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Blast at illegal fireworks factory kills at least 27 in India

RajasthanNew Delhi  - At least 27 people, including 12 chi

Uphaar tragedy: Supreme Court refuses to review Ansals` bail cancellation

Uphaar tragedy: Supreme Court refuses to review Ansals` bail cancellationNew Delhi, Oct 23 : The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to review an application filed by the Ansal brothers seeking review of their bail cancellation in the Uphaar cinema tragedy case.

A Bench of justices B N Aggrawal and G S Singhvi said the Ansal brothers, Sushil and Gopal, cannot seek review of the apex court''s order in the garb of modification application.

The apex court said that the only remedy available to the accused was to file a fresh review petition.

Tata Teleservices to launch its services in J&K, North Eastern region in next two months

TATATata Teleservices, a part of the Tata Group of companies, has informed that it would launch its services in Jammu and Kashmir and the North Eastern region in next two month.

The proposed roll out of services would take its presence to 21 circles across the country. Presently, the company operates in more than 6600 towns across 19 circles.

School children in Amritsar say, ‘No, to crackers” ahead of Diwali

Amritsar, Oct. 23 Hundreds of schoolchildren took out a march here on Thursday to spread general awareness and appeal children to not burn fireworks to celebrate the upcoming Diwali festival.

Participating in the march, the children carried placards reading messages like “ Say, no to crackers”.

Students appealed all children not to waste their parents’ hard-earned money on fire-crackers. The gesture was also aimed at preventing air and noise pollution through public awareness.

The participants in the march said the fireworks also cause harmful effects on everyone’s health with their poisonous gases.

Challenger begins in Cuttack from today

Yuvraj Singh-is leading India Blue and S Badrinath is the captain of India Red.

India Blue is said to be the favourites to retain the trophy. It has presence of large number of star players including skipper Yuvraj Singh, Robin Uthapa, Irfan Pathan, Dinesh Karthik and Virat Kohli. This has given them advantage over other two teams.

The other team in the tournament is India green lead by Mohd. Kaif.

Yuvi as the fans call him is eyeing for a double century in the first match. ''My form has not been that good in recent times.Therefore, I am aiming to score a double hundred and bounce back into form,'' he said after the net practice session.

CEC to visit MP and Chhattisgarh today

The full body of Central Election Commission (CEC) will visit Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh today to review the arrangements for assembly polls there.

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