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1,000 farmers oppose bullet train project in Gujarat HC

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As many as 1,000 farmers affected by the proposed Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train submitted affidavits in the Gujarat High Court Tuesday, voicing their opposition to the project.A division bench of Chief Justice R Subhash Reddy and Justice V M Pancholi is hearing five petitions challenging the land acquisition process for the high speed rail project. Besides these petitioners, 1,000 farmers submitted separate affidavits in the high court to make a point that many more cultivators are affected by the Centre’s ambitious Rs 1.10 lakh crore project and are opposed to it.…

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NEWS CATEGORIES SPORTS 

India captain Virat Kohli recommended for Khel Ratna along with weightlifter Mirabai Chanu

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Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli and world champion weightlifter Mirabai Chanu were Monday jointly recommended for the country’s highest sporting honour — the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award.Kohli will become the third Indian cricketer after legendary Sachin Tendulkar (1997) and the talismanic former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (2007) once the sports ministry officially accepts the committee’s recommendation.”Yes, Virat Kohli and Mirabai Chanu’s names have been recommended by the awards committee,” a top source told PTI on condition of anonymity. It is learnt that India’s top male shuttler Kidambi Srikanth was…

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS CATEGORIES 

Moments of self-doubt taught me a lot: Freida Pinto

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Freida Pinto says she never wanted to surrender to the Indian stereotype in Hollywood, which resulted in her saying no to a lot of big projects. The 33-year-old Indian actor, who started her Hollywood journey with Oscar-winning film “Slumdog Millionaire”, says even though she knew it was the right decision, she went through a phase of “self doubt and anxiety”. “I made it very clear after ‘Slumdog…’ that I would have to carve my own path and also determine the path for the next generation of Indian actors. It was very important…

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CM Parrikar unwell, Oppn Cong stakes claim to form govt in Goa

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With Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar hospitalised, Goa’s main opposition Congress party submitted a memorandum to Governor Mridula Sinha Monday, staking claim to form an alternate government.The move came at a time when the BJP high command has sent three senior leaders — Ram Lal, B L Santhosh and Vinay Puranik — here to meet the state party leaders and allies to take stock of the political situation.Parrikar, 62, who is suffering from a pancreatic ailment, is currently admitted in the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi…

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Imran Khan govt auctions fleet of luxury cars as part of austerity drive

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The cash-strapped Pakistan government on Monday sold 34 cars as part of an auction of 102 luxury vehicles, including some bullet-proof ones, as part of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s austerity drive.Apart from luxury cars, the government, facing huge debts and liabilities, plans to auction eight buffaloes kept by deposed and jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif at the PM House for his “gastronomic requirements”, a senior aide to Khan said last week.It will also sell the four surplus helicopters lying unused with the Cabinet Division, Naeem-ul-Haq, the Prime Minister’s Special…

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Sensex crashes 505 pts on rupee woes, global worries

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After rallying for two sessions, the BSE benchmark Sensex Monday tumbled over 505 points to slip below the 38,000-level as worries about global trade war and prevailing rupee crisis dampened investors mood despite the government announcing steps to stem a steep fall in the Indian currency. The broader Nifty too nosedived over 137 points to end below the 11,400-mark.Subdued Asian and European markets due to escalating trade war between the US and China mainly led to a caution on domestic bourses, brokers said.The government Friday announced an array of steps,…

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SC extends house arrest of rights activists in Koregaon-Bhima case

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The Supreme Court Monday said it will examine two days later whether there is material supporting the arrest of five rights activists in connection with the Koregaon-Bhima violence case.A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra extended till September 19 the house arrest of the five rights activists–Varavara Rao, Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves, Sudha Bharadwaj and Gautam Navlakha– at their respective homes.”Every criminal investigation is based on allegations and we have to see whether there is some material,” the bench, also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud…

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एंटरटेनमेंट हिंदी न्यूज़ 

मलयाली दिग्गज अभिनेता कैप्टन राजू का निधन, भारतीय सेना छोड़ आजमाई थी फिल्मों में किस्मत

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कोच्चि: केरल के दिग्गज अभिनेता कैप्टन राजू (Captain Raju) का यहां उनके आवास पर निधन हो गया. मलयाली सिनेमा के मशहूर अभिनेता कैप्टन राजू ने सोमवार सुबह आखिरी सांस ली. पारिवारिक सूत्रों ने यह जानकारी दी. वह 68 साल के थे. उनके परिवार में पत्नी और पुत्र हैं. यहां से जून में बेटे की शादी में शामिल होने के लिए अमेरिका की यात्रा करते समय उन्हें स्ट्रोक आया था और मस्कट के एक अस्पताल में उन्हें भर्ती कराया गया था. मस्कट में एक सप्ताह इलाज के बाद, उन्हें दो जुलाई को कोच्चि लाया…

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न्यायाल हिंदी न्यूज़ 

सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने सैरीडॉन समेत तीन दवाओं पर लगे प्रतिबंध को हटाया, केंद्र सरकार को नोटिस जारी

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नई दिल्ली : सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने सोमवार को सैरीडॉन, प्रिट्रान और डार्ट ड्रग्स पर लगे प्रतिबंध को हटा दिया है. अब इन दवाओं की बिक्री की जा सकेगी. कोर्ट ने यह फैसला दवा निर्माताओं की याचिका पर सुनवाई करते हुए दिया. सुप्रीम कोर्ट ने इस मामले में केंद्र सरकार को नोटिस भी जारी किया है और जवाब मांगा है. दरअसल, ये तीनों दवाएं 328 दवाओं की उस लिस्ट में शामिल हैं जिन्हें केंद्र सरकार ने पिछले दिनों प्रतिबंधित कर दिया था. केंद्र सरकार ने एक झटके में इन 328 फिक्स डोज कंबीनेशन यानी एफडीसी दवाओं पर…

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अर्थ हिंदी न्यूज़ 

नौकरशाही में फेरबदल:तरुण कपूर डीडीए के उपाध्यक्ष,संजय अग्रवाल कृषि सचिव नियुक्त

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केंद्र सरकार ने सोमवार को नौकरशाही में फेरबदल के तहत भारतीय प्रशासनिक सेवा (आईएएस) के वरिष्ठ अधिकारी संजय अग्रवाल को कृषि सचिव तथा तरुण कपूर को दिल्ली विकास प्राधिकरण (डीडीए) का उपाध्यक्ष बनाया। कपूर इस समय अपने कैडर राज्य हिमाचल प्रदेश में ऊर्जा विभाग के सचिव हैं। कपूर को उदय प्रताप सिंह की जगह डीडीए के उपाध्यक्ष होंगे। सिंह 30 सितंबर को सेवानिवृत्त हो रहे हैं। एक अन्य आईएएस संजीव रंजन को भारतीय राष्ट्रीय राजमार्ग प्राधिकरण (एनएचएआई) का प्रमुख बनाया गया है। रंजन त्रिपुरा कैडर के 1985 बैच के आईएएस…

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