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Referring to the Middle-East terror group, which controls a vast territory in Iraq and Syria, the Home Minister said the influence of the Islamic State on Indian youths is negligible.

Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed on Sunday said his government would examine the need for denotifying disturbed areas to initiate a phased withdrawal of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from there.

China's special representative, Yang Jiechi, will visit India from Sunday until Tuesday for the eighteenth round of boundary talks, India's foreign ministry said in a statement.

According to the Assocham-Skymet Weather joint report, the damage to Rabi crop due to unseasonal rains shall continue and a major spell of rainfall is expected next month in North India, especially in the first week of April.

"India is the only BRIC country, where growth will accelerate, to 8 per cent in FY16 and 8.3 per cent in FY17, based on revised data series," Fitch said in its report on Global Economic Outlook.

Sony Pictures is in talks to develop a reinterpretation of William Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet', titled 'Verona'.

Vanessa Hudgens has made her Broadway debut with romantic musical comedy 'Gigi'.

Peak power demand during February was 1,37,948 MW, of which 1,34,102 MW was met, leaving a deficit of 3,846 MW, according to the data by Central Electricity Authority.

Given the high risk of infection even a piece of paper posseses, MSF doctors on site had to resort to shouting patient notes to workers on the other side of the protective zone fence, making the task tedious and prone to errors.

"Come what may the operation against terrorists will continue in the country till elimination of the last terrorist," Nawaz Sharif said.

The address assume significance as the government is trying to get Land Acquisition Amendment Bill passed in the Rajya Sabha.

A unique initiative shall be introduced at the upcoming FICCI Frames 2015.

There is a need for appropriate and applicable health care technology in India. Our medical devices industry is underinvested and heavily import-driven at present." Nata Menabde said.

"More than four out of ten current donors will increase their philanthropic contributions in the next five years," business consulting firm Bain & Company said in its 'India Philanthropy Report 2015'.

The chief minister said that youths of Bihar held tremendous merit and needed opportunity to excel in the state.

The 'Lingaa' issue with the distributors, who claimed heavy losses, seems to have finally resolved amicably.