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‘Iranian Messi’ feels at home at World Cup before Spain game

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Kazan, Jun 18 (DIN NEWS) It was on a cold night of November two years ago that Iran center forward Sardar Azmoun displayed his class to the world. Playing against Bayern Munich in the Champions League with his Russian Premier League club Rostov, Azmoun collected a pass from a teammate on the edge of the area. He continued his run into the box, sent defender Jerome Boateng to the ground with a fine dribble and showed the composure of a seasoned veteran to slot the ball home with a calm…

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India’s Srija stuns fancied Belgian Anna at women chess meet

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Mumbai, Jun 18 (DIN NEWS) Indian WIM Srija Seshadri bounced back to winning ways by stunning Belgian IM Anna Zozulia in a ninth round match of the SBI Life-AICF Women Grandmaster Chess Championship today. The Tamil Nadu player (ELO rating 2207), who had scored three successive wins in the fourth, fifth and sixth rounds before losing the next and drawing the eighth, produced a gallant display to outwit the higher ranked Anna (ELO 2314) on the third board to grab her fourth win. Srija had earlier defeated compatriots WIM Vantika…

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Madonna teases new music with French record producer Mirwais

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Los Angeles, Jun 18 (DIN NEWS) Music icon Madonna is set to reunite with her longtime collaborator, French record producer Mirwais. The 59-year-old singer, who gave hit albums such as ‘Music’, ‘American Life’ and ‘Confessions on a Dance Floor’ with the songwriter, gave fans a sneak peek into a studio session on Twitter. Madonna shared a selfie of her with Mirwais. She captioned it: “Session #3 finished with Disco God Mirwais #music #magic #method #mothership.” Her last full-fledged LP, ‘Rebel Heart’, released in 2015.

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‘Hichki’ receives standing ovation at Shanghai International Film Festival

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Beijing, Jun 18 (DIN NEWS) Rani Mukerji-starrer “Hichki” received standing ovation at Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF). The film, which starred the actor playing a woman struggling with Tourette’s syndrome, was screened on the day one of the festival on June 16. Director of the film, Siddharth Malhotra was present at the showcase of the movie. “What an honour and an overwhelming feeling when your work gets a standing ovation from a foreign audience who simply watches a film with subtitles and gets moved to tears/laughter… “Thank you Shanghai #siff2018…

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CBI in HC against bail granted to scribe Upendra Rai

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New Delhi, Jun 18 (DIN NEWS) The Delhi High Court today sought the response of journalist Upendra Rai, arrested by the CBI for his alleged involvement in dubious financial transactions, on a plea seeking cancellation of his bail. Justice A K Chawla issued notice to the scribe and sought his stand by July 6 on the CBI’s appeal against the trial court’s June 8 decision granting him relief. The agency, represented by senior advocate Aman Lekhi and advocate Rajdipa Behura, contended that the investigation was at a crucial stage and…

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HC orders probe into disappearance of controversial case file

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Kochi, Jun 18 (DIN NEWS) The Kerala High Court today directed its vigilance registrar to probe into the mysterious disappearance of some files of a controversial case from its premises Justice B Sudheendra Kumar ordered the probe taking serious note of the security breach in its premises leading to the disappearance of files. The security of the high court was at stake and the situation was alarming, said Justice Kumar while ordering the probe. The court had earlier found that some files related to the Malabar Cement corruption case had…

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FM Goyal to meet heads of 13 PSBs tomorrow

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New Delhi, Jun 18 (DIN NEWS) Finance Minister Piyush Goyal will meet heads of 13 public sectors banks (PSBs) tomorrow to resolve various issues concerning them. According to sources, the meeting is being organised by State Bank of India (SBI) and will be chaired by Goyal here. In all heads of 13 PSBs will participate in the meeting to discuss the way forward for the Indian Banking system, they said. The meeting will see participation from PNB, Oriental Bank of Commerce, Punjab and Sind Bank, Uco Bank, United Bank of…

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Rupee up marginally by 2 paise; US-China trade tiff weighs

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Mumbai, Jun 18 (DIN NEWS) The rupee staged a recovery towards the fag-end of the session today and ended with a marginal 2 paise gain at 67.99 against the US dollar even as geopolitical worries continued triggering caution among forex traders. Fag-end dollar selling by some banks and exporters predominantly supported the recovery momentum despite bullish dollar overseas. The Indian currency plunged to a fresh three-week low of 68.18 in early trade before staging a retrieval. A sharp fall in global crude prices over the last few days also came…

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Iraq force accuses US of killing 22 of its fighters in Syria

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Baghdad, June 18 (DIN NEWS) An Iraqi paramilitary force today accused the United States of killing 22 of its fighters in an overnight air raid just inside Syria’s border with Iraq that a monitor said left dozens dead. “US planes fired two guided missiles at a fixed position of Hashed al-Shaabi units on the border with Syria, killing 22 fighters and wounding 12,” said the Iran-backed Hashed (Popular Mobilisation Units). It said the raid took place “700 metres (yards) inside Syria”. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said earlier that…

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Merkel gets ultimatum from hardline ally over migrants

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Munich, Jun 18 (DIN NEWS) Hardliners in Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative bloc today gave her a two-week ultimatum to tighten asylum rules or risk pitching Germany into a political crisis that would also rattle Europe. Interior Minister Horst Seehofer’s CSU party at a meeting unanimously backed his call to give Merkel a fortnight to find a European deal on the burning issue by a June 28-29 EU summit, failing which he would order border police to turn back migrants. Three years after her decision to open Germany’s borders to migrants…

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