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Minister joins students’ protest; Pawar slams JNU violence

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A Maharashtra minister on Monday joined the protest by students at the Gateway of India here against the JNU violence, which state Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said reminded him of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack. Maharashtra minister Jitendra Awhad of NCP joined the students at the overnight protest and sat with them for a while. “When people fear intellect, there is anarchy,” the minister told reporters. NCP chief Sharad Pawar said JNU students were subjected to a cowardly and planned attack. “JNU students and professors were subjected to a cowardly…

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Australian Open delay valid if smoke haze worsens: Djokovic

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Novak Djokovic said Australian Open organisers should consider delaying the first Grand Slam of the year if haze from bushfires raging around the country threatens players’ health. The opening major of 2020 is due to start at Melbourne Park on January 20 and the city was blanketed by smoke from blazes burning to the east on Saturday, compromising air quality. Djokovic, president of the ATP players council, said in the early hours of Sunday that any delay would be a last resort, but it needed to be discussed. “I mean,…

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Petrol, diesel prices up for 4th straight day as US strike roils oil market

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Petrol and diesel prices rose for the fourth straight day on Sunday as global oil prices jumped after the US killed a top Iranian general, fanning fresh fears of conflict in the crude-rich Middle East. Retail pump price of petrol was hiked by 9 paise per litre and that of diesel by 11 paise, according to a price notification of state-owned fuel retailers. Petrol in Delhi now costs Rs 75.54 per litre — the highest in more than a year, while a litre of diesel comes for Rs 68.51. While…

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Imran Khan condemns Nankana Sahib incident, says it goes against his ‘vision’

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Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday condemned the recent incident of vandalism at the Nankana Sahib, saying it goes against his “vision” and the government will show “zero tolerance” against those involved in it. Gurdwara Nankana Sahib, also known as Gurdwara Janam Asthan, is a site near Lahore where the first Guru of Sikhs, Guru Nanak, was born. According to media reports, a violent mob had attacked the Gurdwara and pelted it with stones on Friday. A team of police had to intervene briskly to control the situation. Breaking…

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India condemns ‘targeted killing’ of Sikh community member in Pakistan’s Peshawar

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India on Sunday strongly condemned the “targeted killing” of a minority Sikh community member in Pakistan’s Peshawar. The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said Pakistan should stop “prevaricating” and take immediate action to apprehend and give exemplary punishment to the perpetrators of the crime. “India strongly condemns the targeted killing of minority Sikh community member in Peshawar that follows the recent despicable vandalism and desecration of the holy Gurdwara Sri Janam Asthan at Nankana Sahib and the unresolved case of abduction, forced conversion and marriage of a Sikh girl Jagjit…

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Serena, Kuznetsova to resume rivalry in Auckland

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Multiple Grand Slam winners Serena Williams and Svetlana Kuznetsova are set to resume their 16-year rivalry after being drawn Saturday to face each other in the first round of next week’s Auckland WTA Classic. Tournament top seed Williams, 38, and Kuznetsova, 34, are in a competitive half of the draw in which the veterans are competing against the rising stars of tennis, including American teen sensations Amanda Anisimova and Coco Gauff as well as 22-year-old Latvian Jelena Ostapenko. Williams leads Kuznetsova 10-3 in their head-to-heads dating back to 2004 and…

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CBI court directs AP CM Jagan to appear before it on Jan 10

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A Special CBI court here has directed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy to appear before it on January 10 in connection with alleged ‘quid pro quo’ investments into his firms. The court gave the direction on Friday while hearing a petition by him seeking exemption from personal appearance. Ever since Jagan became the chief minister he has not appeared for the hearings citing his busy schedule as CM. The court was hearing the case every Friday. It had earlier rejected his plea to exempt him from appearing…

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US says decision to kill Iran’s Gen Soleimani was designed to prevent further bloodshed

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US President Donald Trump’s decision to kill Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards commander General Qasem Soleimani was designed to prevent further bloodshed and was defensive in nature, his National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien has said. O’Brien alleged that Soleimani, who was travelling around the Middle East, had just come to Iraq from Damascus where he was planning attacks on American soldiers, airmen, marines, sailors and American diplomats. Soleimani, 62, the head of Iran’s elite al-Quds force and architect of its regional security apparatus, was killed when a drone fired missiles into…

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Maha: Man cheated of Rs 1 lakh in online payment fraud

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A Thane resident lost a little over Rs 1 lakh in an online fraud involving popular payment gateways, police said on Saturday. The complainant, a resident of Patlipada, wanted to sell his furniture and posted an ad on Facebook on December 21, an official said. On December 24, he received a call from one Rajendra Sharma who offered to buy the furniture and wanted to transfer the amount through payment gateways — Paytm and Google Pay, he said. However, instead of the money getting credited to his account, the complainant…

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Australia 182-2 at tea against New Zealand

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Marnus Labuschagne hit his sixth half-century in seven innings to guide Australia into a powerful position against virus-hit New Zealand on the opening day of the third Test in Sydney on Friday. The rock-solid No.3 was unconquered on 73 with Steve Smith on 42 as Australia reached tea at 182 for two. It was Labuschagne’s eighth half-century in 14 Tests as he closed in on his fourth hundred of the home Test summer. Smith, who took 39 balls to get off the mark, shared in an unbroken 87-run stand with…

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