US Ambassador Meets Modi

US Ambassador Nancy Powell Thursday met Gujarat Chief Minister and BJP Prime Ministerial nominee Narendra Modi in the state capital here.

The meeting between the US envoy and Modi, widely regarded as a strong contender for the Prime Minister's post, marks a change in stance of the US which had denied the Bharatiya Janata Party leader a visa in 2005 over the 2002 Gujarat riots.

Powell was presented a bouquet of roses by Modi, after which she and her aides held a meeting with him.

The meeting had been facilitated by the external affairs ministry, which had received a request to arrange for the meeting some time ago.

External affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin said earlier that the US embassy had requested for the meeting "quite some time ago" with Modi and the ministry had facilitated it.

The US revoked Modi's visa in 2005 under a law barring entry of foreign officials seen as responsible for "severe violations of religious freedom". He has not applied for a US visa since then.

Since Modi's emergence as a national leader, the US business lobby has reached out to him. Three Republican lawmakers accompanied a US business delegation that met him in Ahmedabad last year. A senior US diplomat also attended that meeting.

On the issue of granting Modi a visa, the State Department has said that the BJP leader was "welcome to apply for a visa and await a review like any other applicant".

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Appa Tucker Video Song : Inga Enna Solludhu

   

   Movie: Inga Enna Solludhu

  Starcast: STR, Andrea, VTV Ganesh,
  Santhanam, Meera Jasmine

  Director: V Selva

  Composer: Dharan Kumar

  Singer: Rabbit Mac, Sheezay,
  Bugz of Psycho Unit

  Lyricist: Psycho Unit(Malaysia)

  Banner:
  Sun Pictures & VTV Productions

  Label: Think Music

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Meera Jasmine Ties The Knot

Malayalam actor Meera Jasmine tied the knot with Anil John Titus, an engineer by profession employed in Dubai, at the CSI Mateer Memorial church in Palayam on Wednesday.

Only relatives and close friends of the bride and groom attended the wedding that took place under tight police security. Anil had moved the court seeking police protection as a former friend, whom he had planned to marry, and her father had threatened to stop the marriage. The Court on Tuesday instructed the state police to ensure no law-and-order problem took place during the marriage.

Actors Dileep, Kavya Madhavan and Mallika Sukumaran attended the marriage and the reception.

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Kerala To Get Three New Trains

Railway Minister Mallikarjun Kharge  played it safe by not announcing a hike in passenger and freight charges in the interim railway budget, his first and the UPA II's last.

Last year, the railway budget had increased fares for passengers. This time Kerala received three new trains: a Thiruvananthapuram-Bangalore premium train, a Thiruvananthapuram - Nizzamuddin express train and a Punalur Kanyakumari passenger. The first two trains would operate twice weekly. There is also a proposal to conduct survey on the Thiruvananthapuram-Puducherry route. The minister did not make any mention about the proposed coach factory in Palakkad.

During his budget presentation speech, which had to be cut short because of commotion in the house due to the Telengana issue, the minister said that there was a need for modernisation in the railways.

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Toyota To Recall 1.9 Mn Prius Cars

Toyota Motor Corp on Wednesday issued a recall covering all 1.9 million of the third-generation Prius cars sold worldwide, due to a programming glitch in their hybrid system.

About half of the recalls are in Japan and 713,000 in North America, a Toyota spokeswoman said. No accidents have been reported related to the defect.

Toyota said the problem was in the software used to control the boost converter in a module that is part of the hybrid system.

"The setting of the software could cause higher thermal stress in certain transistors within the booster converter, and these transistors could deform or become damaged as a result," Toyota said.

"This will result in various warning lights being illuminated, and will probably cause the vehicle to enter a failsafe mode," it said, noting that the car can be driven but with reduced driving power.

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Petitioned UN In Marines Case, Says Italy

The Italian government said Tuesday it has petitioned the United Nations over the case of two Italian marines accused of murder in India while awaiting charges for two years.

Foreign Minister Emma Bonino said Italy has "initiated contact" with the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) over "the lack of charges" and the "restriction of freedom" placed on the marines - Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone - since the alleged crime, reports Italian news agency ANSA.

The pair has been living and working at the Italian embassy in India pending charges for allegedly killing Valentine and Ajesh Binki after opening fire on their fishing trawler while guarding the privately owned Italian-flagged oil-tanker MT Enrica Lexie off the coast of Kerala in February 2012.

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Aju Varghese To Tie Knot On February 24

Malayalam young actor Aju Varghese ties the knot with Augustina on February 24 , Monday , 2014.Don’t think it is as a love marriage! It is completely an arranged marriage. The marriage will take on 24th from Kadavanthara Illakumal church.

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