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Construction work for Lucknow Metro begins, Akhilesh Yadav aims to complete project by 2016

Lucknow, Sep 27 (ANI): The UP government on Saturday officially commenced the Lucknow Metro project. Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav while speaking at the Bhoomi Pujan said that efforts will be made to complete the project before the next state assembly election which will be held in 2016. He added that there is no other state in which the metro project is being carried out simultaneously at three different places. He also said that on completion of Lucknow Metro Rail Project (LMRP) employment will be created and the city will become a better place. Sep 27, 2014
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Lady Gaga disrupts fans' fight during concert

New Delhi, Sept 27 (ANI): Lady Gaga stopped a fight between two fans during her ' ArtRave: The ArtPop Ball' tour stop in Antwerp. She warned the fans to be careful and not fight after they started wrestling for her neon jacket, which she tossed into the crowd, media reported. The chaos made Gaga so furious that she took back the jacket and sternly told her fans that her concerts are for "practicing love". However, she later went to the fighting fans and told them not to worry as she still loves them. Sep 27, 2014
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'Ajeeb Daastaan Hai Ye' with Sonali Bendre

Mumbai, Sept 27 (ANI): Bollywood actress Sonali Bendre launches her new fiction show 'Ajeeb Daastaan Hai Ye' in India's showbiz hub Mumbai recently. The show, which is produced by Ekta Kapoor, has Sonali teamed up with Apoorva Agnihotri. Well....we wish good luck to this new show!!! Sep 27, 2014
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Police baton charge AIADMK workers raising slogans in support of Jayalalithaa

Bangalore/ Chennai, Sep 27 (ANI): Workers of Tamil Nadu's ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party were baton charged and later detained by Bangalore Police on Saturday for raising slogans in support of Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa. Jayalalithaa is currently in the city to hear the verdict in an almost two-decades-old disproportionate assets case against her. The protest started from Tamil Nadu's Hosur City, where the police checked a bus for AIADMK supporters on their way to Bangalore. The supporters had also gathered near the Tamil Nadu-Karnataka border. The AIADMK workers also raised slogans in support of Jayalalithaa outside her residence in Chennai. The AIADMK chief is accused of obtaining assets worth almost Rs. 66 crores through dishonest means during her first tenure as chief minister from 1991 to 1996. Sep 27, 2014
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Devotees perform 'ancient Garba' to please Goddess Durga during Navratri

Surat, Sept 27 (ANI): Hundreds of Hindu devotees, especially women, performed the traditional dance (Garba) in honour of Mother Goddess Durga during the festival of nine nights, Navratri, in Surat city of Gujarat. Women decked in traditional attire have played the ancient Garba in Surat city for the past hundreds of years holding lit earthen pots on the head. This is considered an auspicious old tradition, with the lit earthen pot symbolising a fertile womb. Navratri is celebrated with great enthusiasm and people drench into the music of Garba for nine-long-days, representing the nine manifestations of the divine mother. Sep 27, 2014
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Civil societies extend relief materials to flood affected J and K

Rajouri, Sep 27 (ANI): A New Delhi based non-profit charitable trust, Thakurdwara, collected and sent the much needed relief material to Rajouri district of flood- affected Jammu. Three trucks carrying relief material worth rupees 50 lakh reached Rajouri. Relief material included shelter kits, bed sheets, towels, milk powder and tarpaulin sheets. Both the Indian and Pakistani sides of the disputed Himalayan region have seen extensive flooding this month, with Srinagar particularly hard hit. Hundreds of people have been killed and tens of thousands are homeless. District Development Commissioner, Jatinder Kumar Singh said that according to the data collected so far, 9,000 homes have been damaged in the floods, out of which 3,000 have been totally ruined and such contributions are a big help for the administration. Sep 27, 2014
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Delhi HC asks OP Chautala to surrender before Oct 17, politicos react

New Delhi, Sep 27 (ANI): In a major blow to former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala, who has been convicted in JBT recruitment scam case, the Delhi High Court has asked him to surrender on or before October 17. The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) chief is currently out of prison on bail on health grounds. The INLD leader recently addressed a political rally in Haryana's Jind town where he slammed the Congress government for sending him to jail by implicating him in JBT scam. Chautala even vowed to take oath in jail if his party emerged winner in the assembly polls. Meanwhile, reacting over the court's direction, the BJP and Congress said that it is a legal matter and the law should take its own course. Sep 27, 2014
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Uma Bharti wields broom to promote cleanliness drive

New Delhi, Sep 27 (ANI): Water Resource Minister Uma Bharti along with her officers on Saturday wielded the broom in the premises of Shram Shakti Bhavan outside her office to promote Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pet project 'Swacch Bharat Abhiyan'. Bharti said that she will continue to clean the premises of the office for the next seven days and seeing her clean the premises the employees would keep the place clean out of shame or out of duty sense. She added that Gandhiji always promoted cleanliness and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also taken inspiration from the Mahatma. Sep 27, 2014
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Politicos react as SandP upgrades India s credit outlook from negative to stable

New Delhi, Sep 27 (ANI): Political leaders on Saturday react as Standard and Poor's lifted India's rating outlook to 'stable' from 'negative', acknowledging efforts by the Narendra Modi government to maintain fiscal discipline. BJP leaders Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and Sambit Patra said that this is the result of efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government. Patra said that this is a break through in the sense of buoyancy of all the investors. NCP leader Tariq Anwar also welcomed the development and said that this is after long that a majority government has come up and this is a reason of the same. Meanwhile, Congress leader Rashid Alvi said that it is the previous UPA government's foundation works which has resulted to such a positive development. Sep 27, 2014
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BJP MP gifts Rs 100 crore worth of property for widowed daughter-in-law's remarriage

Porbandar, Sep 27 (ANI): Porbandar BJP MP Vitthal Radadiya set an example by giving a property worth Rs 100 crore to his widowed daughter-in-law on Friday to get her remarried. Vitthal Radadiya is a BJP MP as well a farmers' leader from Porbandar. His son Kalpesh Radadiya died of cardiac arrest seven months ago, leaving behind wife Manisha and two children. Manisha's in-laws want that she led a happy life after her husband's demise and said that the wedding will set an example for the society. Manisha got wedded to Hardik Chowatiya, a friend of Vitthal Radadiya's son Lalit, in Jamkandorna town of Rajkot district. Meanwhile, her father expressed happiness on the development and applauded Radadiya's initiative. Sep 27, 2014
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Villagers upbeat as government opens block in Maoist-infested area of Jharkhand

Palamu, Sept 27 (ANI): Villagers were upbeat with the government’s decision to open a block (district-subdivision) office in the Maoist-infested Palamu district of Jharkhand. People of Palamu district were thrilled because the development funds of the government would come directly to their village and their administrative works could be addressed easily. The government sees development as a central plank of its efforts to wean people away from the Maoists who have operated in a vacuum of official neglect that has fuelled distrust of the authorities. Sep 27, 2014
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