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BSF hails Bangladesh's efforts to curb crime

Salbagan, Oct 02 (ANI): Indian border guard official appreciated Bangladesh efforts in curbing border crimes, while hailing the closer cooperation between the guards of both the countries in an attempt to bring an end to infiltration, trafficking and smuggling by criminals. Tripura shares a long border with Bangladesh and normally friendly relations between India and Bangladesh have often been marred by border firing, especially after New Delhi began fencing off the frontier to stop illegal migrants, cattle smugglers and militants.

Oct 2, 2013

Cabinet withdraws Ordinance: Dynasty more important than PM, says BJP

New Delhi, Oct 02 (ANI): Even as the government withdrew a controversial ordinance that protects convicted parliamentarians following stern opposition from Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi who described the policy as nonsense, the BJP on Wednesday said that dynasty was more important than the PM or cabinet as far as the Congress-led UPA was concerned.

Oct 2, 2013

Modi hits mobile gaming world, entertains people across India

Raipur, Oct 02 (ANI): Within a month of anointment as prime ministerial candidate of the BJP, Narendra Modi has hit android gaming world as well. Modi themed free mobile games, offering entertainment and spreading awareness about politics, have become the latest rage among people across India. Co-convenor of Information Technology (IT) Cell of BJP, Prakash Bajaj said that the political party was not endorsing these games, but these are the supporters of Modi who have been promoting it. He added that the games are being downloaded by thousands of people on daily basis and resultantly, more games are clouding the market.

Oct 2, 2013

Weak rupee injects booster dose to Indias medical tourism

New Delhi, Oct 02 (ANI): A weak rupee coupled with a range of quality healthcare options focussed on providing hassle free healing experience to the foreign patients is driving a boom in India's medical tourism industry. The study conducted by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry (ASSOCHAM) said the fall in the rupee has made medical treatment cheaper for foreign patients by nearly 25-30 percent and has also led to a spur in the number of foreign patients arriving in India over the past six months. The overseas patients come to India for complex surgeries involving the chest, the intestines, and transplantation of organs or replacement of the joints.

Oct 2, 2013

Cabinet withdraws Ordinance on Convicted Lawmakers

New Delhi, Oct 02 (ANI): The government has decided to withdraw a controversial ordinance that protects convicted parliamentarians following stern opposition from Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi who described the policy as nonsense. The reversal of policy was cleared at a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday chaired by the Prime Minister.

Oct 2, 2013

Army denies Pak occupation of any village along LoC

Srinagar, Oct 02 (ANI): The army on Wednesday said Indian troops were being heavily engaged by continuous firing from Pakistan along the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir, however it denied that Pakistani troops had occupied any territory in India, as reported in sections of the media.

Oct 2, 2013

Truth will come out and his freedom too, says Anand Jon's Sister Sanjana

New Delhi, Oct 02 (ANI): Designer-social activist Sanjana Jon, who is also the sister of jailed US-based Indian fashion designer Anand Jon, is on a 10-day tour in India with reigning Miss Universe 2012 Olivia Culpo to raise awareness about various social issues including female infanticide and women empowerment. Speaking about her brother Anand Jon, in an exclusive interview with ANI, Sanjana exuded confidence in the judiciary and said that she believes her brother will soon walk out of the jail. Even as India-born celebrity fashion designer Anand Jon Alexander, locked up in California for raping and sexually assaulting models, pleaded guilty to one count of forced oral sex in a similar case in New York, Sanjana Jon's fight to prove her brother innocent persists.

Oct 2, 2013

Would have resigned had I been in PM's place: Parkash Singh Badal

Jalandhar, Oct 02 (ANI): Punjab Chief Minister, Parkash Singh Badal on Wednesday said that had he been in Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh's place, he would have quit the post after Congress Vice president Rahul Gandhi sprung up a controversy by calling an ordinace on convicted lawmakers a complete nonsense.

Oct 2, 2013

BJP on reports of Pak army occupying Indian village along LoC

New Delhi, Oct 02 (ANI): Reacting to reports that Pakistani troops have occupied a ghost village alone the Line of Control, BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi said that a statement has to be made by the defense minster, Prime Minister or the president of the country so that the people of the country will come to know about the truth.

Oct 2, 2013

IPL 2014 to be clean, free of controversies: New IPL chairman

Bhubaneswar, Oct 02 (ANI): Newly-appointed Indian Premier League (IPL) chairman Ranjib Biswal on Wednesday assured that the upcoming IPL Tournament 2014 will be clean and free of controversies.

Oct 2, 2013

Single men choose iPhone over girlfriend

New Delhi, Oct 02 (ANI): Some single men have admitted that they would ditch their current love interests if they got an iPhone 5 in exchange, an online survey has revealed. About 3 % of the 550 respondents in the SaleLand.co.uk survey said that they would lose their girlfriend in favor of the phone and 5% said they'd ditch them for a smart-phone made by a company other than Apple.

Oct 2, 2013

Rethinking on Ordinance owes to people, BJPs pressure: Ravi Shankar

Allahabad, Oct 02 (ANI): Senior BJP Leader, Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday said that the rethinking on the ordinance on convicted lawmakers stemmed from the pressure exerted by the main opposition, BJP and the people of the country. Congress core committee has reportedly decided to withdraw the controversial ordinance to save the convicted legislators, MPs and ministers Wednesday noon after ending the core-committee meet. However, the final announcement is yet to come and there is a chance that it will come after ending the union cabinet meet, set to be held at 6:00 p.m. today.

Oct 2, 2013

Muzaffarnagar Riots: Five Women Allegedly Gang Raped

Just after weeks of communal violence in Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh five rape cases has been filed with the police where five women were allegedly gang raped by the rioters.

Oct 2, 2013

Glad that the ordinance on convicted lawmakers likely to be withdrawn: CPI (M)

New Delhi, Oct 02 (ANI): CPI (M) Leader, Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday said that he was glad that the controversial Ordinance on convicted lawmakers was likely to be withdrawn and that it was unnecessary for the Congress to go through this fiasco.

Oct 2, 2013

Cabinet and PM were ill-advised to bring the ordinance: BJD

New Delhi, Oct 02 (ANI): Even as the Congress party is mulling over withdrawing the ordinance to protect convicted lawmakers, after party Vice President Rahul Gandhi dismissed it as 'nonsense', the Loksabha MP from Orissa Pinaki Misra said that cabinet and the PM were ill-advised to bring this ordinance and it ought to have never come about.

Oct 2, 2013