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Sports stars hail govt's training initiative for athlete ahead of Olympic Games

New Delhi, Oct 29 (ANI): Sports stars hailed Modi government's initiative of better training programme for athletes ahead of Olympic Games in a bid to enhance their performance to bag more medals for the country. The Sports Ministry has decided to start a "Target Mission Olympic Podium Scheme", an initiative promoted by National Sports Development fund to identify sports personnel and train them for Rio de Janeiro 2016 and Tokyo 2020 Olympics and other major sporting events up to 2020 games. Appreciating the government's plan, Cricketer Rahul Dravid said the initiative will not only encourage the sportspersons but will also play a major role in increasing the medal tally of India in the future events. Olympian boxer Mary Kom said she being part of the planning committee would help in structuring a better programme for sportspersons, which would in turn help to boost their performance on the international platforms. Oct 29, 2014
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Prakash Javadekar urges to disseminate information on climate change

New Delhi, Oct 27 (ANI): Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar, on Monday (October 27), said that people of the country should be informed about climate change as they were good in acclimatizing with the weather. While addressing a workshop on 'scaling-up good practices for climate change adaptation' in New Delhi, Javadekar said that another term was being added to the minister, 'climate change' and the country was serious about the matter. Javadekar said that in a bid to increase people's participation to deal with the problem, the government released an extra fund of rupees 100 crore for climate adaptation in the budget. Oct 27, 2014
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Omar says central aid for floods not enough for Kashmir; politicos react

New Delhi, Oct 25 (ANI): The BJP on Saturday said that Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah is trying to take political mileage by saying that the central aid for floods is not enough for Kashmir. Abdullah on Friday said that Modi has approved Rs.745 crore from the Prime Minister's relief fund but did not discard the appeal for Rs.44,000 crore. Meanwhile, the NCP seconded Omar's opinion. Oct 25, 2014
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Celebrity News - 16/10/2014

It was fundraising time for stars on both sides of the country. LOS ANGELES The 20th Annual Fulfillment Fund STARS Benefit Gala rolled out the red carpet to honor Relativity Media founder, Ryan Kavanaugh. Stars at the event included Michelle Monaghan, Michael Bublé, James Marsden, Teri Hatcher & Kathy Griffin. John Oliver hosted the festivities, which included a performance by Jennifer Hudson who spoke about why the event is close to her heart. #457384068 0:03: Jennifer Hudson: It’s such an…cause. :0:27 NEW YORK In New York, Heather Graham was honored at this year’s Creative Coalition's Spotlight Awards Gala. The ‘Boogie Nights’ star wowed photogs in a kaleidoscopic, floor-length gown. Celebs also attending the event included Tim Daly, Connie Nielsen, Amy Carlson and Mark Feuerstein. LONDON ‘Whiplash had its rain-soaked premiere at the London Film Festival with stars Miles Teller and J.K Simmons who is receiving early Oscar buzz for his performance as a music teacher from hell. The high profile film ‘Foxcatcher’ held its press conference and star Steve Carell spoke about how he viewed his true-life character. #457426224 0:19: Steve Carell: I saw him…him. :0:43 And in sad news, prolific actress Elizabeth Pena passed away after a short illne Oct 23, 2014
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