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Tributes paid to Ambedkar on his birth anniversary

Puducherry, Apr 14 (UNI) Floral tributes were paid to B R Ambedkar on his 117th birth anniversary here today.

Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangasamy, his cabinet colleagues, Speaker R Radhakrishnan, legislators and senior officials of the territorial administration, were among others, who garlanded Dr Ambedkar's statue at Bharathi Park in front of the assembly premises.

Several political parties, including Congress, DMK, AIADMK, CPI and Puducherry Munnetra Congress(PMC), garlanded the statue to mark the occasion.

Representatives of several Dalit organisations also garlanded the statue on the occasion.

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Suresh Kalmadi says India is ahead in countdown for Commonwealth Games

New Delhi, May 30 (ANI): Chairman of the organising Committee of Commonwealth Games, Suresh Kalmadi has said that India is ahead of the deadline in the completion of the all facilities to host the Commonwealth Games at New Delhi in 2010.Addressing a press conference after visiting a couple of sites here on Friday, Kalmadi said, "As the Chairman of the managing committee of the Commonwealth Games, I'm telling you.....
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