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Puri, July 16 : Visiting Odisha to pray at the Jagannath temple, Gujarat Chief Minister and BJP strongman Narendra Modi Tuesday sought to draw similarities between the two states and also spoke in Oriya, winning applause.

The chief minister thanked the people of Odisha for their contribution to the progress of Gujarat.

Mumbai, July 16 : International art auction house Christie's will hold its inaugural auction here in December this year, a top company official said Tuesday.

Though Christie's has been present in India through its Mumbai office for almost 20 years, this is the first time it has decided to conduct an auction in the country.

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Los Angeles, July 16 : Singer-actress Selena Gomez's latest track "Sad serenade" has been leaked online and reportedly the song talks about her rough relationship with ex-boyfriend Justin Bieber.

Gomez, who was in a rock-solid relation with Bieber for two years, parted ways in January this year. However, news of their patch up has time and again surfaced.

Contactmusic. com reports that the lyrics of her new song are: "A sad, sad serenade. Sad serenade. We almost got it right. A sad, sad serenade... for every broken heart tonight...."

The lyrics further suggest that Gomez is not over Bieber yet.

Jaipur, July 16 : Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday said the economy was likely to grow at six percent or slightly more in the current fiscal year.

"This year, by all estimates, the growth rate will be six percent or slightly above. This is not a satisfactory level of growth," he said.

He attributed the low increase in growth to slowdown in advanced economies.

Chidambaram and Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad were in the city to address the media.

Mumbai, July 16 : A benchmark index of Indian equities markets tumbled 230 points Tuesday due to heavy selling pressure in banking and realty stocks after the Reserve Bank of India announced harsh measures to control the rupee's slide.

The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), which opened in the negative at 19,788.09 points, was trading at 19,803.86 points in the afternoon session, down 1.15 percent or 230.62 points from its previous day close at 20,034.48 points.

The Sensex touched a high of 19,827.15 points and low of 19,649.58 points in the intra-day.