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'Southern Splendour Express' soon from Hyderabad: Minister

Tirupati, May 22 (UNI) 'Southern Splendour Express', a train connecting all spiritual and tourist locations in South India, would be launched from Hyderabad shortly, Andhra Pradesh Tourism Minister Anam Ramanarayana Reddy has said.

Inaugurating a theme park here last night, the Minister said the train would cover all spiritual and tourist spots in South India within one-week.

He said Andhra pradesh would see a huge investment of Rs 1500 crore in tourism sector as more private players were showing interest in the sector.

To encourage the investors, the state government would provide concessions in power tariff, sales tax and commercial taxes, he added.

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Ancient Greeks and Romans used kissing to express deference, not for Valentines

Washington, February 14 (ANI): Kissing meant much more than physical attraction for the ancient Greeks and Romans, for the juicy gesture was used to express deference at the time, says an expert.Donald Lateiner, a humanities-classics professor at Ohio Wesleyan University, says that men kissed men on the cheek as a social greeting, while subjects of a king "abased" themselves by kissing the ground in front of him.While speaking at a press conference in Chicago, he said that people.....
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