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Brazil court reduces ex-president Lula’s sentence

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A Brazilian appeals court has reduced leftist former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s 12-year sentence for bribery and money laundering. In a unanimous decision, the four judges on the Superior Court of Justice panel hearing Lula’s appeal agreed to uphold his conviction, but reduced the sentence to eight years and 10 months. The hearing was broadcast live on the court’s YouTube channel. The 73-year-old leftist icon, who has been sentenced to 25 years behind bars in two separate corruption cases, marked his first year in jail earlier this month. Lula was handed…

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I would have been dropped a long time ago in my previous team: Watson

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Shane Watson couldn’t thank Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Stephen Fleming enough after ending his prolonged slump in form, saying he would have been “dropped a long time ago” in his previous franchise.He had gone without a fifty in his first 10 innings of the ongoing Indian Premier League before striking 96 off 53 balls on Tuesday night to guide Chennai Super Kings to a win over Sunrisers Hyderabad. “I can’t thank Stephen Fleming and M S Dhoni enough for their belief in me. Just about every other team I’ve been…

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Rupee falls by 24 paise on strong dollar demand

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The rupee Wednesday declined by 24 paise to close at 69.86 against the US currency, weighed down by a strong dollar sentiment and high demand for the greenback from importers.The domestic currency dropped to more than four-month low of 69.97 in the day trade in line with losses in other Asian currencies against the dollar after positive US economic data.Foreign fund inflows and strong gains in equity markets helped the domestic currency reverse some of the losses before close.”The broader US dollar is trading strong today, with most Asian currencies…

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Amit Shah accuses Cong of tacitly approving Kashmir secession from India

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BJP president Amit Shah on Wednesday tore into the Rahul Gandhi-led Congress and its allies accusing them of being soft on terror and of tacitly approving Kashmirs secession from India.Shah also lambasted the Congress for coming up with promises of scrapping the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and abolition of sedition law in its poll manifesto and declared that such moves would be stoutly opposed by the BJP even if it was no longer in power. The BJP chief was on a whirlwind election tour of Bihar where he…

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Builder gets 3-yr jail for failing to hand over flat to buyer

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The Maharashtra State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has sentenced a city-based builder to three years imprisonment for failing to comply with an earlier order directing him to hand over possession of a flat to the buyer.As per the commission’s bench, presided by its president, retired judge A P Bhangale, and member S K Kakade, SD Constructions’ owner Shekhar Dadarkar deliberately disobeyed its 2016 order by which his firm was directed to deliver possession of the flat to buyer Arun Kejriwal within a period of three months.The panel noted that while…

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160 killed, over 450 injured as blasts hit three churches, five-star hotels on Easter in Sri Lanka

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A string of near simultaneous blasts struck three churches and luxury hotels frequented by foreigners in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday, killing more than 160 people and injuring over 450 others, shattering a decade of peace in the country after the end of the brutal civil war with the LTTE.The blasts – one of the deadliest in the island nation’s history – targeted St Anthony’s Church in Colombo, St Sebastian’s Church in the western coastal town of Negombo and a church in the eastern town of Batticaloa around 8.45 a.m.…

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Jeremy smashes Youth World record, national senior record

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Youth Olympics gold medallist Jeremy Lalrinnunga went on a record-smashing spree, claiming three world marks in a power-packed performance, to secure second place in his group at the Asian Weightlifting Championship here on Sunday.In a remarkable performance, the 16-year-old Jeremy, who is competing in group B of the 67Kg men’s event, smashed the Youth World and Asian records in snatch, clean and jerk and total lift with an effort of 297kg (134kg+163kg) to be placed second in his group behind Pakistan’s Talha Talib, who lifted 304kg (140kg+164kg). The final standings…

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Was never too confident to be part of Bhansali, Rajamouli’s films: Alia Bhatt

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Alia Bhatt, touted as one of the most sought-after young actors in Bollywood, says she was “never confident” of being part of two eminent filmmakers Sanjay Leela Bhansali and S S Rajamouli’s films. Alia feels overwhelmed to be directed by two renowned directors Bhansali and Rajamouli in “Inshallah” and “RRR” respectively. She finds both of them similar, when it comes to their passion for cinema. “For me the bigness, the high is to be working with these two directors. There is a similarity between them, I think they are both obsessed with…

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Jet Airways crisis: Lenders keen on non-IBC resolution in case bidding process fails

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As they explore ways to recover debt, lenders of Jet Airways are in favour of a resolution outside the insolvency law framework in case the ongoing bidding process fails to take off, sources said.Running into debt of more than Rs 8,500 crore, Jet Airways has shut down operations temporarily after lenders decided against extending emergency funds for its survival.SBI, the lead lender of the seven-member consortium of domestic banks that have extended loans to the airline, has started the bidding process for stake sale in the carrier and clarity about…

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Elections not tough, BJP building hype around its candidate: Kharge

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Opposition Leader and sitting Congress MP Mallikarjun Kharge Sunday exuded confidence that he will win the elections and accused the BJP of building hype around its candidate Umesh Jadhav in the reserved Gulbarga parliamentary constituency.“BJP is creating a fake hype around Jadhav winning the Gulbarga reserved seat,” he told PTI in an exclusive interview at Wadi where he stopped over for lunch at the house of a Sufi priest.Kharge said despite the alleged use of money power, he would win the elections as people know him for the past 50…

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