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Gujarat Assembly gives warm farewell to Modi

Gandhinagar, May 21 (ANI): PM Designate Narendra Modi, who swept to power in an election that has changed the face of politics in the country, got emotional while bidding farewell to the legislative assembly of Gujarat on Wednesday. During his farewell speech, Modi said bipartisanship is the Gujarat model. Praising Gujarat's model of development, Modi lauded the efforts of the legislators. May 21, 2014
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Politicos react over Kejriwals apologies to public

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): Political leaders on Wednesday reacted over AAP Chief Arvind Kejriwal’s apologies to public over quitting from his government in Delhi. BJP leader MJ Akbar said that Arvind Kejriwal can do anything to come to power but he needs to develop his political character. Congress leader Rashid Alvi said that it is up to the people whether they will grant Kejriwal’s apologies and refused to comment over elections in Delhi. NCP leader Tariq Anwar said that Kejriwal should get back to his social work as he is not capable of politics. May 21, 2014
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Bangladesh economist highlights challenges before middle-income vision

Dhaka, May 21 (ANI): Bangladesh’s senior economist Ashikur Rahman highlighted major challenges before the middle-income vision, which the government aims to achieve by 2021, as political strikes have resulted in staggering losses to the country’s economy. Rahman said that there was a need to overcome challenges related to energy security and diversification of export base to achieve the goal of middle-income status. Unrest eased after the polls, which were boycotted by the main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party, and shunned by international observers. But the respite could be short-lived as the opposition has said it will launch a fresh movement to try and topple the government. Expressing his concern over chronic poverty in the country, Rahman said the government should focus on promoting a better healthcare sector and better education to achieve inclusive growth. May 21, 2014
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SC commutes death sentence of two convicts in 2002 American Centre blast

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): Supreme Court on Wednesday commuted death sentence of two convicts, held for attack on American Centre in Kolkata city in 2002, to life imprisonment. The attack took place in January 2002 in which five policemen on duty were killed. A senior lawyer, Debashish Bhowmik, said the court directed Mohammed Aftab Ahmed Ansari, one of the convicts, to serve life imprisonment and other convict Jamaluddin Nasir to remain in jail for 30 years without any remission. Ansari, Nasir and five others were given death sentence by a lower court in Kolkata nine years ago for their role in the attack. May 21, 2014
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Four more suspects in Patna and Bodhgaya blast arrested: NIA

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): The Director General of NIA, Sharad Kumar on Wednesday addressed media regarding the arrest of four more suspects in Patna and Bodhgaya blasts that took place last year. Kumar said that the four suspects had been arrested on Tuesday night after extreme hard work. He also said that all four were residents of Ranchi in Jharkhand and were being followed by the NIA team since long. Kumar added that all the suspects in Patna and Bodhgaya blast have been arrested till now. On being asked whether the aim of these suspects was Modi, Kumar said that the previously arrested suspects had admitted their target to be Narendra Modi whom due to heavy security they could not reach, thus tried to spread terror among people through serial blasts in Patna. May 21, 2014
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Naveen Patnaik takes oath as Odisha CM for fourth consecutive term

Bhubaneswar, May 21 (ANI): Biju Janata Dal (BJD) chief Naveen Patnaik was sworn-in as Chief Minister of Odisha for a fourth consecutive term on Wednesday. He was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor SC Jamir at Raj Bhawan. Twenty-one ministers, including ten of cabinet rank, were also administered the oath of office and secrecy. Patnaik led the BJD to a landslide victory in the just concluded assembly elections in the state. The BJD won 117 of the 147 seats in the state assembly. May 21, 2014
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Confusion reigns in Pakistan after polio guidelines

Pakistan, the world's number-one exporter of polio, has seen a rush on vaccines and angry scenes at hospitals after new World Health Organization guidelines aimed at halting the crippling disease caused widespread confusion. May 21, 2014
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Colombia schoolchildren bus inferno

Relatives and friends gather to mourn the 31 schoolchildren who died inside a bus inferno in Fundacion, Colombia. Duration: 00:38 May 21, 2014
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Fire breaks out at Shastri Bhavan in Delhi

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): A fire broke out on the seventh floor of Delhi's Shastri Bhawan that houses some union ministries on Wednesday morning. The fire was reported at 9:40 am, when at least nine fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse the fire. The cause of the fire is unknown. Further details are awaited. May 21, 2014
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Congress calls BJPs objection over PMO Twitter handle unnecessary

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): After BJP called Prime Minister Office renamed the prime minister's Twitter handle ‘unethical’ and ‘ungraceful’, Congress called the whole row as unnecessary hype. Shashi Tharoor said that it is only the earlier tweets of the PMO which are archived so that the new prime minister takes over it. Meem Afzal said that this is normal course of action and that BJP should make it clear what their agenda is. May 21, 2014
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Shashi Tharoor impressed with Modi over his emotional speech, other leaders call it natural

New Delhi, May 21 (ANI): A day after Narendra Modi gave an emotional speech during BJP parliamentary meet, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor said that he was genuinely impressed by Modi’s recent comments and said that these are good signs on his part. He also said that opposition will support him on development issues, but will remain vigil if he turns away from welfare objectives of all. Further, Meem Afzal and Satyavrat Chaturvedi said that this is just normal and that Modi is shifting from anger oriented politics to emotional politics. May 21, 2014
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