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Chennai Test: Anderson leaves India on the brink as England move in for the kill

Veteran pacer James Anderson bowled England into a winning position, scalping three wickets including two in an over, as India slumped to 144 for 6 at lunch in pursuit of 420 on the final day of the first Test here on Tuesday. India captain Virat Kohli (45 off 51 balls, 5 fours) and Ravichandran Ashwin (2), who copped a few blows on his body and one on the helmet, were at the crease at the interval, still needing 276 for a world record victory. Kohli was the lone hope left…

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SC seeks explanation from NCB for delay in filing plea against HC verdict

The Supreme Court has termed as atrocious the manner in which a sensitive matter of narcotics has been sought to be prosecuted, and directed the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to give an explanation over the delay in filing a plea against the Rajasthan High Court verdict in the case. The apex court, which observed that a petition challenging the high court’s December 2018 verdict acquitting the accused persons in a narcotics case has been filed before it after a delay of 652 days, noted the glaring gaps and said the…

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BUSINESS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Sensex jumps over 200 pts; Nifty nears 15,200

Equity benchmark Sensex jumped over 200 points to scale fresh lifetime high in early trade on Tuesday, led by gains in index heavyweights Infosys, Reliance Industries and HCL Tech amid positive global cues and unabated foreign fund inflows. The 30-share BSE index was trading 233.30 points or 0.45 per cent higher at its record intra-day peak of 51,582.07. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty rose 70.10 points or 0.46 per cent to its lifetime high of 15,185.90. HCL Tech was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, surging around 2 per…

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NEWS CATEGORIES WORLD NEWS 

Myanmar protesters march again, defying ban on gatherings

Demonstrators against Myanmar’s military takeover took to the streets again on Tuesday in defiance of new rules that make their protests illegal. Police were arresting protesters and using water cannons to try to disperse the crowd in Mandalay, and a crowd also gathered in Yangon despite a heightened security presence. The decrees issued Monday night for some areas of the two cities banned rallies and gatherings of more than five people, along with motorized processions, while also imposing a 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. curfew. Yangon is Myanmar’s biggest city…

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U’khand glacier disaster: Toll rises to 28; op to rescue those trapped in Tapovan tunnel on

The death toll from the Uttarakhand glacier disaster rose to 28 with the recovery of two more bodies, even as a multi-agency operation to rescue around 30 workers feared trapped inside a swamped tunnel at the Tapovan power project in Chamoli district continued on Tuesday, officials said. Around 170 people are still missing after the Sunday’s disaster apparently caused by a glacier burst, according to the latest data. The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) said its personnel recovered two bodies from debris in Raini village on Tuesday morning. The workers…

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Toll climbs to 10 in Uttarakhand glacier burst, 143 still missing

IAF teams left for the avalanche-hit areas of Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district early on Monday to ramp up relief efforts, while rescuers pulled out three more bodies of the people missing in the glacier burst taking the toll to 10. Uttarakahnd DGP Ashok Kumar said 143 people are still missing, a day after the glacier burst triggered a massive avalanche and floods in the Alaknanda river system The efforts are focussed at the moment on rescuing 30-35 people trapped in a 250-metre long tunnel at Tapovan, he said. A total of…

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NEWS CATEGORIES WORLD NEWS 

Yellen: Biden’s plan could restore full employment by 2022

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said the country was still in a deep hole with millions of lost jobs but that President Joe Biden’s USD 1.9 trillion relief plan could generate enough growth to restore full employment by next year. Republican senators argued that Biden’s proposal was too expensive and they cited criticism from Larry Summers, a treasury secretary under President Bill Clinton, that passage of the measure could run the risk of triggering runaway inflation. Summers also contended that Biden’s plan would make less money available for other initiatives…

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Sensex rallies over 600 pts to hit record high; Nifty tops 15,100

Equity benchmark Sensex rallied over 600 points to scale fresh lifetime high in early trade on Monday tracking strong gains in index majors ICICI Bank, HDFC Bank and M&M amid a positive trend in global markets. The 30-share BSE index was trading 668.36 points or 1.32 per cent higher at its record intra-day peak of 51,399.99. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty surged 192.55 points or 1.29 per cent to its lifetime high of 15,116.80. Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, soaring around 10 per…

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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

SC seeks explanation from NCB for delay in filing plea against HC verdict

The Supreme Court has termed as atrocious the manner in which a sensitive matter of narcotics has been sought to be prosecuted, and directed the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to give an explanation over the delay in filing a plea against the Rajasthan High Court verdict in the case. The apex court, which observed that a petition challenging the high court’s December 2018 verdict acquitting the accused persons in a narcotics case has been filed before it after a delay of 652 days, noted the glaring gaps and said the…

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS CATEGORIES 

Vikram Bhatt collaborates with Mahesh Bhatt for horror film ‘Cold’, says will reinvent genre

Filmmaker Vikram Bhatt on Monday announced his next horror film, “Cold”, featuring actors Akshay Oberoi and Anisha Pahuja. “Cold” is written by filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt and Suhrita Sen Gupta. The film reunites Vikram Bhatt and Mahesh Bhatt, almost two decades after the latter wrote the hit horror film, “Raaz”. According to the makers, “Cold” chronicles the story of a woman who emerges from a horrific time and throws light on how she survives alone in a big city, surrounded by the danger of losing her life. Vikram Bhatt, known for…

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