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Welcoming the GDP data, finance minister Arun Jaitley said that manufacturing and services sector trends indicate India can grow at 8 to 9%. (PTI)
<br>Sukhoi fighter plane crashes in Assam, occupants eject safely</br> A Sukhoi-30 aircraft, India's front line fighter plane, crashed at Laokhowa in Nagaon district of Assam following a technical snag but both the pilot and weapons systems operator ejected safely. This is the sixth crash of the aircraft, manufactured here under licence from Russia, since 2009. The incident happened at about 12:30 PM, 36 kms away from Tezpur. The SU-30 aircraft had taken off from Air Force Station Tezpur on a routine mission at 12:17. "After take off, the aircraft had developed a technical snag and the pilot was forced to abandon the aircraft. Both the pilots ejected," the IAF said in a statement. The ejection was safe and the aircraft crashed at 1230 hours in a thick forest near Tezpur. (PTI) (19/05/2015) 
<br>Setback for Salman Khan:</br> Bollywood actor Salman Khan today moved the Rajasthan High Court to seek permission to call five prosecution witnesses for re-examination in the black bucks poaching case but the single bench refused to hear his petition, according to his counsel. Justice Vijay Bishnoi, before whom the petition was listed, said the case should be "put up before another bench", said Salman Khan's counsel H M Saraswat. Salman Khan moved the High Court after rejection of his petitions to call 5 prosecution witnesses of the case including the then District Magistrate Rajat Kumar Mishra and the Investigating Officer (ASP) Ashok Patni, first in trial court and then in the session court on May 14. (PTI) (19/05/2015) -
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, in a letter he wrote today, has taken the tussle over who runs the capital city to PM Narendra Modi a day after he met President Pranab Mukherjee. The controversy was started over the tussle in the appointment of Shakuntala Gamlin as acting chief secretary of Delhi. Despite Arvind Kejriwal-led AAP government's strong opposition, LG Najeeb Jung had appointed her to the post on Friday. Here are the top points: (PTI)
<br>Narendra Modi's selfie with China PM Li registers 31.85 mn hits:</br> Prime Minister Narendra Modi's selfie with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, hailed by western media as one of the most "power-packed selfie", has got over 31 million hits on his account on Chinese social media Weibo. Modi, who is one of the world's most followed leaders on Twitter with 12.3 million followers, debuted on Chinese social media just ahead of his visit to China that began on May 14. The number of followers of Modi's Weibo account has gone up to over 1.65 lakh, Indian officials here said. The selfie Modi took with Li and posted it on his Weibo account after attending a Yoga-Tai Chi event has registered 31.85 million hits, they said. (PTI) (19/05/2015) 
<br>Arvind Kejriwal meets President Pranab Mukherjee, hits out at LG over crisis in Delhi</br> Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal today took his bitter fight with Delhi LG Najeeb Jung over appointment of Shakuntala Gamlin as Chief Secretary to President Pranab Mukherjee and accused him of violating the Constitution and overstepping jurisdictions. Arvind Kejriwal, who was given an appointment by President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday, met him along with his deputy Manish Sisodia, who said “LG Najeeb Jung was functioning as if there is President’s Rule in the national capital and there is no elected government here.” (File photo: PTI) (19/05/2015) 
<br>After land, Rahul Gandhi to wage 'war' over sea:</br> Apart from running a high voltage campaign against Narendra Modi government over farmers' issue, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi will step up his outreach to more working class segments by taking up traditional fishermen's woes during his visit to Kerala's coastal hamlet next week. Congress whip in Lok Sabha K C Venugopal said Rahul will visit Chavakkad, a small coastal town in Thrissur district, next week where fishermen are agitating against the Centre's decision to extend trawling ban from 47 days to 61 days. Gandhi's two-day Kerala visit will begin on May 26. (PTI) (19/05/2015) 
<br>Dust storm, drizzle cool Delhi</br> A strong dust storm coupled with a light drizzle this afternoon cooled the temperature and brought welcome relief in the national capital where residents have been reeling under a run of sweltering weather. "An 80-km per hour wind started at 4.15 P.M. and brought with it a lot of dust. Visibility dropped to 500 metres at Indira Gandhi International Airport," said Rajendra Jenamani, India Meteorological Department director (IGIA). According to him, the dust storm was an outcome of the extremely hot conditions yesterday which had pushed the mercury up to 43 degrees Celsius. "When it gets too hot, a vacuum is created which results in a strong wind blowing in. Such strong winds that blow in dust are normal in northwestern India," he said. The city also witnessed light drizzles which cooled the temperature. (AP) (19/05/2015) 
<br>KEM's Room No. 4 may bear Aruna Shanbaug's name:</br> For 42 years they waged a quiet battle here to keep alive Aruna Shanbaug and now the nurses of Mumbai's KEM Hospital want Room no. 4 to be turned into a memorial to her. Aruna Shanbaug, a nurse at the hospital, existed comatose in the room since being subjected to a brutal sexual assault in 1973 by a ward boy, who tried to throttle her with a dog's chain, leaving her in a permanently vegetative state. Aruna Shanbaug, 66, who passed away yesterday, had become the face of a debate on euthanasia in India. The Supreme Court had, on a petition seeking mercy killing for Aruna Shanbaug, allowed 'passive euthanasia' wherein life support to a patient in permanently vegetative state could be withdrawn. Despite the court's verdict, the nurses had decided to carry on with their epic fight. (PTI) (19/05/2015) 
<br>Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev plans to open 10,000 gyms in Haryana</br> Yoga Guru Baba Ramdev has said that ten thousand gyms would be opened throughout Haryana to promote yoga in the state. "One thousand such yoga gymnasia will be established this year in Haryana," he said, after inaugurating a newly established Patanjali Dispensary-cum-Service Centre in zila parishad complex at Narnaul yesterday. These gymnasia would develop positive thinking among youths in the state and immunise them from day-to-day ailments as well, said Ramdev who is Haryana's brand ambassador for promotion of yoga and Ayurveda.(PTI) (19/05/2015)
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