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Month: May 2018

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS CATEGORIES 

Roman Polanski threatens lawsuit against AMPAS over expulsion

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Los Angeles, May 10 (DIN NEWS) Barely a week after the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences expelled Roman Polanski from its membership, the veteran filmmaker’s attorney sent a letter to the organisation threatening a legal action if he is not granted a hearing. Polanski’s attorney, Harland Braun, wrote to the Academy arguing the move was unlawful and it had failed to adhere to both its own rules and California law in denying the Oscar-winning director a chance to present his own case, The Los Angeles Times reported. “We…

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Adam Sandler, David Harbour to receive special achievement honours at Webbys

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Los Angeles, May 10 (DIN NEWS) Actors Adam Sandler and David Harbour will be honoured with Special Achievement Awards at the Webby Awards. Sandler, 51, will be presented with Webby Special Achievement Award for his stellar performances across several Netflix films, such as “The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Second)”, “The Week Of”, “The Ridiculous Six”, “Sandy Wexler”, and “The Do-Over”, and for his role in bringing more recognition to the power, popularity, and profitability of streaming platforms. Harbour, 43, will receive the Webby Special Achievement for Best Actor for his starring…

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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

SC dismisses Muthalik’s plea against Congress manifesto in Karnataka

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New Delhi, May 10 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court today dismissed Rashtriya Hindu Sena chief Pramod Muthalik’s plea alleging that the Congress party was seeking votes in the name of religion in its election manifesto in Karnataka. There were a plethora of apex court judgments which say that once the poll process begins, no court shall interfere with it, said a bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud. The bench also said that assuring minority communities about elevating them from social and economic…

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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

SC asks Centre to decide by June 30 banning pet coke import

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New Delhi, May 10 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court today directed the Centre to take a decision by June 30 this year on the issue of banning import of pet coke in the country. The apex court also asked the government to consider implementing the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) first in Delhi as the people were “struggling” due to pollution in the national capital. NCAP is aimed at tackling air pollution problem in 100 cities across the country. You have lots of programmes but you can’t implement it. You can’t…

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BUSINESS NEWS CATEGORIES 

CIA has very important role in monitoring China’s rise as global power: Haspel

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Washington, May 10 (DIN NEWS) Identifying China as a major national security challenge for the US, a top CIA official has told lawmakers that the spy agency has an important role in monitoring the Communist giant’s rise as a global power. Gina Haspel, who is currently the acting director of the CIA, would be the first female head of the spy agency if confirmed. ” The CIA has a very important role in monitoring China’s rise as a global power,” Haspel, US President Donald Trump’s nominee for the CIA Director, told…

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Lot of interest for Air India stake sale: Civil aviation secy

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Mumbai, May 10 (DIN NEWS) There is a great deal of interest for the Air India disinvestment initiative, Civil Aviation secretary R N Choubey said today, amid the deadline for submission of preliminary bids ending this month. The last date for submission of Expression of Interest (EoI) for the proposed 76 per cent stake sale in the debt-laden airline ends on May 31. Earlier this month, the government had come out with clarifications related to the disinvestment move. “There is a great deal of interest for Air India,” Choubey said at…

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NEWS CATEGORIES WORLD NEWS 

UK telecoms giant BT axes 13,000 jobs

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London, May 10 (DIN NEWS) British telecoms and television broadcasting company BT announced today that it will axe 13,000 jobs in administration and management. BT said in a statement alongside its annual results that it will shed the jobs over the next three years as it seeks to slice off an extra 1.5 billion pound (USD 2.0 billion, 1.7 billion euros) in costs. The latest revamp will mainly affect back office jobs, or support positions that tend to be based outside London, and middle management roles. It will however seek to…

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NEWS CATEGORIES WORLD NEWS 

Israel says hit ‘nearly all Iran infrastructure in Syria’

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Jerusalem, May 10 (DIN NEWS) Israeli raids overnight hit “nearly all the Iranian infrastructure in Syria”, Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said today after strikes Israel says were in response to rocket fire at its forces it blamed on Iran. “We hit nearly all the Iranian infrastructure in Syria,” Lieberman told a security conference. “They need to remember the saying that if it rains on us, it’ll storm on them. I hope we’ve finished this episode and everyone understood.” Israel’s army said today it had hit dozens of Iranian military targets in…

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NATIONAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Sena lauds Rahul for being dignified while criticising PM Modi

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The Shiv Sena today praised Congress president Rahul Gandhi for being dignified while attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his speeches and said said he could pose a challenge to the BJP in 2019. The BJP should have welcomed Gandhi’s declaration of his prime ministerial ambitions, the NDA ally said, adding that it was against democracy to make fun of Gandhi over his remark. The BJP should have challenged him to defeat it in the 2019 general polls. Gandhi had said two days ago that he was ready to occupy…

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NATIONAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES Uncategorized 

Modi sees a “threat” in me, says Rahul

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Congress president Rahul Gandhi said today Prime Minister Narendra Modi saw a “threat” in him, and that the latter’s attack on him over his prime ministerial ambition was only aimed at “distracting attention”. Gandhi also hit out at Modi for raking up the issue of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi’s foreign origin, saying she was “more Indian” than many Indians. “This election is not about Rahul. I have now learnt to deal with the prime minister. When he can’t respond, he distracts,” Gandhi told reporters in response to a question about…

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