May, 2018 | DIN NEWS

Kajol to voice Helen Parr aka Elastigirl in ‘Incredibles 2’

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Mumbai, May 29 (DIN NEWS) Keeping with the trend of roping in major Bollywood stars to dub for their movies, Disney has now brought Kajol on board as the voice of Helen Parr aka Elastigirl in “Incredibles 2”. The actor will voice the character for the Hindi version as the matriarch of the Parr family that includes husband Bob and children– Dash, Violet and Jack-Jack — in the Disney-Pixar film. Kajol said it was fun to voice the character. “Incredibles 2 brings to us a heartwarming tale of a family that…

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Was scared to show my real self on TV initially: Salman Khan

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Mumbai, May 29 (DIN NEWS) Salman Khan has become one of the most bankable TV hosts with successful stints on “Dus Ka Dum” and “Bigg Boss” but the actor says he was initially hesitant to show his real personality. The 52-year-old actor actor, who made his TV debut as the host of “Dus Ka Dum” about nine years ago, said he turned to his father, noted writer Salim Khan, for advice. “This was my TV debut and during that time there was negativity around me. I was very scared to show…

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SC no to urgent hearing on plea on pollution from Tuticorin plant

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New Delhi, May 29 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court today refused to urgently hear a plea seeking direction to Tamil Nadu government to file a status report on its efforts to control arsenic and cadmium pollution in the ground water around the Sterlite Copper’s smelting plant at Tuticorin. At least 13 persons were killed and hundreds injured in the recent police firing at Tuticorin on thousands of protesters demanding closure of the Vedanta Group-run Sterlite Industries for allegedly polluting the area causing severe health problems for the local residents and depletion…

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HC disapproves of dumping garbage on roads as mark of protests

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New Delhi, May 29 (DIN NEWS) Expressing disapproval over the practice of dumping garbage on roads as a mark of protest, the Delhi High Court has said it was “completely intolerable”. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar was referring to the recent agitation by New Delhi Municipal Council’s (NDMC) contractual sanitation workers who dumped garbage outside prominent buildings, like Shastri Bhavan and Rail Bhavan in Lutyen’s Delhi, demanding regularisation of jobs and better wages. The protesting workers on May 24 had also dumped garbage…

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Spending 2% on CSR helps create bridge between society, corporates: Prabhu

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New Delhi, May 29 (DIN NEWS) The law under which companies are required to spend two per cent of their profit towards CSR activities provides an “excellent legal framework” to create a bridge between society and corporates, Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu today said. Under the Companies Act, 2013, certain class of profitable entities are required to shell out at least two per cent of their three-year annual average net profit towards corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities. He said that India is probably the only country in the world with…

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Sensex logs 1st loss in four days; banks play spoilsport

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Mumbai, May 29 (DIN NEWS) Indian equities took a breather today after three sessions of winning run, with the benchmark Sensex dropping over 216 points after participants queued up to book profits in banking counters, among others, amid weak global cues and foreign fund outflows. With investors locking in gains towards the middle of the session, the 30-share Sensex ended at 34,949.24, down 0.61 per cent. The BSE gauge touched a low of 34,922.18 in intra-day. The Sensex had risen 820.57 points in the previous three sessions. Earlier today, the benchmark…

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Officials: Afghan forces mistakenly kill 9, mostly civilians

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Kabul, May 29 (DIN NEWS) Afghan forces mistakenly killed nine people, most of them civilians, during raid on a house in eastern Nangarhar province which has been a base for the Islamic State group and other militants, officials said today. The raid, which took place late last night in Chaparhar district, also wounded eight other civilians, said provincial governor Hayatullah Hayat. A local police commander was among the dead, he added. According to the governor, gunfire had been coming from the house that was raided but the casualties were identified as…

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Nepal honours 9 guides for Everest successes on anniversary

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Kathmandu, May 29 (DIN NEWS) Nepal honoured several Sherpa guides for their Everest successes on the anniversary today of the first conquest of the world’s highest peak. Government minister Bina Magar, herself an Everest climber, honoured the guides at a ceremony held every year on the date in 1953 that New Zealander Edmund Hillary and his guide Tenzing Norgay first set foot on the summit of the 8,850-meter (29,035-foot) mountain. Those honoured included Kami Rita, who just climbed the mountain for a record 22nd time. He said last week when he…

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Southwest monsoon hits Kerala in an early entry: IMD

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New Delhi, May 29 (DIN NEWS) The southwest monsoon today hit Kerala, three days before its scheduled arrival, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said. The conditions are favourable for further advance of the monsoon into some parts of central Arabian Sea, remaining parts of Kerala, parts of coastal and south interior Karnataka, parts of east-central and northeast Bay of Bengal, and some parts of northeastern states during the next 48 hours, it said. The onset of monsoon over the southern state of Kerala marks the commencement of the four-month long rainy…

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Want BJP, Sena alliance to continue: Gadkari

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Mumbai, May 29 (DIN NEWS) The BJP and the Shiv Sena may have some differences, but they can’t do without each other, Union minister Nitin Gadkari today suggested and wanted the alliance of the two parties to continue. Against the backdrop of acrimony between the two parties during the Palghar Lok Sabha bypoll campaign, Gadkari maintained the saffron alliance does not have any ideological differences, adding there are no permanent friends or enemies in politics. “It is an alliance done by (Sena supremo) late Bal Thackeray and (late BJP leader) Pramod…