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Israel vows to make Hamas pay for murder of Israeli teens

An helicopter of Israeli security forces is flying over the village of Halhul, near the West Bank town of Hebron, carrying the bodies of the three Israeli teenagers who disappeared while hitchhiking are found. Duration: 00:45 Jul 1, 2014
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BSE closes points 313.86 up on June 30

New Delhi, June 30 (ANI): Trading at the Bombay Stock Exchange today closed 313.86 points up to stand at 25,413.78. At the National Stock Exchange the Nifty closed 102.55 points up to stand at 7,611.35. Syndicate Bank and Allahabad Bank were among the top gainers of Group A with an increase of 11.85% and 8.91% along with CESC and JPPOWER with an increase of 8.69% and 8.62% respectively, while the top losers of Group A include United Spirits and Sobha Developers Ltd. with a decrease of 4.21% and 2.82% along with Bharti Infratel and TV18 Broadcast with a decrease of 2.72% and 2.25% at the close of the markets. The Auto sector is up 41.27 points at 15,239.54 while the banking sector is up 293.34 points at 17,475.08 and the realty sector is up 21.56 points at 2,077.13. The Indian currency is up 0.01% at Rs 60.09 per dollar. Jun 30, 2014
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India writes to Swiss govt seeking bank details, Politicos react

New Delhi, June 30 (ANI): Political leaders on Monday reacted after government made a fresh request to the Swiss authorities for the bank account details. BJP leader MJ Akbar said that the government has worked faster than UPA did in 10 years for bringing back black money. Congress leader Rashid Alvi said that such endeavors were made by UPA since long. Meanwhile, JD (U) realizing the hardship in such acts, said that it should be brought back essentially. Jun 30, 2014
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1600-mile riverside of Ganges to get thousands of toilets

Varanasi/ Haridwar, June 29 (ANI): The new government chalked out a tentative plan to build thousands of toilets along the 1,600-mile bank-line of the holy Ganges as an attempt to cleanse the ancient river and prevent people from polluting the waters by relieving themselves on the banks. Hindus bathe in the Ganges as an act of ritual purification, yet the 2,500-kilometre-long river stretching from the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal is full of industrial effluent and untreated sewage, its banks strewn with garbage. Jun 29, 2014
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Rupee Gains Against Dollar in Early Trade

The Indian rupee strengthened by 6 paise at 60.08 per dollar versus Thursday's closing of 60.14 a dollar at the Interbank Foreign Exchange Market on Friday. Jun 27, 2014
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Political leaders draw reaction over approval of 5 per cent reservation for Muclims in Maharashtra

Mumbai/Nagpur/New Delhi, June 27 (ANI): Political leaders reacted after Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan announced five per cent reservation for Muslim community in the state.Leaders said Maharashtra government's move ahead of assembly elections was to gain political mileage.Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla said the alliance of NCP and Congress party was playing vote bank politics. Meanwhile, RSS called the move unconstitutional. However, NCP leader Majid Memon, welcomed the decision and said condition of Muslims was worse than Dalit community, thereby qualifying for reservation. Jun 27, 2014