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Freezing cold wave enveloping north India troubles homeless poor

Himachal Pradesh/ New Delhi, Jan 14 (ANI): Enduring cold wave enveloping north India with icy winds sweeping through most parts and mercury plummeting by several notches has brought more trouble for the homeless living on the streets. Biting cold wave forces people to stay indoors within the warmer confines of their houses. However, homeless living on streets of New Delhi say that harsh cold wave conditions have added to their troubles as the state government has not been able to provide alternatives to fight the chill. Jan 14, 2014
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Sochi residents braced for Olympic invasion

Hosting the Winter Olympics has already transformed the host city of Sochi but accommodating tens of thousands of additional visitors will force the 400,000 inhabitants to change their ways. Duration: 01:58 Jan 12, 2014
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Bollywood celebrate Lohri in Mumbai with fervour

Mumbai, Jan 12 (ANI): Bollywood actors in Mumbai have started celebrating the harvest festival, ‘Lohri’, which is observed on the 13th day of January every year to mark the winter solstice day. Veteran Bollywood actors, Rakesh Roshan and Jeetendra, participated in the celebrations, organised by the Punjabi Cultural Heritage Board. Actors Ranjit, and Kuljeet Randhawa, also took part in the festivities. Bonfires, dance, music and offering of sweets, crisp rice and popcorn prepared on the bonfire form an integral part of celebrations. Jan 12, 2014
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Winter Olympics shed new light on Russian gay community

The Winter Games may be Russia's big coming-out: as the spotlight falls on Sochi during in February, it will also cast a light on the shadows of Russia's treatment homosexuals including Sochi's very own gay community. Duration: 01:43 Jan 11, 2014
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Intensified cold wave conditions disrupt normal life in many states

Bhopal/ Shimla, Jan 11 (ANI): Piercing cold wave conditions continue unabated in central India with dense fog disrupting vehicles plying on the road along with northern regions too where fresh snowfall intensified cold. Dense fog, biting cold and icy winds magnified the agony of daily commuters in Bhopal which woke up to foggy roads making it almost impossible to drive through. Glaring headlights too were of little help as people tried to make way to their office and desired destinations on Saturday. Meanwhile, Himachal Pradesh was also in the grip of cold wave as snowfall in the upper regions forced people to stay indoors. Jan 11, 2014
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