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Month: May 2018

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Desperate for turnaround, Royals return to home turf

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Languishing at the bottom of the table, Rajasthan Royals need nothing less than a miracle to remain in contention for the IPL Play-offs when they take on Kings XI Punjab in a do-or-die battle, here tomorrow. Three consecutive defeats have more or less sealed their fate and for things to turn around for the Royals, every aspect of their game needs to improve and click for them. They are taking on Punjab, placed third in the table, just a day after losing to them by six wickets in Indore, where…

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Aditi finishes T-6th for second Top-10 in a row on LPGA

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Young Indian golfer Aditi Ashok notched up her second successive top-10 finish by finishing Tied-sixth at the Volunteers of America LPGA Texas Classic, here. The tournament, cut short to 36 holes because of rain and weather, had Aditi setting the clubhouse target as she played her second and final round in 5-under 66 to finish at 7-under 135. The event was shortened to 36 holes due to severe weather on Thursday and Friday. This was Aditi’s second top-10 in a row after her Tied-seventh at LPGA Mediheal last week. Before…

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS CATEGORIES 

Singer Adnan Sami Claims His Staff Called “Indian Dogs” At Kuwait Airport

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Popular singer Adnan Sami has alleged that his staff members were mistreated and called “Indian dogs” at the Kuwait airport immigration. Mr Sami, who was in Kuwait for a live performance, claimed that Kuwaiti airport immigration behaved arrogantly and mistreated his staff for no reason. “We came to your city with love and our Indian brethren embraced us with it. You gave no support. Kuwaiti airport immigration mistreated my staff for no reason and called them ‘Indian dogs’! When you were contacted, you did nothing! How dare the Kuwaitis behave like this…

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Saiyami to make Marathi film debut with Riteish Deshmukh’s ‘Mauli’

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Saiyami Kher is set to make her Marathi film debut as Riteish Deshmukh’s leading lady in his next production and acting venture titled “Mauli”. Riteish is producing the film under his banner Mumbai Film Company. “Delighted to work in a language that I am very proud of… my mother tongue Marathi. That too opposite Riteish in his home production. Riteish very successfully introduced a new genre of action/drama to Marathi cinema with ‘Lai Bhari’. ‘Mauli’ is a film which will always be very close to my heart because it takes…

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BUSINESS NEWS CATEGORIES 

PC Jeweller Share Price Jumps 2.5 Times In Just 3 Days, From Its 52-Week Low

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Shares were PC Jeweller were sharply up today, continuing their recovery from 52-week lows hit last week. PC Jeweller shares rose as much as 38 per cent to Rs. 240.30 at their day’s high today. Share prices of the jeweller hit a 52-week low of Rs. 95.05 during intra-day trade on May 3. The latest trigger for the rebound in PC Jeweller shares is the advancement of its board meeting to consider share buyback. In a communication to exchanges, PC Jeweller said a separate meeting of its board will be held on Thursday, May 10, to consider…

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NEWS CATEGORIES WORLD NEWS 

‘A Very Fast-Moving Situation’: Lava Shoots Through Hawaii Neighbourhood As New Fissures Form

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Less than a week ago, Leilani Estates was the picture of serenity on Hawaii’s Big Island, a subdivision in the Big Island’s eastern Puna district filled with wooden homes nestled into tropical plant-filled lots. The eruption of the island’s most active volcano changed everything. Shortly after Kilauea erupted Thursday, the ground split open on the east side of Leilani Estates, exposing an angry red beneath the lush landscape. From the gash, molten rock burbled and splashed, then shot as high as 80 to 100 feet in the air. The Hawaii…

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Singapore Likely To Host Donald Trump-Kim Jong Un Summit In June: Report

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US President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un are likely to meet in Singapore next month, reports said Monday, as anticipation builds for unprecedented talks between the mercurial leaders. Trump said at the weekend that the two sides had settled on a date and location for the summit — the first between a sitting US president and a North Korean leader — without providing details. “We’ll be announcing it soon,” Trump told reporters. The landmark summit will take place in “mid-June”, South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo daily reported Monday, citing diplomatic…

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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Salman Khan’s Bail Plea Hearing In Blackbuck Poaching Case Today, Reaches Jodhpur

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Bollywood actor Salman Khan arrived in Jodhpur on Sunday afternoon, a day ahead of hearing on his bail plea after his conviction in a 1998 blackbuck poaching case by a Jodhpur trial court. Mr Khan’s fans were seen trying hard to get a glimpse of the Bollywood superstar while he was leaving the airport. He was accompanied by his sister Ms Alvira, friend Mr Baba Siddiqui, and his lawyers. On Monday, his bail plea will be heard by district and session Judge Chandra Kumar Songara, during which Mr Khan will…

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Supreme Court To Hear Plea To Restrain MPs Making Statements On Judges Removal

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The Supreme Court today said that it would hear in the third week of July a plea seeking to restrain members of Parliament (MPs) from making public statements on removal of a judge of higher judiciary without there being any such notice in Parliament. A bench comprising Justices AK Sikri and Ashok Bhushan, while saying that there was no urgency in hearing the matter now, observed that Rajya Sabha rules also prohibits such statements by parliamentarians without there being any such notice in the House. “We don’t have to frame…

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NATIONAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Storm warning: Schools closed for two days

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With thunderstorm and squall likely at isolated places in Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh and Delhi, Haryana Education Minister Ram Bilas Sharma on Sunday announced a two-day holiday in government and private schools starting on Monday.The All-India Warning Bulletin issued by the National Weather Forecasting Centre of the IMD has predicted thunderstorm, squall and hail for parts of Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi on Tuesday.The Revenue and Disaster Management Department has issued an advisory in view of the possibility of heavy rain, thunderstorms or dust storms on…

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