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President Barack Obama met with Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress on Wednesday to try to break a budget deadlock that has shut wide swaths of the federal government, but there was no breakthrough and both sides blamed each other.

Narendra Modi said lakhs of rupees were spent on temples in villages, but there were no toilets there.

Li Na reached the quarter-finals by edging Sabine Lisicki 7-5, 6-4, while Rafael Nadal beat Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4, 7-6 (3).

Ace Indian archer Deepika won her first two recurve individual elimination round contests to advance to the Round of 32.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar welcomed the Cabinet decision to withdraw a controversial ordinance aimed at protecting convicted lawmakers.

The Army has admitted in the Supreme Court that recruitment to President's Bodyguard (PBG) is open only to Hindu Rajputs, Hindu Jats and Jat Sikhs, saying that it is done purely on "functional requirement" and there is no caste and religion bias in it.

Mourinho's team selections had been questioned by the British press after last month's shock 2-1 home defeat to Basel in their European opener.

'Kaanchi' features Kartik Tiwari and newcomer Mishti in the lead roles. The film also features Rishi Kapoor.

Torres will not be fit to join the Spain squad next week after injuring his knee during the Champions League win over Steaua Bucharest.

The world's largest Hindu temple, with a towering height of 405 feet and a hall with a seating capacity for 20,000, is to be built in Bihar, an official said on Wednesday.

It remains unclear exactly what new features and modifications could find their way into the next iPad Mini, which the sources said was due to be unveiled this month.

As per the records, Gandhiji saw just one film in his life and that was 'Ram Rajya' which was made in 1943.

The hit show's executive producer has revealed that one of their main character will die in the upcoming season.

Companies often use lock-up agreements to prevent insiders from selling shares simultaneously following an IPO, thereby flooding the market and depressing the stock price.

Pakistani troops fired at Indian positions on the line of control (LOC) in Mendhar sector of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir, in yet another violation of the bilateral ceasefire, a defence spokesman said on Wednesday.

Madrid said Bale has not trained with his teammates "because of a sore left hamstring" and that he would undergo tests on Wednesday.