New Delhi, Feb 08 (ANI): Commenting on Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Chief Ranjit Sinha's statement on former Gujarat home minister Amit Shah, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Kirti Azad on Saturday said that Sinha's statement reflected the desperation of the UPA's desperation to malign party's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and Amit Shah. Sinha had said that there were political expectations for the conviction of Modi and Shah in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case, and that UPA government would have been very happy if such a thing had happened.Feb 8, 2014
Hyderabad, Feb 08 (ANI): The cabinet passed the Telangana Bill which will bifurcate Andhra Pradesh for the creation of a separate Telangana state, during a special meeting of the cabinet. The Bill will be introduced in Parliament on February 11 or 12. The key demands of Seemandhra leaders that Hyderabad be made a Union Territory and Rayala Telangana be created were rejected, putting a question mark on the fate of the Bill in Parliament.Feb 8, 2014
Kolkata/ New Delhi, Feb 08 (ANI): Women activists called for a serious scrutiny in the recent gang rape case of young tribal woman that was carried on orders of village council in Birbhum district of West Bengal. Meanwhile, Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI (M), leader Mohammed Salim, said that it was unacceptable that such heinous crime against a woman was carried out without the knowledge of the Police.Feb 8, 2014
As winter continues in the Kashmir Valley, many diseases are on rise due to severe cold. The authorities have made sure that all hospitals, including the PHC at Wusan in Ganderbal district, are ready to face the situation. Doctors are on alert and outpatient facilities have been doubled. The state government has started to restore the old market, which was a long pending demand of the people of Poonch. The government has allotted rupees one crore and ten lakhs, and restoration work is going on at war footing. Although the state govt. claims to have improved the education infrastructure in rural areas of the state, but there is still lot more to be done. Govt. middle school Pahlipora in Shopian lacks fencing. Students and staff of the school face problems related to drinking water and toilets.Feb 8, 2014
President Vladimir Putin on Friday opened the Winter Olympics Games in Sochi, after a stunning ceremony where Russia sought to convince the world it is a worthy host. Duration: 00:53Feb 8, 2014
Northern France struggles with high winds and rain that have flooded a hundred homes in the hard-hit town of Quimperle, and left some 55,000 homes without electricity in the region. Duration: 00:58Feb 8, 2014
The first trapped civilians were evacuated from besieged rebel-held areas of Syria's Homs as Damascus finally confirmed it will join a new round of peace talks next week. Duration: 00:41Feb 8, 2014
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A new floating school in Lagos' sprawling water-world slum of Makoko is providing hope to a community where thousands grow up without hope of an education. Duration: 02:41Feb 8, 2014
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Palestinians members of the Hamas movement and Islamic Jihad protested on Friday in the Jabalia Camp against the current round of peace talks being brokered by US Secretary of State John Kerry. Duration: 00:46Feb 8, 2014
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Indian visitors at the 12th Auto Expo opened for general public in Greater Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi on February 7, 2014. Duration: 00:37Feb 8, 2014
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