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Congress to screen aspirants on October 27 and 28

Ahmedabad, Oct 26 (UNI) The Congress will begin the process of selection of candidates for the forthcoming Gujarat assembly elections tomorrow, while an election committee has been constituted under the chairmanship of Bharatsinh Solanki.

About 2500 forms from prospective candidates have been received and the committee would scrutinise it before finalising the candidates.

The selection process has been spread in five zones of the state, from where the forms submitted will be analysed and candidates given a chance to speak and put up their case, Mr Dipak Babriya, spokesman of the election committee said.

The selection process in Saurashtra gets underway on October 27, covering Porbandar, Surendranagar, Junagadh city and district, while on the next day it will be in Rajkot city and district, Jamnagar city and district and Amreli.

The schedule for other districts is as follows: October 27--Bhavnagar-Ahmedabad and in North Gujarat at Patan, Banaskantha. Central Gujarat in Anand, Vadodara city and district and South Gujarat at Bharuch, Valsad and Gandhinagar.

October 28 at Kheda, Dahod, Panchmahals, Navsari, Surat and Kutch.

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There is global demand for traditional medicines : Ramadoss

New Delhi, Oct 26 (UNI) Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Anbumani Ramadoss today said traditional medicine is witnessing a global demand in view of the changing lifestyle that has made it difficult for chemical drugs to provide adequate solutions to chronic and psychosomatic problems. ''And this is one of the main reasons why there is a global resurgence of demand for traditional medicines,'' Dr Ramadoss said while inaugurating the five-day health fair 'Indian Systems of Medicine, AROGYA 2007' here......

Human race will split into two different species by 3000

London, Oct 26 (UNI) An alarming prediction coming from an evolutionary theorist has revealed that human race will reach its peak by 3000 after which it will split into two separate species. Oliver Curry of London School of Economics said, ''While one breed would be attractive, intelligent, ruling elite, the other would be dim-witted, ugly goblin-like creatures.'' ''Physical features will be driven by indicators of health, youth and fertility that men and women have evolved to look for in potential mates,''.....

Blair to write memoirs of life in Downing Street

London, Oct 26 (UNI) Former British prime minister Tony Blair has signed a five million pound deal to pen his memoirs of life in Downing Street. Those close to the British leader say the book will be ''frank but not disloyal''. Mr Blair signed the deal with the publisher Random House, it was announced last night, although it is understood that his account of his 10 years as prime minister is unlikely to appear for two years. ''I hope my memoirs.....
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