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Restoration of Bhagat Singh's alma mater
Lahore:  Bradlaugh Hall, where one of India's most influential revolutionaries, Bhagat Singh, once studied is the focus of a campaign to not only rescue it from disrepair, but also to rename it and other landmarks in Lahore after him.
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Manmohan Singh asks ministers to stay away from Kumbh Mela
     New Delhi:  Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday appealed to all his Cabinet colleagues and VVIPs to avoid visiting the Kumbh Mela on important days following rush and security concerns.
Prospects of Indo-Pak talks cheer up Samjhauta travellers
     Attari:   The report that India and Pakistan may soon engage in talks has been welcomed by many in both countries. The hope of an improved relationship between the two neighbours can be noticed on the face of passengers of Samjhauta Express, the only train which travels between the two countries.
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Maoists blow up railway tracks on the second day of 72-hour shutdown
     New Delhi: Maoists blew up two railway tracks on the second day of the 72-hour shutdown call given by them on Sunday across the four states of Jharkhand, Orissa, Bihar and West Bengal.
Sikh kids should be allowed to wear kirpan, kara in public: Brit Asian judge
     London:  Britain's first Asian judge, Sir Mota Singh, has said that Sikh schoolchildren should be allowed to wear their ceremonial daggers at all times in all public places.
17 army jawans, officer killed in avalanche in Gulmarg ski resort
     Gulmarg: The rescue operations launched to save trapped armymen and others by avalanche at Khilanmarg area of Jammu and Kashmir were called off on Monday evening after all the trapped people were rescued. Seventeen jawans of the army and a lieutenant were killed.
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