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Zoya Akhtar talks about her ‘first panic attack’

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Mumbai, Jun 13 (DIN NEWS) Director Zoya Akhtar has opened up about her first panic attack and how she sought help to overcome it. Zoya, the elder child of veteran screenwriter Javed Akhtar and filmmaker Honey Irani, wrote a lengthy post on Facebook for Humans of Bombay, a group which shares stories from the everyday lives of the people of Mumbai. “My biggest challenge was when I had my first panic attack at 27. It’s not something you can ignore, you can’t sit around and get sucked into a rabbit…

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We stand by Priyanka: Varun on ‘Quantico’ controversy

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Mumbai, Jun 13 (DIN NEWS) Actor Varun Dhawan has defended Priyanka Chopra, who faced a lot of flak in India for the plot of an episode in her American TV show “Quantico”. Chopra, 35, took to Twitter recently to clear the air around the episode, titled “The Blood of Romeo”, which featured ‘Indian nationalists’ planning to carry out a terrorist attack in Manhattan and frame Pakistan for it days before a summit on Kashmir. At a press conference of the International Indian Filmand Academy (IIFA) here last night, Dhawan, Bobby…

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HC notice to Maran brothers in ‘illegal’ telephone exchange

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Chennai, Jun 12 (DIN NEWS) The Madras High Court today issued notice to all respondents in the alleged illegal telephone exchange case on a petition by CBI challenging the order of discharge of former Union Minister Dayanithi Maran and others. When the petition by CBI came up, Justice G Jaichandran directed issuance of notice to all those involved in the case, returnable by June 20. A special CBI court had in March last discharged Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanithi and others accused in the case. Special judge S Natarajan had…

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Authorities not proceeding with sealing drive: Committee to SC

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New Delhi, Jun 13 (DIN NEWS) A monitoring committee, which is mandated by the court to identify and seal unauthorised constructions in Delhi, today claimed in the Supreme Court that civic bodies have refused to carry out sealing drive on the ground that amendments in Master Plan of Delhi-2021 were not finalised yet. Master Plan of Delhi-2021 is a blueprint for urban planning and expansion in the metropolis to ensure overall development and the proposed amendments are aimed at bringing a uniform floor area ratio (FAR) for shop-cum-residential plots and…

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RBI needs more powers to oversee PSB: Guv to panel

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New Delhi, Jun 13 (DIN NEWS) The Reserve Bank needs more powers to oversee public sector banks (PSBs), Governor Urjit Patel told a parliamentary panel today amid mounting bad loans in state-run lenders. The RBI governor, who appeared before the Parliamentary Standing Committee of Finance, faced tough questions from lawmakers on bad loans, bank frauds, cash crunch and other issues, according to sources. Sources said the governor assured the members that steps were being taken to strengthen the system. Regarding PSBs, he told the panel that the RBI has “inadequate”…

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Sensex jumps 185 points in early trade

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Mumbai, Jun 13 (DIN NEWS) The BSE Sensex rallied about 185 points to 35,877.41 in early session today, buoyed by robust industrial output data amid mixed Asian cues. Industrial output expanded by 4.9 per cent in April this year, spurred by higher growth in manufacturing and mining sectors, as per official data released after market hours yesterday. Retail inflation, however, inched up to 4.87 per cent in May on increase in food prices. The 30-share barometer spurted by 184.89 points, or 0.51 per cent, to 35,877.41. The gauge had gained…

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Sirisena inducts 7 ministers, including a Tamil from Jaffna

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Colombo, Jun 12 (DIN NEWS) Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena today inducted seven new ministers in his government, including a Tamil who is the only elected representative of the ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party from Jaffna, the capital of Northern district. Two state ministers and five deputy ministers were sworn-in by Sirisena at a function at the Presidential Secretariat, amid an internal bickering within the unity government. Angajan Ramanathan, of the Sirisena-led Sri Lanka Freedom Party from Jaffna, was appointed as a deputy minister. The main Tamil party, Tamil National…

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Australia PM will make national apology to sex abuse victims

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Sydney, Jun 13 (DIN NEWS) Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will deliver a national apology to child sex abuse victims as part of the government’s response to a long-running inquiry that heard allegations against government and private institutions and prominent individuals in five years of hearings. The apology to be delivered on October 22 was announced today as Turnbull outlined his government’s formal reaction to the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. Its inquiry ended in December after taking evidence from leaders such as Vatican Cardinal George…

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Bungalow damage row: Akhilesh terms it as BJP conspiracy

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Lucknow, Jun 13 (DIN NEWS) Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav today slammed the BJP over reports of damage to the bungalow vacated by him in the state capital, terming it as a “conspiracy” by the saffron party. “The BJP it is rattled after repeated defeats in a series of by-elections,” the SP leader said at a hurriedly convened press conference here. “It is the BJP’s conspiracy,” he charged. His outburst came a day after UP Governor Ram Naik asked the state government to take action over the reported…

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Opposition parties emulating BJP’s member enrolment drive: Shah

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New Delhi, Jun 13 (DIN NEWS) BJP president Amit Shah today hailed his party’s drive to enrol new members and train them, and said opposition parties are also now emulating this exercise. Addressing party functionaries after releasing training booklets to educate workers, Shah said the BJP’s ideology is aimed at changing the society and the country’s politics, sources said. The training booklets also include measures to effectively deal with media. The party had launched a membership drive after it stormed to power at the Centre in 2014 and claimed to…

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