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Karnataka Ministry expanded
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa on Saturday expanded his eight-day-old Ministry. ANI

IGPP award for 2005 awarded to Jagdish Babla of Uttarakhand
Indira Gandhi Paryavaran Puraskar-2005 (Individual Category-Rs.three lakh) is awarded to Jagdish Babla in recognition of his exemplary contribution for environmental protection and awareness among the local community in Garhwal region of Uttarakhand. ANI

Explosives seized near Indo-Nepal border
Security forces in Siliguri arrested a man with explosives on Friday barely a week after the seizure of a huge cache of explosives in the same region. ANI

608 cadets pass out of Indian Military Academy
Sky echoed with cheers when 608 Gentlemen Cadets passed out of the Indian Military Academy (IMA) at Dehradun today. ANI

An eco-friendly solar-powered two-wheeler designed in New Delhi
Twenty-eight-year old Rafi Alam in New Delhi has designed a two-wheeler that can run on both solar energy as well as wind power. ANI

Bainsla asks Raje Government to come to Bayana for talks
Gujjar Arakshan Sangarsh Samiti patron Colonel (retired) Kirori Singh Bainsla today stated that the talks would not be held in Jaipur, and made a fresh appeal to the Rajasthan government to come to Bayana for talks. ANI

Rajasthan Government declines to talk to Gujjars in Bayana
The deadlock between the Rajasthan Government and the Gujjars continues with the former refusing to hold talks with the latter in Bayana in Bharatpur District. ANI

200 persons arrested during Tamil Nadu shutdown
Tamil Nadu Police, today arrested about 200 protestors from Tiruvottiyur, Ambathur and Guindy, as they tried to disrupt railway traffic in different parts of Chennai city over the fuel price hike. Unidentified people also threw stones on two MTC buses at Ayanavaram. ANI

Rail services between Delhi and Rajasthan restored
Railway services between Delhi and various destinations in Rajasthan were restored to near normalcy today after two weeks of disruption due to agitation by the Gujjars who are demanding Scheduled Tribe (ST) status for the community. ANI

Six die in Rajkot gas leak
At least six labourers were killed after inhaling a poisonous gas which leaked from a ceramic unit near Morbi town in Rajkot today. ANI

Bad weather hits mango harvest in Tamil Nadu
Poor mango crop due to unfavorable weather has badly hit the villagers in Tamil Nadus Krishnagiri District who survive on income earned during three-month long mango harvest season. ANI

Revival of ethnic button making generates employment for women in Varanasi
Revival of dying art of making ethnic buttons that once used to adorn the royal costumes, has helped to generate employment for women in Varanasi. ANI

Villagers in Orissa depend on Mahua flowers for their livelihood
Villagers in Orissa, who depend on Mahua flowers for their source of livelihood, are finding it difficult to make both ends meet due to low prices of the flowers. ANI

Bad weather hits mango harvest in Tamil Nadu
Poor mango crop due to unfavorable weather has badly hit the villagers in Tamil Nadus Krishnagiri District who survive on income earned during three-month long mango harvest season. ANI

Revival of ethnic button making generates employment for women in Varanasi
Revival of dying art of making ethnic buttons that once used to adorn the royal costumes, has helped to generate employment for women in Varanasi. ANI

Villagers in Orissa depend on Mahua flowers for their livelihood
Villagers in Orissa, who depend on Mahua flowers for their source of livelihood, are finding it difficult to make both ends meet due to low prices of the flowers. ANI

19th century Havelis of Navalgarh in Rajasthan facing ruins
Rajasthans Navalgarh town in the Shekhawati area is today known for its 19th century Havelis. But most of the Havelis are today in a bad condition due to utter neglect. ANI

19th century Havelis of Navalgarh in Rajasthan facing ruins
Rajasthans Navalgarh town in the Shekhawati area is today known for its 19th century Havelis. But most of the Havelis are today in a bad condition due to utter neglect. ANI

Daler Mehndi, the popular Punjabi singer from Bihar!
Born and brought up in Bihars Patna city, Punjabi singer Daler Mehndi was barely six-year-old when his parents first introduced him to classical Ragas and Shabad from the Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikhs religious book. ANI

Tibet is not about human rights says Chinese diplomat
The Tibet issue is an internal issue of China concerning its sovereignty, said Qian Bo, Counsellor Chinese Mission to the UN Office in Geneva, in a session of the UN Human Rights Council. ANI

Radioactive substance safe in quake-hit Sichuan
The Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection on Friday stated that all nuclear facilities in south west Sichuan Province are safe and under control and no radioactive substance has leaked into the environment. ANI

Quake lake water finally flows downstream
Water finally passed the overflowing point of the artificially created Tangjiashan Lake dam, in south west Sichuan Province, early on Saturday morning amid heavy rain. ANI

Sachin Pilot to attend Gujjars funeral at Dausa
Congress MP Sachin Pilot will be in Dausa today after Gujjars demanded his presence as a precondition for the cremation of 20 agitators killed in the May 24 violence. ANI

Amritsars visually impaired take their shirts off to protest lack of employment
Visually impaired people without jobs took their shirts off in a bid to draw attention to their plight during a march in Amritsar. ANI

New Delhi holds out an olive branch to Kashmir separatists
Union Minister for Water Resources Professor Saifuddin Soz has called upon Kashmiri separatists to come to the negotiation table, saying there was no other way out. ANI

Shutdown in Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand over hike in fuel prices
A day-long shutdown called by Left parties in Tamil Nadu and Jharkhand against the hike in fuel prices began today. ANI

Gujjars to hold talks with Rajasthan Government today
The Gujjars demanding Scheduled Tribe status will hold talks with the Rajasthan Government here today. ANI

Yeddyurappa to expand ministry today
Karnataka Chief Minister B. S. Yeddyurappa will expand his week-old ministry today. ANI

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