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Guilty won’t be spared: Goyal on killing of policeman in Ghazipur

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Varanasi (UP), Dec 30 (DIN NEWS) Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday termed as unfortunate the killing of a policeman in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur district and said strict action would be taken against those involved in the incident. Suresh Pratap Singh Vats (48), a head constable, was killed Saturday when protesters hurled stones at vehicles returning from the venue of a public meeting addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Vats as hit on the head by a stone when he went to end a traffic jam caused by the protests.…

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Chidambaram takes dig at Govt, ED, media on Chopper case claims in court

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Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram Sunday took a dig at the Modi government, ED and the media over the “new improved system” of trying cases and pronouncing judgment without evidence, which he said “surpasses kangaroo courts”. In a series of tweets, the former finance and home minister said if the government, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the media have their way in this country, cases will be tried even on TV channels. “Even kangaroo courts hold trials in a courtroom. Our new ‘improved’ system will surpass kangaroo courts and deliver…

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India beat Australia by 137 runs in 3rd Test

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India took giant strides towards winning their first ever series on Australian soil in seven decades by retaining the Border-Gavaskar Trophy with a comprehensive 137-run win in the third Test on Sunday.Taking an unassailable 2-1 lead in the four-match series, India will retain the coveted trophy even if the series is drawn level at Sydney as they have won the previous series at home in 2017.It took only 27 balls on the fifth day afternoon as Jasprit Bumrah (3/53) and Ishant Sharma (2/40) completed the formalities in what turned out…

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HC seeks Centre’s reply on plea of visually impaired man who lost out on Railway job

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The Delhi High Court has sought the Centre’s response on a visually impaired man’s plea that he be appointed on a group D railway post he has qualified for but could not join as sufficient opportunity was not given to him to get his documents verified. Justice Suresh Kumar Kait also asked the Indian Railways to be ready with its stand by the next date of hearing, January 10, or its Chief Personnel Officer will have present himself in the court that day. The direction came on a plea by…

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Katrina opts out of Remo D’Souza’s dance film

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Katrina Kaif, who was all set to team up for the first time with Varun Dhawan for a dance film, to be directed by Remo D’Souza, Saturday announced that she has decided to opt out of the project due to date issues. The film to be produced by Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series, is touted to be India’s biggest dance film. The yet-to-be-titled film also features actor-choreographer-director Prabhudeva, Dharmesh Yelande, Raghav Juyal and Punit Pathak. The project was scheduled to release in November, 2019.”Katrina Kaif had to opt out of Remo D’Souza’s…

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Egypt police kill 40 ‘terrorists’ after Giza bus attack: ministry

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Egyptian police killed 40 “terrorists” in separate raids early Saturday, a day after a roadside bomb near the Giza pyramids killed three Vietnamese tourists and their guide, the interior ministry said.Two raids in the Giza governorate killed 30 “terrorists”, while the remaining 10 were killed in the restive North Sinai, the ministry said in a statement.It said authorities acted after receiving information the suspects were preparing a series of attacks against state and tourist institutions and churches.”Information was received by the national security that a group of terrorists were planning…

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Bumrah’s unconventional action is hard to pick, makes him a potent bowler: Arun

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India’s bowling coach Bharat Arun Saturday said that Jasprit Bumrah’s unconventional bowling action has made him one of the most lethal pacers in world cricket as his deliveries are difficult to be picked by opposition batsmen.Bumrah, who has so far taken eight wickets in the third Test against Australia here, has 47 Test wickets to his kitty after making his debut in January.”What makes him (Bumrah) so special is because he is so unique (in his bowling action). Maybe the batsmen pick up his balls a little later than which…

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Prabhu seeks more funds from FinMin to increase incentives on onion exports

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Commerce Minister Suresh Prabhu has sought Rs 179.16 crore from the finance ministry to double the incentives for onion exporters amid significant fall in prices of the vegetable.In a communication to Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, Prabhu said the ministry is keen to increase export incentives under MEIS from 5 per cent to 10 per cent. Under Merchandise Exports from India Scheme (MEIS), the government provides duty benefits depending on product and country.Rewards under the scheme are payable as percentage of realised free-on-board value and MEIS duty credit scrip can be…

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Cong promised loan waivers, handed out ‘lollipops’: PM

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi Saturday accused the Congress of misleading farmers on loan waivers, saying its governments had handed out lollipops instead of what was promised.“Be wary of the Congress and its lies, he said at a public meeting here after laying the foundation stone for a medical college and releasing a postal stamp on legendary king Suheldev.Modi was on a visit to the Purvanchal region, his second trip to Uttar Pradesh this month. He also visited Varanasi, his Lok Sabha constituency, to launch the South Asia Regional Centre of…

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HC declines to stay implementation of TRAI regulations for TV services

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The Madras High Court Friday declined to stay implementation of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s March, 2017 regulations and tariff order relating to fixation of charges for free and pay channels. Rejecting the interim prayer plea in a petition filed by a cable TV association, Justice S Vaidyanathan issued notice to the TRAI and posted the matter to January 3 for further hearing.The Chennai Metro Cable TV (CAS) Operators Association, in its petition, sought to quash two notifications on the new regulations issued through media releases on November 19…

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