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Salman Khan hit-and-run-case: Doctor seeks police protection

Mumbai, Jan 19 (ANI): The public prosecutor in the 2002 hit-and-run case of Bollywood actor Salman Khan said the doctor who had collected the blood samples of the actor has requested the sessions court for police protection. Gharat also said the defence advocate was not well and asked for a new date for the next hearing. He also said that two witnesses were supposed to depose in the court, but they would be present on January 22. Jan 19, 2015

Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera meets PM Modi

New Delhi, Jan 19 (ANI): Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Mangala Samaraweera met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his office on Monday. Reportedly, Samaraweera is carrying an invite for PM Modi to visit the island nation. On Sunday, Sri Lanka and India had pledged to deepen their relations and had agreed to work "closely and extensively".Ahead of his visit, Sri Lanka released 15 Indian fishermen and now no Indian fishermen are in island nation's custody. Jan 19, 2015

Low production, high export demand ups prices of cumin

Rajkot, Jan 19 (ANI): Prices of spice cumin have shot up due to less production and high demand in foreign countries, merchants in Gujarat said. Merchants predict a further hike in cumin prices in the coming days as they foresee a sharp drop in production. They said the prices could increase by another 10 percent. The crop was severely affected due to scant rainfall in the western belt of the country. The increase in demand of Indian spice in countries like US, UK and Singapore also led to rise in prices. While consumers are net losers who are forced to pay much higher prices, farmers are happy that the low production has been offset by good prices. Jan 19, 2015

Entrepreneur takes up revival of wooden ceiling artwork in Kashmir

Srinagar, Jan 19 (ANI): In a bid to keep heritage of wooden ceiling art or 'Khatamband' alive in Jammu and Kashmir, a young entrepreneur revived it by using polystyrene. 'Khatamband' is an art in which small pieces of wood are fitted into each other in patterns to form the ceiling. The process is hand crafted and without using nails. Small floral or geometrical squares are fitted through tiny grooves and the entire structure then is fitted on the ceiling. However, now the art is slowly dying and entrepreneur Yaseen Yousuf Khan has taken up its revival, using polystyrene and machines instead of wood. Jan 19, 2015

Politicos slam Kejriwal for asking people to accept money from BJP and Congress

New Delhi, Jan 19 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal has become the centre of a controversy after he asked voters in Delhi to take money offered by the BJP and the Congress but "fool" them by voting for the AAP in the coming Delhi Assembly elections. Kejriwal's remarks drew criticism from the rival parties. Jan 19, 2015

Harsh Vardhan denies reports that he demanded ticket for his son

New Delhi, Jan 19 (ANI): BJP's Harsh Vardhan on Monday dismissed reports that he had to face the party leadership's wrath for demanding ticket for his son. The BJP leader said that his son is not going to join politics and the information is incorrect. Jan 19, 2015

Security agencies prepared for a nation's President's visit, nothing different for Obama: Rijiju

New Delhi, Jan 19 (ANI): Minister of State for Home Affairs, Kiren Rijiju, said on Monday that the security agencies are prepared well for US President Barack Obama's three-day visit to India at Republic Day as the Chief Guest. Rijiju said that any kind of security arrangements which are made for the visit of any foreign eminent personality's visit to India have been made for Obama's visit and there is no difference of any kind in terms of security. Jan 19, 2015
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Bangladeshi journalist demands speedy trial of war criminals

Dhaka, Jan 19 (ANI): Bangladesh's journalist, Shahriar Kabir emphasised on the need to expedite the trial process of war criminals of 1971 Liberation War. Kabir while talking to a reporter in Dhaka city said that Bangladesh should try alleged war criminals. About three million people were killed, according to official figures, and thousands of women were raped. Kabir said that the trial needed to be fast-tracked as many victims of the war had died waiting for justice and many accused too had died without being punished. The tribunal has convicted 16 people, most of them Jamaat leaders, and sentenced 14 of them to death. One Islamist politician was executed in December 2013. However, Bangladesh Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, has in the past denied any scope of dropping the presidential clemency for the war criminals. Jan 19, 2015
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Confident of BJP's victory in Delhi, says Jagdish Mukhi

New Delhi, Jan 19 (ANI): BJP leader Jagdish Mukhi said on Monday that he was confident of BJP's victory in the upcoming Delhi Assembly Polls. Mukhi said that the fight is basically between three major parties- Congress, BJP and AAP, but the people of Delhi will surely choose BJP as it has worked for their welfare. He added that the Chief Ministerial candidate will be chosen by the party's central leadership only after the polls are over and the decision shall be respected by all party workers and leaders. Jan 19, 2015
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