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Girl from Tamil Nadu a step away from settling down on Mars

Coimbatore, Feb 18 (ANI): A nineteen-year-old college student, Shradha Prasad, from Coimbatore city in Tamil Nadu is ecstatic about inching closer to her dream of settling down on Mars after clearing the third round of the Mars One mission. Mars One is an ambitious initiative by a Netherlands based non-profit organisation by the same name, which hopes to send four people on a one-way trip to the red planet in 2024. Prasad is one of the three Indian candidates who have qualified for the fourth and the final round of the mission. The fourth round of selection will comprise of dividing the candidates into teams and test their endurance for settlement conditions on Mars. Feb 18, 2015
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BSP MLAs protest in UP assembly

Lucknow, Feb 18 (ANI): BSP MLAs on Wednesday protested in UP assembly against law and order situation in the state. Talking to mediapersons in Lucknow, BSP leader Swami Prasad Maurya said that people are now frustrated and fed up with 'gundaraj' by the SP government. Feb 18, 2015
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Senior official claims Coast Guard 'blew up' suspected Pak boat, politicos react

New Delhi, Feb 18 (ANI): In a major controversy with Defence Ministry's statement, a senior DIG of the Indian Coast Guard BK Loshali has claimed in a newspaper report that he ordered to destroy the suspected Pakistani boat which was found 365 miles off Porbandar coast in Gujarat. The news created flutter in the defence establishment and subsequently Loshali has denied saying what the newspaper has reported. Loshali has issued a statement saying, he was not heading the operation. Meanwhile, politicos have demanded the concerned authorities to clarify the entire matter. Feb 18, 2015
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Myanmar to revoke minority ID cards

This woman is a part-time teacher in Yangon, who's half Rohingya Muslim. Like many others of this minority group, she has a temporary white-card ID which Myanmar's government is about to revoke. ( Feb 18, 2015
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Coast Guard DIG clarifies controversy, says he was misquoted

Gandhinagar, Feb 18 (ANI): The Deputy Inspector General of Indian Coast Guard, BK Loshali, on Wednesday clarified the controversy over his statement that he ordered to blow up suspected Pak boat. Loshali said that he was not directly in-charge of the operation and all instructions came from the Commander Coastguard. He further clarified that he has been misquoted, adding that the boast set itself on fire and sunk in water. Feb 18, 2015
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No controversy over DIG's statement on Pak boat, says Coast Guard

New Delhi, Feb 18 (ANI): The Deputy General of Indian Coast Guard, KR Nautiyal has said that there is no controversy regarding the statement of DIG BK Loshali, as he has denied making any such statement. Nautiyal said that some information cannot be made public regarding security. He also said that if any information is found relevant there will be investigation. Feb 18, 2015
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Real face of Pak

Pakistan/Muzaffarabad, PoK, February 17, 2015: Pakistan may be in denial about its involvement in Afghanistan or about supporting Taliban, but none another it's ex President Parvez Musharraf has spilled the beans. He confirms that Pakistan's ISI is supporting Taliban. India's position stands vindicated. Former President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf has said that under his regime, Pakistan had tried to undermine the Afghan government led by ex-president Hamid Karzai. He also added that spies in Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) had given birth to the Taliban after 2001 because the Karzai government had an overwhelming number of non-Pashtuns and officials who were said to favour India, "In President Karzai's times, yes, indeed, he was damaging Pakistan and, therefore, we were working against his interest."That is where the intelligence work comes in. Intelligence being in contact with Taliban groups. Definitely they were in contact, and they should be," the 71-year-old former dictator told The Guardian Former Pakistani president spilled the beans but stayed mum on Pakistan's role in fomenting terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir. Musharaf's interview has revealed what the world has been saying. Feb 18, 2015
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