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World record beacons Paes in Davis Cup tie against China

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Veteran Leander Paes will make yet another attempt to create the Davis Cup record for the most doubles win as India clash with China in their den in “brutal” cold conditions for a place in the World Group Play-offs, starting here tomorrow. The 44-year-old Paes is tied on 42 wins with Italian great Nicola Pietrangeli and one more win will make him the most successful doubles player in the history of Davis Cup. Paes had a chance to the make the record when India hosted New Zealand in Pune in…

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‘Blackmail’ gets thumbs up from Bollywood

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Irrfan Khan starrer “Blackmail” is getting rave reviews from industry stalwarts such as Shabana Azmi and Amitabh Bachchan. At a special screening of the film, celebrities like Shabana Azmi, director David Dhawan, Omung Kumar, Vineet Kumar Singh, Sharad Kelkar, Swanand Kirkire were present last evening. “‘Blackmail’ is a mad predictable script directed with such relish by Abhinay Deo, performed with unrestrained delight by a super ensemble cast led by Irrfan, Arunoday Singh and Divya Dutta,” Azmi said after the screening. Lyricist and writer Swanand Kirkire called “Blackmail” as a “Waakda”…

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Cong chief moves HC seeking central forces for panchayat polls

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The Congress’ West Bengal unit chief Adhir Chowdhury today moved the Calcutta High Court seeking deployment of central forces for three-tier panchayat polls to be held in the state next month. He also sought the court’s direction to the State Election Commission to take steps for free and fair polls and to ensure that opposition candidates can file their nomination papers peacefully. The state Congress president appeared before the court in person owing to an ongoing ‘cease work’ strike by lawyers and pleaded for an early hearing as the panchayat…

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SC refuses to order CBI probe into cases of fuel adulteration

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The Supreme Court today refused to order a CBI probe into cases of fuel adulteration, saying that the law was already in place to enable the authorities to take action against such malpractices. A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra noted that the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has filed an affidavit stating the steps taken by public sector oil companies to conduct regular checks on the quality and quantity of petrol and diesel being supplied by retail outlets to the public at large. “It has been stated…

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Sebi imposes Rs 27.50 lakh fine on Shree Sai Spaces, directors

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Markets regulator Sebi today imposed a penalty of Rs 27.50 lakh on Shree Sai Spaces Creations and its five directors for illegally launching a collective investment scheme (CIS). Shree Sai Spaces Creations Ltd (SSSCL) collected Rs 3.95 crore from 3,080 investors for the proposed development of a solar energy project. In an order, Sebi said SSSCL’s scheme satisfied all the ingredients of being a CIS and to carry on the same required necessary registration from the regulator. “SSSCL and its directors launched a CIS Scheme without obtaining certificate of registration…

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RBI keeps interest rate unchanged, lowers inflation projection

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The Reserve Bank today kept the key interest rate unchanged but cut its inflation forecast on lower food prices, sparking a rally in the stocks and bond markets. While keeping the benchmark repurchase or repo rate unchanged at 6 per cent and reverse repo at 5.75 per cent for the fourth time straight, the six member Monetary Policy Committee headed by RBI Governor Urjit Patel retained the ‘neutral’ stance. The MPC trimmed its April-September inflation projection to 4.7-5.1 per cent, from its February forecast of 5.1-5.6 per cent. It raised…

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Israeli airstrike on Gaza border kills Palestinian

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An Israeli airstrike in northern Gaza early today killed a Palestinian, while a second man died from wounds sustained in last week’s mass protest along the Gaza-Israel border, officials said. The fatalities bring to 21 the number of people killed in confrontations in the volatile area over the past week. A new round of protests along the border is expected tomorrow, raising the prospect of further bloodshed. The protest march last week, largely organized by Gaza’s Hamas rulers, had been billed as the first of several weeks of intermittent protests…

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Pak PM to visit Afghanistan tomorrow

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Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi will travel to Afghanistan tomorrow on a day-long visit during which he is likely discuss a range of issues, including ways to facilitate talks with the Taliban. In a statement, the Foreign Office said Abbasi was visiting Kabul on an invitation of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani. “The Prime Minister’s visit is taking place in the backdrop of Pakistan’s support to President Ghani’s offer of peace talks with the Taliban for lasting peace and stability in Afghanistan and strengthening bilateral engagement,” it said. Abbasi will…

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Good guy, bad boy Salman back in jail

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Salman Khan, Bollywood’s ‘enfant terrible’ and arguably its most successful star with an estimated Rs 600 crore riding on him, has long walked the good and bad binary with his larger than life ‘bhai’ image clashing with his controversial personal life. Bollywood’s ‘bad boy’ through the decades, who was sent to Jodhpur jail today, has landed in prison for a fifth time on charges ranging from killing deer to a man sleeping on a Mumbai pavement. The star, mellower perhaps at 52 than he was in 1998, when he killed…

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Opposition to ban on liquor is an anti-poor stance: Nitish

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today lambasted opposition parties for criticising prohibition policy saying the stance was “anti-poor” since the economically deprived sections of the society suffered the most on account of alcoholism. In an apparent reference to spate of communal flare-ups witnessed recently in the state, Kumar also made it clear that the rule of law will be upheld under his watch, “though there are elements in every society who keep looking for an opportunity to create tension”. “There are people who are angry with me because of obvious…

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