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Aurangabad, Nov 24 (ANI): Onion prices have fallen with rains halting in Maharashtra.
Farmers earlier could not bring their onion stock to the market due to heavy rains, resulting in a steep rise in the prices of onions.

Panaji, Nov 24 (ANI): Veteran Bollywood actress Waheeda Rehman inaugurated the 40th edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) by lighting the lamp at a glittering function here on Monday.

Amritsar Nov. 24 (ANI): Marking 334th martyrdom day of Guru Teg Bahadur, the ninth master of the Sikhs, a religious procession was taken out in Amritsar, the city of Golden Temple, on Monday.

Jashpur (Chhattisgarh), Nov 23(ANI): A young man named Pilu Sahay of Bansjhal village in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district has a bizarre addiction of consuming snake venom.

Bhopal, Nov 23(ANI): Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and chief of Bhartiya Janshakti Party, Uma Bharti, on Monday defended leaders of the BJP whose names have featured in a leaked report of the judicial commission that probed demolition of the Babri Masjid in December 1992.

Ranchi, Nov 23 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh has described the leakage of the Liberhan Commission Report as an attempt to polarise voters during the forthcoming Jharkhand assembly polls.

Ranchi, Nov 23 (ANI): Police here have foiled a Maoist attempt to disrupt the Assembly polls in Jharkhand as they have arrested three people with electronic material used in landmine plants.

Leh, Nov.22 (ANI): Come winter and authorities in Ladakh district of Jammu and Kashmir have to ensure that there is ample procurement and stock of foodstuff and other essential commodities since the region will remain cut off from the rest of the mainland due to heavy snowfall on the approach links.

Indore, Nov. 22 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Congress President Suresh Pachouri allegedly pushed and punched a party worker at the Indore airport after he was mobbed by a aspirants seeking nominations for upcoming civic polls in the state.

Nagpur, Nov. 22 (ANI): The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Sunday demanded action against MNS chief Raj Thackeray for trying to divide the country in the name of language and humiliating the lingua franca.

New Delhi, Nov.21 (ANI): The President of India on Saturday appointed Janki Ballabh Patnaik, Dr. Kamla, and Dr. D.Y..Patil as the new Governors of Assam, Gujarat and Tripura respectively.

Gangtok, Nov 21(ANI): An exhibition on cultural heritage of Manipur was recently held at Sikkim State Archives in Gangtok.

Imphal, Nov 21 (ANI): By-poll to Yaiskul Assembly constituency in Imphal East district of Manipur would be held on December 19.

Coimbatore, Nov 20(ANI): Green house technology is getting popular among the farmers in Tamil Nadu, where a farmer has reaped rich dividends by growing tomatoes with this technology.

Dhanbad (Jharkhand), Nov 20 (ANI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Friday said that non-violence was the only way to solve all the problems in Jharkhand.

Aurangabad (Maharashtra), Nov 20(ANI): Recent heavy unseasonal rains in Maharashtra's Aurangabad district have destroyed crops, including cotton, maize and sugarcane.

Bhubaneshwar, Nov 20(ANI): A visually impaired family has formed a musical orchestra group to showcase their talent in Orissa.

New Delhi, Nov 20 (ANI): Karnataka Water Resource Minister Basavraj Bommai on Friday submitted a memorandum to Union Water Resource Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal seeking more central assistance towards reconstruction, restoration infrastructure in major and medium irrigation projects of the state.

New Delhi, Nov 20(ANI): The Congress party on Friday defended the Union Government's sugarcane pricing policy, which has led to farmers unrest and adjournment of Parliament.

Ladakh, Nov 20 (ANI): Buddhists in Ladakh recently celebrated the two-day Chemday monastery festival.