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Assam TMC chief, two party leaders resign over Mamata’s opposition to NRC

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Assam Trinamool Congress (TMC) president Dwipen Pathak and two other party leaders resigned today in protest against party supremo Mamata Banerjee’s opposition to the final draft of the NRC, which has evoked a sharp reaction from different parties and organisations in the state. Pathak’s resignation came within hours of a TMC delegation arriving at the Silchar airport in the Bengali-dominated Barak valley at Banerjee’s instructions and being stopped from exiting it by the police. Diganta Saikia, a TMC leader from Golaghat and who was among the three to resign, even…

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Mental boost helps Isner reach his tennis peak at age 33

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John Isner is playing the best tennis of his career at age 33, thanks in part to marriage and impending fatherhood plus long-lasting confidence after winning the Miami Open. The 33-year-old American produced his deepest Grand Slam run to the Wimbledon semi-finals, reaching a career-high eighth in the world rankings, and began his hardcourt campaign last week with a fifth Atlanta title in six seasons. Isner reached this week’s ATP Washington Open, where he burst onto the scene 11 years ago, hungry to extend the greatest campaign of his career…

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Srikanth enters pre-quarterfinals of World Championship

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India ace Kidambi Srikanth struggled past Spain’s Pablo Abian in a three-game match to enter the men’s singles pre quarterfinals at the BWF World Championship here today. The fifth seeded Indian recovered from a slump during the hard-fought contest to see off Pablo 21-15 12-21 21-14 in a second-round match that lasted 62 minutes. Srikanth, who had clinched four titles last year, will lock horns with Malaysia’s Daren Liew, a former world no 10, who had won the 2012 French Open Super Series. Srikanth erased a 2-4 and 6-8 deficit…

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Spoke to her, she seems excited: Kangana Ranaut on Priyanka’s engagement

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Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut said today she spoke to Priyanka Chopra, who has reportedly gotten engaged to American singer Nick Jonas, and the “Quantico” star seemed “excited and happy”. Rumours of Priyanka and Nick’s engagement started coming in after the actor pulled out of Salman Khan’s forthcoming film “Bharat”. There were speculations that Priyanka who has never spoken about her relationship with Nick got engaged to the popstar on her birthday and would tie the knot this year. Kangana, who co-starred with Priyanka in “Fashion”, said she spoke to the…

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Shah Rukh Khan meets survivors of childhood cancer at his home

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Shah Rukh Khan today met survivors of childhood cancer before they left for World Children’s Winners games 2018 in Moscow to represent India. The 52-year-old star invited the kids at his residence, Mannat to wish them for the upcoming championship. Shah Rukh’s IPL team Kolkata Knight Riders along Meer Foundation, that he set up in his father’s memory who was a cancer patient, are also providing jerseys and kits to these children for the tournament. “Each kid that I met today has been a winner in his or her own…

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INX Media case: HC extends interim protection from arrest to Chidambaram

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The Delhi High Court today extended till September 28 the interim protection from arrest granted to senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on his pleas seeking anticipatory bail in the INX Media case. The matter was mentioned before Justice A K Pathak, who asked the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to file a reply within four weeks. During the hearing, the CBI told the court that it has already filed its reply in the case. Senior advocates Dayan Krishnan, Pramod Kumar Dubey, Ramesh Gupta and Mohit Mathur appeared for Chidambaram. The matter will…

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Sunanda Pushkar case: Court allows Shashi Tharoor to travel abroad

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A Delhi court today allowed Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, accused in a case related to his wife Sunanda Pushkar’s death in a luxury hotel here, to travel abroad. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal allowed Tharoor’s application seeking permission for eight visits to five countries, including the US, Canada and Germany, till December. The court placed several conditions on Tharoor, while noting that there was nothing on record to suggest that he may flee justice. “He (Tharoor) has cooperated with the investigation. He had appeared before court on the first…

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Maruti Suzuki India posts marginal decline in July sales at 1,64,369 units

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The country’s largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India today reported a marginal decline in sales at 1,64,369 units in July. The company had sold 1,65,346 units in July last year, Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) said in a statement. Domestic sales were up marginally at 1,54,150 units last month as against 1,54,001 units in the year ago month, it added. Sales of mini cars comprising Alto and WagonR were at 37,710 units as compared to 42,310 units in July last year, down 10.9 per cent. However, sales of compact segment, including…

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Sensex pares gains, turns choppy ahead of RBI policy outcome

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Benchmark indices pared early gains to retreat from life-time highs scaled in morning trade amid buying in oil and gas, energy, telecom, healthcare, capital goods, IT and teck sectors ahead of the key RBI bi-monthly policy decision due later today. Caution crept as investors eagerly await the central bank’s policy decision on repo rate on the backdrop of volatility in crude oil and food prices as well as inflationary concerns. Auto, realty, power, banks and financial stocks saw profit-booking. The 30-share index was trading higher at 37,623.54, showing a gain…

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97 injured as Mexican plane crashes at airport in hail storm

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An Aeromexico flight crashed on takeoff during a heavy hail storm in northern Mexico, engulfing the plane in flames and injuring 97 people, officials said. The Embraer 190 aircraft, which was operating between Durango and Mexico City and crashed around 3:00 pm local time (20:00 GMT), was carrying “88 adults, nine minors, two infants, two pilots and two flight attendants,” the airline’s director general Andres Conesa told a news conference yesterday. “It is confirmed that there have been no deaths from the flight #AM2431 accident,” tweeted Jose Rosas, the governor…

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