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It happens: Wine Festival

Nagpur, Dec 6 (ANI): Organizers held the first Wine Festival in India's orange city of Nagpur on Saturday, highlighting health benefits of the low alcoholic beverage. The two-day-long festival was organized by the 'Wine Lovers Club' and eight Indian brands promoted their drinks during the event. Wine festival was enjoyed by a large number of people smelling, shaking and tasting wine and watching bartenders juggling wine bottles. Women said that they chose wine over any other alcoholic drink because of its health benefit and also due to social bindings in Indian culture. Wine tourism would include a tourist trip to the wine refineries of Nagpur. Dec 6, 2013

It happens: Sand Art Festival

Konark, Dec 6 (ANI): Famed sand sculptors across the globe came together for a cause, 'save water, save life' at the 3rd International Sand Art Festival at India's eastern coast of Konark. Sculptors assembled at the Chandrabhaga beach of Konark town in eastern Odisha state showcasing their extraordinary skills by creating sand art with a message. The Konark sand art festival attracted visitors across the world, an effort by the provincial government to boost the tourism industry of the province. An Indian sand art artist, Srimali said her theme was water, which is most essential for life. This year sand artistes from countries such as Canada, USA, Italy, Austria and Sri Lanka have participated. During the five-day sand art festival that kicked off on Sunday, showcases various environmental and social themes. People who enjoy gleam of sand thronged the festival in large numbers. Dec 6, 2013

It happens: Buddhist Chanting Festival

Bodhgaya, Dec 6 (ANI): The International "Tipitaka Chanting Ceremony" began in Bodhgaya town of India's eastern Bihar state on December 2, as thousands of monks and devotees across the globe participate in it. The 10-day-long holy festival will conclude on December 12, which will be attended by senior monks and their followers from countries like Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Thailand, Sri-Lanka and Vietnam. Pilgrims arrived in their traditional costumes at one of the holiest Buddhist shrines, where Lord Buddha is believed to have attained enlightenment under a tree. As a part of the festivities, a monk lit up the ceremonial lamps before the recitation of the holy Buddhist scripture called 'Triptaka', which is a collection of Lord Buddha's sermons. Tripitaka, the Buddhist scripture, includes over 18,000 discourses and around 84,000 stories of Gautam Buddha. Monks from across the world gather each year at Bodhgaya, which is situated on the banks of Niranjana River and is a highly revered site for Buddhists. Dec 6, 2013
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Divya Dutta interacts with ladies wing of IMC

Mumbai, Dec 06 (ANI): Bollywood actress, Divya Dutta was seen interacting with ladies wing of Indian Merchants' Chamber in the showbiz capital, Mumbai recently. Clad in beautiful traditional suit, she looked very elegant. eems you had quite a gala time...Divya!!! Dec 6, 2013
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Shahid and Sonakshi promote R... Rajkumar in Mumbai

Mumbai, Dec 6 (ANI): Bollywood actors Shahid Kapoor and Sonakshi Sinha promoted their upcoming action-drama movie, 'R... Rajkumar' in showbiz capital Mumbai. In a candid chat with his fans, hunky Kapoor stated that it's a positive movie and the audience would love it. Meanwhile, leading lady Sonakshi who also looked excited about the film hoped that it would garner good response as the songs are liked by many. The story of the film is based on the character, Rajkumar, played by Shahid, who is an aimless youth and works for drug baron, Shivraj, played by Bollywood actor Sonu Sood. He is on a mission to kill a rival dealer, Manik Parmar, played by actor Ashish Vidyarthi. The movie releasing today is directed by Prabhu Deva and its music is composed by Pritam and Sandeep Chowta. Dec 6, 2013
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India to Host 2017 U-17 FIFA World Cup

India have been awarded the hosting rights for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup, with the decision taken at the FIFA Executive Committee meeting in Brazil on December 4 and 5. Dec 6, 2013
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Neeta Lulla and Rohit Bal go 'modern' with Indian bridal silhouettes at Mumbai fashion week

Mumbai, Dec 05 (ANI): Deviating from the ongoing tradition of cladding the Indian brides in gaudy costumes, designers this time on the finale of Mumbai Bridal Fashion week chose to keep it simple and subtle for country's contemporary women. Breaking away from traditional red colour, designer Nita Lulla draped her models in gold, black and even white, which is a colour for the widows in some parts of the country. Often choosing a lighter base colour for the traditional silhouettes of 'Lehenga', Nita added the necessary sheen with sequins, lace motifs and embroidery. Explaining the psyche of modern-day brides, Nita said she had to design in a way so as to satisfy the tastes of all brides. Dec 5, 2013
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Rupee, Sensex surge as BJP leads in exit polls

Mumbai/: New Delhi/ Jammu, Dec 05 (ANI): The rupee rose to a five-week high against the dollar and stocks jumped around 1.5 percent to near record highs on Thursday as exit polls predicted a strong showing for BJP during recent state polls. Market analysts in commercial capital of Mumbai said that Sensex surged to a record-high as investors foresaw a possible change of government even at the federal level. Dec 5, 2013
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Fresh trial ordered in Salman hit-and-run case, definite relief for Khan, says petitioner

Mumbai, Dec 05 (ANI): After a Mumbai court on Thursday ordered a fresh trial in the Salman Khan hit-and-run case, petitioner in the case, Abha Singh said that this is a definite relief for Khan and that his lawyer will take full advantage of the same. The court has ordered that all evidence and witnesses be re-examined. The hearing in the case will begin from December 24. According to an earlier court order, the Bollywood actor be tried for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, which attracts ten years of imprisonment. Dec 5, 2013
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John Abraham announces 11th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2014

Mumbai, Dec 5 (ANI): Bollywood Actor and a fitness freak John Abraham was spotted at a press meet held to announce the 11th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon 2014 in Mumbai. On the occasion excited John spoke about his association with Mumbai Marathon. Known for his fitness John even spoke about his love for sports. The Marathon is scheduled to be held on January 19 and has received a record 39,510 registrations so far. Dec 5, 2013
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