Imphal, Dec 06 (ANI): On Nov. 21, the first international flight from Myanmar landed at Tulihal International Airport in Imphal. The Golden Myanmar Airlines aircraft arrived with over 100 passengers to take part in the annual Sangai Festival. The delegation, including the Chief Minister of Mandalay region, U Ye Mint, the Chief Minister of Sagaing Region, U Thar Aye, several Meitei Diaspora and media persons were warmly received by Manipur Chief Minister O.Ibobi Singh. Manipur is hopeful of turning a significant regional hub for international flights to Southeast Asian countries, thereby promoting trade, tourism, business and investment. A business conclave was also organised to explore trade and investment opportunities between Manipur and Myanmar. The Myanmar delegation interacted with Manipuri traders and discussed the issues concerning border trade. Both sides were keen on capitalizing on the huge potential for joint ventures between the two countries in several sectors.Dec 7, 2013
Indore, Dec 07 (ANI): MoS, HRD Shashi Tharoor said on Saturday that there is a difference between the state law issue and Article 370 and the only implication of Article 370 is that the gender equality is not applicable in J and K till the Kashmir Assembly passes it. He further said that the gender issue needs to be debated and article 370 in itself should not be debated. He also said that article 370 will stay as long as democratically elected Kashmiris want it to stay.Dec 7, 2013
Coimbatore, Dec 07 (ANI): With Christmas round the corner, festivities and surge in sale of Chinese made Santa costumes and red caps dominate the markets of Coimbatore. Shopkeepers are doing brisk business as Chinese made goods are selling like hot cakes across the markets, while there is a decline in the sales of Indian products.Dec 7, 2013
Mandela family members joined South African football and rugby players at the Johannesburg home of late South African President Nelson Mandela on Saturday to pay their respects.Dec 7, 2013
North Korea deported an American veteran of the Korean War on Saturday, two months after he was detained for "hostile acts" against the communist country. Merrill Newman's family said they were "delighted" by the 85-year-old's release.Dec 7, 2013
New Delhi, Dec 07 (ANI): Heidi Klum has revealed that she would never turn to plastic surgery to hide her age because she is too afraid of it. The 40-year-old supermodel told that she has never used fillers or injections to get rid of the fine lines on her face. The mother-of-four asserted that if she was ever asked to choose between Botox and bangs, she would get bangs.Dec 7, 2013
Mumbai, Dec 07 (ANI): Bollywood actor Shahid Kapoor met his fans at a theatre in Mumbai, as his much awaited action-drama film, 'R... Rajkumar' released this Friday across the country. Kapoor's leading lady in the film, Sonakshi Sinha skipped accompanying her co-star due to a leg injury.Dec 7, 2013
New Delhi/Mumbai /Kolkata, Dec 07 (ANI): India is in grief over the death of 'South Africa's Gandhi' Nelson Mandela, the global peace icon's life epitomized the fight for freedom and equality. South African anti-apartheid hero died at the age of 95 at his Johannesburg home on Thursday. A wave of public grief washed over all the metropolitan cities, as people came to know about the loss of their inspirational hero.Dec 7, 2013
New Delhi, Dec 07 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday criticized the Congress over the Anti-Communal Violence Bill, which is likely to be introduced during the Winter Session of Parliament. Senior BJP leader Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said that the bill is an attack on a state's rights.Dec 7, 2013
New Delhi, Dec 07 (ANI): Even as Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) member Manish Sisodia said that their party candidates might have been approached by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members with a mandate, which they have declined, BJP Spokesperson, Shahnawaz Hussain on Saturday said the AAP must name their members who approached them.Dec 7, 2013
New Delhi, Dec 07 (ANI): Politicians slammed BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, for urging the chief ministers to oppose the anti-Communal Violence Bill proposed by the central government. Nationalist Congress party leader Tariq Anwar said that the political leaders and chief ministers should be taken into confidence. Samajwadi party leader Kamal Farooqi criticized Modi for trying to dilute the spirit of the bill.Dec 7, 2013
New Delhi, Dec 07 (ANI): Even as Congress General Secretary, Digvijay Singh said he was unsure of Congress's victory in the Rajasthan, Delhi and Mizoram assembly polls, the BJP on Saturday said it was obvious the party had accepted evident defeat in the polls.Dec 7, 2013
Mumbai, Dec 07 (ANI): A day after Sanjay Dutt was granted parole for 30 days considering his wife Manyata Dutt’s illness, former IPS officer YP Singh said that Manyata is not ill and that she is attending premiers and that the concerned commissioner who granted the parole should be put under suspension and an enquiry should be called over the same. Further, he said that there has to proper enquiry on the reasons of filing a parole request proving which is the way to get the same. Singh also said that a person once granted parole once can only have access to another one only after one year.Dec 7, 2013
People continue to light candles and deliver messages of thanks and condolence to the house of late South African President Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg following his death on Thursday.Dec 7, 2013
Hundreds of Nelson Mandela's countrymen gather outside his home carrying flowers, South African flags and candles, to honour the nation's anti-apartheid hero who died on Thursday.Dec 7, 2013
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