Tirupati, Jan 31: Nepal President Ram Baran Yadav, who is currently in India on a ten-day state visit, has called for a further strengthening of ties with India. Talking to reporters after offering prayers at the temple of Lord Venkateswara, Yadav said: “I have prayed for the strengthening of friendship between Nepal and India in the coming years, and also sought the blessings of Lord Venkateswara to maintain peace, stability and progress in Nepal. “I have prayed to the Lord that, ‘give me the blessings that the peace and stability and progress and for the democracy.
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Narayanpur, Jan 31 : Maoists in Chhattisgarh released a civilian, who had been abducted on Tuesday along with five personnel of the Chhattisgarh Armed Forces (CAF), while they were on their way in a bus to Narayanpur District. K. L.
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Jhargram, Jan 31 : Around 2000 villagers carried out a protest rally against the Communist Party of India-Marxist CPI (M) government in West Bengal’s Jhargram district. The protest was organised by a pro-Maoist group called Peoples’ Committee against Police Atrocities (PCPA) and was supported by some CPI (M) supporters who are planning to quit the party. “We have been supporting CPI (M) for a long time.
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Tokyo, Jan 31 – About 40,000 chickens were killed Monday at a poultry farm in southern Japan after dead chickens found there were confirmed as infected with the bird-flu virus, news reports said. At the farm in Miyazaki prefecture on the island of Kyushu, 90 chickens were found dead Sunday in the winter’s sixth outbreak of bird flu in the prefecture and the ninth in the country. In November, avian flu was found in the western prefecture of Shimane and also has been confirmed in wild birds across the country.
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New Delhi, Jan 31 – Home Minister P. Chidambaram said Monday that allegations against Central Vigilance Commissioner P.J. Thomas were discussed in the Sep 4, 2010, meeting of the selection committee which included him, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj.
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New York, Jan 31 : Heidi Klum and husband Seal are the proud parents of four beautiful kids, but the ‘Project Runway’ host has said that unlike another superstar couple, she is not planning on expanding her brood. “We are done now. I think four to look after is plenty.
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Nevada (US), Jan 31 : Georgetown University in Washington DC, oldest and prestigious Catholic and Jesuit institute of higher learning in USA established in 1789, is offering various classes in Hinduism.ourses include Hindu Religious Tradition, Hinduism Today, Modern Hinduism, and Hindu Dharma; involving study of Vedas, Upanishads, Gandhi, Ramana Maharshi, sadhus, gurus, yogis, rituals, festivals, worship, devotional poetry and music, family, healing practices, pilgrimage, storytelling, Kabir, Mirabai, Laws of Manu, etc.istinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, described Georgetown’s approach as “a step in the right direction”. Zed, who is president of Universal Society of Hinduism, argued that religion was a complex element of our lives and religion comprised much more than one’s own individual experience or specific tradition. God, as a sign of God’s munificence and benevolence, constructively wished presence of different faiths.
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Sydney, Jan 31 – A group of prisoners in Georgia, in the United States, have filed a lawsuit after being made to stand naked for 12 hours, smeared with cream, a media report said. The lawsuit claims that 29 inmates at the Whitfield County jail in Dalton – about 145 km north of Atlanta – were involved in the incident in October last year, The Australian daily Monday quoted the Atlanta Journal-Constitution as saying. David Bennett, 42, filed the suit with fellow inmate Jesus Gallardo, seeking $5 million in punitive damages, citing human rights violations.
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Mumbai/New Delhi, Jan 31 : The Indian naval ship, INS Vindhyagiri, that caught fire after collision with a foreign merchant vessel at the Mumbai harbour sunk on Monday. INS Vindhyagiri was carrying family members of Navy personnel on board. There have been no injuries as all the people were evacuated from the ship.
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