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Deepika Padukone to join Madame Tussauds London, Delhi

July 23, 2018 strong

Mumbai, Jul 23 (DIN NEWS) Deepika Padukone is the newest addition at Madame Tussauds with her wax figure set for attractions in London and Delhi The team of Madame Tussauds expert artistes met Deepika in London for the sitting for her figures, where they took over 200 specific measurements, photographs to create an authentic likeness. “I am so delighted. The sitting with the team of experts was a special experience and I look forward to the incredible figure at the attraction,” the actor said in a statement. The first figure…

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SC lifts absolute ban on rallies, dharnas at Jantar Mantar, Boat Club

July 23, 2018 strong

New Delhi, Jul 23 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court today lifted a blanket ban on rallies, dharnas or sit-ins at the Jantar Mantar and Boat Club areas here, saying there could not be an “absolute” ban on protests in such localities. The top court also asked the Centre to frame guidelines within two months for according sanctions to such events. A bench of justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan said, “There is a need to strike a balance between conflicting rights such as the right to protest and the…

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SC allows transgender, denied job as cabin crew in Air India, to amend plea

July 23, 2018July 23, 2018 strong

New Delhi, Jul 23 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court today allowed a transgender, who had undergone sex change in 2014, to amend her plea challenging Air India’s decision to deny her a job as a cabin crew to assail the grounds of conducting personality test for third gender candidates by the national carrier. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud allowed senior advocate Anand Grover, appearing for the petitioner, to file the amendment which raised some additional issues. “Let the matter…

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Rupee ends marginally down by 2 paise against US dollar

July 23, 2018 strong

Mumbai, Jul 23 (DIN NEWS) The rupee today slipped by 2 paise to close at 68.86/87 against the US dollar at the interbank foreign exchange market. The domestic currency also finished higher at Rs 90.50/52 against the pound sterling compared to previous close of 89.80 at forex market here. Following are the Interbank forex and FBIL rates : (In Rs per unit) Unit Interbank FBIL Reference US Dollar 68.86/87 US Dollar 68.7040 Pound Sterling 90.50/52 Euro 80.68/70 EURO 80.5619 Japanese yen (100) 62.00/62.

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Fin Min refuses to share black money reports

July 23, 2018 strong

New Delhi, Jul 23 (DIN NEWS) The Finance Ministry has refused to share copy of three reports on the quantum of black money held by Indians inside the country and abroad, saying its disclosure would cause a breach of privilege of Parliament. The then UPA government had in 2011 commissioned these studies by Delhi-based National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP) and National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) as well as the National Institute of Financial Management (NIFM) in Faridabad. Replying to an RTI query, it said the…

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Netanyahu praises Trump’s ‘tough stand’ against Iran

July 23, 2018 strong

Jerusalem, Jul 23 (DIN NEWS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today praised President Donald Trump’s “tough stand” against Iran after the US leader issued a stark warning to the Islamic republic. “I would like to praise the tough stand expressed yesterday by President Trump and Secretary of State (Mike) Pompeo against the aggression of the Iranian regime,” Netanyahu said at the start of a cabinet meeting. “Over the years, this regime has been spoiled by the major powers and it is good to see that the US is changing this…

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Dispose Khaleda’s bail plea in Comilla arson case by Jul 26: HC

July 23, 2018 strong

Dhaka, Jul 23 (DIN NEWS) Bangladesh’s High Court today directed a lower court to hear and dispose of a bail petition filed by former prime minister and opposition BNP chief Khaleda Zia by July 26 in an arson case in which she is named as an accused, according to a media report. Eight people were killed and 20 others were injured when unknown assailants hurled a petrol bomb at the bus in Comilla’s Chouddagram upazila on February 2, 2015, during anti-government agitation. The court bench of Justice AKM Asaduzzaman and…

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Pilot demands judicial inquiry into Alwar lynching case

July 23, 2018 strong

Jaipur, Jul 23 (DIN NEWS) Rajasthan Congress chief Sachin Pilot today demanded a judicial inquiry into the lynching of 28-year-old man in the state’s Alwar district, saying it was necessary to ascertain the truth. On Saturday night, Rakbar alias Akbar Khan was lynched in the district’s Ramgarh area on the suspicion of cow smuggling. He was taking the cows to his village in Haryana. The Congress leader alleged that such incidents had become common in the BJP-ruled state and said it was not the first case of lynching in Rajasthan.…

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This is Modi’s ‘brutal New India’: Rahul on Alwar lynching case

July 23, 2018 strong

New Delhi, Jul 23 (DIN NEWS) Congress chief Rahul Gandhi today said hatred had replaced humanity in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “brutal” ‘New India’ and cited a media report which claimed that policemen in Alwar took three hours to take a dying victim of a lynch mob to a hospital as they took a tea-break enroute. The 28-year-old victim was allegedly lynched in Rajasthan’s Alwar district Friday night by a group of people who accused him of smuggling cows. “Policemen in #Alwar took 3 hrs to get a dying Rakbar…

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दीपिका पादुकोण का नया कारनामा, अब लंदन में यूं दिखाएंगी जलवा

July 23, 2018 strong

बॉलीवुड की ‘मस्तानी’ और ग्लोबल स्टार दीपिका पादुकोण अब मैडम तुसाद म्यूजियम की शान बढ़ाने के लिए तैयार हैं. लंदन स्थित मैडम तुसाद म्यूजियम में दीपिका का वैक्स स्टेचू जल्द ही लगने वाला है. दीपिका पादुकोण (Deepika Padukone) इन दिनों लंदन में हैं जहां वैक्स स्टेचू के लिए दीपिका का माप लिया जा रहा है. लंदन के मैडम तुसाद म्यूजियम में विश्व प्रसिद्ध लोगों को ही जगह मिल पाती है. अब दीपिका पादुकोण लंदन के मैडम तुसाद म्यूजियम में अपना जादू बिखेरने के लिए तैयार है. दीपिका पादुकोण के लिए…