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Metro rail set to relieve Mumbai commuters from grind of the overcrowded local

Mumbai, June 8 (ANI): After an inordinate delay of three years, daily commuters travelling by the overcrowded local train in Mumbai finally heaved a sigh of relief as the city metro is all set to roll in style from Sunday. Everyday hundreds and hundreds of harried passengers including professionals, college and school students, men women and children, cling to precarious doors and windows of suburban railway trains in a hurry to reach their destination. But now the passengers and residents of Mumbai can experience travel in a new way with the metro all set to start operations. Jun 8, 2014
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BSF Jawans, Villagers killed in skirmish in Tripura

Tripura, June 07 (ANI): A Border Security Force (BSF) constable reportedly committed suicide after killing a 60-year-old man along Tripura's border with Bangladesh following a quarrel with locals. At least 11 others including a woman received bullet injuries. According to angry villagers, the squabble started when security personnel of BSF stopped an elderly villager Ismile Mia from going to a pond situated next to the barbed wire border fencing in South Ramnagar in Agartala. Villagers said that the allegedly drunk BSF trooper Sandeep Kumar of 195 battalion committed suicide. Jun 7, 2014
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Naga girl forays into wellness industry in North India

Chandigarh, June 07 (ANI): Hailing from Dimapur in Nagaland, Ating Newmai runs Seven Sister Spa and training academy in Panchkula near Chandigarh. She plans to open more such facilities in the Northeast and expand her business in the growing wellness sector. Ating came to Chandigarh after completing a course in beauty from an institute in Noida. She worked at many reputed spas before opening her own facility. Working in Haryana, she has never faced any discrimination and has been receiving a good response from her customers. She wants to train more youth from the northeast and provide them employment at her spas. Jun 7, 2014
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Ecuador train for England clash

Ecuador trained at Sun Life Stadium in Miami Gardens on Tuesday, on the eve of their friendly against England in preparation for the World Cup. Duration: 00:44 Jun 4, 2014
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Police rescue over 500 children in suspected child trafficking case in Kerala

Kozhikode, June 4 (ANI): Police rescued over 500 children in a suspected child trafficking case in Kerala.The children were brought by train from Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal, said police. The matter came to light when a five member team of senior officers from Jharkhand confirmed that the orphanages did not have proper documents of each child and the statement provided by the care takers was not satisfactory. The officer added that it could be a case of child trafficking. Jun 4, 2014
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Former President poised to celebrate 84th birth anniversary of heritage train

Pune, June 01 (ANI): Former Indian President Pratibha Patil poised to celebrate 84th birth anniversary of the heritage train Deccan Queen or Deccan Queen Express which was the pride of the British, as it connected two major cities of Mumbai and Pune in Maharashtra. To mark the occasion train model made in cake was cut by Patil and was distributed among the attendees. Locally known as "Dakhan ki Rani", it started its first journey as a deluxe train on June 01, 1930. The frames of the coach were manufactured in England but the coach itself was manufactured in a Mumbai's Matunga workshop, which still exists today and caters largely to the maintenance of the local trains. Patil said that trains are instrumental in uniting people and bring joys to every heart. Jun 1, 2014