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US Navy veteran gets three life sentences for killing Indian engineer

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A US Navy veteran has been sentenced to three consecutive life sentences on hate crime charges for killing Indian engineer Srinivas Kuchibhotla and wounding two others after he thought they were Iranians at a suburban Kansas City bar last year.Adam Purinton of Olathe shot and killed Kuchibhotla, and wounded two others Indian national Alok Madasani and Kansas resident Ian Grillot at Austins Bar & Grill in Olathe, Kansas, in February 2017.Earlier this year, he pleaded guilty in federal court to hate crime and firearm offenses arising out of the shooting.At…

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Parliament adjourns after paying tributes to Karunanidhi

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 In a break from tradition, both Houses of Parliament were adjourned for the day today as a mark of respect to DMK chief M Karunanidhi who died last evening.The 94-year-old DMK patriarch served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for five times but was never a member of Parliament. Glowing tributes were paid to the departed leader in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, before the Houses were adjourned for the day.It is rare that the House is adjourned in case a departed leader is not a sitting…

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SC seeks J-K govt’s reply on plea alleging custodial torture of Kathua case witness

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 The Supreme Court today sought response from the Jammu and Kashmir government on a plea by Talib Hussain, a key witness in the sensational Kathua gang rape-and-murder case, alleging custodial torture by the state police in an alleged fake rape case.A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra considered the submission of senior advocate Indira Jaising that Hussain had been brutally tortured in police custody and judicial intervention was needed.The bench also comprising Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud asked the senior lawyer to explain as to how…

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Yogeshwar has worked on developing champion’s attitude in me: Bajrang

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Bajrang Punia, the most outstanding Indian wrestler this season with three gold medals, says that he has learnt from his mentor Yogeshwar Dutt that conquering big names is the only way to earn a big name.Punia is in red-hot form having won a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games and followed it up with victories in Tbilisi Grand Prix in Georgia and Yasar Dogu International in Istanbul.Punia will be India’s best bet for a gold medal at the Asian Games in Jakarta in the men’s freestyle competition. “Yogeshwar is my role…

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Was underselling myself by making adult comedies: Milap Zaveri

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Milap Zaveri became popular for his adult comedies but at this juncture in his career, he has realised that he was limiting himself as a filmmaker and now wants to explore other genres.Zaveri wrote dialogues for sex comedies like “Grand Masti”, “Kya Kool Hai Hum 3” and directed Sunny Leone-starrer “Mastizaade”.”I’ll never direct a sex comedy again. I have nothing left to do in that genre. I’ve exhausted myself as a creative person in those movies. I have nothing against the genre. I’d keep watching them but as a director,…

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India under Modi like train driven to disaster by ‘autocratic, incompetent’ driver: Rahul Gandhi

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Congress president Rahul Gandhi today said people will no longer be fooled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “bogus promise of achche din” and likened the country to a train being driven to disaster by an “autocratic, incompetent and arrogant driver”.Addressing the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP) meeting in Parliament House, he alleged that corruption, economic failure, incompetence and spread of social divisiveness have peaked under the Narendra Modi government and asked party MPs to provide an alternative. There is a rising tide of anger against the ruling dispensation and party MPs…

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UN environment chief lauds India’s efforts to use solar energy, curb plastics

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The UN’s environment chief has lauded India’ efforts to meet its energy needs through solar and curb use of plastics but said that countries still need to do lot more to protect the planet. UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Executive Director Erik Solheim said 2017 is “the first year in human history” when more electricity was generated globally from the sun, than oil, gas and coal combined. In an interview with UN News, he said southern India now has “the first all-solar airport in the world”.He said that some of India’s southern states…

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Sensex, Nifty open at record highs; pare gains amid trade war worries

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The benchmark BSE Sensex pared initial gains after hitting a record high of 37,876.87 in early trade today as investors turned cautious amid escalating global trade war concerns.  The 30-share index rose 184.98 points, or 0.49 per cent, to hit a new peak of 37,876.87. Market sentiment, however, turned cautious as the index pared gains trading 40.13 points, or 0.11 per cent higher at 37,732.02 at 0950 Hrs. The gauge had gained 526.73 points in the previous two sessions. Sectoral indices led by metal, IT, auto, teck, consumer durables, realty and…

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Court extends interim protection from arrest to Chidambaram, son in Airce-Maxis cases

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A Delhi court today extended till October 8 the interim protection from arrest granted to former Union minister P Chidambaram and his son Karti in Aircel-Maxis cases filed by the CBI and the ED.Special CBI Judge O P Saini put up the matter for October 8 after the counsel appearing for the agencies told the court that the main counsel was not well and requested time.Advocates appearing for CBI and ED, K K Goel and Nitesh Rana, told the court that the agencies required time to file a detailed reply…

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पत्रकारों ने अपने साथियों पर हमला करने वालों को गिरफ्तार करने के लिए सरकार को 72 घंटे दिए

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बांग्लादेश के पत्रकारों ने सड़क सुरक्षा को लेकर छात्रों के प्रदर्शन को कवर करने के दौरान अपने सहयोगियों पर हमला करने वालों को गिरफ्तार करने के लिए सरकार को 72 घंटे का अल्टीमेटम दिया है।धनमोंडी, जिगताला और साइंस लेबोरेटरी इलाकों में रविवार को प्रदर्शनों को कवर करने के दौरान हेलमेट पहने युवकों ने धारदार हथियार, डंडों और लोहे की छड़ों से हमला किया था जिसमें एसोसिएटिड प्रेस (एपी) के एक फोटोग्राफर समेत कम से कम सात फोटो पत्रकार जख्मी हुए हैं।बांग्लादेश की राजधानी में 29 जुलाई को दो तेज रफ्तार…

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