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The Ministry said Indians Missions and Posts in these countries have been regularly taking up with the respective foreign governments the issue of early release of prisoners from jails and deportation centres.

Four more persons succumbed to dengue on Friday, taking the death toll from the vector-borne disease to 20.

It has only 12 bank branches and 13 ATMs per 1,000 adults, compared to Brazil, which has about 4 times the number of branches and 10 times as many ATMs per 1,000 adults, said the report by Deloitte India and Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) said.

The 66-year-old was accompanied by three others as well as a local guide when he collapsed just after climbing up the stairs at the white marble tomb, said the officer in charge of the tourist police station in Agra.

The incident occurred in the evening when the child had come out of his house to play.

From August 1 till September 17, samples of 180 suspected swine flu patients have been tested, of which 34 tested positive. Of them, 11 people died, health department director K.L. Sahu said.

These foot- overbridges (FOBs) have been constructed at all the nine Metro stations of the Faridabad corridor for the convenient movement of the pedestrians.

"Once you start tracking sales online, there will be less need to have checkposts," Rashmi Verma, a senior official in the finance ministry revenue department, said.

The FTII students replied after the I&B ministry wrote to the students seeking an amicable solution to the issue.

In a communication, the Commission sought to dismiss reports that it has already taken a decision in this regard.

Police said they have a launched a probe as it is a case of a suspected murder.

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to lift the stay on meat ban in Mumbai, criticising the imposition of ban in strong words.

Thackeray's contribution to Marathi language, the state's culture, and the cultural, political, educational and financial development of Marathi people is immense, he said.

Pakistan is likely to raise the Kashmir issue "more forcefully than ever before in the recent past", a diplomatic source was quoted as saying.

With increasing incidents of dog bite being reported from the state, stray dogs have become a terror for the average Keralite.