May, 2018 | DIN NEWS

CWG gold medallist Sanjita Chanu fails dope test

May 31, 2018 strong

New Delhi, May 31 (DIN NEWS) Two-time Commonwealth Games champion weightlifter Sanjita Chanu has tested positive for a banned anabolic steroid and she has been provisionally suspended, the international federation said today. International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) said on its website that Sanjita, who had won a gold in the women’s 53kg category in the recent Gold Coast CWG, has tested positive for testosterone. “IWF reports that the sample of Ms. Sanjita Chanu Khumukcham (IND) has returned an Adverse Analytical Finding for Testosterone (S1.1 Anabolic Agents). As a consequence, the Athlete is…

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Anand draws with Ding Liren, remains joint second

May 31, 2018 strong

Stavanger (Norway), May 31 (DIN NEWS) World rapid champion Viswanathan Anand was held to a draw by rising Chinese star Ding Liren in the third round of the Altibox Norway Chess tournament here. With the invincible tag around him these days, Ding Liren did not face any real danger from Anand, who has 1.5 points in all. The Chinese has not lost a game in classical chess since August 2017 and even though Anand had a new idea and some semblance of an advantage in the closed Ruy Lopez opening, Liren…

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Woody Harrelson hints at ‘Venom 2’

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Los Angeles, May 31 (DIN NEWS) Actor Woody Harrelson has revealed that a sequel to “Venom”, starring Tom Hardy in the titular role, is already in development. Harrelson, who recently starred in “Solo: A Star Wars Story”, revealed in an interview with Collider that the makers of the film are already planning a sequel and his role in it will be much more. “Well, you know, Ruben Fleischer did ‘Zombieland’, directed it, so that was a big part of it. And also, Tom Hardy, I really respect and think he’s one…

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Shameful we didn’t know about the struggle of Sandeep Singh: Diljit

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Mumbai, May 31 (DIN NEWS) Actor Diljit Dosanjh will be seen playing the role of hockey player Sandeep Singh in the upcoming biopic “Soorma” but says it is sad that when the film was offered to him, he was not aware of his story. “Soorma” tells the story of Singh, a professional hockey player and former captain of the Indian national team. Singh was seriously injured after hit by an accidental gunshot in a train in 2006 but he did not give up and continued playing. “I knew that he was…

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Extend Barmer oil production contract with Vedanta till 2030: HC

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New Delhi, May 31 (DIN NEWS) The Delhi High Court today directed the Centre to extend till 2030 its production sharing contract with Vedanta Limited and ONGC to produce oil from a Rajasthan block. Justice Rajiv Shakdher said that Vedanta, formerly Cairn India, was entitled to the extension of its contract, set to expire in 2020, for a further period of 10 years on the same terms and agreements when it was first entered into in 1995. The direction by the court came on Vedanta’s plea for extension of the production…

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HC reserves order on PIL for probe into killing of 39 Indians in Iraq

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New Delhi, May 31 (DIN NEWS) The Delhi High Court today reserved its order on a PIL seeking “detailed investigation” into alleged lapses of the Centre in saving 39 Indians, who were killed by terror outfit ISIS after their abduction from Mosul in Iraq in 2014. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar heard the arguments of the petitioner advocate and the counsel for the Centre, who raised questions over the maintainability of the plea, and said it would pass an order later. The petitioner…

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Toyota domestic sales surge 20 pc to 13,113 units in May

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New Delhi, May 31 (DIN NEWS) Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) today reported a 20 per cent increase in domestic sales at 13,113 units in May. The company had sold 10,914 units in the same month last year in the domestic market, TKM said in a statement. It exported 827 units of the Etios series this month, compared with 1,425 units in the same period a year ago, a decline of 42 per cent. “Along with the segment leading products Fortuner and Innova Crysta, Yaris has been a significant contributor to the…

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Non-food credit growth up to 10.7% for April: RBI

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Mumbai, May 31 (DIN NEWS) The Reserve Bank today said non-food credit growth accelerated to 10.7 per cent for April as against 4.5 per cent in the year-ago period, led by retail and the services sector. The non-food credit grew 10.7 per cent to Rs 76,130 billion as on April 27, the central bank said. The gross bank credit, including the food credit, was up 10.4 per cent during the same period, as against 3.8 per cent in the year-ago period. The data includes performance of 41 scheduled commercial banks, accounting…

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Pak Govt to block Musharraf’s national identity card, passport

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Islamabad, May 31 (DIN NEWS) The Pakistan government today directed the interior ministry to block the national identity card (NIC) and passport of former dictator General (retd) Pervez Musharraf, a media report said today. Complying with a special court’s order, the government took the action to restrict the Dubai-based former president’s travel and certain facilities available to him as he failed to appear before the court in the high treason case against him. The National Data Base and Registration Authority (NADRA) and Immigration and Passport Directorate were directed to undertake the…

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Polls should be held on time: Pak PM

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Islamabad, May 31 (DIN NEWS) Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi today said polls should be held on time as neither the government nor the opposition are in favour of any delay in the upcoming general election. Abbasi made a farewell address during the 14th National Assembly’s final session just hours before the end of five-year term of the parliament at midnight tonight. Not even a day’s delay will be acceptable, he said referring to the election due to be held on July 25. He said free and fair elections were…