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Israel’s Netanyahu sweeps party primary in re-election boost

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Embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told supporters Friday he would win a March general election after scoring a landslide victory in the leadership primary of his right-wing Likud party.Israel’s longest-serving premier, who faces a corruption indictment as well as a third general election in 12 months, was expected to beat rival Gideon Saar in the leadership primary.But the convincing margin of victory — by 72.5 to 27.5 percent — strengthens his position in the party he has dominated for 20 years.Netanyahu, 70, called it a “huge win” and pledged…

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Sensex regains footing, rallies 411 pts as bank stocks spurt

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Markets snapped their three-day downward spiral to finish with smart gains on Friday as banking, finance and energy stocks saw robust buying amid supportive global cues. The 30-share BSE Sensex ended 411.38 points, or 1 per cent, higher at 41,575.14. It hit an intra-day high of 41,611.27.Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty closed 119.25 points, or 0.98 per cent, up at 12,245.80.During the holiday-shortened week, Sensex declined 106.4 points or 0.25 per cent, while Nifty slipped 26 points or 0.21 per cent.According to traders, banking stocks rallied ahead of Finance Minister…

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PMC Bank scam: 32000-page charge sheet filed against 5 accused

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Mumbai police’s Economic Offences Wing on Friday submitted a 32,000-page charge sheet against five persons in the multi-crore Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank scam in a metropolitan magistrate court here. The charge sheet has named former managing director of the bank Joy Thomas, former chairman Waryam Singh, former director of the bank Surjit Singh Arora, along with Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited (HDIL) promoters Rakesh Wadhawan and Sarang Wadhawan. The accused have been charged under various sections of Indian Penal Code including cheating, fraud, destruction of evidence and falsification…

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Farah Khan apologises for ‘inadvertently’ hurting religious sentiments

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Director-choreographer Farah Khan has apologised a day after Amritsar police booked her, actor Raveena Tandon and comedian Bharti Singh for allegedly hurting the religious sentiments of a community in a TV show.Farah on Friday took to Twitter to apologise on behalf of entire team of Flipkart Video Original’s quiz show “Backbenchers”, on which she serves as the host.”I’m extremely saddened that some sentiments have been inadvertently hurt by a recent episode of my show. I respect all religions, and it would never be my intention to disrespect any.On behalf of…

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India U-19 team beats SA by 9 wickets in first youth ODI

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India under-19 team produced an impressive all-round performance to begin its tour of South Africa with a comfortable nine-wicket win in the first Youth ODI at the Buffalo Park here. Batting first, South Africa Under-19 team folded for 187 in 48.3 overs. In reply, India dished out a solid batting display to overhaul the target, scoring 190 for 1 in 42.3 overs on Thursday to take 1-0 lead in the series. South Africa’s decision to bat fist backfired as their batsmen failed to convert the starts into big scores with…

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Want to be part of relevant stories: Jimmy Shergill

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Actor Jimmy Shergill believes his unconventional film choices have worked in his favour as the audiences now associate him with good roles. The actor believes it has also led to a lot of interesting work coming his way. “When I was doing solo hero and two-hero films, they were doing well commercially but deep inside I felt that I should do something different. I grabbed opportunities like ‘Yahaan’, ‘Tanu Weds Manu’, ‘Munnabhai MBBS’. It was time for me to do some relevant characters and films, the idea was people should…

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Inflation leaves consumers teary-eyed as pricey onions, food items bite

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Onion literally brought tears to the eyes of consumers as retail prices touched Rs 200 per kilogram and tomato too turned pricier in the last quarter of 2019, leaving many scurrying for changes in dietary ways as costly food items pushed retail inflation to a more than three-year high. Though well below the price jump seen for the humble ‘daily consumable bulb’ and tomato, potato also become costlier as crop damages and disruptions stoked supply crunch. Albeit for a brief period during monsoon and afterwards, retail price of tomato went…

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Israel’s Netanyahu wins ruling party leadership vote

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Embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared a “huge” victory Friday, after winning a leadership primary that ensures he will lead his right-wing Likud party into a March general election. Israel’s longest-serving premier, who faces a corruption indictment and a third general election in 12 months, was expected to beat rival Gideon Saar but the convincing margin of victory strengthened his position in the party he has dominated for 20 years. With all votes counted, the Likud announced that Netanyahu had secured 72.5 percent, with Saar winning 27.5 percent. “A…

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Mamata to attend swearing-in ceremony of Hemant Soren: TMC

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Hemant Soren as Jharkhand chief minister in Ranchi on December 29, TMC sources said. With top opposition leaders of the country scheduled to attend the programme, Soren’s swearing-in ceremony is likely to be a “show of unity” in the wake of countrywide protests against the amended Citizenship Act and the proposed pan-India NRC. “We share a very good relationship with Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and Hemant Soren. So far, it has been decided that our party supremo…

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I listened to my inner self during time away from team: Rahane

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Soul searching proved to be a cathartic experience for India’s Test captain Ajinkya Rahane, who learnt to accept rejection after being snubbed for this year’s ODI World Cup.Rahane was playing county cricket when his teammates were fighting it out in England.For someone, who was an automatic choice in white ball cricket in the 2015 World Cup, it was time for some introspection and he realised that blind pursuit of success was not ideal, always.”At times, we get too caught up in our pursuit of success and then we suddenly realise…

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