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The Minister said yoga has a universal appeal and more than 170 countries, had backed the resolution on the International Yoga Day in the United Nations General Assembly.

The Indian Railways and Maharashtra government will form a special purpose vehicle to take up nine major railway projects in the state worth around Rs.23,000 crores, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu has announced.

Sources said once the deportation proceedings are initiated, the MEA will seek assistance of their counterparts in the UK to interdict Mallya and fly him back to India.

Pachauri, who has been accused of sexual harassment by his former women colleagues, stepped down as TERI Governing Council member.

Union Minister Giriraj has been in controversy in the past for his bizarre and insensitive remarks.

A Jet Airways spokesperson said the search yielded nothing and the aircraft has been cleared for further journey.

The minor boy had allegedly run over a 32-year-old man with his father's Mercedes in north Delhi's civil lines area.

Agitated over the alleged inaction by JNU administration over the issue, JNU students union demanded that the matter of security be raised by the Vice Chancellor with the police.

ITBP IG Anand Swarup's Tata Safari, which has a blue beacon, was stolen from outside from his residence in Noida's sector 23 on January 19.

In FY10, there were 55,000 domestic and 1.35 lakh foreign tourists who boarded cruise ships, which dropped to 45,000 and 70,000, respectively: Tourism Ministry

Dalit literature, whether oral or written, has been an integral and vibrant part of Indian literary tradition for centuries, said the release.

Heatwave has started to grip parts of peninsular India including Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Marathwada, Vidarbha and isolated pockets of Karnataka.

Singh, 50, was languishing in the Lahore jail for nearly 25 years on spying charges.