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«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

GTU convocation to be khadi affair

Students attending the annual convocation of Gujarat Technological University will wear khadi. GTU, after Gujarat Vidyapith, will be the first university in the state to make khadi compulsory for its convocation.

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

Modi boosts BPF stakes in state

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech at a rally organized by Bodoland Peoples' Front (BPF) in Kokrajhar immediately after BJP sealed a pre-poll alliance with it has raised the regional party's stakes in the state.

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

Bodoland Territorial Areas District to get enough funds: BJP

The BJP on Wednesday tried to counter chief minister Tarun Gogoi's criticism of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not announcing a Rs 1,000-crore package for Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD) by saying that the Centre is committed to allotting sufficient funds for the Sixth Schedule-administered area in the coming budget session.

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

Five held for driver's murder

Ramol Police on Wednesday nabbed five people, allegedly involved in the robbery and murder of a truck driver which took place last month.

«La Crosse Tribune» (lacrossetribune.com) 

Wisconsin Senate passes Planned Parenthood funding cut

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republicans took another step Wednesday in their push to defund Planned Parenthood, with the state Senate passing two bills that would cost the organization mill…

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

Mercury dips in Assam on rainy Wednesday

With occasional showers since evening on Tuesday, the mercury level has dipped across Assam.The minimum temperature on Wednesday was 13C and the maximum temperature was 21C.

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

AMC engineer fined for late reply

It took the Ahmedabad municipal corporation (AMC) almost two and-a-half year to reply to an RTI query, as to how much of the taxpayers money was being spent in a year behind constructing roads, picking garbage, and to keep the urban health centres running in central zone.

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

Assam Agriculture University Vice Chancellor to attend ICAR meet

Vice-chancellor of Assam Agriculture University (AAU) Kamal Malla Bujar Baruah will take part in the annual conference of vice-chancellors of agricultural universities and directors of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) institutes in Delhi on Friday.

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

Human rights seminar in Gauhati University

A two-day national seminar on human rights organized by the National Human Rights Commission, in collaboration with Gauhati University (GU), will be held at the Phanidhar Dutta Seminar Hall of the university on Thursday and Friday

Zee News (zeenews.india.com) 

Five Egyptian policemen killed

A group of militants attacked security forces at Atlawy Square in Arish, killing five policemen and injuring 10 others.

«Seattle Post-Intelligencer» (seattlepi.com) 

Pinkett Smith says Oscars backlash not really about Oscars

NEW YORK (AP) — Jada Pinkett Smith says the backlash to the all-white acting nominees for the Academy Awards "isn't really about the Oscars." In another video posted Wednesday by "Entertainment Tonight" she says, "This whole Oscar controversy isn't really about the Oscars."

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

Wife says man neglects family for eunuchs

In a peculiar application of complaint by a 35-year-old woman from Ranip, at the Women's Police Station in Ahmedabad, the woman alleged that her husband spends most of his time with a group of eunuchs and is neglecting her and their little daughter.

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

Chinese flood Taiwan president-elect's Facebook, demanding return to China

Thousands of posts, apparently from China, have flooded the Facebook page of Taiwan president-elect Tsai Ing-wen, demanding her self-ruled island be brought under Chinese control, though her party brushed it off and said they respected their views.

«The Times of India» (indiatimes.com) 

Chinese flood Taiwan president-elect's Facebook, demanding return to China

Thousands of posts, apparently from China, have flooded the Facebook page of Taiwan president-elect Tsai Ing-wen, demanding her self-ruled island be brought under Chinese control, though her party brushed it off and said they respected their views.