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Gold for Mary Kom, Manisha gets silver in Polish boxing tourney

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The seasoned M C Mary Kom (48kg) collected her third gold medal of the year with a display of tactical brilliance while Manisha (54kg) settled for a silver in the 13th Silesian Open Boxing Tournament for women in Gliwice, Poland. Five-time world champion Mary Kom, returning to the ring after recovering from some niggles that kept her out of the Asian Games, prevailed 5-0 against Kazakhstan’s Aigerim Kassanayeva to pick up India’s lone senior category gold at the event SaturdayHer other two gold medals this year came in the inaugural…

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Auctioning of Taj Mahal hotel; Tata group firm withdraws plea from SC

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New Delhi, Jun 1 (DIN NEWS) Tata Group-owned Indian Hotels Company Ltd (IHCL) today withdrew from the Supreme Court the plea challenging the Delhi High Court order which had upheld the tender procedure for the proposed e-auctioning of Delhi’s iconic Taj Mahal Hotel by civic body NDMC. IHCL took back its plea after a vacation bench comprising justices L Nageswara Rao and M M Shantanagoudar indicated that it will not entertain the appeal as the e-auctioning of the hotel has not taken place. “Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Mohan Parasaran, senior counsel…

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Trump demands Justice Dept to probe if it or FBI spied on his election campaign

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Washington, May 21 (DIN NEWS) President Donald Trump has asked the US Department of Justice to investigate whether the FBI spied on his 2016 election campaign for “inappropriate purposes” on the orders of people in the Obama administration. Trump’s move came after it was reported that the FBI dispatched a confidential source to speak with some aides to Trump’s presidential campaign about its possible ties to Russia, according to US media reports. “I hereby demand, and will do so officially tomorrow, that the Department of Justice look into whether or not…

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BUSINESS NEWS & PRESS RELEASE 

Airtel to offer Rs 2,000 cashback on Nokia phones

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Bharti Airtel today said it will offer up to Rs 2,000 cashback over 36 months on purchase of Nokia 2 and Nokia 3 smartphones to its pre-paid customers. “Bharti Airtel…and HMD Global today announced a partnership to offer affordable 4G smartphone options to customers as part of Airtel s Mera Pehla Smartphone initiative. Nokia 3 and Nokia 2, 4G smartphones are now available with cashback offer of Rs 2,000 from Airtel,” the telecom major said in a statement. Both 4G smartphones will come bundled with Airtel recharge pack of Rs…

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS & PRESS RELEASE 

Alliance with Rajini unlikely if his colour is saffron: Haasan

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Movie actor- turned-politician Kamal Haasan has made it clear that any political alliance with superstar Rajinikanth is unlikely if his colour is “saffron”, in an apparent reference to the BJP. Haasan, who had recently announced his foray into the electoral politics, said that his “true purpose today is to challenge the status quo and mediocrity in politics, that is plaguing the state of Tamil Nadu.” Responding to a question on Rajinikanth joining politics, Haasan did not rule out an electoral alliance with him if there is some commonality of thoughts…

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Clinton mocks Trump at Grammys with ‘Fire and Fury’ recital

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Hillary Clinton was a surprise guest at the 2018 Grammy Awards as the Democrat leader read passages from the book “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House” to mock US President Donald Trump. Blending comedy and politics at the 60th music gala, the former US presidential candidate was one of the personalities, who perused through Michael Wolff’s best-seller poking fun at the POTUS. Others included Snoop Dogg, John Legend, Cher, Cardi B and DJ Khaled. Host James Corden, while introducing the sketch, wondered that at the next year’s Grammys,…

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Bopanna-Babos enter semis of Australian Open mixed doubles

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India’s Rohan Bopanna and Timea Babos of Hungary entered the mixed doubles semifinals at the Australian Open with a straight-set win over Colombian Juan Sebastian Cabal and Abigail Spears of USA, here on Wednesday. The fifth seeded Indo-Hungarian pair took one hour and 15 minutes to get the better of Cabal-Spears duo 6-4 7-6 (5) in the quarterfinal duel. It was a hard-fought encounter as Bopanna and Babos had to dig deep to squeeze out the win. In fact, Cabal and Spears had the better break point conversion rate, utilising…

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10 drug smugglers, peddlers held, 7 kg heroin seized

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Ten drug smugglers and peddlers were arrested and around 7 kg of heroin worth Rs 7 crore in the international market was seized in Jammu and Samba districts of Jammu and Kashmir, police said today. A racket of drug traffickers was unearthed in the Akhnoor border belt of Jammu with the arrest of five people and seizure of 7 kg of heroin smuggled from Pakistan, IGP (Jammu) SD Singh Jamwal said. A case was registered at the Akhnoor police station, he said. Besides, Gandhi Nagar police apprehended four persons, including…

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Losing only one game at World Blitz is huge achievement: Anand

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Chess ace Viswanathan Anand termed losing just one game at the World Blitz Championship in Riyadh as a huge achievement after capturing the title at the World Rapid event. “It is a fantastic feeling to finish on the podium in the Rapid and Blitz. Because they are both very different formats. Losing just one game is a huge achievement in such an event,” he told PTI after his third place finish behind Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin. “One is 15 minutes plus 10 seconds, which is much slower, similar to…

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