However, Obama was greeted by two protesters as his motorcade rolled up to the Islamic Society of Baltimore.

"They were holding three signs, oddly, calling on Obama to not find Hamas," a White House pool report said.

A third protester with a bullhorn was also outside the fence of the Islamic Center. Soon after arriving at the mosque, Obama held a roundtable with eminent Muslim community leaders. Obama's mosque visit in the vicinity of the national capital comes amid increasing backlash against the Muslim community in particular the anti-Islam rhetoric coming from the Republican presidential candidates.

"We welcome his visit. Our organisation has advocated it for quite some time. It's an especially important gesture given the divisive climate we have witnessed in this election year," Rabiah Ahmed of the Islamic Society of Baltimore told PTI .

Prince Charles has unveiled plans for a new dedicated fund, likely to be worth millions of pounds, to be created to help farmers in India break out of poverty.

The heir to the British throne announced the plan in his capacity as the Founder and President of the British Asian Trust, which works towards empowering lives in South Asia by harnessing the strengths of the South Asian diaspora in the UK.

"An area of work that I was particularly excited to see get underway in recent months is my trust taking a more in- depth look at the issues faced by rural farmers in India with the aim of establishing a dedicated fund to implement the kinds of intervention that the research clearly points out is

needed," the 67-year-old royal said at BAT's gala annual dinner at Natural History Museum here last night.

MIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and his MLA-brother Akbaruddin have been booked for allegedly assaulting a Congress MLC and a BJP candidate during Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation polls and police arrested three persons in connection in one of these cases.

While Asaduddin was booked for his alleged involvement in the attack on Congress MLC Shabbir Ali yesterday, a case was filed against Akbaruddin after his followers allegedly assaulted M K Mahender, a BJP civic poll candidate, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) V Satyanarayana said today. 

Asaduddin is the Lok Sabha MP from Hyderabad, while his brother is the MLA from Chandrayangutta here. "Based on CCTV footage, three persons were today arrested in connection with the case wherein the Congress leader was allegedly attacked," the DCP said, adding further probe is on.

The UK has imposed a temporary export ban on a white silk robe and dagger owned by T E Lawrence - better known as 'Lawrence of Arabia' - amid efforts to find a local buyer for the iconic artefacts linked to British

history. 

Culture minister Ed Vaizey, who ordered the bars, said it was vital the "classic objects remain in the UK".

Archaeologist Lawrence was a well known World War I diplomat who worked closely with Arab leaders.

It comes after a review said the items were integral to him and UK history, the BBC reported today. 

Seeking to rebut what he views as perilous election-year bombast about Muslims, President Barack Obama heads Wednesday to a mosque in Baltimore, his first visit to such a site in the United States.

At the Islamic Society of Baltimore, a 47-year-old mosque with thousands of attendees, Obama plans to herald the contributions of Muslims to American society while issuing a forceful counterpoint to the language favored by some Republican presidential candidates like Donald Trump, according to White House officials.

"We've seen an alarming willingness on the part of some Republicans to try to marginalize law-abiding, patriotic Muslim Americans," White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters Tuesday.

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Since last week, Mumbai has been blanketed by thick smog as a result of a continuous mystery fire at its largest landfill in Deonar. 

The fire is so big that it has even been captured from space by NASA's Landsat 8 satellite.

The NASA image shows plumes of smoke rising from the landfill and spreading to the surrounding densely populated areas. 

As the fires continued to rage, air quality levels plummeted to record low levels in the city, resulting in the closure of over 70 schools. 

The rutted road stretches into the distance across the plains of Hasakah. Herdsmen watch over their few dozen sheep. A scattering of oil pumps nod lazily as they extract a few dollars of crude from deep below. Above, the contrails left by coalition warplanes drift across the blue sky in hazy circles.

We bump through the mud-brick villages. Wide-eyed children stop playing marbles in the dirt to gaze at us. Old men wearing keffiyehs, the traditional red and white headscarf, peer suspiciously. This corner of northern Syria -- close to the border with Iraq -- is a mix of Arab tribes and Kurds, Muslims and Christians. It has long been neglected, despite its oil and farming, by the Syrian regime hundreds of miles away in Damascus. But in the war against ISIS, Hasakah is suddenly a place of interest, and especially for the Pentagon.

Our destination is an airstrip used for crop-spraying. From satellite images we've worked out where it is.

It would be easy to miss: just a strip of concrete that almost sinks into the dark soil. But for all its modesty, this is the United States' latest outpost in its deepening campaign against ISIS.

Senior bureaucrat Amitabh Kant is of the view that in a democracy like India people should be allowed to eat beef if they want to, asserting there should be a freedom of choice.

Well, I believe we are in a democracy which allows people to decide what they want to say, which would allow people to decide what they want to eat, said Kant, who is Secretary in Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion in Government of India, at an NDTV event.

Asked if that includes eating beef, he shot back, Of course. There should be freedom of choice. I said it in the context, the fact that I come from Kerala cadre, my neighbour was a Nair, my right hand neighbour was a Brahmin, they all ate beef. We all grew up eating beef in that state. There should be freedom of choice.

Kant, who is also the acting CEO of NITI Aayog, also took a swipe at Bollywood actor Aamir Khan whom he had countered on his remarks over climate of intolerance in the country.

I think everyone should have the freedom to say what they want except when he is the brand ambassador of Incredible India, said Kant.

The process of scaling up the security at 54 key airbases would cost around Rs 8,000 crore, the official said. The IAFs perimeter protection plan includes installing smart fences, vibration-detection systems, mini drones and thermal cameras at the bases.    

Quoting new data released by Counterpoint Research, Itika writes that smartphone shipments to India in the October-December quarter grew 15 per cent, which put its user base at 220 million.   

According to Counterpoint Research, in 2015 alone, over 100 million smartphones were shipped to India, which is over 23 pc more than the previous year, Itika writes.   

India's surge in the smartphone market was something that was waiting to happen. The American marketing research firm IDC had predicted in August 2015 that India will overtake America by 2017.   

Interestingly, according to the data released by Counterpoint Research, e-commerce has had a major role to play in the strong growth of smartphone sales in India, with at least one out of three instruments being sold online.   

Read Itika's complete report here.

As the issue is sensitive, a bench headed by Justice V M Kanade asked Advocate General Srihari Aney to submit arguments on behalf of the state on February 9 stating whether women should be allowed into the sanctum sanctorum of the shrine. 

The Supreme Court is seized of a matter about entry of women in Sabarimala temple of Kerala. This is also for the first time that the state has been asked to give its views on women's entry into a shrine.

Justice Reddy, a judge of the Andhra Pradesh/Telangana high court, has been elevated as the chief justice of the Gujarat high court with effect from the date he assumes charge of his office, a law ministry statement said. He has become the first judge to be elevated as chief justice of a high court since April 13 last when the government had brought into force the National Judicial Appointments Commission Act which had overturned the collegium system of appointing judges. 

"Collegium recommendations for chief justices of Rajasthan, Patna, Gauhati, Meghalaya and Karnataka high courts are under process. The notification is likely soon," said a senior government functionary.

Waheed Ali alias Arshad, categorised as 'Terrorist A', was arrested in Nowshera last week by intelligence agencies, the Dawn reported, citing "credible" sources. 

"He had made arrangements to flee to Afghanistan and hired a taxi to take him to the Pak-Afghan border at Torkham. Had there been any further delay, the man would have slipped away," they said. "He had shaved his beard and had packed up. His taxi was intercepted and he was picked up after positive identification," said the sources, requesting anonymity. 

The alleged facilitator, in his early 30s, said in his initial statement that the planning of the attack on the university was going on for six months in Achin district of Afghanistan, the base of militant commander Omar Mansoor.

The 50-year-old actor took to Twitter to share the happy news and also sought blessings for his son. 

"Hi .. Me and Pony are happy share with you this moment of joy in our life.. We had a lovely baby boy.. Today .. Bless him. Cheers," Prakash posted. 

The actor married Poni in 2010 after his divorce from his first wife Lalitha Kumari in 2009. The former couple have two daughters. 

Prakash is an actor, director, producer, distributor and works in five languages (Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi).

In its weekly 'al-Masr' newspaper, Ansar al-Sharia released an article claiming to tell the "untold story' behind the 2001 plot that killed almost 3,000 people at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Pennsylvania.

Just under two years before, EgyptAir Flight 990 had crashed into the Atlantic Ocean during its journey from Los Angeles to Cairo, killing all 217 people on board -- almost half of them Americans.

Vishwa Hindu Parishad members today protested against the ongoing shooting of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan's film "Raees" in Bhuj district of Gujarat, for his earlier remarks on "intolerance". 

Around 20-30 VHP activists had yesterday handed over a memorandum to district officers and demanded withdrawal of the permission given for the shooting of the film. 

Today, they protested outside the district Collector's office pressing for the same demand. They shouted slogans against the actor and also burnt and tore his posters.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday addressed media persons over the ongoing strike by municipal corporation employees.

Here are highlights of his speech:

* I have been tracking the protests in Delhi. It is unfortunate that MCD has been locked up. The reason being that its employees haven't been paid in months. 

* Two kinds of politics has been visible -- on one end Karamcharis went on strike and on the other BJP went around littering streets all over Delhi. 

* The impression that has been given is that the Delhi government is behind this. I have analysed all the figures. Delhi government doesn't owe a single rupee to the MCD.

* We gave North MCD nearly Rs 893 crore. We gave them double their last year's budget. If salaries were being given till last year, why is their a shortfall now?

* We gave East MCD Rs 468 crore. Last year they had Rs 368 cr and they still paid the salries. How is it that they don't have money? Where has the money gone? 

* There is a very big scam. Either this money has been diverted somewhere else or has ended up in corrupt hands.

* Delhi government has the mandate to check MCD's financial records. But they refused to show. 

* Entire Delhi pays house tax, parking tax, toll tax, advertisement, conversion, electricity tax, etc... all of which goes to the MCD. All that money is stolen. East MCD (represents 1/3 of Delhi) earns Rs 12000 crore from advertisement hoarding, 2.5 in parking charges. And they say, they have no money?

Under-fire India hockey captain Sardar Singh today rubbished alleged sexual harassment charges leveled against him by a British hockey player of Indian origin, saying even though he knew her they never got engaged as claimed by the woman.

The 21-year-old woman has filed a written complaint with Ludhiana police, claiming she has been engaged to Sardar for the past four years and alleged that he "mentally, physically and emotionally tortured" her.

"I know her but it's wrong to say that I assaulted her," Sardar said.

She also alleged that Sardar forced her to abort their child last year against her wishes and later refused to marry her. 

Sardar said these are serious allegations and he will retort back at an appropriate time as he is presently focussing on the ongoing Hockey India League, where he is captaining the Jaypee Punjab Warriors side.

"Presently my full concentration in on the ongoing HIL. After last night's match, I came to know about the allegations. Tomorrow I have a match again. It is a very serious allegation. I will look at the report ans consult my lawyer. I will answer all questions but I need some time," he said.

India is a democracy and if people want to eat beef they should be allowed to, top bureaucrat and CEO of the Prime Minister's policy think tank Niti Aayog, Amitabh Kant said on Tuesday night.

"I believe we are in a democracy, we should allow people to decide what they want to say, we should allow people to decide what they want to eat," he said, speaking at NDTV's Indian of the Year Awards, 2015. 

Kant received the award for the Best Administrator.

Asked if that includes beef, he shot back saying, "Of course! There should be freedom of choice. I said it in the context of the fact that I come from the Kerala cadre. My neighbour was a Nair, the neighbour my right was a Brahmin, they all ate beef."

Taking a dig at Anupam Kher over visa issue, Congress today said if the "poster boy" of "tolerant" India is so keen to go Pakistan, then Prime Minister Narendra Modi can talk to his "friend" Nawaz Sharif to facilitate the visit.

"If the #posterboyof "tolerant" India is so keen to go to Pak his friend PM Modi can surely talk to his drop by friend Nawaz & facilitate it?, Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari said in a tweet.

Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh also questioned the uproar by Kher over the denial of visa, asking if it is not mandatory for an individual to file for a visa application.

"Anupam Kher has himself confessed that he hasn't filed an application in Pakistan Embassy. Then Arnab (Goswami) and Anupam what is the fuss about?(sic), Singh tweeted. 

The veteran actor had last year taken out a rally against a protest march over growing "intolerance" in the country. 

India today said that countries which support terrorism must be named and shamed, asserting the need for united efforts to combat terror. 

Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar while stating this at a security conference in a veiled reference to Pakistan also said that some countries believe that they can buy peace at home by supporting groups for terror outside, which he said, was "delusional". He did not name any country. 

He said India will continue to be in touch with Pakistan with regard to the probe in the terror attack on an IAF base in Pathankot last month. 

"Nations which support terrorism must be named and shamed," Jaishankar said at the Counter Terrorism Conference 2016 in Jaipur.

He called for fostering greater international cooperation to fight terrorism while pointing out that even so-called victims of terror do not cooperate on fighting terror on international stage.

Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech International Limited has claimed to have developed and patented a vaccine to counter the deadly Zika virus, which has impacted over 20 countries in Latin America and forced the World Health Organisation to declare a global health emergency.

"On Zika, we are probably the first vaccine company in the world to file a vaccine candidate patent about nine months ago," said Dr Krishna Ella, Chairman and Managing Director, Bharat Biotech Ltd.  

 

Using a live Zika virus imported officially, the Hyderabad company has now developed two candidate vaccines, but taking them through animal and human trials could be a long haul. 

Dr Ella said he had sought the government's support on this and the Indian Council of Medical Research has stepped forward to help.  

As the Municipal Corporation of Delhi employees continue to protest over long-pending dues, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday announced that the Aam Aadmi Party government has tried to find a solution to end the ongoing strike.

The AAP chief today took to Twitter saying, "We have tried to find a solution to ongoing MCD strike. Will announce at 3 pm. Hope it satisfies everyone and the strike ends."

Kejriwal had last week expressed his support towards the demands of the agitating MCD workers who are on a strike over the non-payment of their dues.

The Delhi CM has maintained that the present MCD should be dissolved and fresh elections held.

The Afghan government declared Wasil Ahmad a hero for leading a militias defense against a Taliban siege last year, parading him in front of cameras in a borrowed police uniform too big for him. 

On Monday, the Taliban triumphantly announced that they had assassinated him with two bullets to the head.

Wasil Ahmad was 10 years old.

He was gunned down in Tirin Kot city, the capital of southern Oruzgan Province, just a few months after leaving militia life and enrolling in school as a fourth grader.

Wasil's story is a painful example of how child combatants continue to be a part of life in Afghanistan, both in the ranks of pro-government forces and among the Taliban insurgents.

In an interesting turn of events, Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit called Anupam Kher and expressed regret over the denial of visa to the legendary visa.

Abdul Basit told Kher that whatever happened should not have had happened, reports Times Now.

As per the TV channel, Basit said that miscommunication and confusion had led to the denial of visa and asked Kher to submit visa papers so that he could visit Pakistan.

However, Kher has declined the offer, saying that he had already given those dates away for some other function. 

He tweeted: 'Thank you Mr. @abasitpak1 for your call & offering me visa to visit Karachi. I appreciate it. Unfortunately i've given away those dates now.'

Click HERE to know what happened some hours before Basit's reported telephone conversation with Kher.

Actor Irrfan Khan feels celebrities are also part of this country and they have every right to express their opinion on national issues. 

Irrfan, the latest star to join the ongoing intolerance debate, said shutting up one's mouth is not a healthy sign for a growing society. 

"I find it very strange when few people say that actors should act and they should not express their opinions on issues. Everybody has the right to speak their mind and concerns. If you are told to shut up then this is not a sign of a growing and healthy society," he said during the NDTV Indian of the Year Award here last night.

The 49-year-old "Life of Pi" star feels expressing opinion is an individual approach and it is fine if someone does not express his/her opinion. 

"That's an individual thing. Some people have an instinct of reacting on things while some people don't. 

"When Ang Lee came here, he was asked about his country's politics. And he said we don't speak about politics. This issue (intolerance) has been in news. We should feel safe to say whatever we want to say. We should be free to express ourselves."

Imposing a stay on the Bombay high court order, the Supreme Court has allowed Maharashtra to hold a 'Make in India' programme, to be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Girgaum Chowpatty beach in Mumbai.

The Maharashtra government had filed an application before the high court after a committee, appointed by the court in 2001 to monitor activities on the beach, asked the government to seek the court's permission.

The application stated that it proposed to host a 'Maharashtra Night' on February 14 at Girgaum Chowpatty to showcase its art and culture and industrial development, adding that the event would end with a laser show and fireworks display.

The high court, while refusing to grant permission to the state government, had observed that permitting the government to hold such functions on the beach will be faulty to the guidelines of the committee. 

Former Lok Sabha speaker Balram Jakhar passed away today morning. He was 93.

The body is being taken to Abohar in Punjab for cremation tomorrow, his son and former Congress Legislature Party leader of Punjab Sunil Jakhar said.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted: 'Balram Jakhar ji was a popular leader who enriched our Parliamentary democracy in his long political journey. Saddened by his demise. RIP.'

The cremation will be held in the family village of Panchkosi in Abohar at 11 am. 

Jakhar, who is survived by two sons and two daughters, suffered a brain stroke a year ago.

The rupee again broke below the 68-mark by depreciating 28 paise to trade at 68.26 against the dollar in early trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange, due to increased demand for the American unit from importers and banks amid a lower opening in the domestic equity market. 

This was the third consecutive day of fall. 

Moreover, sustained capital outflows also weighed on the domestic unit but dollar's weakness against some currencies overseas limited the rupee's fall, forex dealers said. 

The rupee had lost 14 paise to close at 67.98 per dollar in yesterday's trade on sustained demand for the US currency from banks and importers amid a massive fall in equities as the Reserve Bank kept its key policy rate unchanged. 

Meanwhile, the benchmark BSE Sensex tumbled by 275.35 points or 1.12 per cent to 24,263.65 in early trade. 

After Padma Bhushan awardee Anupam Kher accused Islamabad of not issuing him visa to attend Karachi Literature Festival, Pakistan High Commissioner to India Abdul Basit, Tuesday, said they are yet to receive visa application and passport of the Bollywood actor.

While making his stand public, the maverick actor took to his Twitter account saying, "Reality remains that Pak Interior Ministry refused to grant NOC for my visa. 17 others invited also didn't apply for visa."

Reacting to the actor's charge, Basit tweeted: "@AnupamPkher sorry Sir I don't know who told you about this so-called NoC, we are still to receive your visa application and passport."

Official Twitter account of High Commission for Pakistan also said that the Anupam Kher didn't applied for visa.

While addressing a press conference on Tuesday, Anupam Kher submitted a 100-page proof stating that he was ready with all necessary documents regarding a visa to Pakistan - to attend the Karachi Literature Festival on February 5.

He also accused the Pakistan High Commission of lying on the claims that he never applied for visa.

A letter by 11-year-old Nayan Sinha from Unnao to Prime Minister Narendra Modi last September has put Railway officials in quite a fix, after the latter stepped in to address the issues raised by the school boy. 

Nayan, a class VII student of Chandrashekhar Azad Intermediate College in Unnao, wrote to PM Modi last September complaining of the absence of a crossing at the railway tracks between his locality had forced over 200 students to take a longer route every morning to school. 

This, Nayan told the prime minister, was resulting in him being punished regularly by the school for reaching late. The letter prompted Modi to take up the issue with the Railway Ministry. 

According to Nayan, he and several other students from his locality, do not cross the unmanned crossing and take a route which is about two kilometres longer than the earlier route. The railway track is about 100 metres from Nayans house.  

"I never cross the railway tracks as my parents have asked me not to. But the alternate route is much longer, so I reach school late and get punished on most days. In September last year, without informing anyone, I posted the letter to the Prime Minister. I wrote about how I have to walk extra to reach school," Nayan told a daily.

India hockey captain Sardar Singh has been accused by his long-time girlfriend of 'attempt to rape' in a complaint filed at a police station in Ludhiana.

The girl, who also claims to be Sardar's fiancee, is an India-origin Britisher who visited India recently to file the complaint, which she did on February 1 at the Kum Kalan Police Station in the Ludhiana city. 

She also accuses Sardar of "blackmail, mental harassment and physical harassment."

Ludhiana police commissioner Paramraj Singh Umranangal has reportedly ordered an inquiry into the complaint.

Sardar, who has been leading India since 2012, is himself a deputy superintendent of police in Haryana.

The girl, who is a hockey player as well in the UK and met Sardar during the 2012 London Olympics, says that she and Sardar got engaged but then he refused to marry her.

Maruti Suzuki will be blowing in a fresh breeze as the new Vitara Brezza subcompact SUV is unveiled today at the 13th Auto Expo. 

Developed comprehensively by the Indian team with little help from partner Suzuki, the Brezza will be the latest addition to the automaker's regular dealerships and is based on a new platform.

The Maruti Suzuki Vitara Brezza has been revealed in leaked images and gets a boxy profile. 

The front fascia gets a wide H-shaped chrome grille, silver finished faux skid plates while the bumpers, wheel arches and belt line get black cladding for a rugged appeal. 

The top-variants are equipped with 16-inch alloy wheels wrapped in 216 section tyres, while the lower trims run on 15-inch steel rims. The SUV will also get dual tone paint job as optional, which will be initially made-to-order.

Nepalese Army chief General Rajendra Chettri will be conferred with the honorary rank of 'General of the Indian Army' by President Pranab Mukherjee today.

Chettri, who arrived in Delhi on Monday night on a six-day official visit, met with his Indian counterpart Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag on Tuesday. This is his first visit abroad after assuming the top army post in September last year. 

The Nepalese Army chief's visit comes ahead of the proposed visit of Prime Minister K P Oli to India later this month.

Chettri has received field artillery and air defence artillery training in the early years of his service from India, Pakistan and China. He is a graduate of the Command and General Staff College, Ft Leavenworth, Kansas, US. 

He is also a qualified Psychological Testing Officer from the Defence Institute of Psychological Research, New Delhi. 

The clashes led to the disruption and then suspension of many domestic and international flights around the country's main airports. The incident took place near the Jinnah International Airport here after the joint action committee which represents all unions of PIA gave a complete strike call for today despite the government enforcing Essential Services Maintenance Act under which all union activities were suspended and employees told to report on duty.

Though two of the protesters died of bullet wounds, Rangers and police denied opening fire at the site. A third patient succumbed to his wounds later in the night.

He also appeared in Pakistan's first test 60 years ago. He passed away yesterday in his hometown Okara in Punjab province. 

A southpaw medium fast bowler, Ali played in two more tests against Australia in 1959 before he ended his test career with six wickets and also appeared in 40 first class matches and claimed 114 wickets at an average of 22.63 and making 1,130 runs at 20.54.

Commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan General John F Campbell, testifying before the House Armed Services Committee, said the al-Qaeda has been significantly weakened, but as evidenced by the recent discovery of its camp on the southern border, the group is certainly not extinct. "The Haqqani network remains the most capable threat to US and Coalition forces, planning and executing the most violent high profile attacks in Kabul," he said. Haqqani network, which is linked to al-Qaeda, has been blamed for several deadly attacks against Western and Indian interests in Afghanistan, including the 2008 bombing of the Indian mission in Kabul. Campbell said 70 per cent of Afghan territory is under government control, while Taliban controls only two per cent.

"Of the 407 district centers, eight (or two per cent) are under insurgent control. We assess that another 18 (or 4 per cent) are under what we call insurgent influence," he said. Often, these district centers are in remote and sparsely populated areas that security forces are not able to access very often in force, he noted.

India and resource-rich Brunei were on the same page during discussions Ansari held with Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah and crown prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah, Secretary (East), External Affairs Ministry, Anil Wadhwa told media persons.

"Brunei briefed us on discussions taking place between ASEAN and China on evolving a code of conduct. They feel that the issue should not be internationalised to an extent where talks will reach a breaking point. 

"As we approach the 2016 NATO Summit in Warsaw, it is clear that the United States and our allies must do more to advance our common defense in support of a Europe that is whole, free, and at peace," Obama said. That is why today the US administration has announced a four-fold increase in European Reassurance Initiative funding for Fiscal Year 2017, he said. 

"Rohith Vemula was not a Dalit but everybody all over the country is trying to give colour to the student's death. His death was the result of a fight between two groups of students of the university," the Union Tribal Affairs minister said.

The report of the judicial commission set up to probe the incident will reveal the facts further, he said.

Addressing a 'Chai pe Charcha' programme, Oram said the law and order situation in West Bengal is now worse than what it was during the Left Front regime.

Only now are we realising how inspired it was. BBC Future looks at the Horten Ho 229, one of aviation's most futuristic designs.

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A slip -- Elector's Photo Identity Card No. YVO1360395 -- had the name of the elector as Salman Khan and a picture of the 50-year-old actor. The voter slip also mentioned father's name as Saleem Khan.

However, in the age column it was mentioned as 64. 

When contacted, Deputy Commissioner of GHMC Krishna Sekhar said he would inquire into it. Popular Telugu actors Nagarjuna, Ramcharan, Allu Arjun, junior NTR and Balakrishna, who is a TDP MLA in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, were among the celebrities who exercised their franchise in the polls.