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Beijing, Nov 8 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale hit Xigaze prefecture of southwest China’s Tibet Autonomous Region early Sunday morning, a report said.

The quake struck the area bordering the Ngamring and Saga counties at 4.08 a.m. and no casualties have been reported so far, a Xinhua report quoted National Seismological Network as saying.

Mumbai, Nov 7 (IANS) There are as many as 10 new faces, including two women, in the 37-member ministry of Chief Minister Ashok Chavan in Maharshtra that was sworn-in here Saturday.

Agra, Nov 7 (IANS) Hundreds of students of the Dr. B.R.Ambedkar University took to the streets Saturday afternoon forcibly closing down all colleges, to protest the assault on students, including on girls, Friday by varsity employees.

The agitating students want assistant registrar Balaji Yadav sacked for allegedly instigating the employees to beat up the students, who had come to demand redressal of their grievances.

New Delhi, Nov 7 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday condoled the death of former civil servant Gopi Arora, a close aide of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi.

Arora, who died Thursday, was from the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and wielded enormous influence in the 1980s. He was finance secretary in 1989-90, serving the Indian government for over 35 years.

Mumbai, Nov 7 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party’s (NCP) Fauzia Khan, a Muslim, and Congress party’s Varsha Gaekwad, a Dalit, have found place in the new Maharashtra council of ministers sworn in Saturday.

Both Fauzia, a Member of Legislative Council (the upper house) from Parbhani, and Gaekwad have been inducted as ministers of state.

Dubai, Nov 7 (IANS) At least 1.5 million pills worth nearly $4 million were seized between January and October in a crackdown on illegal drug supply in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), WAM news agency reported.

Major General Abdul Al Jalil Mahdi Al Asmawi, director of anti-narcotics section of Dubai Police, Friday said the pills are smuggled into the UAE from Asian and Arab countries.

London, Nov 7 (IANS) Singer Steven Tyler has quit band Aerosmith, if Joe Perry, the band’s guitarist is to be believed.

The news comes months after Tyler dismissed reports that the band was on the verge of splitting following a year of cancelled tour dates, injuries and accidents.

Chandigarh, Nov 7 (IANS) Eight people, including four women, were booked for taking a loan of Rs.2.5 crore (Rs.25 million) from a bank by providing fake documents, police said Saturday.

“We have received a complaint against eight persons, all residents of Mohali, from the manager of Kotak Mohindra Bank in Sector-9. Police have registered a case and started its investigation,” said an official of Economics Offence Wing (EOW) said.

London, Nov 7 (IANS) Oscar winning actress Hilary Swank says she always makes time for her work outs because she considers it as important as eating and breathing.

“I love getting the opportunity to recognise what your body’s capable of. Being an athlete is something I enjoy. I don’t even think of not exercising. It’s like the air you breathe and the food and water you need,” Swank was quoted as saying by femalefirst.co.uk.

London, Nov 7 (IANS) British actress Hilda Swinton has revealed that she was glad she wasn’t a beautiful teenager.

Swinton said she hated attending a strict boarding school where she was cut off from music, boys and parties, but is relieved she wasn’t that good-looking too, reports contactmusic.com.