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Ex-CMs Mulayam, Akhilesh move SC for time to vacate official homes

May 28, 2018 strong

New Delhi, May 28 (DIN NEWS) Former UP chief ministers Mulayam Singh Yadav and his son Akhilesh Yadav today moved the Supreme Court seeking “appropriate time” for vacating their official residences allotted by the Uttar Pradesh government. The top court had on May 7 held that former chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh cannot retain government accommodation after demitting office and said that a chief minister was at par with a common man once his or her term ends. The two former Chief Ministers had earlier moved the UP government’s estate department…

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SC no to urgent hearing on plea on pollution from Tuticorin plant

May 28, 2018 strong

New Delhi, May 28 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court today refused to urgently hear a plea seeking direction to Tamil Nadu government to file a status report on its efforts to control arsenic and cadmium pollution in the ground water around the Sterlite Copper’s smelting plant at Tuticorin. At least 13 persons were killed and hundreds injured in the recent police firing at Tuticorin on thousands of protesters demanding closure of the Vedanta Group-run Sterlite Industries for allegedly polluting the area causing severe health problems for the local residents and depletion…

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Market rises for 3rd day as crude oil weakens, rupee recovers

May 28, 2018 strong

Mumbai, May 28 (DIN NEWS) Indian equities rose for a third straight day, with both benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty closing above the key 35,000 and 10,700 levels buoyed by a sharp decline in global crude oil prices and a continuous recovery in the rupee. The BSE benchmark Sensex surged about 241 points to end at 35,165.48 and the NSE Nifty gained 84 points to close at 10,688.65. Among the Sensex constituents, Sun Pharma, Coal India, L&T, Asian Paints and SBI emerged as the top five gainers. Sector-wise, pharma, bank, auto…

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Govt to finalise passenger charter, air cargo policy this year: Prabhu

May 28, 2018 strong

New Delhi, May 28 (DIN NEWS) To further bolster the domestic aviation market, the government will finalise the passenger charter as well as the air cargo policy this year, Civil Aviation Minister Suresh Prabhu has said. India is one of the fastest growing domestic aviation markets in the world, clocking double-digit growth for more than two years. In April this year, domestic air passenger volume surged 26 per cent to 11.51 million compared to the year-ago period. “This year, we will finalise the passenger charter. We will (also) finalise the cargo…

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Russia seeks 14 years jail for Ukrainian reporter

May 28, 2018 strong

Moscow, May 28 (DIN NEWS) Russian prosecutors have asked a Moscow court to find a Ukrainian journalist guilty of espionage and jail him for 14 years, his defence lawyer said today. Journalist Roman Sushchenko — who worked for Ukrainian state news agency Ukrinform since 2002 — was detained in Russia in 2016 and Russia’s FSB security agency accused him of serving in Ukrainian military intelligence and gathering state secrets. Pro-Western Kiev blasted the allegations against Sushchenko at the time of his detention, portraying them as the latest aggressive move in the…

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Beijing protests US warship operation in South China Sea

May 28, 2018 strong

Beijing, May 28 (DIN NEWS) China has voiced “strong dissatisfaction” after two US warships sailed by an island claimed by Beijing in the disputed South China Sea, adding to simmering tensions in the strategic waterway. The foreign ministry issued a statement expressing “resolute opposition” to the US sail-by of the territory in the disputed Paracel Island chain on Sunday. The US military conducts what it calls “freedom of navigation” voyages in the South China Sea to contest Beijing’s assertion of territorial rights in the area, although the US has no claims…

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Two-day strike to affect banking operations in Bengal

May 28, 2018 strong

Kolkata, May 28 (DIN NEWS) The two-day nationwide bank strike called by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) on May 30 and 31 to press for higher wage revision is likely to hit banking operations in West Bengal. The Indian Banks Association (IBA) has proposed a two per cent revision in wages for employees of public sector banks, which the unions had refused to accept. West Bengal convenor of UFBU (the umbrella unit of seven banking trade unions) Siddhartha Khan said that in the last wage revision in 2012, employees…

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Kumaraswamy deriding Kannadigas, alleges BJP

May 28, 2018 strong

Bengaluru, May 28 (DIN NEWS) Karnataka BJP leaders flayed Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy’s remark that he was at the “mercy” of Congress and not the people of state, syingthat he was “deriding his own people” and doubted his credentials to serve them. Union Minister D V Sadananda Gowda took to twitter asking Kumaraswamy if he would compromise the interests of Kannadigas just to retain power. “Sri @hd_kumaraswamy Honble @CMofKarnataka says he is indebted to @INCIndia not to 6.0 crore Kannadigas. Sir I would like to ask u 1) will u…

एंटरटेनमेंट हिंदी न्यूज़

‘बाहुबली’ के राइटर ने पूरी की अक्षय कुमार की ‘राउडी राठौर 2’ की स्क्रिप्ट, अब संजय लीला भंसाली का इंतजार…

May 28, 2018 strong

नई दिल्ली: अक्षय कुमार की ‘राउडी राठौर’ के बहुप्रतीक्षित सीक्वल ‘राउडी राठौर 2’ की स्क्रिप्ट तैयार है और इसे सिर्फ इसके सह निर्माता संजय लीला भंसाली की स्वीकृति मिलने की जरूरत है. आईएएनएस से बात करते हुए फिल्म की सह निर्माता शबीना खान ने यह जानकारी दी. 2012 में एक्शन-कॉमेडी फिल्म के ब्लॉकबस्टर होने के बाद से ही इसके सीक्वल की बातें होने लगी थीं. खान ने आईएएनएस को बताया, “फिल्म की पटकथा तैयार है. विजयेंद्र प्रसाद ने लेखन में थोड़ा समय लिया. अब हम तैयार हैं. मैं और भंसाली इसके…

एंटरटेनमेंट हिंदी न्यूज़

शाहरुख खान ने शेयर किया बेटे अबराम खान का सबसे बड़ा सीक्रेट, बोले- 5 साल का है पर…

May 28, 2018 strong

नई दिल्ली: सुपरस्टार शाहरुख खान के छोटे बेटे अबराम खान 5 साल के हो चुके हैं. बॉलीवुड के सबसे पॉपुलर स्टार किड्स में गिने जाने वाले अबराम खान ने रविवार को अपना पांचवां जन्मदिन मनाया. इस मौके पर शाहरुख (52) ने अपने छोटे बेटे की तस्वीर साझा की जिन्हें वह अपना ‘सनशाइन’ कहते हैं. तस्वीर साझा करते हुए शाहरुख खान ने लिखा कि बच्चों को अपनी खुद की आवाज सुननी चाहिए और अपने सपनों पर भरोसा रखना चाहिए. शाहरुख ने तस्वीर के कैप्शन में लिखा, “मेरा सनशाइन आज पांच साल का हो गया लेकिन वह…