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President calls on Mexicans to help in battling fuel thefts

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Mexico’s new president issued an emotional appeal to his countrymen to help battle against fuel thefts on Wednesday, as long lines spread to gas stations in Mexico City.The multi-state fuel scarcity arose after President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador decided to close government pipelines riddled with illegal fuel taps drilled by thieves, and instead deliver gas and diesel by tanker trucks. There aren’t enough tanker trucks, and lines have stretched for hours at gas stations in outlying states this week. But by Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning, similar lines formed in…

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Oscar winning sound mixer Gregg Rudloff dies of possible suicide

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Veteran sound mixer Gregg Rudloff, who bagged Oscars for his work on “Mad Max: Fury Road”, “The Matrix” and “Glory”, has died at the age of 63.The Los Angeles County Coroner’s office is treating his death as a possible suicide. “It was reported to us possibly as a suicide,” a spokeswoman for the coroner’s office told Deadline. “His body was found at his residence in Sherman Oaks on January 6. A call was made, and during the call it was reported as a possible suicide. We won’t know for sure until…

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Where are the jobs? asks Sena after general category quota

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A day after Parliament approved 10 per cent reservationto general category poor, the Shiv Sena Thursday wondered where will the jobs come from and warned that if it is an election-driven move, then it will prove costly.The Maratha community has been given reservation in Maharashtra, but the question still remains that where are the jobs, the Sena said.The Parliament had on Wednesday approved amending the Constitution to provide 10 per cent reservation to general category poor in government jobs and education. “When those in power fail on the twin fronts…

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Bihar spinner Aman breaks Bedi’s record; Uttarakhand qualify

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Bihar left-arm spinner Ashutosh Aman etched his name in record books, surpassing the great Bishan Singh Bedi as the highest wicket-taker in a Ranji Trophy season after claiming his 65th scalp here on Wednesday.Bihar defeated Manipur by three wickets, while Uttarakhand sealed the lone quarterfinal spot from the Plate Group with a bonus point win over Mizoram in the Plate Group.The 32-year-old Aman achieved the feat when he trapped Manipur’s Sagatpam Singh lbw for his 65th wicket and eclipsed former India captain Bedi’s tally of 64 wickets for Delhi in…

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Trump demands USD 5.7 bln funding for US-Mexico border wall to end growing humanitarian crisis

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President Donald Trump Wednesday asked the Democrats to allocate a whopping USD 5.7 billion funding for his controversial US-Mexico border wall plan to halt a “growing humanitarian and security crisis” and cited the cold-blooded murder of an Indian-origin police officer by an illegal immigrant to implement his signature campaign promise. Trump’s remarks during in his maiden prime-time address to the nation from the Oval Office came amid a partial government shutdown that is days away from becoming the longest in US history.In his eight-minute address carried live by all the…

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Rape case against Alok Nath lodged on basis of complainant’s false report: Court

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The rape case against Alok Nath was lodged on the basis of a “defamatory” and “false” report of complainant Vinta Nanda, the sessions court observed while granting a pre-arrest bail to the Bollywood actor last week.Granting the relief to Nath on a surety bond of Rs 5 lakh, Additional Sessions Court Judge S S Oza said the rape complaint filed by the screenwriter is a “personal vendetta”.In its order, which was uploaded Tuesday evening, the judge noted that the allegation raised by the complainant might have been inspired by her…

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US, China trade talks conclude on positive note

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The extended US-China talks to resolve the trade war between the world’s two largest economies concluded here on a positive note Wednesday with a senior American official describing the dialogue as “good one” for the US. A US delegation arrived in Beijing on Monday for the first face-to-face dialogue with officials in Beijing since President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping agreed to a three-month tariff truce during a meeting held on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Argentina on December 1.The US delegation was supposed to…

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Rahul says PM got a woman to defend him on Rafale, Modi calls it insult to all women

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Congress president Rahul Gandhi Wednesday said the prime minister got a woman to defend him in Parliament as he couldn’t do so himself, a remark that appeared to trigger a sharp retort from Narendra Modi who accused the opposition of insulting Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.Calling Modi a prime minister who claimed to have a broad chest, Gandhi said, the prime minister had “run away” from debate in Parliament on the defence deal.The watchman with a 56-inch chest ran away and told a woman, Sitharaman ji, defend me. I won’t be…

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National Herald case: Delhi HC to hear on Jan 16 appeal of AJL against order to vacate premises

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The Delhi High Court said Wednesday it will hear on January 16 the appeal of Associated Journals Ltd (AJL), publisher of National Herald newspaper, challenging the single judge order asking it to vacate its premises here, due to non-availability of advocates on January 15.In the morning, the court was informed that Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who would argue the case on behalf of the Centre and senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, representing AJL, were not available during the day and the matter be listed on January 15.However, at 12:15pm the…

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31 जनवरी से 13 फरवरी तक चलेगा संसद का बजट सत्र: सूत्र

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संसद का बजट सत्र 31 जनवरी से शुरू होगा और 13 फरवरी तक चलेगा। सरकारी सूत्रों ने बुधवार को इसकी जानकारी दी। सूत्रों ने कहा कि अंतरिम बजट एक फरवरी को पेश किया जा सकता है। उन्होंने कहा कि राजनीतिक मामलों की मंत्रिमंडल समिति ने एक बैठक में बजट सत्र की तारीख की जानकारी दी। इस साल अप्रैल-मई में आम चुनाव होने हैं, इसे देखते हुये मौजूदा लोकसभा का अंतिम सत्र हो सकता है।

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