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PSG coach ‘optimistic’ injured Neymar will recover to face Real

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Paris Saint-Germain coach Unai Emery remains optimistic that superstar Neymar will be fit to face Real Madrid in their do-or-die Champions League clash despite suffering an ankle injury in Sunday’s 3-0 victory over Marseille. Neymar, the world’s most expensive footballer, was stretchered off 10 minutes from time at the Parc des Princes as PSG opened up a 14-point lead in Ligue 1. The 26-year-old was on his own when he innocuously rolled his ankle and flopped to the ground in pain. “The first examination in the locker room revealed that…

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Fans gather outside Sridevi’s house, mortal remains to arrive tonight

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The air outside Sridevi’s residence is heavy with grief as fans of the veteran actor continue to queue up to catch one last glimpse of their ‘Chandni’. Sridevi, 54, died late at Saturday night reportedly due to cardiac arrest in Dubai, where she had gone to attend her nephew Mohit Marwah’s wedding. Ever since the news broke out, Sridevi’s Lokhandwala home – where she used to live with her husband Boney Kapoor and two daughters Janhvi and Khushi – witnessed a steady stream of ardent fans assembling outside her house…

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Bombay HC refuses to defer deadline to link Aadhaar with ration card

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The Bombay High Court has refused to defer the March 31 deadline imposed by the Union government for linking Aadhaar to ration card. A bench of justices Shantanu Kemkar and Rajesh Ketkar, however, directed the Maharashtra government to look into the grievances of technological glitches faced by residents of the state in the digitisation of their ration card, and subsequently, in linking it to their Aadhaar card. The bench was hearing a petition filed by Nashik resident Aziz Pathan. According to the plea filed in 2015, the Maharashtra government issued…

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State Bank of India set for UK restructuring

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State Bank of India (SBI) is set for a major restructuring of its business in the UK from April, India s largest state-owned bank has said. SBI’s UK operations will transform into a subsidiary named State Bank of India UK Limited from April 1, in compliance with wider ring-fencing of capital requirements by the Bank of England. The move will mean that all retail branches of SBI in the UK will fall under a new UK-incorporated banking entity instead of their previous status as overseas branches of the Indian entity.…

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UK Labour Party pressures its leader to change Brexit stance

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British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is facing increasing pressure to change the party’s Brexit stance ahead of a key speech on Britain’s plan to leave the European Union. More than 80 senior Labour Party figures signed a statement published Sunday in The Observer calling for Britain to remain in the EU’s single market and the customs union after Brexit. The letter states that Britain’s economy would be so damaged by leaving the EU that Labour would be unable to carry out its reforms if it comes to power. It…

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Compare 48-year rule of one family with NDA’s 48 months: Modi

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi today lashed out at the Congress saying that one family had ruled the country for over four decades and asked the people to compare the dynasty-led governments with the “development-oriented” NDA. “One family either directly or indirectly ruled the country for 48 years,” he told a public meeting organised by the BJP here, referring to the governments of Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi. On the other hand, he said, there was the NDA government which will complete 48 months this May. Intellectuals can debate…

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10-15 yrs needed to take govt-run schemes to every part of state: Raje

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Chief Minster Vasundhara Raje today called for at least two more terms for the BJP in the state, saying five years were not enough to take the government’s development projects and farmer support schemes to every corner of the state. Raje was speaking at the 11th convention of the Akhil Bhartiya Kirad Kshtriya Mahasabha Adhivashan after inaugurating the Dharnidhar Bhawan at the Dharnidhar Garden, in Rangbadi area here. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was also present on the occasion. “Five years of rule is not sufficient to take…

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Margot Robbie feels her job is not ‘glamorous’

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Actor Margot Robbie believes her job is not “glamorous” as compared to her other friends’ occupations. The 27-year-old actor said she feels envious of her friends who work in offices and they get to slip into smart suits every day. “I feel like my friends who work in offices have more glamorous jobs. They do their make-up, put on a tailored skirt and blouse and go to work. I go to work in my pyjamas and my Ugg boots and we are pretty much on a glorified construction site, sitting…

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Chidambaram moves SC for protection of fundamental rights

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Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has approached the Supreme Court seeking protection of his fundamental rights, including the right to privacy, amid summons to his son Karti Chidambaram and raids by the CBI and the ED in connection with cases related to Aircel-Maxis and INX Media. Chidambaram, who is also a senior advocate, has claimed in his plea that as part of “political vendetta”, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) have made “vexatious” searches and issued repeated summons in these cases. “The writ petition is…

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FM slams regulators’ failure to detect PNB fraud

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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today slammed regulators for failing to detect the Rs 11,400-crore fraud at Punjab National Bank for seven long years, saying unlike politicians, regulators in the Indian system are unaccountable. Speaking on the scam for the second time this week, he said employees conniving with fraudsters is worrisome. Also worrisome is that no red flag was raised. Regulators should have a “third eye” open to detect and check such frauds. Speaking at the ET Global Business Summit, he said the industry needs to get into the habit…

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