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• Baleshwar Agrawal passes away, tributes pour in May 24, 2013
  Veteran journalist and secretary general of Antar Rashtriya Sahyog Parishad (ARSP) Baleshwar Agrawal passed away on Thursday night. Agrawal has been working tirelessly to keep people of Indian origin living in different parts of the world associated with their motherland India. He has been holding the post of ARSP secretary general since its inception in 197 […]
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• Three more infants die in Malda hospital, toll reaches 12 May 24, 2013
  With three more infants dying at the Malda Medical College Hospital, the number of crib deaths at the facility in the past three days has gone up to 12. “Three babies died in the past 24 hours. All of them were underweight and below one year. They were suffering from respiratory problem and had septicemia,” Vice Principal of the medical college Dr MA Rashid […]
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• Rites of passage for young adult’s at Ananda Active Teen Program May 24, 2013
  As phases of life change and one steps into teenage, which is a major phase of life, one enters a new world with lot of challenges. To deal with this stress, Ananda has come up with an Active Teen Program which provides a perfect platform to engage teens with this new world. The focus of the program is on adventure related activities and also on regular phys […]
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• Pakistan releases 45 Indian fishermen May 24, 2013
  Pakistan on Friday freed 45 Indian fishermen as a gesture of goodwill, but confusion surrounded their release as Indian authorities in Islamabad were not informed about it.The fishermen were freed from a jail in Karachi and put on a bus that will take them to the eastern city of Lahore. However, official sources said Pakistani authorities had not formally in […]
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• I don’t have enough talent to do a film like Awara: Ranbir Kapoor May 24, 2013
  Ranbir Kapoor, who would be seen with Deepika Padukone in the romantic film ‘Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani’ has denied reports that he and his family are trying to remake his grandfather Raj Kapoor’s 1951 classic film ‘Awara’. “I believe that I shouldn’t remake such a classic film. Once a film like that is made you can’t make it again. I don’t think I have enough t […]
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• Naveen shared dais with chit fund CMD: Jena May 24, 2013
  Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik allegedly shared stage with the CMD of a chit fund group, said Union Minister Srikant Jena on Friday. “The very presence of Naveen babu at a function of the controversial Seashore Group and his sharing dais with (CMD) Prasant Das gave an impression to the people that the company was good,” Jena told a Press Conference in […]
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• Swedish capital wracked by 5th night of rioting May 24, 2013
  Swedish police say rioters in several suburban districts of Stockholm have burned two schools and 15 cars in the fifth straight night of unrest. 10 facts about the Stockholm riots Police spokesman Kjell Lindgren says 13 people, aged between 18 and 25, were detained in connection with the disturbances which included an unsuccessful attempt to damage a police […]
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• Emergency landing closes both Heathrow runways May 24, 2013
  London’s Heathrow Airport says both of its runways have been closed after a British Airways plane made an emergency landing. Heathrow officials say passengers were evacuated safely on Friday morning. British Airways says more information will be provided…
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