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Jeddah, Nov 24 (IANS) A 25-member Indian Haj goodwill delegation visited this port city of Saudi Arabia and interacted with Haj pilgrims there, expressing their satisfaction with the arrangements made by the Indian Haj mission.

New Delhi, Nov. 23 (ANI): The Government will present the Liberhan Commission report related to Babri mosque demolition at 12.00 (afternoon) on Tuesday in the Lok Sabha, a decision in this regard has reportedly been taken during the Cabinet meet called on to discuss the tabling of the report and Action Taken Report (ATR).

New Delhi, Nov.24 (ANI): The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Government, which is faced with the heat of the Opposition over leakage of Liberhan Commission report related to Babri mosque demolition, may table the report on Tuesday in the Lok Sabha.

Raipur, Nov 24 (IANS) A leopard, which injured many children in a Chhattisgarh village last week, was found dead in a pond in Mahasamund district, a forest department official said Tuesday.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) The capital woke up to yet another chilly morning Tuesday, with the minimum temperature touching 9.3 degrees Celsius. Met officials, however, predicted that the mercury will rise over the next few days.

Women self-help groups from the remote areas of Jharkhand State have displayed products with traditional Kantha Art during the ongoing India International Trade Fair in national capital New Delhi.

Mumbai, Nov 24 (IANS) A year after 26/11, a Bhendi Bazaar resident, 68-year old Mohammed Hanif Peer Mohammed, still remembers his beloved brother-in-law, Mastan Qureshi, 50, who fell a victim to terrorists' bullets at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (CST) that night.

Bangalore, Nov 24 (IANS) Achoe does not remember much of his childhood in Tibet. The 18-year-old, now in an orphanage in Karnakata, left his motherland when he was around four. But all these years, all he has yearned for is to go back home and meet his relatives.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Alarmed by rising incidents of aggression and violence among adolescents, a hospital here has started a life skills training programme for students in various schools in the capital to help them manage behavioural problems.

Concentrations of greenhouse gases, the major cause of global warming, are at their highest levels ever recorded and are still climbing, the U.N. World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said on Monday.

Guwahati, Nov 23(ANI): Members of several political parties protested in Guwahati on Monday against the deteriorating law and order situation in areas dominated by ethnic Bodo people.

India's junior Foreign Minister Shashi Tharoor said on Sunday that the Indian government does not view China or China's development as any kind of a threat.

Anguished over a newspaper report, which indicted involvement of BJP's top brass,Atal Bihari Vajpayee,L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi.

Home Minister P Chidambaram assured parliament on Monday that the government would table the Justice Liberhan Commission Report on Babri Masjid Demolition in this session.

A group of visually challenged people under the banner of the National Federation of Blind (NFB) staged a protest demonstration in the national capital New Delhi.

Lawmakers of prominent Indian political parties,on Monday expressed anguish over leakage of the contents of the Liberhan Commission report that held BJP's top brass responsible for the Babri Mosque demolition.

New Delhi, Nov 23(ANI): The wives of 26/11 Mumbai terror attack martyrs, Hemant Karkare and Vijay Salaskar, called on Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi here on Monday.

Indian private-sector lender Axis Bank will stay focused on its mainstay corporate advances, and not accelerate retail lending as analysts had expected it to do given signs of improving economic activity.

New Delhi, Nov 23(ANI): Union Minister of State for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh on Monday pitched for the use of eco-friendly vehicles to meet the challenge of climate change and global warming.

Dharamshala, Nov 23 (ANI): Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama arrived in Dharamshala on Monday, after finishing his visit to Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh.