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Congress and BJP at loggerheads over power crisis in Delhi

New Delhi, June 14 (ANI): Congress workers were on Saturday detained in Nangloi when they tried to block movement of trains as part of party's agitation against prolonged power cuts and water scarcity in the city. Reacting over Congress's protest, BJP leader Sudhanshu Trivedi said that BJP is fully committed for the problem of water and power in Delhi. Jun 14, 2014
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No 100-day agenda for ministers by PM: Kalraj Mishra

Varanasi, June 14 (ANI): Denying that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had set 100-day agenda for the ministers, MSME Minister Kalraj Mishra said that there is no time frame for the works to be done. He said that he is doing his home work and will deliver as and when required. Mishra further talked about the MSME and said that the programmes will be initiated to develop self employment and self reliance schemes. Jun 14, 2014
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Activists react as Preity Zinta files molestation case against Ness Wadia

New Delhi, June 14 (ANI): Women activists on Saturday reacted over Bollywood actress Preity Zinta filing a police complaint against her former boyfriend and businessman Ness Wadia. Preity who is also co-owner of Kings XI Punjab cricket team along with Ness has been in a relation with him in the past. She has in her complaint alleged that he molested, abused and threatened her inside Wankhede stadium in Mumbai. Jun 14, 2014
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Arvinder Singh Lovely and Sajjan Kumar detained while protesting over power and water crisis

New Delhi, June 14 (ANI): DPCC President Arvinder Singh Lovely and party leaders Sajjan Kumar and Dr. Naresh Kumar were detained by Delhi police on Saturday as they continued their protest over power and water crisis in Delhi. Police also fired water cannons to disperse the crowd from the area. Party leaders and activists staged protest over power and water crisis in Nangloi area of the national capital. Jun 14, 2014
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Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat injured during emergency landing

New Delhi, June 14 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat was admitted to AIIMS hospital in Delhi after his chopper hit turbulence on Friday. He suffered a neck fracture and minor back injury because of the rough emergency landing. The Congress leader somehow escaped the deadly accident and is now stable but he would not be discharged right now. Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said in a statement that the plane must have collided with clouds due to turbulence and Rawat's belt was not tied so his head hit the roof. Rawat was coming from Deharadun to Delhi when his helicopter ran into bad weather and they had to reportedly make a sudden landing at Ved Niketan Swargashram. Jun 14, 2014
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2014 FIFA World Cup: Santiago erupts in cheer as Chile won over Australia by 3-1

Santiago, June 14 (ANI): Celebrations started in Santiago as Chile won over Australia in its opening match and rallied to a 3-1 win in another entertaining World Cup clash. Chile got the victory in Friday's match which they needed if they are to have any chance of progressing from a daunting Group B when they held off a strong Australian fight back to emerge 3-1 winners. Alexis Sanchez put Chile ahead from close range after 12 minutes and two minutes later Jorge Valdivia made it 2-0 with a well-struck shot. Both sides went close in an end-to-end second half before Jean Beausejour grabbed a third for Chile in stoppage time. Jun 14, 2014
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Dutch FIFA fans celebrated as Netherlands grabbed 5-1 victory over Spain

Salvador, June 14 (ANI): Soccer fans from Netherlands celebrated an extraordinary 5-1 victory over Spain in a Group B contest of the FIFA World Cup. It is worst defeat for Spain since its 6-2 thrashing at the hands of Scotland in 1963. On one of the central square of Salvador' the Dutch fans set up a so-called "Orange Fest" where there was singing and dancing and fans clad in their national orange colour. With this victory, Dutch celebrated and finally took revenge for the 2010 final. Jun 14, 2014
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Fathers of Badaun rape and murder victims hope to get justice after CBI starts investigation

Budaun, June 14 (ANI): Father of one of the hanged teenage girls in Badaun district of Uttar Pradesh said he is now hopeful of getting justice, after the CBI reached the northern state to investigate the case of the gang-rape and killings of two teenage girls. Two cousins aged 12 and 14, from a low-caste Dalit community, went missing from their village home in Budaun district when they went out to go to the toilet on the evening of May 27. The next morning, villagers found their bodies hanging from a mango tree. The victims’ families had accused the local police of shielding the alleged attackers and refusing to take action when the girls were first reported missing. Jun 14, 2014
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Drones to help trace missing bodies in Mandi river tragedy

Mandi, June 14 (ANI): As the massive search for missing students intensified in Himachal Pradesh, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) deployed an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to trace the bodies. 24 engineering students of a private engineering college of Hyderabad were swept away when the waters of river Beas suddenly spiked dangerously high following a release from the reservoir of 126 MW Larji hydropower project in Himachal Pradesh on June 08. An official of NDRF, Vairabha Nathan, said although the rescue teams are using UAV to locate the bodies, they are facing problems in GPS connectivity in the rugged topographical conditions. Jun 14, 2014
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