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Hindi films should now become regional cinema: Shekhar Kapur

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Impressed by regional cinema, director Shekhar Kapur, who headed the feature film jury of this year’s National Film Awards, says Hindi film industry needs to pull up its socks. The veteran filmmaker singled out regional films, particularly Malayalam cinema, at the 65th National Film Awards announcement today. When asked whether a divide still exists between the mainstream and regional cinema, Kapur told PTI, “I think Hindi cinema should now become regional cinema.” “The standard of performances in some of the regional films is completely stunning. Hindi films cannot compete with…

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Maintenance work begins at damaged Taj Mahal minaret

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Maintenance and repair work has started at Taj Mahal and other monuments here which were damaged in Wednesday’s storm and heavy rains, officials of the Archaological Survey of India said. A brass finial, a minaret, some black marble pieces, in addition to scores of trees were damaged in the Taj Mahal. Minor damages were reported in the Agra Fort, Sikandra and Fatehpur Sikri, Bhuvan Vikram, superintending archaeologist, told PTI. Our men are working on it and the condition has been reviewed to take appropriate measures, he said. The 17th Century…

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Over 100 death sentences recorded in India in 2017: Amnesty

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Over 100 death sentences were handed out last year by courts in India which also expanded the scope of capital punishment by enacting new laws against hijacking, human rights watchdog Amnesty International said. In ‘The Death Sentences and Executions 2017’ report released here yesterday, Amnesty said it has recorded at least 993 executions in 23 countries in 2017, down by four per cent from 2016 (1,032 executions) and 39 per cent from 2015 (when the organisation recorded 1,634 executions, the highest number since 1989). At least 2,591 death sentences in…

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HC raps DGCA for changing stipulated flight duty time limitations

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Concerned over fatigued pilots and cabin crew posing a risk to passenger safety, the Delhi High Court today took to task aviation regulator DGCA for allowing airlines to change stipulated flight and duty time limitations (FDTLs). A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar said that the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) was going against its own Aircraft Rules by allowing such changes and questioned its power to do so. “We cannot have regulations which go beyond the rules in order to cater to…

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Air India calls pilot unions’ meet on privatisation

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Air India has called a meeting of its pilot unions in New Delhi next week to discuss about the proposed strategic disinvestment amid opposition from other employee unions. On April 5, Air India chairman and managing director Pradeep Singh Kharola had held a meeting with representatives of four employee unions on the proposed privatisation and their concerns. “Indian Pilots Guild (IPG) and Indian Commercial Pilots Association (ICPA) have been called by the Air India chairman and managing director next week to discuss about the proposed privatisation,” sources at the airline…

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Manika enter semis as Mouma crashes out

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Manika Batra cruised to the semifinals of the women’s singles even as experienced paddler Mouma Das ended her campaign of the Commonwealth Games here today. Manika, who played a stellar role in India’s historic gold in the women’s team event, notched up a win against Singapore’s Yihan Zhou 4-1. The Delhi paddler hardly broke a sweat in the first three games, winning 11-5 11-6 11-2. However, she was unable to finish the match as she stumbled in the fourth game 6-11 but sealed the match with a 11-9 win in…

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Sushil and Aware strike gold, Babita settles for silver

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Double Olympic-medallist Sushil Kumar (74kg) and Rahul Aware claimed contrasting gold medals even as defending champion Babita phogat (53kg) settled for a silver on the opening day of the 21st Commonwealth Games’ wrestling competition here today. Sushil took a minute and 20 seconds to defeat Johannes Botha of South Africa on technical superiority to claim his third successive gold medal at the Games. Aware, on the other hand, prevailed 15-7 over Canada’s Steven Takahashi in an exciting contest during which the Indian was troubled by a groin niggle but chose…

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Lionsgate to launch ‘The Hunger Games in Concert’ tour from July 12

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Lionsgate has announced that it will kick off the international tour of “The Hunger Games in Concert” from July 12 in Manchester, UK. Ace composer James Newton Howard will perform a 60-piece orchestra from “The Hunger Games” score and concert will also feature an HD screening of the first film of the franchise which was released in 2012, the studio said in a statement. The film, directed by Gary Ross, featured Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Lenny Kravitz, Stanley Tucci and Donald Sutherland. “The first…

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Men need to understand the importance of empowering women: Priyanka

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Priyanka Chopra says women have the “superpower” to balance career with family and it is high time men understood that their aspirations are equally important. The 35-year-old actor, who entered the film industry soon after winning the Miss World title at the age of 18, credits her parents, especially her father, for understanding her dreams and helping her achieve them. “I came from a family where everyone questioned my decision to become an actor. There was a big debate in my house. But my parents, especially my father said, ‘I…

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Calcutta HC stays WB panchayat polls till further orders

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Displeased with the State Election Commission’s (SEC) decision to cancel its own order to extend the nomination process by a day, the Calcutta High Court today stayed the ongoing panchayat election process in West Bengal till further orders. Rejecting the SEC’s contention that the writ petition of the BJP was not maintainable, the court held that the SEC is endowed with powers relating to holding of elections, but in case of any digression, it needs to be corrected by the court of law. Justice Subrata Talukdar stayed till further orders…

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