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Security beefed up ahead of Maha Kumbh Mela

ANI | November 20 , 2009

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Security has been beefed up at Har Ki Pauri, a revered Hindu place in Haridwar ahead of Maha Kumbh Mela. During the 'Maha Kumbh Mela, millions of devotees converge in Haridwar to take a dip in the holy River Ganges to wash away their sins. Har Ki Pauri, one of the most sacred ghats in India, will be one of the main sites of the Maha Kumbh Mela where pilgrims will perform the ritual.

The state of Jharkhand observed a shutdown on Monday to protest the killing of a lawmaker and three of his bodyguards by suspected Maoist rebels. In Ranchi where shops remained closed, JMM activists took to streets, shouting slogans and waving party flags and blocking vehicular traffic. Meanwhile, Madhu Koda, chief of Jharkhand met with the governor Syed Sibtey Razi to apprise him on the killings. Koda said a hunt for the terrorists has been launched. Sunil Kumar Mahato, lawmaker belonging to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) was shot dead on Sunday when he was visiting the village as guest of honour at the match being played to mark a Hindu festival. Mahato died on the way to hospital in Jharkhand. One of his supporters was also killed in the shooting.

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Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday took over the reigns as the fourth chief minister of Uttarakhand. The 72-year-old, Khanduri, a retired army officer, was administered the oath of office and secrecy by the state Governor Sudarshan Agarwal at the parade grounds in Dehradun around which security arrangements have been beefed up. A number of senior BJP functionaries, including former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, were present at the function. Khanduri was sworn along with his Council of Ministers. He had consulted the BJP high command on induction of ministers in his cabinet earlier. BJP had emerged as the single largest party in the state assembly with 34 out of the 69 seats, which went to polls last month.

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Born in Ramdohar village of Gaya district in Bihar six years ago, Chotu throws the usual tantrums like demanding toffees and other sweets to recite an arithmetic table. However, when obliged, he is not able to eat them by himself since he is born without hands and legs except for a single finger on his body. Chotu is just a head and torso with no hands and legs to support.

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The CBIs quest for Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi, the accused in the Bofors case, is getting tougher by the day. The team made a trip to Misiones where Quattrocchi was arrested, only to find out that the extradition papers had still not reached the judge. On the other hand, CBI has sidelined itself from the delay in disclosing the detention of the Bofors payoff accused, Quattrocchi, in Argentina, blaming the cover-up on MEA.

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European Council president, Herman Van Rompuy along with European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso on Friday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi. Rompuy and Singh signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) behind the closed walls. An entire gamut of bilateral issues including accelerating trade ties, global financial crisis, climate change and counter terrorism are some of the other issues expected to be discussed in the meeting.

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In a major blow to Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, the Pakistan Supreme Court on Friday rejected his appeal against its order summoning him for framing of contempt charges. The Court summoned the Gilani to appear next Monday to face indictment over the governments two-year refusal to ask Swiss authorities to re-open graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. The SCs order included references of controversial NRO case history and governments failure to implement courts orders.

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The Bombay high court has directed Bollywood filmmaker Subhash Ghai to return the 20-acre land, which was allotted to him in 2000 for a film institute in Mumbai, by the Maharashtra government. The court said that the deal to allow Ghai to set up his film institute - Whistling Woods International - was illegal and arbitrary. The court also indicted the then Maharashtra chief and current central minister Vilasrao Deshmukh for misusing his official position as he allotted the land to Ghai.

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Actress Raveena Tandon says her best Valentines Day was when her husband Anil Thadani presented her with a romantic evening.

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Hitting back at BJP president Nitin Gadkari over his remark where he called Congress members fighting within donkeys, Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Thursday said that Gadkari did not have control on his tongue.

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More than 17000 students in Jaipur have created a world record by painting the pink city of their dreams on a 12 kilometre long canvas. The organizers of the event were overwhelmed with the response as several schools registered to be a part of the historic moment. The tiny toddlers were seen grossly engaged in sketching and painting on a 12 kilometre long canvas spread in front of them.

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Indian tennis ace Mahesh Bhupathi has asserted that his focus lied on the London Olympics as well as a long season with his new doubles partner, Rohan Bopanna, subtly pointing out his disinterest to play alongside former teammate, Leander Paes, after their split. Reacting on Paess recent win with Czech partner Radek Stepanek, Bhupathi described him as a wine that gets better with age.

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United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has said that the Arab League chief had told him he intended to revive an Arab League monitoring mission in Syria, which has collapsed amid charges that Damascus is not cooperating with it. Ban said urgent international action needs to be taken to protect civilians in Syria, and warned that the violence could spiral through the region.

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The remark of Mohamed Nasheed, the ousted president of the Maldives, credited with bringing democracy to the Indian Ocean island resort, that he was forced out of power at gunpoint, prompted clashes between police and his angry supporters on Wednesday. Police tried to break up the protests with tear gas and baton charges as former presidents party said he too was "beaten" by police.

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Zakia Jafri, widow of Congress MP Ehsaan Jafri who died during the Gujarat riots, and Teesta Setalvad-led Citizens for Justice and Peace have filed an application in the Ahmedabad high court on Thursday stating that they have an apprehension that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) has not filed the complete report in the Gulbarg Society massacre case as directed by the Supreme Court. Reacting to the closure report presented by the SIT, in which it found no prosecutable evidence against Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi, Zakia said that she would fight back.

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The Congress has hit out at the BJP led Karnataka government after its ministers were caught watching porn video in the state assembly.

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The photograph that had gone viral lately showing Kareena with her so-called baby bump, seems a cooked up and forceful gossip. A source close to the actress said, “No, she isn’t pregnant. It’s strange how there has been so much frenzy with just a solitary picture floating around.

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Prateik Babbar, who is romantically linked to Amy Jackson, says controversies can sometimes be beneficial but one should not pay much heed to them.

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Three BJP ministers in Karnataka voluntarily resigned on Wednesday after they were caught watching porn in the state assembly yesterday. Mangalore in-charge minister Krishna Palemar, Co-operation minister Laxman Savadi and Karnataka women and child welfare minister CC Patil tendered in their resignation during a BJP core committee meeting that was held early this morning. The ministers said they were resigning to save the partys image.

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