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Patna, Sept. 22 : Cricket fans offered a special prayer here on Saturday for India’s success against Australia in the Twenty20 World Cup semi-final match to be played at Durban this evening.

Fans offered cricket bats and wickets to Lord Ganesha.

"Today, there is a match between India and Australia. Fans are gathered here during Ganesha festival to pray for the team's success because Lord Ganesha is the lord of prosperity. So, with his blessings the team will surely attain success," said Rakesh Kumar, a fan.

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Washington, September 22 : A new study has shown that the bacterium that causes a highly contagious and sometimes deadly form of diarrhoea is often carried by persons who do not have any of the disease symptoms.

The new findings, published online in Clinical Infectious Diseases, have dramatic implications for health care workers who treat and isolate only those patients who exhibit symptoms.

New Delhi/Bhopal, Sep 22 : With former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee opting out of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s national executive meet citing health reasons, party’s veteran L K Advani was all set to take the lead, but the former’s recent open letter to his party men has once again put the issue of party leadership in deep freeze.

Sept 22: Parents need to make sure that their kids get a good night's sleep, for a new study by researchers from the University of Queens land in Brisbane suggests that children who don't get enough of sleep are more likely to become obese when they grow up.

The scientists have found that lack of sleep prevented the body from producing sufficient quantities of a hormone that repressed appetite.