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AHMEDABAD, 20 DEC. In a strict initiative to curb wrong-side driving, city traffic police along with RTO (Regional Transport Office) have decided to blacklist all offenders caught twice driving on the wrong side of the road. Traffic police officials said if a person is caught breaching the rule for the first time, an FIR will be lodged and his papers will be putup at RTO.

SAN FRANCISCO, 19 DEC. Facebook has elevated its senior Indian-origin executive Karandeep Anand to head Workplace, the company's two-year-old enterprise communication tool. Mr Anand, who was earlier Head of Product for Facebook Marketplace and Payments services, would handle the Workplace product team and report to Julien Codorniou who is its Vice President.

DUBAI, 16 DEC. A 13-year old Indian boy in Dubai, who developed his first mobile application four years ago, also owns a software development company, a media report said Sunday. Aadithyan Rajesh, a student from Kerala, was only nine years old when he developed his first mobile application as a hobby to beat boredom and also has been designing logos and websites for clients. The tech wizard, who started using a computer when he turned five, has finally launched his own company 'Trinet Solutions' at the age of 13, the Khaleej Times reported.

AHMEDABAD, 24 DEC. Ten years ago, Nilanshi Patel from Gujarat decided, after a bad haircut, to not cut her hair again.

Temple received a total of Rs 14.54 crore in donations over 11 days between December 22 of last year and the first day of the new year. It is estimated that 9.5 lakh devotees came for darshan during this period - a higher than usual number owing to the holiday season which began from Christmas.

NEW DELHI, 18 DEC. The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), the ticketing arm of Indian Railways is offering a 1-days 'HOP ON HOP OFF GOA BY BUS' package starting at Rs 400. The tour offers one-day Land Package for North and South Goa. The North Goa package starts at Rs 400 per person, South Goa at Rs 400 Per Person and Combo Pack at Rs 600 Per Person.

AHMEDABAD, 01 JAN. School children in Gujarat will holler “Jai Hind” and “Jai Bharat” instead of customary “Present” during the daily roll call to register attendance from January 1, 2019.

MELBOURNE, 5 JAN. Indian-origin Australian student of Caulfield Grammar (Wheelers Hill campus), Sohaan Nath has obtained an ATAR of 98.70 in his VCE 2018.

NEW DELHI, 24 DEC. Prime Minister Narendra Modi today released a commemorative Rs. 100 coin in memory of iconic BJP leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee, a day before his birth anniversary. "The mind is not ready to believe that Atal Ji is no longer with us," PM Modi said on the former prime minister, who died in August.

NEW DELHI, 31 DEC. Foreign tourists can now directly fly to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands as the government has designated Port Blair airport as an authorised immigration check post for entry into and exit point from India.

NEW DELHI, 24 DEC. Sushil Sharma, who walked a free man last week after serving close to 23 years for killing his wife, said his faith in god helped him serve his jail term.