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Mumbai, Feb 15 (DIN NEWS) Veteran actor Shabana Azmi on Friday said she and her husband, lyricist-writer Javed Akhtar, have decided not to attend Kaifi Azmi’s birth centenary celebrations in Karachi in the wake of Pulwama terror attack. The couple was invited to Pakistan by the Karachi Arts Council for a two-day event. “@Javedakhtarjadu and I were invited for a 2 day event celebrating Kaifi’s Centenary and were truly looking forward to it. I appreciate that our hosts the Karachi Arts Council mutually agreed to cancel the event at the…

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SC asks states to sensitise cops about scrapping of Section 66A of IT Act in 2015

February 15, 2019 strong

New Delhi, Feb 15 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court Friday directed all state governments to sensitise their police personnel about its March 24, 2015 verdict which had scrapped Section 66A of Information Technology Act, so that people are not unnecessarily arrested under the struck down provision. It also asked all the high courts to send the copy of the verdict to all the trial court to avoid people being prosecuted under the scrapped provision which provided for jail term to people who posted offensive content online. A bench of Justices…

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Rupee extends slide, down 7 paise to 71.23 vs USD

February 15, 2019 strong

Mumbai, Feb 15 (DIN NEWS) The rupee slipped by 7 paise to close at 71.23 against the US dollar Friday, pressured by heavy foreign capital outflows and firming oil prices. This is the third straight session of loss for the domestic currency, during which it has depreciated by 53 paise. On a weekly-basis, the rupee registered a loss of 8 paise. At the Interbank Foreign Exchange (forex) market, the rupee opened lower at 71.22 and fell further to touch the day’s low of 71.44. The local unit covered some lost…

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Bangladesh PM Hasina wants to retire to make way for young leaders

February 15, 2019February 15, 2019 strong

Dhaka, Feb 15 (DIN NEWS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, who won a historic fourth term, becoming the country’s longest-serving leader, has indicated that she will retire after the current term to promote young leaders, according to a media report. In an interview with the German broadcaster Deutsche Welle (DW) 71-year-old Hasina, who assumed office just a month ago, for the fourth time as the prime minister, said she wanted to retire after the five-year term, the Bangladesh daily Dhaka Tribune reported. “It’s the third consecutive term and before that…

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Home minister among pallbearers as force pays tributes to slain CRPF jawans

February 15, 2019 strong

Srinagar, Feb 15 (DIN NEWS) With the bugler playing the ‘last post’, Home Minister Rajnath Singh turned a pallbearer Friday as the bodies of 40 paramilitary personnel killed in an audacious terror strike in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district were sent on their last journey home. Singh, accompanied by a high-level team comprising officials from the CRPF, NIA and Home Ministry, arrived here Friday afternoon and drove straight to the adjacent CRPF campus where a wreath laying ceremony was held for the slain jawans. As the bugler played the ‘last post’…

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Puducherry CM, ministers’ dharna outside Raj Nivas enters 2nd day

February 14, 2019February 16, 2019 strong

Chief Minister V Narayanasamy and his ministerial colleagues continued their dharna outside the Raj Nivas for the second day on Thursday protesting Lt Governor Kiran Bedi’s “negative stand” towards his government’ proposals awaiting her approval.Narayanasamy, his ministers and party MLAs had on Wednesday night slept on a pavement close to the Raj Nivas wearing black shirts. They have been demanding that that the Lt Governor accord sanction to 39 government proposals, including a free rice scheme. Functionaries of different wings of the ruling Congress and the DMK have also joined…

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Stan Lee will be missed: Samuel L Jackson

February 14, 2019February 16, 2019 strong

Hollywood star Samuel L Jackson says Stan Lee has been “one of the greatest influences” on his life as the late Marvel comic legend was instrumental in helping him understand the world of superheroes intimately. Lee, who revolutionised pop culture as the co-creator of iconic superheroes like Spider-Man and The Hulk, died in November last year, at the age of 95.”We generally ran into work, at premiers, occasionally he might show up on sets. I’ve been reading comic books all the time and so Stan has been one of the greatest…

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Want to crack top 20 ranking in 2019: Sharath Kamal

February 14, 2019February 16, 2019 strong

Ace paddler Sharath Kamal, who is currently ranked 33 in the world, on Thursday said he aimed to burst into the top 20 in 2019 and the next big thing on his mind was the 2020 Tokyo OlympicsThe 36-year-old player also believes that the two table tennis bronze medals which India won at last year’s Asian Games held in Indonesia have given them the confidence that a medal at the 2020 Olympics was a possibility.”Personally, for myself in 2019, the goal would be to get into top 20 in the…

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Bangladesh rescues ‘abducted’ Malaysia-bound Rohingya

February 14, 2019February 16, 2019 strong

Bangladesh police have stopped 43 Rohingya refugees from being smuggled to Malaysia by boat with a dozen women claiming they were abducted by traffickers, officials said Thursday.Acting on tip-offs, police found the refugees at two separate places in the southeastern border district of Cox’s Bazar, raising the number of Rohingya being rescued from the traffickers to more than 100 in less than a week. About 740,000 of the Muslim minority fled Myanmar for Bangladesh after a military clampdown in the Buddhist-majority nation in August 2017.They have joined another 300,000 Rohingya…

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Sensex, Nifty fall for 6th straight session; Yes Bank zooms 31 pc

February 14, 2019February 16, 2019 strong

Continuing its fall for the sixth straight session Thursday, the benchmark BSE Sensex dropped 158 points led by losses in IT, metal and energy stocks amid sustained foreign fund outflow and lacklustre global cues.The 30-share index, after shuttling between 35,799.42 and 36,109.10, finally settled 157.89 points, or 0.44 per cent, down at 35,876.22. It had lost 840 points in the previous five sessions.The broader NSE Nifty lost 47.60 points, or 0.44 per cent, to end at 10,746.05. Intra-day, it shuttled between 10,718.75 and 10,792.70.Top losers in the Sensex pack include…