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Rakhi Sawant distributes sewing machines in Mumbai

Mumbai, Aug 17 (ANI): Bollywood’s controversial item girl Rakhi Sawant, distributed 100 sewing machines during an event organised by a social organisation in entertainment capital, Mumbai. On the sidelines of India’s 68th Independence Day, Sawant attended an event organised by Awaz social organisation and gave away sewing machines to women in need. While addressing the gathering, Sawant spoke on women empowerment and said she believed in gender equality. Aug 17, 2014
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Maoists blow up bridge construction site in Jharkhand

Latehar, Aug 13 (ANI): Maoists blew up a bridge construction site in Latehar district of Jharkhand. Maoists approximately 100 in numbers attacked the construction workers with batons and blasted the heavy machines at the site. Maoists, also known as Naxals, have killed police and politicians, and targeted government buildings and railway tracks in an insurgency that has killed thousands since 1960s. The rebel group, which claims to be fighting for the rights of the poor and landless, controls some of India's mineral-rich areas and operate in large swathes of the eastern, central and southern countryside. Aug 13, 2014
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Sale of Indian flags made of indigenous cloth expected to rise after plastic ban

New Delhi, Aug 10 (ANI): Women in Assam make national flags of indigenous cloth, Khadi, which are ready to hit the markets increasing hopes of making profit after the government bans use of plastic materials. As Independence Day draws closer, the noise of sewing machines at the Assam Khadi Village and Industries Board in Guwahati gets louder with several women workers of the board making national flags made of Khadi. The workers are aware that Khadi flags are in demand in government offices as the sale of plastic flags has been banned. Workers said with the flags being made out of Khadi, the significance of the national flag has been reinforced. Aug 10, 2014