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Don’t see any grand alliance taking shape: UP BJP chief

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 The BJP Thursday said it does not see any grand alliance taking shape against it as there are many “gaps and contradictions” among opposition parties, even as it exuded confidence of increasing its tally in Uttar Pradesh in the next Lok Sabha polls.“The BJP’s performance will be better in 2019 compared to 2014, when the party and its allies bagged a lion’s share of 73 seats (of total 80 seats),” state BJP President Mahendra Nath Pandey told PTI in an interview here.Asked about the opposition parties’ attempt to form a…

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Not my age to do action: Bachchan on ‘Thugs of Hindostan’ stunts

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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan Thursday said he broke several bones shooting for action sequences in “Thugs of Hindostan”, but he went with the flow to honour director Vijay Krishna Acharya’s wishes.In March, his “Thugs” co-star Aamir Khan revealed that the megastar had suffered a shoulder and back injury.”It is not my age to do all this but our director asked us to do so I did it. There is no part of the body that has not been broken and there is no doctor that I haven’t met. There is not…

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Asia Cup Final: India ready to tame depleted Bangla Tigers

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India will be aiming to reassert their continental supremacy while an injury-hit Bangladesh will hope to shrug off stage fright when the two sides square off in the grand finale of the Asia Cup here Friday.A passionate Bangladesh turned out to be the party-poopers on Wednesday as they wrecked the prospects of an India-Pakistan summit clash with a gutsy performance despite losing key players to injury. On paper, India will remain overwhelming favourites to win the tournament for a record seventh time while Bangladesh will be hoping to be third-time…

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India willing to take lead in combating climate change: Sushma Swaraj

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 India is willing to take the lead in combating climate change as it poses significant developmental challenges, especially for developing countries, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has told a high-level UN meeting on the issue. India is the sixth largest producer of renewable energy, and fifth largest producer of solar energy in the world, Swaraj said at the high level meeting on climate change convened by UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres during the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly on Wednesday. For its part to fight climate change, it…

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RBI eases cash reserve rules to ease liquidity

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The Reserve Bank of India Thursday allowed banks to dip further into statutory cash reserves in a bid to ease a liquidity squeeze afflicting the nation’s money markets. RBI in a statement said banks could ‘carve out’ up to 15 per cent of holdings under the statutory liquidity reserves to meet their liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) requirements as compared to 13 per cent now.This resulted from a rise in the facility to avail funds for LCR to 13 per cent from 11 per cent, effective October 1, RBI said in…

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SC strikes down law on adultery; says it is unconstitutional, dents individuality of women

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The Supreme Court Thursday declared that adultery is not a crime and struck down the anti-adultery law, saying it was unconstitutional as it dented the individuality of women and treated them as “chattel of husbands”. The apex court’s five-judge Constitution bench was unanimous in striking down Section 497 of the Indian Penal Code dealing with the offence of adultery and holding it as manifestly arbitrary, archaic law which is violative of the rights to equality and equal opportunity to women. Section 497 of the 158-year-old IPC says: “Whoever has sexual…

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Activists, petitioners welcome SC verdict on Aadhaar

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Petitioners and activists Wednesday welcomed the Supreme Court’s verdict declaring the Aadhaar scheme as constitutionally valid.Tehseen Poonawalla, one of the petitioners in the case, expressed happiness at the apex court stating it was not necessary to link it to bank accounts and that telecom service providers couldn’t seek linking of Aadhaar.”Oh jeez, Sekhri just said #AadhaarVerdict does NOT have to be linked to mobiles and banks!!! Amazing. He struck down section 57 of the #Aadhaar act!!,” he tweeted.  Section 57 allows not only the State but also any “body corporate…

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Shah Rukh Khan praises ‘Tumbbad’

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Shah Rukh Khan has lauded “Tumbbad”, saying the horror film is a “well-crafted” piece of art. The period horror, directed by Rahi Anil Barve and Adesh Prasad, features “Ship of Theseus” star Sohum Shah in the lead.Shah Rukh took to praise the film, which recently had its premiere at the Venice Film Festival, on Twitter. “Saw bits of this extremely well-crafted film. A genre we normally don’t push boundaries in. Wishing my friends the best with this venture and hope you all watch it and enjoy it. #Tumbbad the Trailer,” he wrote.The…

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Hazare Trophy: Maha beat Railways by seven wickets

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Maharashtra produced a clinical show to defeat Railways by seven wickets in a lop- sided Elite Group A match of the Vijay Hazare Trophy played here Wednesday.Maharashtra bowlers put up a spirited show to bundle out the Railways for a paltry 180 in 48.2 overs.And then their batsman took the side home with 8.4 overs to spare at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium with Ruturaj Gaikwad (84 off 93 balls) top-scoring for the side.For Railways, one-down Mrunal Devdhar (64 off 94 balls) emerged as the top-scorer.But their other top four batsmen…

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US Congress passes bill to impose visa ban on Chinese officials denying Americans access to Tibet

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The US Congress has passed a crucial bipartisan bill that seeks to impose a visa ban on Chinese officials who deny American citizens, government officials and journalists access to Tibet.The legislation, passed by a unanimous voice vote, comes amidst the Trump administration imposing massive trade import duties on China that has started impacting the Chinese economy.The ‘Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act’, which seeks to ensure that Americans are given the same access to Tibet that Chinese citizens have to the United States, was passed by the House of Representatives on…

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