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CS assault case: Court extends judicial custody of 2 AAP MLAs

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A city court today extended by 14 days the judicial custody of AAP MLAs Amanatullah Khan and Prakash Jarwal, arrested in the case of alleged assault on Delhi Chief Secretary Anshu Prakash. Metropolitan Magistrate Shefali Barnala Tandon sent the MLAs, who were produced before the court on expiry of their judicial remand, to Mandoli jail here till March 22. According to court sources, the matter would next be heard in a Patiala House Court, following the Delhi High Court order designating two special courts in the Patiala House Court complex…

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Will consider moving review plea in SC, says Hadiya’s father

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K M Asokan, father of alleged love jihad victim Hadiya, today said he would consider moving a review petition in the Supreme Court against its judgement setting aside a Kerala High Court order annulling her marriage with a Muslim man. “Will consider filing a review petition,” he told reporters, reacting to the ruling by the apex court bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra. He maintained that his daughter’s marriage with Shafin Jahan was an act of “adjustment” done by a group. The high court had annulled the marriage on…

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US tariffs on steel to hit Indian mkt, says ISA

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Indian Steel Association has raised concerns that the US move to raise import tariffs will encourage surplus nations to divert their steel exports to consuming nations like India affecting the local markets. ISA represents major public and private sector steel players in the country. US President Donald Trump said on March 1 that he would impose 25 per cent import tariff on steel and 10 per cent on aluminium to protect US producers. The apex industry body has raised concerns that imposition of steep tariffs on import by the US…

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DAVP barred 51 newspapers from getting govt ads for 2 months in Sept: Govt

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The nodal agency for central government’s advertisements, DAVP, had suspended the empanelment of 51 newspaper in September for two months, most of them for publishing paid news, Parliament was informed today. As many as 37 newspapers were suspended from September 13, 2017 to November 12, 2017 for indulging in paid news , according to a list provided by Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Rathore in the Lok Sabha. The other reasons for suspension included publishing false news, obscene photograph and ‘inaccurate and disrespectful news reports’. The Directorate…

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Indonesian universities ‘ban’ niqab over fundamentalism fears

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A pair of Indonesian Islamic universities are pushing female students to ditch niqab face veils — with one threatening expulsion for non-compliance — as concerns grow over rising fundamentalism in the world’s biggest Muslim-majority nation. Sunan Kalijaga State Islamic University said it issued the edict this week to more than three dozen niqab-wearing students, who will be booted from school if they refuse. Although niqabs are common in ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia and some other Gulf states, they’re rare in secular Indonesia, where around 90 percent of its 260 million people…

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Mallya’s abandoned luxury yacht seized over unpaid wages in Malta

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A super luxury yacht owned by embattled liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya has been seized by authorities in Malta over unpaid wages amounting to USD 1 million to its crew, including some Indians, according to an international traders union. Nautilus International said the 95-metre vessel named ‘Indian Empress’ was “arrested” to recover over USD 330,000 unpaid wages and other costs on behalf of its members. Mallya, who is facing an extradition trial in London on fraud and money laundering charges involving his now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines’ default of bank loans amounting to…

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Govt sanctions special monetary grant to ED

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In a boost to the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the government today sanctioned a special monetary allowance for it, akin to what is granted to the investigators and employees of the premier probe agency – the CBI. The Union finance ministry issued an order granting a ‘special incentive allowance’ at the rate of 20 per cent of the basic pay, on par with the CBI, to the officers and staffers of the ED. The order, accessed by PTI, was issued today. ED Director Karnal Singh had last year written to the…

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Manik Sarkar to make CPI(M) office his new home

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Tripura’s outgoing chief minister Manik Sarkar will be today shifting to his new residence–the CPI(M) state committee office. Sarkar, who has ruled the state for 20 years, is in the process of checking out of his official residence on Marx-Engels Sarani, about 500 metres from his new home, CPI(M) state party secretary Bijan Dhar told reporters. “He would be moving in to the party office in a few hours. Sarkar would be living in one room of the party office guest house with his wife Panchali Bhattacharya,” he said. CPI(M)…

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बजरंगी भाईजान चीन में 100 करोड़ की कमाई से बस इतनी दूर

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सलमान खान की फिल्म बजरंगी भाईजान ने चीन के बॉक्स ऑफिस अब तक उतार-चढ़ाव देखे हैं लेकिन इस फिल्म ने अब अपनी स्थिति ठीक करते हुए 100 करोड़ क्लब में शामिल होने की तैयारी कर ली है। कबीर खान निर्देशित फिल्म बजरंगी भाईजान ने चीन में अपनी रिलीज़ के छठे दिन 1.83 मिलियन डॉलर यानि 12 करोड़ 58 लाख रूपये का कलेक्शन किया है। फिल्म को अब तक चीन से 14.02 मिलियन डॉलर यानि 91 करोड़ सात लाख रूपये की कमाई कर ली है।माना जा सकता है कि पहला हफ़्ता…

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चीन ने चेताया, ट्रंप ने व्यापार युद्ध छेड़ा तो सभी का नुकसान होगा

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चीन ने आज आगाह किया कि यदि अमेरिकी राष्ट्रपति डोनाल्ड ट्रंप ने व्यापार युद्ध छेड़ा तो इससे सभी का नुकसान होगा। आधिकारिक आंकड़ों से पता चलता है कि एशिया की इस ताकत का अमेरिका के साथ अच्छा- खासा व्यापार अधिशेष है। चीन के विदेश मंत्री वांग यी ने यह सख्त संदेश ऐसे समय दिया है जबकि ट्रंप प्रशासन औपचारिक तौर पर इस्पात तथा एल्युमीनियम पर आयात शुल्क लागू करने जा रहा है। हालांकि, वैश्विक स्तर पर इसको लेकर चिंता जताई जा रही है। इस बीच, वाशिंगटन से मिली खबरों में…

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