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A 40-mm Bofors shell made in Thailand and measuring 7 inches in length and 1.5 inches in circumference with the marks "HET BPD dated 1-4-78 40/70" was found on a beach on Salon island. "Moreover, a pagoda on the Salon island was hit at the second band from the lower base of the pagodas bell shape structure, causing damage measuring 21 inches in length, 5 inches in width and 3 inches in depth." Since I have already spent 703 characters, 149 words and five sentences on this item, it is time to move on.

JUST THOUGHT you would want to know, the internet country codes for the Subcontinental countries. Regard it as a service. Afghanistan af, Bangladesh bg, Bhutan bt, India in, Maldives mv, Myanmar mm, Nepal np, Pakistan pk, Sri Lanka sl.

ON A Patna thoroughfare, there is this Air India billboard announcing the flight to Los Angeles. Does the target audience really understand what the Maharaja is doing putting his imprint on cement? Is Hollywood lore really that well known in the Hindi heartland? Kooka, where are you?

TYPICAL STORY which explains very little, in The Times of India: "Jaipur: A falcon, bearing a transmitter in its wing, which strayed into Indian territory from Pakistan, is now in the custody of Jaisalmer police." Who says that it was a Pakistani falcon? Could it have been an Indian one? What was that transmitter up to? How did it come into the custody of the Jaisalmer police? Did it fall out of the sky? Does the Jaisalmer police have a transmitter-falcon-locating unit? If so, was the falcon brought down with anti-aircraft fire or escorted to the ground by an Indian rapid-response falcon flying force?