These images prove we live in a wonderfully weird world.
Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the city state is a major partner in almost every area of India's transformation.
A total of 23 tableaux would be on display at the ceremonial parade, with 17 of them belonging to various states and UnionTerritories.
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Two fully-grown Asiatic lionesses were killed under a running train in eastern Gir, Gujarat on Wednesday.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Saturday filed a chargesheet against sitting Bharatiya Janata Party MP Dinu Bogha Solanki in connection with the murder of RTI activist Amit Jethwa who had waged a crusade against illegal mining in Gir forest, the last abode of Asiatic lions.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday invited investors here to participate in the proposed divestment of Navratna PSUs
One adult male and two sub-adult female lions were found to have turned man-eaters and 'guilty' of killing locals.
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'Both Nehru and Patel were thorough gentlemen and whatever their differences never disrespected each other.' 'Neither Modi nor Rahul Gandhi has much in them to claim such legacies.' 'They are symptomatic of the sad days that have befallen the nation midwifed and contemplated by Nehru and Patel,' says Mohan Guruswamy.
Five brothers playing first class cricket, including four appearing in Test matches as well, reads like a fairy tale. But it is true. Indeed, cricket historians and statisticians have never been tired of recounting how Hanif Mohammad, who passed into the ages on August 11, and his three brothers dominated Pakistan cricket in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Apart from Hanif, eldest Wazir Mohammad and younger ones Mushtaq Mohammad and Sadiq Mohammad represented Pakistan in the top division of cricket.
There are constituencies in the remote, far-flung corners of certain parts of Gujarat with only a handful of registered voters. Why, there is just one voter, who lives amid the lions and leopards in the Gir forest. But the Election Commission of India ensures that every eligible citizen gets to participate in the country's five-yearly democratic rite.
'Twenty20 cricket can be a lottery at times, but I think we'll definitely reach the semifinals.'
Are the lions tourists see in Gir forest really wild and free? Prasanna D Zore doesn't feel so.
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