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Forces fully equipped and confident of successfully handling Hudhud Cyclone: NDRF DIG

Vizag, Oct 10 (ANI): As Hudhud Cyclone approaches Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, NDRF DIG SS Guleria assured of all preparation to handle the same and said that the forces are fully equipped and are confident of successfully handling the cyclone. Guleria said that the NDRF has mobilized 33 teams to coastal areas and that 20 teams are positioned in coastal and interior areas. He said that they are expecting flood post the cyclone, for which they are fully prepared and said that a total of 13 teams are positioned in Andhra Pradesh. Guleria further said that the state government is providing all assistance and also cautioned the local population to take certain precautions. Oct 10, 2014
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SC adjourns Aircel Maxis deal case to Thursday asks CBI lawyer to give answer on same

New Delhi, Oct 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned the hearing on Aircel-Maxis deal case to Thursday and asked the CBI lawyer KK Venugopal to take notice and answer on the same day. Petitioner in the case, Subramanian Swamy said that Maxis Company owns 100 percent of the Aircel company, which is illegal according to Indian law. He said that the sale was cleared by FIPB and approved by P Chidambaram, thereby qualifying as an illegality by him and therefore an investigation is required. Oct 10, 2014
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UNICEF South Asia Ambassador Aamir Khan calls for change to fight malnutrition

Kathmandu, Oct 10 (ANI): UNICEF South Asia Ambassador Aamir Khan said its time to change, give equal rights to girl child and join hands to fight malnutrition. Khan said in Kathmandu that child stunting remains one of the greatest development challenges in South Asia, adding that stunted children have stunted bodies, stunted brains and stunted lives. Khan, who is on a three-day visit to Nepal, was named UNICEF's national ambassador for India in 2011. The UN agency officially announced Khan as new UNICEF ambassador after he visited Kapilvastu and Lumbini in west Nepal on Wednesday to observe a locally initiated nutrition programme by women health volunteers, saving thousands of children from malnutrition, a common phenomenon in South Asia. Oct 10, 2014
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Facebook has no near term plan to monetise WhatsApp: Mark Zuckerberg

New Delhi, Oct 10 (ANI): Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said that Facebook Inc, which closed its acquisition of mobile messaging service WhatsApp on Monday, has no near-term plan to make money from the service. Zuckerberg, who is visiting India to participate in an event to boost Internet usage, did not give details. Facebook's final WhatsApp acquisition price tag has risen an additional$3 billion to roughly$22 billion because of the increased value of Facebook's stock in recent months. WhatsApp works across different types of phones, across borders, and without advertising. Zuckerberg, 30, is in India on a two-day visit and was speaking at the first summit for Internet.org, an organization led by Facebook which, he said, "wants to connect the whole word." Zuckerberg said that when one brings internet to country like India it directly improves the world for everyone. Oct 10, 2014
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Schools close in Kashmir amid continuous shelling by Pak even as people continue to flee from their

Rajouri, Oct 10 (ANI): Schools along border in Rajouri district of Kashmir have been closed down amid continuous shelling. Police said that parents are not sending their children to school due to fear of firing along the fence. Almost 20,000 Indian civilians have fled their homes in the lowlands around Jammu region to escape the fighting, taking refuge in schools and relief camps. On the Pakistan side of the border, villagers moved among piles of debris from walls and roofs of their homes destroyed by mortar shells. India held a meeting on Wednesday of its top security officials to discuss how to handle the conflict. Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has called a similar meeting on Friday. Meanwhile, Hindu Sena staged a protest outside Pakistan's embassy in New Delhi against continuous shelling along the international border in Kashmir by the nuclear armed neighbour. Oct 10, 2014
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Sunanda Pushkar's Cousin alleges her death not natural but planned, demands CBI probe

Jammu, Oct 10 (ANI): A day after AIIMS medical team probing the death of Shashi Tharoor's wife Sunanda Pushkar, concluded that she died of poisoning, her cousin Ashok Kumar alleged that the death was planned. He said that the family knew from the very beginning that the death was not natural but a planned murder. Kumar also questioned on various issues like no CCTV at the posh hotel where Pushkar died, injury marks on her body, among others. He also demanded a CBI probe in the case and said that Pushkar should be imparted justice. Earlier, the team comprising of three doctors from AIIMS and headed by Dr Sudhir Gupta had alleged that the team was pressured into giving a 'tailor-made' report in the case. Oct 10, 2014
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Omar Abdullah offers solace to migrants displaced due to unprovoked firing by Pak along J and K bord

Jammu, Oct 10 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah visited migrants displaced in the intensified cross-border firing between India and Pakistan as they sought shelter far from homes. A total of nine Pakistani and eight Indian civilians have been killed since fighting erupted more than a week ago along a 200-km (125-mile) stretch of border in the disputed region of Kashmir. Abdullah said that the government is trying its best to help the migrants. India's Defence Minister Arun Jaitley has accused Pakistan of making unprovoked attacks on Indian-controlled Kashmir and threatened heavy retaliation. While visiting migrants seeking shelter in a school in Kathua district in the city, Abdullah told mediapersons, that the migrants have demanded small one-room houses far from border areas to escape cross-border firing in future. Oct 10, 2014
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