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Russia: Israeli strike on Syria threatened civilian flights

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The Russian military on Wednesday criticized an alleged Israeli airstrike near the Syrian capital, saying it has endangered civilian flights.Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Igor Konashenkov said that six Israeli F-16 jets launched a “provocative” raid at the moment when two civilian airliners were preparing to land in Damascus and Beirut, creating a “direct threat” to the aircraft.Lebanon’s acting Transport Minister Youssef Fenianos later on Wednesday confirmed Konashenkov’s account, saying the two airplanes in Lebanese airspace “narrowly” escaped Israeli warplanes, averting a “human catastrophe.” Fenianos didn’t provide details, but said…

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Deepika proud of my work in “Simmba” says Ranveer Singh

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Ranveer Singh Wednesday said his actor wife Deepika Padukone is proud of his work in soon-to-be-released “Simmba”. Ranveer has collaborated with director Rohit Shetty for a film for the first time while the director has worked with Deepika already in “Chennai Express.”The film is truly a big screen experience. We both watched the film together. Deepika showered praise on Rohit sir, I was waiting for her to talk about me. She is very proud of me and Rohit sir,” Ranveer told reporters here at a promotional event of “Simmba” Wednesday evening. Shetty…

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1984 riots case: Sajjan Kumar likely to surrender before court on Dec 31

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Former Congress leader Sajjan Kumar is likely to surrender before a court here on December 31 to serve the life imprisonment awarded to him by the Delhi High Court in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.”We will comply with the high court’s judgment,” his counsel Anil Kumar Sharma told DIN.The counsel said Kumar’s appeal in the Supreme Court challenging the high court verdict is not likely to be taken up for hearing before December 31.The 73-year-old former Congress leader was sentenced to life for the “remainder of his natural life” by…

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Centre Likely To Renew Demand For Extra Dividend From RBI: Report

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The government will likely renew its demand for Rs. 13,140 crore ($1.9 billion) in additional dividend from the central bank helmed by newly-appointed governor Shaktikanta Das, two sources in the government told Reuters. The government believes the amount has been pending since 2016-17, when an internal formula called staggered surplus dividend distribution method was used without consulting the government to transfer the dividend for that year, said one of the sources, who did not want to be named as they are not authorised to speak to the media. “Even though…

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Kumaraswamy ministry to be expanded, reshuffled today

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The much-awaited expansion and reshuffle of the six month-old H D Kumaraswamy-led coalition Cabinet in Karnataka would be carried out here Saturday evening.Two ministers — Ramesh Jarkiholi (Municipal Administration) and R Shankar (Forest and Environment) — are likely to be dropped, official sources said.New ministers would be sworn in at 5.20 pm by Governor Vajubhai Vala at Raj Bhavan, the sources said. According to a statement issued by the office of Congress Legislature Party Leader Siddaramaiah, Satish Jarkiholi, M B Patil, C S Shivalli, M T B Nagaraj, E Tukaram,…

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Former players slam ICC’s Perth pitch rating

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Former Test cricketers Mitchell Johnson and Michael Vaughan have slammed the ICC for giving an ‘average’ rating to the Perth Stadium pitch, which hosted India’s second Test against Australia.Match referee Ranjan Madugalle on Friday rated the pitch at Perth Stadium as ‘average’, the lowest pass mark provided by the ICC when they assess the pitch and outfield of Test grounds. Australia had defeated India by 146 runs on the fifth and final day of the second Test at the Perth Stadium. “Nothing wrong with it. It was exciting to watch…

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Israeli army says destroys Hezbollah tunnel from Lebanon

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The Israeli army said Friday it has blown up a cross-border tunnel dug by Hezbollah from Lebanon, the first of four it has uncovered — and pledged to destroy — in recent weeks. “A cross-border attack tunnel dug from the Shiite village of Ramyeh into Israel was detonated” in an operation on Thursday night, the army said in a statement. The Israeli military “holds the Lebanese Government responsible for digging the attack tunnels and the consequences of this action,” it said. A video distributed by the army shows an officer…

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Zero Pre-Release Box Office Prediction: Shah Rukh Khan’s Film May Become The Second Highest Opening Film Of 2018

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Based on the advanced booking of Zero, starring Shah Rukh Khan, Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif, trade pundits have predicted a big opening for the Aanand L Rai-directed film but not as grand as that of Aamir Khan’s Thugs Of Hindstan, which released last month. A report in Bollywood Hungama stated that Zero is expected to open over Rs. 35 crore, which will make it the second highest opening film of 2018 (unless Rohit Shetty’s Simmba releasing next week takes that position). The report stated: “As such anything over Rs.…

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Tandoor murder case: Sushil Sharma serving life term to be released, says HC

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The Delhi High Court Friday ordered “forthwith” release of former youth Congress leader Sushil Kumar Sharma, serving life term for the murder of his wife Naina Sahni in 1995. Sharma has already undergone over two decades of incarceration in the case.A bench of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal passed the order.Now 56, Sharma had shot dead his wife in 1995, objecting to her alleged relationship with a male friend. He had then chopped her body into pieces and attempted to burn it in a restaurant oven.Known as the…

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टेबल टेनिस में 2018 के प्रदर्शन ने जगायी ओलंपिक पदक की उम्मीद

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भारतीय टेबल टेनिस ने वर्ष 2018 में विश्व में अपनी खास पहचान बनायी तथा जहां मनिका बत्रा ने राष्ट्रमंडल खेलों में अभूतपूर्व प्रदर्शन किया वहीं एशियाई खेलों में भारत ने दो ऐतिहासिक पदक हासिल किये। भारत के सर्वश्रेष्ठ खिलाड़ी शरत कमल ने इस साल में टेबल टेनिस में भारतीय प्रदर्शन के बारे में कहा, ‘‘ दो पदकों की तो बात छोड़िये अगर साल के शुरू किसी ने कहा होता कि हम एशियाई खेलों में एक पदक जीतेंगे तो मैं उसे मजाक समझता। यह इस तरह का साल रहा। यह मेरे…

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