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Power woes hit Nigeria’s football fans

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Lagos, Jun 20 (DIN NEWS) Football-loving Nigerians had more than one reason to groan about the country’s opening World Cup game: not only did they lose 2-0, many weren’t even able to see the whole match. Some viewers complained that seasonal rains affected the signal to the satellite television channel broadcasting Saturday’s match against Croatia. Then, the power went off completely. The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) said six power plants were shut down to prevent the “collapse” of the national grid following a pipeline failure and unspecified “technical issues”.…

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Steady Tvesa takes the first round lead in seventh leg of Hero WPG Tour

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Bengaluru, Jun 20 (DIN NEWS) Tvesa Malik, who is having a terrific season with one win and four other Top-5 finishes in six starts, got off to a good start with a steady even par 72 in the seventh leg of the Hero Women’s Professional Golf Tour at the Prestige Golfshire course. Tvesa, winner of the third leg in Pune, had an eventful start with a bogey followed by two birdies. Thereafter she had two bogeys on eighth and 11th and a birdie on par-3 17th for a 72. That…

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Priyanka Chopra to come out with memoir in 2019

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New Delhi, Jun 20 (DIN NEWS) Actor Priyanka Chopra will come out with her memoir next year in which she will write about things which she has never spoken before. “Unfinished” is a collection of personal essays, stories and observations of the actor, producer, activist and UNICEF goodwill ambassador, publishers Penguin Random House India announced last night. The book will be published simultaneously in the US by Ballantine Books and in the UK by Michael Joseph. The UK and Commonwealth (including India) rights were acquired at an auction from Siobhan…

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Fear of losing it all made me appreciate life: Manisha Koirala

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Mumbai, June 20 (DIN NEWS) Manisha Koirala has found poetry in everyday mundaneness of the world – the sunrise, the grass, the shining stars – and feels more appreciative of life today with every breath she takes. She was diagnosed with the ovarian cancer in 2012 which she successfully overcame. Though difficult, Manisha says the phase, where the fear of losing everything loomed large, left her completely changed. “When I was at the brink of losing it all – with my health crisis – that made me appreciate life. For…

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DDA officials get 4 yrs RI for demanding bribe from eatery owner

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New Delhi, Jun 20 (DIN NEWS) A city court has sentenced two DDA officials to four years of rigorous imprisonment each for demanding Rs 6,000 bribe every month for allowing a man to run his eatery illegally in northwest Delhi. Special Judge Ashutosh Kumar handed down the jail term to Delhi Development Authority (DDA) officials Mukesh Chander and Satyabir Singh for demanding monthly bribe from the man, whose ‘Dhaba’ (eatery) faced closure after he received a notice from authorities for illegally running it. “It is proved beyond reasonable doubt that…

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HC asks for details of physiotherapy facilities in Tihar Jail

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New Delhi, Jun 20 (DIN NEWS) Observing that several inmates lodged in Tihar Jail here require physiotherapy, the Delhi High Court has asked the director general of prisons to give details of the facilities, including the number of machines and trained physiotherapists, available at the prison. Justice Mukta Gupta issued the direction while hearing a plea of Jagtar Singh Hawara, undergoing life sentence for conspiring to assassinate former Punjab chief minister Beant Singh. He has sought special facilities for treatment of his back pain and other spinal problems. The court…

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Taj group acquires Lutyen’s Delhi hotel in NDMC auction

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New Delhi, Jun 20 (DIN NEWS) The Connaught, a premium hotel in Lutyen’s Delhi, was successfully acquired by Tata’s Indian Hotel Company Limited (IHCL) in an e-auction conducted by the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) today. “The successful bidder is the Taj group which will pay 31.80 per cent of the Gross Turn Over (GOT) or Rs 5.868 crore per annum, whichever is higher. This current auction has yielded more than the double revenue that the NDMC was getting from this hotel,” a senior NDMC official said. The licensing rights…

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Air India set to have ‘Maharaja’ class seats on international flights

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New Delhi, June 20 (DIN NEWS) Passengers on most of Air India’s international flights are all set for a new experience as the airline will soon introduce ‘Maharaja’ business class seats, variety cuisines and new uniforms for crew, officials said. The revamped products and services is likely to be unveiled on June 22, which would also come on an eventful week when the government decided to put the breaks, for now, on the disinvestment plans for the loss-making carrier. “The airline would launch a revamped Maharaja business class,” Minister of…

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Iran lawyer arrested after claiming executed man innocent

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Tehran, June 20 (DIN NEWS) An Iranian defence lawyer has been arrested after claiming a man executed this week for killing three policemen was innocent, Iran’s Fars news agency said today. Zeinab Taheri was taken into custody after an arrest warrant was issued against her for making “false statements” and because of “her lies propagated online claiming (the defendant) was not guilty,” the conservative-linked agency said. It did not specify the date of her arrest. “The female lawyer who recently claimed to be the defendant’s lawyer and who has gone…

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UK PM calls US images of migrant children ‘deeply disturbing’

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London, Jun 20 (DIN NEWS) British Prime Minister Theresa May today said images from the United States of migrant children kept in cages were “deeply disturbing” and that she would press President Donald Trump on the issue. “On what we have seen in the United States, pictures of children being held in what appear to be cages are deeply disturbing… this is wrong,” she told MPs. May said she would raise the issue with Trump when the pair meet in Britain next month. “When we disagree with the United States…

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