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The subcontinent of India lies in south Asia, between Pakistan, China and Nepal. To the north it is bordered by the world's highest mountain chain, where foothill valleys cover the northernmost of the country's 26 states. Further south, plateaus, tropical ruin forests and sandy deserts are bordered by palm fringed beaches.
Side by side with the country's staggering topographical variations is its cultural diversity, the result of the coexistence of a number of religions as well as local tradition. Thus, the towering temples of south India, easily identifiable by their ornately sculptured surface, are associated with a great many crafts and performing arts of the region.
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• BSF recovers 14 kg heroin from Punjab border
The Border Security Force (BSF) recovered nearly 14 kg of heroin worth millions of rupees in the international market from the Abohar sector of the India-Pakistan border Monday.
• DDA denies housing fraud, politicians demand probe
The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) Monday strongly denied allegations of any foul play in the draw for over 5,000 flats, but politicians demanded a high-level enquiry into the alleged scam and the resignation of Minister of State for Urban Development Ajay Maken.
• Women activists demand probe into stripping of anti-liquor activist
Women activists in Orissa Monday demanded a probe into the alleged stripping last month of a woman anti-liquor activist by some people in Balasore district.
• Delhi Police rescue four minor Sikkimese girls
The Delhi Police Monday rescued four girls from Sikkim, aged around 12, in two raids in south Delhi's East of Kailash locality and arrested a woman and the owner of a placement agency.
• NDA to cite
A day ahead of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's meeting with chief ministers on internal security, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) Monday night decided to point out the 'shortcomings' in the new terror laws during the meeting.
• Goa police yet to clarify on Dutch tourist
A Dutch woman has alleged that she was drugged, robbed and raped on a Goa beach but the police were not registering her complaint. An unsigned police press release issued Monday, however, clairified little.
• 20 firms join in petroleum university
Beating the slowdown trend, over 20 companies are participating in this year's campus recruitment programme of the Institute of Petroleum Management Gandhinagar (IPMG), which began Monday.
• CBI files case against former Kandla Port Trust chairman
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against a former chairman and two officials of the Kandla Port Trust (KPT) and two private firms for irregularities in land allotment.
• BJP demands Ajay Maken
Leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which heads the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), and the All India Confederation of Scheduled Castes and Tribes Organisation Monday demanded the resignation of Minister of State for Urban Development Ajay Maken over allegations of fraud in the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) housing allotment.
• Anti-terror control rooms in all Chhattisgarh districts
Chhattisgarh announced Monday it would take a number of security measures including setting up of a commando battalion and anti-terrorist control room in all the 18 districts of the states to combat Maoists and also to deal with possible terror attacks.
• Andhra poll notification likely in March
The notification for Andhra Pradesh assembly elections is likely to be issued in March. Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy gave an indication to this effect during a cabinet meeting here Monday.
• Elite police force created in Ghaziabad
In the wake of many terrorist strikes in India, the Ghaziabad police Monday constituted an elite force to combat terror.
• Goa minister accused of forging wife
The controversy prone Goa Tourism Minister Francisco alias Mickky Pacheco has been accused by his estranged wife Sara Pacheco of forging her signatures in order to sell four flats in south Goa.
• Polling in Nandigram, Sujapur ends peacefully
The by-election in two West Bengal assembly constituencies - troubled Nandigram in East Midnapore district and Malda's Sujapur - ended peacefully Monday with more than 80 percent of voters exercising their franchise.
• Essential services act may be invoked over truckers
The government may invoke the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) if needed against the truckers' indefinite strike from Monday, even while the latter asserted their strike will not disrupt supply of basic commodities.
• India gives 26/11 evidence to Pakistan, asks for
New Delhi/Going beyond the daily war of words, India Monday ratcheted pressure on Islamabad and handed over evidence linking Pakistan-based militants to the Mumbai carnage stating that it wanted 'actual action' against the perpetrators.
• Gorkhaland activists call strike in Darjeeling hills from Jan 7
The Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM), which is spearheading a movement for a separate Gorkhaland state, called for an indefinite office strike in West Bengal's Darjeeling Hills from Jan 7.
• Ramadoss wants Rs.1 bn more for anti-tobacco campaign
Union Health Minster Anbumani Ramadoss said Monday he would seek around Rs.1 billion (Rs.100 crore) more from the central government for the anti-tobacco campaign, for which Rs.4.25 billion (Rs.425 crore) has already been provided.
• Cilic in second round of Chennai Open
Third seed Marin Cilic of Croatia underlined his talent with a quick 6-4, 6-4 demolition of Alberto Martin of Spain to enter the second round of the $450,000 ATP Chennai Open tennis tournament here today.
• Andhra allots land for Tata science campus in Hyderabad
The Andhra Pradesh government Monday decided to allot 210 acres of land here for the second campus of the Mumbai-based premier scientific research institute Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR).
• First Indian digital X-Ray to hit market mid-2009
The $17-billion healthcare equipment maker GE Healthcare Monday announced here the launch of India's first fully digital X-Ray system.
• Mumbai vs Saurashtra, Day Two
The following is the scoreboard on the second day of the Ranji Trophy semi-final between Mumbai and Saurahstra at the M.A. Chidambaram Stadium here Monday.
• CPI-M asks government to halt military ties with Israel
The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Monday urged the government to halt its military and security ties with Israel in the wake of the armed aggression in the Gaza Strip.
• Aegon Religare to infuse Rs.1.2 bn by July
Aegon Religare Life Insurance, a joint venture between financial services institutions Religare Enterprises and the Netherlands-based Aegon NV, will make fresh capital infusion of Rs.1.2 billion (Rs.120 crore) by July this year, a top official said here Monday.
• Plea against high-security number plates for vehicles rejected
The Supreme Court Monday rejected a petition seeking to stall the government's plan for high-security, tamper-proof registration number plates for motor vehicles.
• No evidence yet scam in DDA allotment, say police
The city police Monday said no 'cognisable offence' has been found so far in the allotment of over 5,000 flats recently by the Delhi Development Authority (DDA).
• Villagers lynch suspected Maoist in Jharkhand
Villagers chased and lynched a man they suspected to be a Maoist rebel in Jamshedpur district of Jharkhand Monday, the police said. The villagers were angry as earlier in the day members of the outlawed group had gunned down a man in the same district.
• Chidambaram to visit all states to review security
Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram Monday said he would visit all the states over the next two-three months to review security and figure out how to 'meet the challenges of the times'.
• Space may be reserved for poor in housing projects
In order to make housing affordable for the weaker sections of society, the government is thinking of reserving 20 percent of space in housing projects for them.
• Gujarat targets 15 percent industrial growth
Gujarat is aiming to achieve an annual industrial growth of 14.5 to 15 percent for the next five years, Minister of State for Industry and Energy Saurabh Patel said Monday.
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