Barhalganj (Uttar Pradesh), April 1 – Situated on the banks of the Saryu river and spread over 3.5 acres, with lush green lawns, gushing fountains and artificial caves, it makes for a perfect picnic spot or wedding venue. However, it is advisable to keep your volume low, as it is actually a cremation ground in an Uttar Pradesh town. The Muktipath – literally meaning path to salvation – cremation ground in Barhalganj town in Gorakhpur, some 300 km from Lucknow, also boasts of a 62-foot-tall Lord Shiva statue.
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Islamabad, April 1 – Cigarettes may contain traces of pig blood which, if confirmed, can lead to protests against tobacco companies that refuse to disclose the ingredients used in making the product, an Australian expert was quoted by Pakistan’s Online news agency as saying. A study conducted in the Netherlands has identified 185 different industrial uses of the pig, including the use of its haemoglobin in cigarette filters, which religious groups could find to be ‘very offensive’, Simon Chapman, professor of public health at the University of Sydney, said here Wednesday. The research offered an insight into the ‘otherwise secretive world’ of cigarette manufacture and was likely to raise concerns for devout Muslims and Jews, Chapman said.
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Moscow, April 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A statue of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin, which was damaged in a bomb blast last year, will be restored in St. Petersburg. The bronze statue of the communist leader was unveiled November 7, 1926 at the Finlyandsky railway station where he made a historic speech after returning from exile in 1917 to lead the October Revolution.
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New Delhi, April 1 – Right to Education as a fundamental right formally came into effect Thursday with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urging all stakeholders to make it a success by empowering people through education. ‘Today our government comes before you to pledge all our children elementary education. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act enacted by parliament in August, 2009 comes into force today (Thursday),’ the prime minister said in his early morning address to the nation delivered both in Hindi and English.
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Washington, April 1 – Ruling that a Bush administration programme continued by President Barack Obama of domestic surveillance without a warrant is illegal, a federal judge has held the government liable for illegally wiretapping an Islamic charity. Wednesday’s ruling by District Judge Vaughn R. Walker in Northern California District Court reaffirmed an earlier decision that the warrantless wiretaps conducted on an Oregon-based Islamic non-profit organization were illegal, CNN reported.
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Srinagar, April 1 – Picturesque Kashmir is reliving an old forgotten bond with Bollywood as director Vishal Bharadwaj shoots ‘Saat Khoon Maaf’ here with his team. Not only there is palpable excitement among the local people but it has also revived memories of the time when the valley was much sought after by Hindi filmmakers. For the last fortnight, the film unit has been shooting in the Mughal Gardens, the old city heritage house and in the campus of the University Of Kashmir.
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Mohali (Punjab), April 1 – ‘They (Kings XI Punjab) have had enough jhappis and prasad from Preity Zinta. It is high time they got some slaps from her.’ The SMS joke had started doing the rounds in Punjab circles even before the Mohali team in the Indian Premier League (IPL) crashed to its sixth loss in seven outings in the 2010 edition of the tournament. Except for a high in the first edition of IPL in 2008 when the US$76 million Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) reached the semi-final stage, the team owned by industrialist Ness Wadia, scion of the Bombay Dyeing textile group, his ex-girlfriend and Bollywood actor Zinta and two other businessmen (Karan Paul-Apeejay group and Mohit Burman-Dabur group) has been forced to bite the dust in the IPL-3.
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New Delhi, April 1 – Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday dedicated the Right to Education (RTE) act to the nation terming it as a fundamental right and urged every Indian to make the country strong through education. ‘The act comes into effect from today. Our government comes before you to pledge right to free and compulsory education (to all children),’ the prime minister said in his address to the nation.
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New Delhi, April 1 – ‘The Difficulty of Being Good’ by Gurcharan Das climbs six steps to reach the number one position in the non-fiction section of the bestseller list this week while Aatish Taseer’s ‘The Temple-Goers’ tops the fiction category. The top 10 in each category are: Non-fiction 1. ‘The Difficulty of Being Good: On the Subtle Art of Dharma’ Author: Gurcharan Das Publisher: Penguin/Allen Lane Price: Rs.699.00 2.
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