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The New Zealand team is go to India for the hockey World Cup scheduled to start in New Delhi on Sunday despite a reported terrorist threat, officials said.

Hockey officials, who put the team's departure on hold following last week's threat, said Monday they had assessed advice from the New Zealand government and an independent adviser on security arrangements in India.

"The detail we have received has reassured us that the required level of security is in place, therefore we have kept the team in the tournament," Hilary Poole, chief executive of Hockey New Zealand, said.

Poole said one player, Simon Child, had made a personal decision to pull out.

Rajasthan Congress on Thursday accused the state BJP government of "deliberately" stopping scholarships for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students.

About 350 scholarships were given by the state government every year but after the Congress regime, no attention was paid to it and was stopped without any thought, leader of opposition BD Kalla said in a statement here.

About 3200 students who got these scholarships were studying for higher degrees and many have got jobs of IAS, IPS and allied services in the country, he claimed.

New Delhi, Feb 22 - The government's financial stimulus had yielded "handsome results" and the economic growth of India was likely to improve around 7.5 percent despite the meltdown, President Prat

Over four failed attempts to get pregnant again, Celine Dion has bared her heartache.

Five Grammy awards winner, the acclaimed singer, who has to her credit more than 200 million sale records, revealed she cried rivers over each unsuccessful bid to have a second child through IVF.

The Daily Express quoted her as saying, that you do everything right and you are careful and you rest and then... the disappointment hits you like a wave. But I swear, I’ll keep trying until it works.

Claims that the United States is less safe under President Obama has been nullified by former US Secretary of State, Colin Powell.

CBS News quoted Powell, as saying,“ The bottom line answer is the nation is still at risk. Terrorists are out there. They''re trying to get through. But to suggest that somehow we have become much less safer because of the actions of the administration, I don''t think that''s borne out by the facts.”

Natural gas ended flat as moderating weather forecasts continued to place downward pressure on the market. Despite unusually cold weather in the major gas-consuming regions in recent weeks, gas traders were looking ahead to milder temperatures as spring approaches. The warmer weather is expected to curb the demand for natural gas for heating. Gas supplies remain ample despite recent withdrawals from storage. Total gas in U. S. storage as of Feb. 12 was 2.025 trillion cubic feet, about 2.7% above the five-year average and 1.3% above last year's level.

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Natural Gas trading range is 230-236.4.