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SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) are making a habit of defending low totals and on Monday night, the Hyderabad franchise was at it again. The match was going to plan for Virat Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) but SRH again decided to throw the script out of the window. Kane Williamson’s side produced yet another sublime bowling performance to deny RCB a crucial winthat gave the hosts an outright lead at the top of the IPL 2018 points table. The game-changer for SRH came via an unlikely source in the field — Yusuf Pathan.…

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IPL: Virat Kohli Tears Apart RCB’s Performance, Says Deserved To Lose vs SunRisers Hyderabad

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Virat Kohli didn’t mince any words in his analysis of Royal Challengers Bangalore’s (RCB) narrow loss to SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium on Monday night. After the loss, the RCB skipper accused his team of letting the opposition get back in the game and throwing the match away. Kohli said his team just weren’t good enough on the day and deserved to lose the game. RCB’s bowling has let the team down on numerous occasions in IPL 2018 but in the loss against Kane Williamson’s team, it was the batting…

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Former Top Chinese Communist Official Sun Zhengcai Jailed For Life For Bribery

May 8, 2018 strong

A former Chinese Communist Party official who was once tipped as a potential successor to President Xi Jinping was sentenced to life in prison for bribery on Tuesday, the latest senior cadre to fall in Xi’s sweeping anti-corruption crusade. Sun Zhengcai, a former Politburo member and party chief of the southwestern mega-city of Chongqing, was found guilty of taking more than 170 million yuan ($26.7 million) in bribes, the First Intermediate People’s Court of Tianjin said in a statement on its website. Sun, 54, had once been tipped for promotion…

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How China’s Leap In Missiles Is Altering The Picture For India

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For a quarter century, the US and its allies owned the skies, fighting wars secure in the knowledge that no opponent could compete in the air. As tensions with Russia and China surge, that’s no longer the case. Rapid technological progress in China’s aerospace industry, particularly air-to-air missile systems fired from an aircraft, is changing the game for Western air forces and the global arms trade. It’s also altering the picture for China’s neighbours such as India. Russia took the lead in modernizing its air force, and has been more…

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Okay For PM’s Office To Deny Info On Notes Ban, Says Transparency Chief

May 8, 2018 strong

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) was justified in denying information pertaining to the printing of currency notes post-demonetisation citing exemption clauses related to national and economic security in the RTI Act, Chief Information Commissioner RK Mathur has said. RTI applicant RL Kain had on November 15, 2016 filed an appeal seeking information on the printing of currency notes and other matters after the government had announced its decision of demonetisation. The PMO had denied him information citing Section 8(1)(a) of the RTI Act. Mr Mathur dismissed a complaint filed by…

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If There’s No Complaint, Evidence Enough To Initiate Inquiry: Court

May 8, 2018 strong

A departmental inquiry can be initiated against a judicial officer if there was verifiable material to substantiate the allegations, in the absence of a written complaint and an affidavit, the Bombay High Court has said. A division bench of Justices R M Savant and S V Kotwal on May 4 dismissed a petition filed by a civil judge (junior division), Asif Tahasildar, challenging an order of July 15, 2017 issued by the high court registrar, initiating departmental inquiry against him on two different charges. The first charge was for allegedly…

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“Can Go Wherever You Want”: Top Court To Karnataka Politician’s Daughter

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A Karnataka politician’s daughter, forced to marry against her wishes, can go anywhere she wants and chase her studies and career, the Supreme Court has said, asking the state police to give her enough security. “You are a major. You are independent to go wherever you want to go,” said a bench headed by Chief Justice Deepak Misra on Monday, adding that nobody, including her family and her husband, can force or coerce her. The 26-year-old woman, the daughter of a BJP politician and a computer engineer dubbed Ms ‘X’…

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Ambanis Throw Bash To Celebrate Daughter Isha’s Engagement.

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Billionaire Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani’s daughter Isha Ambani will marry Anand Piramal, son of business tycoon Ajay Piramal later this year. The family celebrated the moment with a bash in Mumbai which was attended by who’s who of Bollywood, cricket and India Inc. Among those present at the grand celebration in Mumbai were Sachin Tendulkar, Karan Johar, Aamir Khan, Ranbir Kapoor and Shah Rukh Khan. India’s richest man and Reliance Industries Ltd chairman Mukesh Ambani and his wife Nita Ambani were seen personally receiving the guests. Anand and Isha, who will be getting…

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Walmart Likely To Announce Flipkart Deal By This Week: Report

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Walmart is likely to announce its much-anticipated deal to buy a controlling stake in e-commerce player Flipkart before the end of this week, two sources said, in what is likely to be the U.S. retail giant’s biggest acquisition of a business. Walmart and Google parent Alphabet Inc will buy up to 75 percent of Flipkart, the two sources familiar with the matter said, declining to be named as the talks are private. Bentonville, Arkansas-based Walmart will acquire a stake of about 60 percent in Flipkart, while Alphabet will get a…

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Delhi And Suburbs On Storm Alert, Advice For Schools And Metro To Be Closed

May 8, 2018 strong

Strong gusts of wind followed by rain hit several parts of Delhi and Gurgaon late on Monday night, with power cuts and uprooted trees being reported from parts of the national capital region. The met office has said that several parts of north India, including Delhi could witness thunderstorm and squall today as well with winds gusting up to 50-70 kilometers per hour. As a precaution, some schools in Delhi and NCR region have declared holiday. The Delhi Traffic Police urged people to take precautions while commuting and the Delhi…