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सेना ने शुक्रवार को खुफिया जानकारियों का हवाला देते हुए कहा कि पाकिस्तान में बैठे आतंकवादी, कश्मीर घाटी में अमरनाथ यात्रा को निशाना बनाने की साजिश रच रहे हैं। इसके तुरंत बाद, जम्मू कश्मीर प्रशासन ने यात्रियों और पर्यटकों से घाटी की अपनी यात्रा में ‘‘कटौती करने’’ तथा तुरंत वापस जाने को कहा। यात्रा मार्ग से हथियार और विस्फोटक बरामद होने की सूचना देते हुए सेना के एक शीर्ष अधिकारी ने कहा कि सुरक्षा बल तीर्थयात्रियों पर हमले के किसी भी प्रयास को विफल करने के लिए पूरी तरह से…

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UK PM Johnson’s Parliament majority down to one after by-election

August 2, 2019 strong

Britain’s new Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s already slim parliamentary majority has been cut down further to just one with the loss of an MP to the anti-Brexit Liberal Democrat party in a by-election in Wales.In one of his first major election clashes since taking over from Theresa May last month, Johnson’s Conservative Party candidate lost the seat for the party in the Welsh constituency of Brecon and Radnorshire.Liberal Democrat MP Jane Dodds overturned an 8,038 majority to beat incumbent Tory MP Chris Davies by 1,425 votes in results announced overnight…

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RBI imposes Rs 11 cr fine on seven PSBs for violating norms

August 2, 2019 strong

Equity benchmark BSE Sensex tumbled 463 points while the NSE Nifty closed below the key 11,000-mark on Thursday amid heavy selling in metal, banking and tech stocks. Lacklustre economic data, unabated foreign fund outflows and disappointing quarterly earnings also dented market sentiment, traders said.After a weak opening, the 30-share BSE Sensex plunged more than 750 points in late-afternoon trade, before finally ending at 37,018.32, down by 462.80 points or 1.23 per cent.Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty dropped 138 points or 1.24 per cent to end at 10,980.00.In the Sensex pack,…

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We’re responsible filmmakers: Vikramaditya on political commentary in ‘Sacred Games 2’

August 2, 2019 strong

Filmmaker Vikramaditya Motwane says any political commentary made on the show “Sacred Games” comes from a responsible space and is never done to “poke” people. Last year when the show started streaming, a certain section took offence over alleged use of derogatory language while talking about politics and politicians. When asked if the team was cautious going forward with season two, Motwane, who is the showrunner for the Netflix Original series, told DIN that the intent is never to provoke anyone. “We haven’t gone out there to poke or unnecessarily needle anyone.…

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Mehbooba slams Centre, says ‘gloves are finally off

August 2, 2019 strong

The “gloves are finally off and India has chosen territory over people”, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti said on Friday as speculations grew in the valley about some possible major decisions regarding the state’s special status.“You failed to win over the love of a single Muslim majority state which rejected division on religious grounds & chose secular India. The gloves are finally off & India has chosen territory over people,” Mehbooba, the PDP president, wrote on Twitter. She said New Delhi seemed to be preparing “to rob”…

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Ayodhya: As mediation fails, SC to conduct day-to day hearing of land dispute from Aug 6

August 2, 2019 strong

The Supreme Court Friday said it will hold day-to-day hearing from August 6 to decide the politically sensitive Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land dispute in Ayodhya as the efforts to arrive at an amicable settlement through mediation have failed.The apex court took note of the report of the three member mediation panel, headed by former apex court judge FMI Kalifulla, that the mediation proceedings which went on for about four months have not resulted in any final settlement and it has to decide the matter pending before it. “We have received…

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US ‘working hard’ with India to help grow its economy: Pompeo

July 31, 2019 strong

The US is “working hard” with the Indian government to provide the country with opportunities to grow its economy as part of the Trump administration’s Indo-Pacific strategy, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said.Trade tensions between India and the US have been rising with President Donald Trump complaining that tariffs imposed by New Delhi on American products were “no longer acceptable”.In June, the US terminated India’s designation as beneficiary developing country under the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) programme.India imposed retaliatory tariffs on 28 US products including almonds and apples…

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Playing alongside Tendulkar and against Pakistan were highlights of my career: Venugopal

July 31, 2019 strong

Former India batsman Y Venugopal Rao Wednesday said playing alongside Sachin Tendulkar and against Pakistan were the highlights of his short international career.The 37-year-old Rao on Tuesday announced retirement from all forms of the game after playing 16 ODIs between 2005 and 2006, from which he scored 218 runs with the help of a half-century. “It is a privilege to represent the country. Only some 500-600 people have played for the country and I am one of them, which is a wonderful thing. Happy to have played alongside legends including Sachin…

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Cafe Coffee Day founder dead, body found 2 days after he went missing

July 31, 2019 strong

Billionaire coffee tycoon V G Siddhartha, who went missing since Monday, is dead and his body was recovered from the banks of the Nethravathi river near Mangaluru in Karnataka on Wednesday.59-year-old Siddhartha, son-in-law of BJP leader and former External Affairs Minister S M Krishna, was cremated in a sombre atmosphere after hundreds of people paid a tearful homage to the ‘Coffee King” at his Chetanahali estate in his ancestral village in Chikkamagaluru where hundreds of people gathered to pay their last respects.Siddhartha, whose chain of cafes helped make coffee a…

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Alfred Molina to make directorial debut with ‘Lilian’

July 31, 2019 strong

Veteran actor Alfred Molina is donning the director’s hat with “Lilian”, a big screen adaptation of the Jill Gascoine novel. Molina is also attached to executive produce the indie along with Kelly Kahl and Derek Beamer, reported Deadline. Amy Lowe Starbin is penning the script of the film, which will be backed by Cannonball Productions.The story follows cancer survivor Jessica who leaves her husband and children in England to visit a friend in the US hoping to rediscover the joy of life. Once she reaches America, she unexpectedly finds herself…