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'Honour To Design For Our National Hero Mr.Modi,' Says Manish Malhotra

Gurgaon, Sep 30 (ANI): A lot is being said and discussed in the fashion community about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's looks, style and fashion sense...And taking the lead is celebrity fashion designer Manish Malhotra...The ace couturier showed keen interest to dress the Indian premier. Speaking at an event in cyber city Gurgaon, the designer said he would be honoured if given a chance to dress Prime Minister Modi. Malhotra was in Gurgaon on the sidelines of the "Fever Voice for Change" event, a CSR campaign initiated by Fever 104 FM. Lauding the government's latest 'cleanliness drive', he said every Indian citizen needed to be more conscious about cleanliness.

Sep 30, 2014

Education in shamble in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir

Muzaffarabad, PoK, September 30, 2014:- Be it the infrastructure, administration or social life...everything is in shambles in Gilgit Baltistan. The young minds, which need to be nurtured, do not get an environment that is conducive to their development and growth. As a result of which people here are trying to send their children out of the region but lack of financial assistance have crashed several dreams of gaining education.

Sep 30, 2014

'Chalein Saath Saath': Modi, Obama Write First Joint Editorial

Modi and Obama have written a rare joint editorial about a "renewed partnership" between the two nations, which was published in The Washington Post on Tuesday.

Sep 30, 2014

Yogesh Tibrewal bragged about the incident on Facebook and also posted a picture of him standing right behind Rajdeep Sardesai.

IT Professional Brags on Facebook he Hit Rajdeep Sardesai, Deletes Account Later [VIDEO]

Yogesh Tibrewal, an Indian national who reportedly works for IT major Deloitte in the US, bragged on his Facebook page that he was the one who hit journalist Rajdeep Sardesai.

Sep 30, 2014

Ebola screening for ships' crews in Nigeria

Health officials have begun the screening of cargo ship crews transiting through Nigeria to prevent cross border transmission of Ebola through sea and cargo ports. Duration: 01:04

Sep 30, 2014

Muslim pilgrims in Saudi say 'against' IS group

Muslim pilgrims denounced atrocities committed by the Islamic State, insisting the jihadists have strayed far from Islam, but remained wary of the US-led war against them. Duration: 00:44

Sep 30, 2014

CCTV footage shows Japan volcano eruption

CCTV footage captured the whole eruption of Mount Otake last Saturday, which left at least 36 people lifeless. Duration: 00:25

Sep 30, 2014

Polish reserves wary over Russian threat in Ukraine

Polish volunteers take part in a military manoeuvre exercise motivated by security concerns over the crisis in neighbouring Ukraine. Duration: 01:25

Sep 30, 2014

Rajnath Singh, Uma Bharti participate in Gomti River cleanliness drive

Lucknow, Sept 30 (ANI): Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, and Water Resources Minister, Uma Bharti, participated in a cleanliness drive of drying and polluted Gomti River in Lucknow on Tuesday. The ministers said that all the required attempts will be ensured to rejuvenate the water body. Singh said that countries with dying rivers cannot develop and cited the example of development of London after the rejuvenation of Thames River. Meanwhile, Bharti said that the Gomti River will be rejuvenated in the line of Sabarmati River in Gujarat. Meanwhile, a rally was also organised on this occasion to raise awareness among people about proper usage and restoration of the holy river.

Sep 30, 2014

Microsoft to roll out commercial cloud services from local data centres in India

New Delhi, Sept 30 (ANI): Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday said that Microsoft would roll out commercial cloud services from local data centres in India by the end of 2015. Microsoft Azure is a cloud-based platform for creating, deploying and maintaining online applications and services such as websites and web-hosted applications. The service, which is used by governments and corporations around the world, supports various programming languages, tools and frameworks. Nadella, who took the helm of the world's largest software company in February, said there was an incredible demand and opportunity for India with Microsoft cloud services.

Sep 30, 2014

PM Modi pays floral tribute at Mahatma Gandhi's statue

Washington DC, Sept 30 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached the Indian Embassy in Washington and paid floral tribute at the Mahatma Gandhi's statue. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj also paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi. Excited Indian Americans were also present to see the Prime Minister paying tribute.

Sep 30, 2014

PM Modi to pay floral tribute to Mahatma Gandhi's statue, excitement increases

Washington DC, Sept 30 (ANI): Excited Indian-Americans waited for Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is about to reach Indian Embassy to pay floral tribute to Mahatma Gandhi's statue. The Gandhi Status in front of the Indian Embassy near DuPont Circle was dedicated on September 16, 2000 during a State Visit of then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in the presence of the then US President Bill Clinton.

Sep 30, 2014

Police arrest two with packets of heroin ready to be sold in metros

Khunti, Sept 30 (ANI): Acting on a tip off, police officials in Khunti district of Jharkhand arrested two drug smugglers with packets of heroin that was ready to be sold in metros. The drugs caught are of high quality. Reportedly the accused have been into this business for more than a month now. Superintendent of Police, Anish Gupta, told reporters that the heroin seized was worth a huge amount. A special team was formed after information received from Crime Investigation Department (CID) on drugs trafficking. Jharkhand, a Maoist infested region, is backward and undeveloped, where gullible people often fall prey to nefarious activities to earn a quick buck.

Sep 30, 2014

George Clooney's FIL 'wants to be a grandpa now'

New Delhi, Sept 30 (ANI): George Clooney's father-in-law has put "pressure" on his daughter and the actor to start having kids. Ramzi Alamuddin reportedly took to the microphone during the couple's wedding reception telling daughter, Amal Alamuddin and Clooney that now was the time for grandchildren, a web portal reported. His father-in-law had also said that the marriage was not only good for their family, but also for the Middle East.

Sep 30, 2014

Ben Affleck can relate to his character in 'Gone Girl'

New Delhi, Sept 30 (ANI): Ben Affleck has said that he can relate to his character that he has played in ' Gone Girl'. He said during the premiere of his movie that even if one was portraying the role a huge villain, one had to find their way in and had to figure out a way to go and he will do the same, a leading Magazine reported. He said that according to him people fool themselves when they said that they would never do that.

Sep 30, 2014