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Ukraine severs key ties with Russia over Crimea

Ukraine announces plans to drop out of a key post-Soviet alliance and slap entry visas on Russians while also preparing for a possible Crimean withdrawal following the Kremlin's absorption of the peninsula. Duration: 01:04

Mar 20, 2014

Paris set to elect first female mayor in local elections

Paris is set to elect its first female mayor in the upcoming French local elections, either the Socialist Party's Anne Hidalgo or Natalie Kosciusko-Morizet for the UMP Party. Duration: 02:00

Mar 20, 2014

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Jayaprakash Narayan: Bureaucrat-Turned Politician Precedes Kejriwal in Fighting Corruption; A Timeline

Jayaprakash Narayan was the second rank holder in the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) exam of the 1980 batch.

Mar 20, 2014

Rahul Gandhi interacts with former Army men in Himachal Pradesh

Tanda, Mar 20 (ANI): Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday tried to woo ex-army men during his election campaign in Tanda area of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh. The Nehru-Gandhi scion listened to the questions, grievances and suggestions from people who had come to attend the public meeting. Gandhi said that if his party formed the government post general elections, he would try to bring the next generation of the ex-servicemen into the middle class category.

Mar 20, 2014

Rahul Gandhi interacts with former Army men in Himachal Pradesh

Mar 20, 2014

Politicos, activists welcome court's decision in Shakti Mills rape case

Mumbai/ New Delhi, Mar 20 (ANI): Political leaders and social activists on Thursday welcomed the court’s verdict in the Shakti Mill photojournalist gangrape case of August 22, 2013. A sessions court in Mumbai has convicted all the four accused in the Shakti Mill photojournalist gangrape case. The court has also convicted the four accused in another gangrape case of a telephone operator. The 23-year-old photojournalist was assaulted while she was on task at the abandoned factory. Another accused, who is a minor is tried in the juvenile court. A 362-page charge sheet was registered against four of the denounced in October. The guilty, all unemployed adolescent men inhabited a close-by slum. Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil on Thursday welcomed the verdict as much needed to desist rogue elements from committing heinous acts like rape in a city like Mumbai or elsewhere.

Mar 20, 2014

LS Polls: BSP to contest all 80 seats in UP

New Delhi, Mar 20 (ANI): BSP supremo Mayawati on Thursday said that her party will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections on all 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh alone and will not form alliance with any major political formation. Mayawati also attacked the Congress and the BJP saying neither of the parties would be able to form government at the centre this time.

Mar 20, 2014

Student creates shoe that charges phone while walking

Nainital, Mar 20 (ANI): A student of class 12 in hill town of Nainital, Rajesh Adhikari, has created a shoe that can now even charge a mobile phone. This means that no matter where you are, wearing these shoes gives one a reason to get up and walk. Adhikari said that the idea of making such a waterproof charger struck when it snowed heavily in Nainital and many people, including him, had to suffer due to power shutdown in the city.

Mar 20, 2014

Mumbai Shakti Mills Gang rape case: Four accused found guilty

Mumbai, Mar 20 (ANI): A sessions court in Mumbai has convicted all the four accused in the Shakti Mill photojournalist gangrape case of August 22, 2013. The court has also convicted the four accused in another gangrape case of a telephone operator. The 23-year-old photojournalist was assaulted while she was on task at the abandoned factory. Another accused, who is a minor is tried in the juvenile court. A 362-page charge sheet was registered against four of the denounced in October. The guilty, all unemployed adolescent men inhabited a close-by slum.

Mar 20, 2014

Noted author Khushwant Singh passes away at the age of 99

New Delhi, Mar 20 (ANI): Noted writer and journalist Khushwant Singh died at the age of 99 on Thursday. Singh was one of India's best-known writers and columnists. Born on February 2 in Hadali, now in Pakistan's Punjab, he was the founder-editor of Yojana and editor of The Illustrated Weekly of India, the National Herald and the Hindustan Times. He wrote classics like "Train to Pakistan", "I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale" and "Delhi". Singh will be cremated in Lodhi Auditorium, Delhi at 4 PM on Thursday.

Mar 20, 2014

Spicejet crew committed a dangerous act while flying: Tariq Anwar

New Delhi, March 20 (ANI): Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Tariq Anwar termed the manner in which the crew of Spicejet risked the lives of passengers as grave. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) issued a show cause notice to Spice jet, asking why its license should not be suspended, after a video showed cabin crew on a Goa - Bangalore flight dancing in the aisles. The video went viral on social media.

Mar 20, 2014

Australia says satellites spot objects possibly from Malaysian Plane

Sydney, March 20 (ANI): Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced that two objects have been spotted that could possibly be related to the missing Malaysia Airlines plane. Australian vessels have been scouring the southern Indian Ocean, searching for any trace of the missing Malaysia airlines aircraft. Finally, 13 days after the aircraft vanished, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that a satellite has spotted something floating around this area. An Orion aircraft has been sent to the area to try to locate the objects. Flight MH370 was flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing when it lost contact with air traffic controllers.

Mar 20, 2014

Advani refuses to accept BJP nomination from Gandhinagar, Congress react

Lucknow/ Ahemdabad, March 20 (ANI): Senior BJP leader LK Advani conveyed his displeasure over the party's decision to field him from Gandhinagar. Advani is the sitting MP from Gandhinagar, a seat he has held for the last 16 years, but the now he has made it clear that he wants to contest from Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh. Reacting over this, Congress leader Rita Bahuguna Joshi said that Modi with his fascist thinking tried to kill everyone in BJP and that there is no respect for senior people in that party. Further, Congress leader Arjun Modhwadia said that Advani has had a big role in shaping up Modi's political career and now Modi is insulting Advani.

Mar 20, 2014

Aviation expert on DGCA notice to spice jet for midair Holi dance

New Delhi, March 20 (ANI): The directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA) issued a show-cause notice to SpiceJet, asking why its license should not be suspended, after a video of the cabin crew on a Goa-Bangalore flight dancing in the aisles went viral on social media. Eight flights operated by the airline on March 17 had cabin crew performing a dance sequence mid-air to celebrate Holi. Reacting over this aviation expert Harshvardhan said that while dancing in the flight was not a violation, the pilot coming out of the cockpit certainly was as in case of an emergency his presence would have been required inside. Many airlines have such performances.

Mar 20, 2014

Customized vehicle designers do brisk business as general elections approach

Coimbatore, Mar 20 (ANI): Luxury vehicle designers in southern states are doing brisk business as politicians order customized campaign vehicles for the world’s largest democratic elections. Top political leaders from several parties have ordered vans that have rest rooms, portable toilets, televisions, and all the basic amenities inside them.

Mar 20, 2014