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Chavan threatens to withdraw Uddhav's security

Maharashtra CM Ashok Chavan has ordered Shiv Sena activists to "behave themselves" after they attacked several cinema halls that would screen Shah Rukh Khan's latest film. Chavan also threatened to withdraw the security provided to the party's executive president Uddhav Thackeray.

SRK film row: miffed with CM, Uddhav to give up Z-level security

The row over the release of Shah Rukh Khan’s new film My Name is Khan has blown up into a political war between the Shiv Sena and the Congress, reports Rajendra Aklekar.

Chavan threatens to withdraw Uddhav's security

Iran backs Indo-Pak dialogue

Iran on Tuesday supported the move to resume dialogue between India and Pakistan, saying it welcomed direct talks and expressed its willingness to help the process if required.

East

Have motorcycle, brick house? You’re still poor

New Jharkhand Chief Minister Shibu Soren has brought about a silent revolution in the state. He has redefined poverty.

West

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7700 couples tie the knot as part of TTD kalyanamastu

Seven thousand seven hundred couples tied the knot across Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday as part of the "kalyanmastu" programme being conducted by the Tirumala Tirupati Devstaham (TTD).

Boy dies of dropsy in UP, 9 of family ill

One boy died; while nine members of the same family have fallen seriously ill due to dropsy-a fatal condition which arises after consuming adulterated mustard oil mixed with deadly argemone mexicana seed.

Love marriage joins two Kashmiris

Four years after the cross-Line of Control (LoC) bus service, Carvan-e-Aman, was started between two parts of divided Jammu and Kashmir, it achieved its goal -- to strengthen bonds between the two parts -- last week when Ejaz Mir married Kounsar Jabeen.

North India

BJP embraces Gadkari, formally

Nitin Gadkari was on Tuesday formally elected unopposed as the ninth president of the BJP, six weeks after he took over the reigns from Rajnath Singh as the acting president. Gadkari, who turns 53 in three months, is the youngest president of the 30-year old party.

South

Andhra to challenge high court order on Muslim reservation

The Andhra Pradesh government today decided to challenge in the Supreme Court the verdict of the high court quashing a legislation for four percent reservation to Muslims in education and jobs.

Andhra High Court quashes reservation for Muslims

NorthEast

Assam school children devise urine battery

You can now beat load-shedding by… er… shedding some load. Three Class VIII students have devised a urine battery that they claim would go a long way in countering power cuts in rural areas. They study in Vivekananda Kendra Vidyalaya at Tingrai in eastern Assam’s Tinsukia district.

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