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CBFC suggests title change: ‘Padmavati’ to become ‘Padmavat’

The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has decided to give Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s “Padmavati” a UA certificate and has suggested the director to change the film’s title to “Padmavat”. According to a release issued by the CBFC, the board had a meeting of their examining committee on December 28 and decided to give the film a “UA certification along with some modifications and likely change of the film’s title on the basis the attributed material/creative source”. Bhansali, who appeared before a parliamentary panel, has said his lavishly mounted 150…

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Palestine recalls Pak envoy after India issues demarche on his presence in Saeed’s rally

India today issued a strong demarche to Palestine on the issue of presence of its ambassador to Pakistan at an event of JuD chief and Mumbai terror attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed, terming it as “unacceptable”. India’s Secretary (economic relations) Vijay Gokhale in the external affairs ministry called Palestinian ambassador here Adnan Abu Al Haija to the South Block after which the ministry said, “the concerns were conveyed both in New Delhi to the Palestinian Ambassador and in Ramallah to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, State of Palestine.” “Government…

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Ed Sheeran is ‘little obsessed’ with Robbie WilliamS

Ed Sheeran said he has developed a “little obsession” for singer Robbie Williams. The 26-year-old singer said that his career path has similarities with that of Williams’. “I feel a weird affinity with Robbie. We email now and then but I’ve been reading up on him and his career is so similar to mine,” Sheeran told The Sun. “Like the way the album’s going, the way it went to stadiums, the way it was just like one lone man… a very lonely sort of life. I have a little obsession…

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Losing only one game at World Blitz is huge achievement: Anand

Chess ace Viswanathan Anand termed losing just one game at the World Blitz Championship in Riyadh as a huge achievement after capturing the title at the World Rapid event. “It is a fantastic feeling to finish on the podium in the Rapid and Blitz. Because they are both very different formats. Losing just one game is a huge achievement in such an event,” he told PTI after his third place finish behind Magnus Carlsen and Sergey Karjakin. “One is 15 minutes plus 10 seconds, which is much slower, similar to…

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Narrowly missed death: Efron on cycle trip with Hugh Jackman

Actor Zac Efron said that he almost died during a cycling trip with his “The Greatest Showman” co-actor Hugh Jackman. The 30-year-old actor recalled the incident during his appearance with Jackman and Zendaya on “The Graham Norton Show”. “I cycled with him in London, but I’m not one to ride a bike early in the morning in traffic so it turned out to be quite dangerous,” Efron told Norton when asked how he prepared for his role in the film. “I followed Hugh around a few cars and suddenly there…

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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

uvenile’s identity not to be disclosed at any time: HC

Identity of a person, against whom a criminal case was lodged when he was a minor, should not be disclosed at any stage of life as it defeats the purpose of juvenile justice law, the Delhi High Court has held. The court said that object of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act is to ensure that no stigma is attached to a juvenile in conflict with law and a minor is extended a protective umbrella under the enactment. A bench of justices Hima Kohli and Rekha Palli…

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Iran warns protesters will ‘pay the price’ as unrest turn deadly

Iran today warned that protesters will “pay the price” after a third night of unrest saw mass demonstrations across the country in which two people were killed and dozens arrested. As videos on social media showed thousands marching across the country, an official in the small western town of Dorud confirmed two people had been killed during protests, but denied security forces had fired on the crowd. “A number of people took to the streets responding to calls from hostile groups,” Lorestan province deputy governor Habibollah Khojastehpour told state television.…

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Bangladesh arrests suspected Islamist militant near Rohingya camps

Bangladesh police today arrested a suspected Islamist militant from the border district of Ukhia, near camps where thousands of Rohingya Muslims fleeing a military crackdown in Myanmar have taken shelter. The Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), an elite police tasked with tackling Islamist extremism in the Muslim-majority country, said it detained 30-year-old Sharful Awal for allegedly communicating with international Jihadist groups. Awal was freed on bail in January after he was charged with anti-terrorism and explosives-related offences in the Chittagong region, RAB local chief Ruhul Amin said in a statement. But…

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Pulwama attack sign of failure of PM’s foreign policy: Cong

The Congress today denounced the government over a terror attack on a CRPF camp in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir, saying it was a sign of failure of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign policy. Party spokesperson Sushmita Dev said here that such recurring attacks send a message that anti-national forces do not fear India. During elections, Modi says India is a strong nation. But the number of casualties in ceasefire violations was going up, Dev said at a press conference. “It is a sign of failure of Prime Minister…

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