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Shafali, Smriti secure India’s 84-run win over WI in first T20I

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Opening duo of Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana hammered scintillating half-centuries as the Indian women’s team notched up a comfortable 84-run win over hosts West Indies in the first T20I here. The 15-year-old Shafali and Mandhana shared a record 143-run opening partnership as India posted 185 for 4 in their stipulated 20 overs at the Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium here. The visitors then returned to restrict West Indies for 101 for 9 to complete the win on Saturday. Pacer Shikha Pandey (2/22), spin duo of Radha Yadav (2/10) and…

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Want to do films for family audience: John Abraham

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Following a series of hardcore action dramas, John Abraham now plans to cater to family audiences with his upcoming comedy “Pagalpanti”. The actor, who has established himself as one of the most popular action stars of Bollywood with films like “Force”, “Rocky Handsome”, “Parmanu”, Satyameva Jayate” and “Batla House”, said he was dying to comedy for quiet sometime. “There is space for all kinds of film and I want to do all kinds of film. I have been dying to do a comedy. Films like ‘Housefull 4’, ‘Total Dhamaal’ has…

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Reliance cuts base price for new gas from KG-D6 after customer protests

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Reliance Industries has cut by about 7 per cent the minimum price it is seeking for the natural gas it plans to produce from newer fields in the Bay of Bengal KG-D6 block after key customers such as fertiliser plants protested over the high base price, sources said. Reliance and its partner BP Plc of the UK is in the market seeking bids from potential users for the 5 million standard cubic metres per day of natural gas they plan to produce from the R-Cluster Field in KG-D6 block from…

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Zafaryab Jilani uhappy with SC verdict, welcomed by deity Ram Lalla’s lawyer

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Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board’s Zafaryab Jilani on Saturday expressed dissatisfaction over the Supreme Court’s Ayodhya verdict, saying it has a lot of contradictions and they will seek a review of it. The apex court on Saturday cleared the way for the construction of a Ram Temple at the disputed site at Ayodhya, and directed the Centre to allot a 5-acre plot to the Sunni Waqf Board for building a mosque. “The Ayodhya verdict holds no value for us. We are dissatisfied with the verdict. It has lot of…

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Give Pant time, he’ll be fine: Ganguly

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BCCI president Sourav Ganguly on Friday firmly backed the struggling Rishabh Pant, calling the wicketkeeper-batsman a “superb player” who will mature slowly and do just fine. The 21-year-old is enduring a woeful run of form in the ongoing T20 International series against Bangladesh and has struggled to make an impact both with the bat and behind the stumps. But Ganguly supported him. “He’s a superb player. Give Rishabh Pant time, he will be fine,” the former India captain told PTI when asked if India is missing Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s safe…

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Flattering to be mistaken for Keanu Reeves’ girlfriend, says Helen Mirren

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Veteran actor Helen Mirren says being compared to Keanu Reeves’ girlfriend Alexandra Grant was “flattering”. The 55-year-old actor recently stepped out with Grant for Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s (LACMA) Art + Film Gala. At the event Grant, 44, wore her natural, silver hair in a bun and somewhat resembled Mirren, leading to confusion on social media. “I saw that. That was very flattering on me, you know, because she’s obviously lovely,” Mirren told Entertainment Tonight, referring to the Twitter furore. The veteran star, whose husband Taylor Hackford worked…

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Lawyers’ strike enters 5th day, litigants given complete access to courts

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Lawyers at all the six district courts here continued to boycott work for the 5th consecutive day on Friday with advocates and personnel staff of the bar associations doing the security checks of the people entering the premises. Bar associations of district courts said the situation is calm in all these courts — Tis Hazari, Saket, Patiala House, Rohini, Karkardooma and Dwarka — although lawyers are continuing to observe complete strike in the national capital following clashes with the police. Litigants are being allowed to have full access to courtrooms…

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Hong Kong student’s death fuels more anger against police

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A Hong Kong university student who fell off a parking garage after police fired tear gas during clashes with anti-government protesters died Friday in a rare fatality after five months of unrest, fueling more outrage against authorities in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. The Hospital Authority said the 22-year-old died Friday morning, but didn’t provide further details. The government expressed “great sorrow and regret” over Chow Tsz-Lok’s death and police said they will propose a public inquest. Some 1,000 masked protesters marched through the busy central district at lunchtime, chanting “Disband…

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Sensex skids from record high as Moody’s cuts India credit outlook

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Equity benchmark BSE Sensex tumbled 330 points on Friday as investors pressed the exit button after Moody’s cut India’s credit rating outlook citing growth concerns. Profit-booking following the recent record-setting run and unease over frothy valuations also took their toll, analysts said. Trading on a weak note though the day, the 30-share Sensex briefly turned positive to hit a fresh intra-day high of 40,749.33, but failed to sustain the momentum. It finally ended 330.13 points, or 0.81 per cent lower at 40,323.61. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty plunged 103.90 points,…

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Fadnavis quits; says Sena shunned BJP but talked to Cong-NCP

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Devendra Fadnavis on Friday resigned as Maharashtra chief minister, five years and a week after he assumed the state’s top job, as an aggressive Shiv Sena rebuffed all attempts to form an alliance government. Fadnavis, 49, drove to Raj Bhavan and handed over his resignation to Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, who asked him to be the “caretaker CM” till alternate arrangements are made. The development came a fortnight after results of the October 21 Assembly elections were declared. “The alternate arrangements could be anything, be it a new government or…

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