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Spotted in the city: It's time to sit back and flip through pictures of celebrities who made an appearance in the city throughout the day. (All pics/Yogen Shah)

Speaking to the media a day ahead of elections to the BMC and 28 other civic bodies in Maharashtra, Maharashtra BJP chief Ravindra Chavan said the BJP views Marathi not in a narrow political sense but as a collective cultural identity encompassing language, literature and tradition

Adding half a serving of vegetables per day more could also lead to an extra year of life for people with the worst existing sleep, physical activity, and dietary habits, revealed the study that followed 60,000 people for eight long years

The comments from Iran's judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei come as activists had warned hangings of those detained could come soon. Already, a bloody security force crackdown on the demonstrations has killed at least 2,571, the US-based Human Rights Activists News Agency reported