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Gigi Hadid back with Zayn Malik?

Los Angeles, Jun 6 (DIN NEWS) Supermodel Gigi Hadid reportedly rekindled her relationship with pop star Zayn Malik. The 23-year-old model and former One Direction singer had called off their romance in March this year. The rumours of their reconciliation have been swirling around lately. Hadid posted a photo to her Instagram story of herself lying in the singer’s arms – his face is not visible but he can be identified through his tattoos. She captioned the story as: “After party like.” Last month, Malik, 25, was photographed leaving the…

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Sanjay Dutt should have played last portions in his biopic, says Salman

Mumbai, Jun 6 (DIN NEWS) Salman Khan has seen the trailer of “Sanju”, a biopic on friend Sanjay Dutt’s life, but believes the actor should have been a part of his story, particulary in the last portions. Ranbir Kapoor has played Dutt’s role in the film, that chronicles his life from his young years to his life after jail. “For ‘Sanju’, I was thinking why is somebody else playing this bit? The last 8-10 years. you cannot do justice to that. Sanju should have played the last bit,” Salman said…

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HC stays I-T notice to Chidambaram for re-assessment

Chennai, Jun 6 (DIN NEWS) The Madras High Court today stayed the Income Tax Department’s notices issued to former finance minister P Chidambaram seeking reopening of assessment of his I-T returns for 2011-12 as it suspected that his income chargeable to tax had escaped assessment. Hearing a petition by Chidambaram, Justice T S Sivagnanam granted the interim stay on the proceedings pursuant to the notices dated March 27, 2018 and May 23, 2018 issued by the Assistant Commissioner of Income Tax, Chennai, for re-opening the assessment. Directing the I-T authorities…

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HC dismisses as infructuous Sasan Power’s plea to mine excess coal

New Delhi, Jun 6 (DIN NEWS) The Delhi High Court today termed as infructuous a plea by Sasan Power Ltd, a Reliance Power subsidiary, seeking permission to extract excess coal from two mines in Madhya Pradesh, saying that the Centre was already examining the issue. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and C Hari Shankar also noted that an inter ministerial committee had severely criticised the mining being conducted by Sasan Power Ltd (SPL) holding that there was high moisture content in the coal due to water not…

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BUSINESS NEWS CATEGORIES 

RBI gives big relief to MSME sector

New Delhi, Jun 6 (DIN NEWS) Providing major relief to the MSME sector, RBI today eased NPA classification norms for such units facing input credit linkages and associated issues. “In continuation of support and relief to MSMEs, NPA recognition for GST and non GST MSMEs now at 180 days for dues up to December 31, 2018. Tapering norm from January 1, 2019 to encourage GST registration” Financial Services Secretary Rajiv Kumar said in a tweet. In February, banks and NBFCs were allowed to temporarily classify their exposures to the Goods…

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New crew blasts off for ISS

Baikonur, Jun 6 (DIN NEWS) – A relatively inexperienced crew of two astronauts and a cosmonaut blasted off Wednesday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for a five-month mission on the International Space Station. German Alexander Gerst of the European Space Agency, NASA’s Serena Aunon-Chancellor and Russian Sergei Prokopyev of Roscosmos shot into the sky in warm, dry conditions at 1112 GMT. They should dock at the space station on Friday. The trio only have a total of one previous space mission between them — 42-year-old Gerst’s debut mission aboard…

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Merkel predicts ‘contentious’ G7 summit with Trump

Berlin, Jun 6 (DIN NEWS) German Chancellor Angela Merkel said today she expected “contentious discussions” at a G7 summit this week, given differences with US President Donald Trump on trade, climate and security. Speaking two days before the Canada meeting of the club of major industrialised democracies, Merkel also said the leaders may not necessarily manage to agree on a final joint statement. “I think everyone knows there will be difficult discussions there, because G7 summits deal with the global economy, trade, climate protection, development- and foreign policy,” she told…

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No Iftar party at Rashtrapati Bhavan this year

New Delhi, Jun 6 (DIN NEWS) President Ram Nath Kovind will not host an Iftar party this year at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. “After the President took over office, he decided there would be no religious celebrations or observances in a public building such as Rashtrapati Bhavan on taxpayer expense. This is in keeping with the principles of a secular state and applies to all religious occasions, irrespective of religion,” said Ashok Malik, Press Secretary to the president. He said the president of course wishes all fellow citizens on every major…

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Govt decided to reduce NCERT syllabus as students are overburdened: HRD minister

New Delhi, Jun 6 (DIN NEWS) Union minister Prakash Javadekar today said the government decided to half the NCERT syllabus as students did not find time for other activities as they were overburdened. The decision to half the syllabus was announced by the Union HRD Minister last week. “There is a huge load of books and information, and students have no time. There is no time for physical education, value education and life skills. “So, we decided to half the portion (syllabus). There is no need to teach them everything.…

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Patanjali to review decision over food park project after assurances from UP CM

Lucknow/New Delhi Jun 6 (DIN NEWS) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has directed officials to expedite the process for Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurved to set up its Rs 6,000-crore food park, prompting the company to say it is reviewing the decision to pull out of the project. Yesterday, Patanjali had stated that it was pulling out of the mega food processing project along the Yamuna Expressway in Uttar Pradesh, citing non-cooperation from the state government and delay in clearances for transfer of land. Over the development, UP Infrastructure and…

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