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France issues snow and ice warnings

Meteo France, the country's national meteorological service, has put parts of the northeast and northern Alps on alert for snow and ice until at least Sunday morning. Dec 27, 2014
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PDP seeks assurance from BJP over Article 370 and AFSPA, RSS says matter to be decided by central le

Nagpur, Dec 27 (ANI): RSS Ideologue MG Vaidya on Saturday said that BJP central leadership over PDP seeking assurance from BJP over Article 370 and AFSPA. Hinting that it is ready to do form government in Jammu and Kashmir with BJP, the PDP, which has emerged as the single largest party in the assembly elections, sought assurance from its prospective partners over contentious issues like safeguarding Article 370 and revocation of AFSPA. PDP had maintained that there are certain issues which form the core agenda of the party and therefore requires an assurance that these will be accepted by their potential alliance partner, whichever party it might be. Dec 27, 2014
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Different faiths condemn Bajrang Dal's 'Bahu lao-Beti bachao' idea, says nation will not accept comm

New Delhi/ Lucknow, Dec 27 (ANI): Different faiths on Saturday condemned Bajrang Dal for introducing 'Bahu lao-Beti bachao' ideology and said that the nation will not accept such communalism in any way. Father Dominic said that Bajrang Dal and VHP has no work other than creating communal tensions and that they are trying to take away freedom of people. He also said that these groups should be made to understand that India is not a fascist state and such things will not be tolerated. Meanwhile, Muslim cleric and Shahi Imam also condemned the same and said that such issues are degrading BJP. He also said that the government is trying to divert attention of the people from real issues. Dec 27, 2014
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Bajrang Dal introduces 'bahu lao-beti bachao' after VHP's 'ghar wapsi', Politicos condemn

New Delhi/ Agra, Dec 27 (ANI): Politicos condemned Bajrang Dal on Saturday as the group introduced 'bahu lao-beti bachao' campaign. Notwithstanding the controversy generated over the 'love jihad' and 'ghar wapsi', Bajrang Dal has announced 'bahu lao-beti bachao' campaign in Uttar Pradesh. Bajrang Dal state convenor Ajju Chauhan said that the "bahu lao-beti bachao" campaign will be a reply to "love jihad" and will seek to bring girls from Muslim or Christian communities as daughters-in-laws for Hindu families. Congress leader Rashid Alvi and SP's Naresh Agrawal condemned the central government and said that they have fallen short of issues and therefore are now trying to deviate from the topics. JD (U) leader KC Tyagi also slammed Modi government. Former SP leader Kamal Faruqui, however, said that these issues are making the promises of the prime minister faded thing. Dec 27, 2014
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India, Bangladesh begin border talks

Dhaka, Dec 26 (ANI): A four-day conference between Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) and India's paramilitary Border Security Force (BSF) began in Dhaka city on Friday. BGB Director General, Major General Aziz Ahmed, led a 23-member delegation and met BSF Director General Devendra Kumar Pathak, who was accompanied by 20-member delegation. Both the countries are expected to discuss issues relating to border security, smuggling, infiltration and curbing trans-border crimes. India, earlier this month, inched closer to settling a long-simmering border dispute with Bangladesh, possibly signaling a softer line from Prime Minister Narendra Modi than when he was in opposition. Dec 26, 2014