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New Delhi, July 25 : Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Thursday expressed joy that police were "able to prove their case" in the 2008 Batla House shootout in Delhi, but also defended Congress leaders who questioned the incident's veracity, saying "they meant well".

"I am glad that the police have been able to prove their case. Earlier, the NHRC (National Human rights Commission) and the high court also held that there was no reason to doubt the genuineness of the encounter," Chidambaram, a former home minister, told Times Now.

New Delhi, July 25 : India Thursday agreed to reschedule its existing Lines of Credit (LoC) to Sudan totalling $566.9 million.

According to an external affairs ministry statement here, the agreement for India's biggest rescheduling of LoC till date was signed in the presence of Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur and Sudan's Minister of Finance and National Economy Ali Mahmoud Mohamed, who is currently on an official visit to India.

Madrid, July 25 : Argentine football star Lionel Messi has said that he had no hand in the appointment of new Barcelona manager Gerardo Martino.

"I had nothing to do with Martino's signing. It was down to the president Sandro Rosell and the club. I said before that I thought he was a good coach, but I don't have anything to do with this," Messi was quoted saying by Telegraph Wednesday.

Martino, former coach of Paraguay, has agreed to sign a two-year contract with the Catalan club and will replace Tito Vilanova, who resigned from the position last Friday due to health issues.

New Delhi, July 25 : "Dabangg" star Sonakshi Sinha

Kolkata, July 25 : With diabetes and obesity on the increase in the country, weight reduction procedures or bariatric surgeries are in huge demand in the country, said an expert.

"Bariatric surgeries are in huge demand. This is an indicator of the rising obesity and diabetes cases. There is a vast difference in the number of cases from five years ago," said Om Tantia, consultant bariatric and metabolic surgeon, ILS Hospital here.

Los Angeles, July 25 : Actress-model Helen Flanagan had an emergency spray tan session at midnight because she was terrified of looking pale.

The 22-year-old, who is due to start filming for the new show "Celebrity Super Spa" in Liverpool, couldn't sleep thinking about her looks and called for a tanning session at 1.30 a. m., reports thesun. co. uk.

"Helen is very self-conscious. She was in her hotel room and wanted to get a good night's sleep before filming her new show the next day," said a source.