be much better for the environment, requiring less energy and emitting less carbon dioxide (CO2), than some traditional methods of DVD renting, buying and viewing, a new study has found.

Antarctic ice began melting earlier that thought: Study
Coming on the heels of recent studies that suggest destabilization of part of the West Antarctic ice sheet has begun, a study shows that the Antarctic ice sheet began melting about 5,000 years earlier than previously thought - at the end of last ice age.

Asiatic lion's abode set for Unesco leap
The proposal for the World Heritage Site status for Gir and Girnar could make it the county's first to be on both cultural and nature site lists.

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The rifts behind Nigeria's mass kidnap
When local people warned that hundreds of Islamist militants were heading towards his remote town of Chibok in northeastern Nigeria, Danuma Mphur hurried to summon help.

UN security council renews mission in Somalia
The UN security council on Thursday extended a UN mission in Somalia for one more year to continue providing "good offices" in the country's peace and reconciliation process.

China sets target of 2 million extra babies annually
China has set a target of producing two million extra babies annually, health officials said on Thursday. This will mean an 11% jump in the country’s birthrate.

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When Prachi Desai was asked to pad up her breasts
Actress Prachi Desai, who has wowed the audience with her looks in in Mohit Suri's 'Ek Villain', reportedly lost her temper when she was asked to pad up with silicone cups.

Deepika beats Katrina as the most desirable woman
The Times 50 Most Desirable Women is India’s pick of the women who possess the looks, the curves and the confidence to get a place on this coveted list.

OMG: Mallika Sherawat draped in Indian flag only
Mallika Sherawat seems to have done it again – stepped right into a controversy, that is. And this time, she is all set to raise the political temperature this scorching summer with the first look poster of her upcoming flick, Dirty Politics.

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Social media boosts health in elderly
Are you in your 60s? Involve in social networking to stay healthy! Having regular positive interactions with family and friends and being involved in several different social networks can help older adults be healthier, according to new study.

Star Trek's voice translator set to become a reality
Microsoft has announced what it called a breakthrough in real-time voice translation and said it would offer a test version through its Skype messaging unit before the end of 2014.

5 things to know about SpaceX's flight plans
SpaceX has made supply runs to the International Space Station under a Nasa contract. Now it's eyeing carrying astronauts to low-Earth orbit.

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Top guns are on the way out: Nadal
"Our generation is now on the way out, you know, like Murray, Djokovic, Ferrer, and Berdych, and Tsonga, as well, we have been here for a long," said Nadal.

India beat SA 4-1 in final practice game
A spirited India defeated South Africa 4-1 in their final practice game to round off their warm-up campaign ahead of the hockey World Cup on a positive note.

Andy Murray advances to third round
Seventh seeded Andy Murray of Great Britain reached the French Open third round on Thursday with a 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 victory over Australia's Marinko Matosevic.

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With Beats buy, Apple may be eyeing stylish wearables
Apple's $3 billion purchase of Beats Electronics is at least in part recognition that Beats founders Dr Dre and Jimmy Iovine might be able to help Apple incorporate more style and flair into its premium technology gadget.

BG Srinivas may join Infosys rival as CEO & MD
BG Srinivas, who was Infosys' highest-paid executive (annual compensation of Rs 7.52 crore in 2013-14 fiscal), led key portfolios like financial services, manufacturing and public services.

7 things you didn't know about Google's self-driving car
Google caused a flurry of excitement by unveiling an all-new self-driving car that takes its array of add-on sensors and integrates them into a vehicle that looks like a cross between a Smart car and a Cozy Coupe.

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Modi congratulates CBSE students
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the students who passed the CBSE Class XII examinations, results of which were announced on Thursday.

High marks in Class XII exams to push Delhi University cutoffs
Going by the CBSE and ISC results, cutoffs in Delhi University's undergraduate admission is likely to see a new high.

Class XII result: Delhi bags top honours in all streams
Students from the city have topped the CBSE Class XII boards in the aggregate as well as the different streams this year.

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'Illiterate' Rakhi backs HRD minister Smriti
TV actor-turned-politician Irani found herself in a controversy over inconsistencies in her educational qualifications in the affidavits filed in 2004, 2011 and 2014

Two shooters held in Sena leader murder case
The accused, Chandrakant Mahskar (24) and Gangaram Linge (29), were arrested from Bhiwandi

Mhada lottery on June 25
The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) has marginally reduced the rates of its new flats by 3% to 4%.

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Kejriwal responds to anger over undemocratic functioning
Before it steps into its next election in Delhi, Aam Aadmi Party is expected to go through major restructuring.

Ex-Delhi chief minister defends refusal to sign bond
Kejriwal also said the Lok Sabha result did not reflect AAP’s performance.

Forest chief wants leopards in Asola
If Delhi’s new forest department chief has his way, leopards and hyenas could return to Asola Bhatti, the capital’s lone wildlife sanctuary which was part of the terrain where these predators roamed in the not-too-distant past.

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Sincerity proved his undoing, says ADGP family
The family of the top cop transferred after he was caught clicking objectionable photos of a woman in a coffee shop on Thursday stood up for him, though the incident has shaken them.

ADGP wasn't put in jail, walked in himself, says B'lore commissioner
City police commissioner Raghavendra Auradkar said he’s being unnecessarily dragged into the controversy involving senior KSRP officer P Ravindranath. The ADGP had alleged that charges filed against him were part of Auradkar’s conspiracy.

ADGP Ravindranath may get show-cause notice
The Karnataka government appears to have decided not to yield to pressure tactics of ADGP P Ravindranath, who is in the dock after allegedly clicking objectionable pictures of a woman in a coffee shop on Monday.

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Telangana Rashtra Samithi bandh partial in Hyderabad
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) supporters moved on motorcycles across the city to force businesses to down their shutters as part of the bandh to protest merger of some villages in Khammam district with Seemandhra for the construction of Polavaram irrigation project.

Confusion over fish medicine venue
Fish prasadam distribution may be hit as the Exhibition Society has refused to allot the venue for the annual ritual on Mrigasira Karthi day.

Telangana Transco to come into being on June 2
A separate transmission company has been created for power transmission in the Telangana region.

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Society that rescues animals needs care
The bank is what draws your eye when you walk through the arch from Vepery High Road. Only the presence of a placid cow or two straying across the yard gives you an inkling of the true purpose that the red brick building was raised for.

No horseplay here
Groups of students clad in white coats are gathered around the dissection tables. A few are examining the body of a dead deer while others study the carcass of a dead calf at another table in the small red brick building that dates back to 1903.

Poor imitation, the bane of bhani in Carnatic music
The passing away of Jayalakshmi of the famed Radha-Jayalakshmi duo struck a sad note. Jayalakshmi had internalized GNB (G N Balasubramaniam —1910-65) whose style of singing a.k.a. bhani has occupied the minds of many lovers of carnatic music.

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Ahmedabad Police busts bogus passport racket linked to New Jersey
Crime branch sleuths on Thursday arrested one Divyesh Upadhyay, a resident of Sabarmati, and busted a bogus passport racket.

Gujarat University's BCom admission centralized
With the HSC (general stream) results expected to be declared on May 31, the admission fever has started griping the students.

Inter-terminus link at Ahmedabad airport to be active from next week
The passengers getting down at international terminal at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport and wanting to catch a local flight at domestic terminal will now not have to hire a cab or call relatives as the inter terminus link at the city airport is soon going to be functional.

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Allahabad residents spend sleepless nights over thefts
Ninety-three cases of thefts in houses/break-ins in four months and 13 in last fortnight have forced Sangam City residents to spend sleepless night.

Minor sisters raped, killed, hanged from tree
In a shocking incident at Ushaiti village under Badaun Kotwali on Tuesday night, two minor girls aged 14 and 15 years were raped and killed.

Demand to restore Jhunsi-Puramufti bus service
Volunteers of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and a group of daily commuters on Tuesday urged the divisional commissioner to restore Jhunsi-Puramufti bus service for the convenience of daily commuters.

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Passengers block tracks after train AC malfunction
Tension gripped Bhubaneswar railway station on Thursday after the air conditioning systems in three compartments of an express train allegedly started malfunctioning.

Rituals start for divine marriage in Sambalpur
The week-long Sital Sasthi started here on Thursday with 'patrapendi' (marriage negotiation) ritual of Nandapara jatra committee.

Cops bust sex rackets in Laxmisagar area
Police on Thursday busted sex rackets operating from two beauty parlours and a house in Laxmisagar area here and rescued 11 girls.

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Cops to book mother after 'dead' son comes alive
Jabalpur police will file a closure report of kidnapping and murder case registered against nine people in connection with the disappearance of a 25-year-old man from district's Barha village.

Ratlam businessman detained for role in PSC paper leak
Special Task Force (STF) on Thursday detained a businessman from Ratlam district for his alleged involvement in Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission (MPPSC) paper leak case.

Man booked for forcing wife for group sex
A woman on Wednesday filed a complaint against her husband for forcing her to have group sex. She also alleged that her husband also indulged in dirty talk about her mother.

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Day of free parking as contractors go on strike
With paid parking contractors protesting Municipal Corporation's (MC) decision to charge service tax, around 25 parking lots were available for free to city residents on Thursday.

Now, music, theatre PhD entrance in Hindi, Punjabi
In a bid to encourage students from diverse language backgrounds and rural areas, Panjab University (PU) is now allowing entrance test for PhD at the departments of music and Indian theatre in Hindi and Punjabi medium.

Hackers fleece retd armyman, woman of Rs 2.50 lakh
Though the incident took place in July 2013, the cyber cell lodged an FIR on Thursday after a thorough investigation was done.

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Wednesday, May 28, 2014

The Hindu History of Afghanistan

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The year 980 C.E. marks the beginning of the Muslim invasion into India proper when Sabuktagin attacked Raja Jaya Pal in Afghanistan. Afghanistan is today a Muslim country separated from India by another Muslim country Pakistan. But in 980 C.E. Afghanistan was also a place where the people were Hindus and Buddhists.

The name "Afghanistan" comes from "Upa-Gana-stan" which means in Sanskrit "the place inhabited by allied tribes".
 
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News Digest: Rawat woos voters with Rs 500cr sops ahead of bypolls

THE TIMES OF INDIA
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Today's Headlines

Rawat woos voters with Rs 500cr sops ahead of bypolls
Looking to woo voters in two assembly constituencies of Dharchula and Doiwala, where bypolls are due soon, chief minister Harish Rawat has announced a slew of sops in the form of development projects worth Rs 500 crore.

Ramdev welcomes SIT on black money
Yoga guru Ramdev welcomed the setting up of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe black money stashed abroad by the Narendra Modi government.

Former pastor, sons booked for minors' gang-rape
The Roorkee police have registered a case against a former pastor and his two sons for allegedly gang-raping two minor sisters for over six months.

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Govt depts battle for FDI policy control
The control over foreign direct investment (FDI) policy and the Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) has turned into a full-blown battle between two wings of the government and is expected to prompt the finance minister, Arun Jaitley, to intervene and end the tussle.

Unpaid subsidies face FM's scrutiny
The government's unpaid subsidy bills have attracted finance minister Arun Jaitely's attention with the minister raising the issue during his first interaction with the department of economic affairs on Tuesday.

CAG slams oil ministry, DGH over KG-D6
The CAG's draft report, sent to the ministry for response, could spark off another round of wrangling between the Reliance-led consortium and the government involving a chest of $1.5 billion.

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Asiatic lion's abode set for Unesco leap
The proposal for the World Heritage Site status for Gir and Girnar could make it the county's first to be on both cultural and nature site lists.

Brazil promises 'greenest World Cup'
"We want to score green goals," Brazil's environment minister Izabella Teixeira said.

Breeding centre for Great Indian Bustard to be set up in Kutch
Finally, there seem to be some serious efforts in saving the Great Indian Bustard that is on the brink of extinction.

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America must always lead: Obama
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday tried to regain his statesman’s mantle, telling graduating cadets here that the nation they were being commissioned to serve would still lead the world and would not stumble into military misadventures overseas.

Egypt's Sisi sweeps to victory in presidential vote
Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the general who toppled Egypt's first freely elected leader, swept to victory in a presidential election, provisional results showed on Thursday, joining a long line of leaders drawn from the military.

Kerry to Snowden: 'Man up' and come home
US secretary of state John Kerry on Wednesday called National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden a fugitive and challenged him to "man up and come back to the United States." Snowden says in an interview that he would like to go home.

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Top 5 controversial couples of TV

Bollywood beauties and their navel show

Is Sunny Leone annoyed with Ranveer Singh?
Besides being bold and having an affinity towards sex, actor Ranveer Singh and former adult star Sunny Leone have one more thing in common between them.

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The moon's internet speed soon to be faster than earth
The internet speed on the moon will soon be faster than that on earth. Scientists have found a way to get broadband speed of just under 20 megabits per second (mbps) on the Moon.

Martian volcano may have been habitable
The slopes of a giant Martian volcano, once covered in glacial ice, may have been home to one of the most recent habitable environments yet found on the Red Planet.

30% of world is now fat, no country immune: Study
Almost a third of the world is now fat, and no country has been able to curb obesity rates in the last three decades, according to a new global analysis.

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Serena knocked out of French Open
Defending champion Serena Williams was eliminated in the second round of French Open when she suffered a 6-2, 6-2 defeat against Spain's Garbine Muguruza.

CR7 is world's most marketable player
Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo is the world's most marketable footballer, according to a study released by an international sports market research company.

Maria enters 3rd round at Roland Garros
Russian Maria Sharapova advanced to the third round at the French Open by beating Tsvetana Pironkova of Bulgaria 7-5, 6-2 on Wednesday.

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Infosys president BG Srinivas resigns
Infosys president and board member BG Srinivas has resigned from the company marking the eleventh top-level exit in the company.

Lava Iris 504Q+ review: A well built budget option
The Iris 504Q+ is an iterative update offering a superior camera, slightly better internals and better fit and finish.

India may soon have more Twitter users than UK: Study
India and Indonesia are primed to surpass the United Kingdom with the third- and fourth-largest Twitter populations this year, the research firm said.

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What Smriti Irani is looking at: IITs in every state, review of DU's FYUP
HRD minister Smriti Irani has given a list of 60 priority areas to her officials and asked them to work in that direction.

Parents combine foreign vacations with hunt for college
Joshua Arul Ebenezer had an array of courses in universities abroad to choose from, but a visit to Cardiff School of Law in UK sealed the deal. “It was worth the Rs4 lakh we spent to visit the place,” said his father Gerald Ebenezer.

It's destination Europe for high quality education at low cost
Europe is no longer just a holiday destination for Indians. With universities offering quality education at 70% of what it would cost to study in the US and the UK, middle-class students are opting for European institutions.

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Rights activists welcome RSS stand on Sec 377
A cross-section of human rights activists from South Asia on Wednesday welcomed an apparent softening in the RSS's stand on homosexuality.

MNS men vandalize Kalyan school
Several Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) workers, led by party MLA Prakash Bhoir, vandalized Birla School on Wednesday and manhandled its administrator, alleging the school favours Sindhis over Marathis in junior KG admissions.

Super jumbo A380 may end up delaying flights behind it
Congested airports and the double-decker super jumbo A380 do not share an easy relationship.

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HC refuses plea for ban on Arvind Kejriwal's letter
The Delhi high court on Wednesday declined to entertain a plea seeking a ban on publication and circulation of Arvind Kejriwal’s letter questioning orders sending him to judicial custody and also leveling allegations against Nitin Gadkari.

Venkaiah Naidu bats for Metro expansion in NCR
In a major policy departure from the earlier UPA government, the new urban development minister, Venkaiah Naidu, said on Wednesday that instead of big cities going vertical, twin cities and satellite towns will be developed to reduce load on them.

UGC retracts letter on ad hoc teachers
Within a week of writing to DU colleges saying there’s no provision for salaries to ad hoc appointments, the University Grants Commission has withdrawn the May 19 letter.

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Cousins fight over property, 1 dies
A property dispute between two cousins ended in the death of one near Guraguntepalya junction, Yeshwantpur, in the wee hours of Wednesday.The duo worked as contract labourers with Bangalore Metro.

Karnataka cop row: Officer's rights violated, says loyal police corps
The ADGP was accused of taking photographs of a woman freelance journalist using his camera phone on Monday morning.He was caught by the woman, her cousin and another customer, and handed over to police.

Melkote restoration on the back burner
A central monument in temple town Melkote dates back to the 12th century.Apart from some famous temples and rock formations, there are also line drawings belonging to ancient times.

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Murder accused let off on lack of evidence
the division bench comprising Justice L Narasimha Reddy and Justice M S K Jaiswal said there are several missing links in the prosecution's case apart from lapses on the part of material witnesses.

No President's rule in Telangana from June 2
However, Seemandhra would be kept under President's rule until TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu takes charge by June 8 or 9.

Bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation likely to take a few more months
Unlike other units heading for splitsville, the Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) will continue, at least for some time, as a single entity post June 2.

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PIL wants CBSE schools be brought under govt control
Seeking to bring CBSE schools in Tamil Nadu under the effective control of the state government, a PIL wants the government be asked to frame appropriate rules under the RTE Act empowering itself to grant recognition to new CBSE schools.

New foot over-bridge to help people cross over from Central to Park Town
Travellers and suburban commuters may no longer have to jostle for space inside a narrow subway or hop across the busy main road to reach Central railway station.

Decision to pull out stops irks rail passengers
Southern Railway’s decision to reduce halts of trains has drawn passengers’ ire. Rail Passengers Association of Tiruvallur has, in a letter, urged the authorities to scrap the decision to withdraw stop of Mangalore Mail and to allot more stops for more trains at the station.

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After slowdown, passenger movement takes off at Ahmedabad airport
Introduction of new routes and more flights, along with a spur in the passengers flying on international routes from the city, has led to 9.6% growth in passenger movement in 2013-14 at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport here.

Ahmedabad girl gets research grant from US university
A city girl has won the Double Hoo Research Grant from the University of Virginia.

Golden era of Gujarati architecture
The Solanki or Chalukya period of Gujarat from 942 AD and 1244 AD is considered to be golden period not only for the empire's greatest geographic extent and economic and military power but also for its cultural achievements.

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Minor sisters raped, killed, hanged from tree
In a shocking incident at Ushaiti village under Badaun Kotwali on Tuesday night, two minor girls aged 14 and 15 years were raped and killed.

Demand to restore Jhunsi-Puramufti bus service
Volunteers of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and a group of daily commuters on Tuesday urged the divisional commissioner to restore Jhunsi-Puramufti bus service for the convenience of daily commuters.

Chief project managers' conference
The conference of chief project managers of Railway Electrification was organised on Tuesday under the chairmanship of general manager, PK Srivastava.

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Heavy rain in western districts of Odisha
Widespread rain in Kalahandi, Balangir and Nuapada districts has led to the rise in water level of rivers.The Vansadhara was flowing barely half metre below the danger mark but it receded late on Tuesday.

NSG security drills in Bhubaneswar today
In the wake of recent visit of two Indian Mujahideen operatives to the state capital and Puri, the National Security Guard (NSG) has decided to conduct security drills at these places on Wednesday.

13 runway juveniles delinquents caught
Police on Tuesday nabbed 13 of the 27 juvenile delinquents, who had escaped from the government-run observation home here .

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Employee found hanging in minister's hotel in Bhopal
An 18-year-old employee of a hotel in old city area reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself on Tuesday morning. The hotel belongs to higher education minister Umashankar Gupta.

Finally, cable-stayed bridge to link Kamla Park, VIP road
The much-awaited cable-stayed bridge linking Kamla Park with VIP road may become a reality by December 2015.

Van Vihar tigress Sita seriously ill
Sita, the aged tigress at Van Vihar, who has been a regular treat to wildlife lovers visiting the national park for last two decade is seriously ill.

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Property dispute behind Panchkula BJP leader's murder
The police on Wednesday said four and not three persons had murdered 26-year-old BJP leader Ashutosh Bhardwaj after storming into his house in Saketri in the wee hours of Monday.

MC general house to take up developmental works tomorrow
After a gap of three months, the municipal corporation will take up 13 financial agenda items during its general house meeting on Friday.

PU may approach cops over fake texts for UBS seats
An unusual text message doing the rounds these days has started to worry PU authorities.

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