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Woman Lawyer consumes poison in Supreme Court premises

New Delhi, Sep 22 (ANI): A woman lawyer allegedly consumed poison in the Supreme Court premises on Monday. The woman claimed that she had been gang raped in November 2013 and no action was taken so far in the matter. Commenting on the incident Lawyer Kamini Jaiswal said it is a bad reflection of the system and she is glad that the Court has taken cognizance of the situation. Eyewitness and lawyer Avneesh Kumar said that the woman was sent to a hospital with a lawyer since she had consumed poison. Sep 22, 2014
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Tribals in Jharkhand launch anti liquor campaign

Lohardaga, Sep 22 (ANI): Hundreds of tribal women in a village of Lohardaga district of Jharkhand launched an anti liquor campaign on Monday to make their village hooch free. The women went on a rampage to destroy material used to produce country-made liquor in the villages. A tribal anti liquor activist, Malti Devi said that the campaign has been launched to make the state addiction free. Earlier, in a similar movement in 1991, women from the villages of Andhra Pradesh addressed the growing alcohol dependency among men and the consequent domestic abuse and squandered household income by staging protests aimed at forcing out local liquor traders. Sep 22, 2014
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Varun Gandhs supporters pelt stones at Shyama Charan Guptas residence for his anti-Maneka Gandhi

Allahabad, Sep 22 (ANI): The supporters of Varun Gandhi on Monday pelted stones at the house of BJP MP Shyama Charan Gupta, who had criticised Women & Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi for pitching in for her son as the Uttar Pradesh chief minister. Gupta's statement has infuriated Varun's supporters who burnt his effigy and also pelted stones at his residence. The protesters also shouted slogans and tore the posters outside his residence in Allahabad. They also demanded an apology from Gupta for his statement. The Allahabad MP said, "It is a statement made in haste. She should not have said this. Like her others will also pitch in for their children." Sep 22, 2014
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Mixed reaction in Kabul to Afghan power deal

Afghans react following a power-sharing deal between two rival political camps that sees Ashraf Ghani named as president-elect and Abdullah Abdullah as 'CEO'. Duration: 00:56 Sep 22, 2014
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BSE closes points 116.32 up on September 22

New Delhi, Sept 22 (ANI): Trading at the Bombay Stock Exchange today closed 116.32 points up to stand at 27,206.74. At the National Stock Exchange the Nifty closed 24.85 points up to stand at 8,146.30. GITANJALI and JAIPRAKASH ASSOCIATES LTD. were among the top gainers of Group A with an increase of 5.96% and 5.65% along with TATAMOTORS and ONGC with an increase of 3.80% and 3.32% respectively, while the top losers of Group A include SUZLON and INFRATEL with a decrease of 9.80% and 5.70% along with BHUSHAN STEEL LTD. and NATIONALUM with a decrease of 4.97% and 4.41% at the close of the markets. The Auto sector is up 176.10 points at 18,269.83 while the banking sector is up 52.99 points at 18,532.20 and the reality sector is down 14.24 points at 1,759.93. The Indian currency is down 0.02% at Rs 60.80 per dollar. Sep 22, 2014
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Incessant showers dampen Navratri spirit, worry idol makers in Tripura

Agartala, Sep 22 (ANI): With the festivities of the ‘Navratri’ or nine glorious nights of Hindu goddess, Durga round the corner, incessant rainfall dampened the spirit of idol makers who worry it might adversely affect their sales in Tripura. Artisans in state capital, Agartala, remain apprehensive as idol-making has been delayed due to the rains and efforts have to be geared up to complete the work on time. An artisan, Khokan Rudra Paul, said they have to employ more workers to complete the backlog that has occurred because of the rains. Usually, by this time, the artisans complete the mud work of the idols and shift the idols for colouring and last finishing, but this year because of the heavy rains, the idols are still wet and work has halted. The artisans use polythenes to cover the idols from the rain water. If the shower continues for a couple of days more, they would have to hire blow lanterns and gas flames to dry the idols. Sep 22, 2014
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Maharashtra seat sharing row: Going to meet Sonia Gandhi to finalize seats which are left, says Prit

New Delhi, Sep 22 (ANI): Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Monday said that Congress has done its exercise of finalizing the candidates and he will be meeting Congress President Sonia Gandhi and General Secretary in-charge to finalize the seats which are left. He further said that the two parties share a friendly relation. The NCP on Monday held a Core Committee Meet to discuss the seat sharing with Congress for the upcoming Maharashtra elections. Sep 22, 2014
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Rajnath Singh visits BSF headquarters, says forces strongly dealing with militant issue

New Delhi, Sep 22 (ANI): Home Affairs Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday visited the BSF headquarters in Delhi and said that the BSF, Paramilitary Force & Indian Army are strongly dealing with the militants issue facing the nation today. Singh also held a meeting with the BSF officials and received guard of honour. He assured finding a solution to the ongoing problems of infiltrations and militants attack. Further, talking about the rescue operations in flood hit Jammu & Kashmir, Singh said that the central government is ready to do everything for the state and there will be no shortage of funds from the government. Sep 22, 2014
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Politicos react even as ITBP submits reports on Chinese Incursion

New Delhi, Sep 22 (ANI): Politicos on Monday reacted over the Chinese incursions taking place in the Line of Actual Control area in Ladakh. BJP leader Subramanian Swamy said that the matter is escalating and requires a great deal of sagacity to end it. Congress leader Rashid Alvi and JD (U) leader Sharad Yadav said that the foreign policy of the NDA government is defective. CPI leader D Raja said that unless the border disputes between China and India are not resolved, there will always be a question mark on the mutual co-operation between the two countries. Meanwhile, ITBP Director General Subhas Goswami said that the status report on the Chinese incursions has been submitted to the concerned authority. Sep 22, 2014
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Dalai Lama meets former PM Manmohan Singh

New Delhi, Sep 22 (ANI): Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, met former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his residence in New Delhi on Monday (September 22). The Dalai Lama held talks with Singh after being given a warm welcome by the former PM and his wife Gursharan Kaur. Last week, during the official visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to India, the spiritual leader had called for talks to resolve the border dispute as an unsettled border with China encompassing large parts of the Tibetan plateau is a problem for India. He also called Xi more "open-minded" and "realistic" than his predecessor Hu Jintao. Sep 22, 2014
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SC asks SPP to assist in Ranjit Sinha case with regard to CPIL's refusal to name whistleblower

New Delhi, Sep 22 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday asked Anand Grover, special public prosecutor in the 2G spectrum allocation case, to assist it after Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) refused naming the whistleblower who had furnished the guest book at the residence of CBI Chief Ranjit Sinha. Earlier, Prashant Bhushan had urged the SC to withdraw order disclosing whistleblower's name in the case. Sinha's lawyer said that there was no detailed hearing on Monday and that the court deferred the hearing for October 10th. Sep 22, 2014
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SC issues notice to central government over farmers suicide issue

New Delhi, Sep 22 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday issue notice to central government over the issue of increase in number of farmers suicide in the country. The lawyer in the case said that a writ petition was filed by an organization in Punjab over the same and that this is creating an agregarian fall in India. The petition also said that there was no actions taken by the government over the same and that there was no compliance also. The lawyer in the case also said that if no compliance was taken soon, there can be a food crisis in India. Sep 22, 2014
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Lalit Kala Akademi/spirit of Delhi

New Delhi, Sep 22 (ANI): Director General Indian Council for Cultural Relations Satish C. Mehta inaugurated the exhibition and calligraphy workshop during the 'Spirit of Delhi' event on Wednesday. The exhibition consists of paintings from the Lalit Kala Akademi's collection, photographs by the renowned photographer Padmashree Raghu Rai, poetry paintings by Abhay K and Tarshito, rare photographs from archives of Ambedkar University, Archaeological Survey of India, Delhi Archives, Delhi Institute of Heritage Research and Management, National Museum and Roli books. Artist Abhay Kumar's poetry combined with Italian artist's paintings creates an impressive art work. The poetry and paintings describe the seven cities of Delhi, their past living and the present through the monuments. The monuments try to speak about their journey, about their life and about history through these poetry paintings. Sep 22, 2014
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