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Rajit Kapur on playing Gandhi, Nehru and Modi: You have to find their core

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Mumbai, Oct 28 (DINN) Rajit Kapur is among those rarer actors who have played Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Prime Minister Narendra Modi on screen and feels the key to play such diverse range of personalities is to find their core and bring it alive. In Shyam Benegal’s 1996 drama, “The Making of the Mahatma”, Rajit played the titular role and more than two decades later, played PM Modi in this year’s blockbuster “Uri- The Surgical Strike”. The actor also stepped in the role of Nehru in this year’s “The…

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Elton John calls off Indianapolis concert due to illness

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Los Angeles, Oct 28 (DINN) Music legend Elton John had to cancel his Indianapolis concert due to illness. The veteran singer was set to perform at Bankers Life Fieldhouse as part of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour on Saturday. In a statement posted on his official Twitter account, John said he is “extremely unwell” and apologised to his fans for letting them down. “It is with the heaviest heart that I’m forced to deliver the news that I am extremely unwell and therefore unable to perform at Bankers Life…

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RBI imposes Rs 35 lakh fine on Tamilnad Mercantile Bank

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Mumbai, Oct 28 (DINN) The Reserve Bank has imposed a penalty of Rs 35 lakh on Tamilnad Mercantile Bank for violating norms on frauds classification and notification. The central bank imposed the fine via an order dated October 24, 2019. The bank has been penalised for “non-compliance with certain provisions of directions issued by RBI on frauds classification and reporting by commercial banks and select FIs directions 2016,” the RBI said in a release on October 25. “This action is based on the deficiencies in regulatory compliance and is not…

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Centre’s green nod for Rs 819 cr Kochi water metro project

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New Delhi, Oct 28 (PTI) The Centre has given the environment clearance for Rs 819 crore water metro project that aims to provide better connectivity of islands around Kochi with the mainland, according to official document. The Union Environment Ministry has given the final environment clearance to the proposed project after taking into account the views of its green panel. Kochi Metro Rail Ltd (KMRL), a joint venture firm of the Centre and Kerala government, is the implementing agency of the proposed project. As per the proposal, the project will…

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Colombia elects first woman mayor of Bogota

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Bogota, Oct 28 (DINN) Claudia Lopez, a symbol of the fight against corruption in Colombia, on Sunday became the first woman to be elected mayor of the capital Bogota. The 49-year-old center-left candidate, who is openly gay, won the local election with 35.2 per cent of the vote ahead of liberal Carlos Fernando Galan (32.5 per cent) with almost all votes counted. “Not only did we win but we’re changing history,” ex-senator Lopez said on Twitter. President Ivan Duque said the local elections around the country had attracted the “largest…

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Students flood Iraq streets, defying government and parents

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Baghdad, Oct 28 (DINN) Students and schoolchildren hit the streets of Baghdad and southern Iraq on Monday to join escalating calls for the government to quit, defying the education minister, legal threats and even their parents. Swathes of the country have been engulfed by protests this month, with anger over unemployment and accusations of graft evolving into demands for a total political overhaul. More than 200 people have been killed and 8,000 wounded, the majority protestors, since the movement erupted on October 1. This week, Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi…

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Action needed against those who sponsor terror: PM Modi to EU MPs

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New Delhi, Oct 28 (DINN) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday told a delegation of European Union MPs that urgent action was needed against those supporting and sponsoring terrorism. There should be zero tolerance for terrorism, Modi told the delegation that had called on him ahead of its visit to Jammu and Kashmir. Expressing hope that the parliamentarians’ visit to various parts of the country will be fruitful, Modi said the visit to Jammu and Kashmir should give them a better understanding of the cultural and religious diversity of the…

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Maha CM, Sena leader meet Governor amid power sharing tussle

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Mumbai, Oct 28 (DINN) Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and senior Shiv Sena leader Diwakar Raote on Monday met state Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari, amid the ongoing tussle between ruling alliance partners BJP and Shiv Sena over forming the next state government. A Raj Bhawan official said the meetings were “courtesy calls” by the two leaders, who met Koshyari separately. Fadnavis drove to the Raj Bhavan in south Mumbai at 11 am and met Koshyari, who was sworn-in as the 19th Governor of Maharashtra last month. Raote also met Koshyari,…

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IOC defends moving Tokyo Olympic marathon, citing Doha conditions

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The International Olympic Committee on Friday defended a plan to move the 2020 marathon and race-walking events from Tokyo to northern Japan, despite opposition from local officials.John Coates, chairman of the IOC’s Coordination Commission, said the decision was made after the world championships in Doha, which saw dozens of athletes receive medical attention in hot and humid conditions. Coates met Friday with Tokyo’s Governor Yuriko Koike, who earlier in the day said she was opposed to the plan to move the events to the city of Sapporo and described it…

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BJP legislative party meeting starts; no swearing-in ceremony on Saturday

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The BJP legislative party meeting to elect its leader began after Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar reached here from New Delhi on Saturday morning.Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) general secretary Arun Singh also reached the UT guesthouse here to attend the meeting as central observers.BJP general secretary (organisation) Suresh Bhatt told DIN that the swearing-in ceremony of the party-led government in Haryana would not take place on Saturday.”The date will be announced later,” he said.However, sources in the saffron party said the swearing-in ceremony…

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