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Democrats questioning Robert Mueller to focus on obstruction

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Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee who will question former special counsel Robert Mueller next week plan to focus on a narrow set of episodes laid out in his report, an effort to direct Americans’ attention to what they see as the most egregious examples of President Donald Trump’s conductThe examples from the Mueller report include Trump’s directions to White House counsel Donald McGahn to have Mueller removed and, later, orders from Trump to McGahn to deny that happened. Democrats also will focus questioning on a series of meetings Trump had…

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Hollywood action choreographers roped in for Hrithik, Tiger’s ‘War

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Touted as one of the biggest action entertainers of the year, “War”, featuring Hrithik Roshan and Tiger Shroff, has three Hollywood action-choreographers working on the sequences of the film.Paul Jennings, Franz Spilhaus, SeaYoung Oh and famous Bollywood action-director Parvez Shaikh have choreographed the action sequences of the Yash Raj Films project.”When we have Hrithik taking on Tiger, the promise of the film to audiences become huge and we wanted to deliver the action experience for people to feel the adrenaline rush. “We have four of the top action directors from different…

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Mukesh Ambani keeps salary capped at Rs 15 cr for 11th yr in a row

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Richest Indian Mukesh Ambani has kept his annual salary from his flagship firm Reliance Industries capped at Rs 15 crore for the eleventh year on the trot.Ambani has kept salary, perquisites, allowances and commission together at Rs 15 crore since 2008-09, forgoing over Rs 24 crore per annum.This is at a time when remunerations of all whole-time directors of the company, including cousins Nikhil and Hital Meswani, saw a handsome increase in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019.”Compensation of Shri Mukesh D Ambani, Chairman and Managing Director, has been…

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Many changes will come in next five years under Modi rule: Union min

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The NDA government has been working towards making the country powerful in various sectors and several changes will come in the next five years, Union Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy said here Saturday.The NDA government has been making efforts in this direction, Reddy said at the 79th Foundation Day of Keshav Memorial Educational Society here.”I assure you all that many changes will come in the coming five years. We are hoping to become a powerful nation economically. In all sectors, power production or in ‘Make in India’,…

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Babri Masjid demolition case: SC asks special judge to deliver verdict within nine months

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The Supreme Court Friday asked the special judge conducting trial in the Babri Masjid demolition case, involving BJP veterans such as L K Advani, M M Joshi and Uma Bharti, to deliver the verdict within nine months. A bench of Justices R F Nariman and Surya Kant said the recording of evidence in the politically sensitive case should be complete within six months.The bench also directed the Uttar Pradesh government to pass appropriate orders within four weeks to extend the tenure of the special judge, who is set to retire on…

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Japan look to give ailing Ikee a lift at world swim

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Japan’s swimmers have promised to lift their game at next week’s world championships to lift the spirits of ailing team mate Rikako Ikee in her battle with leukaemia.The 19-year-old poster girl for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics was diagnosed with the illness earlier this year and is continuing treatment back in Tokyo.Asian champion Yui Ohashi, one of Japan’s biggest medal hopes in South Korea after taking silver in the 200 metres individual medley two years ago, insisted Thursday that Ikee was on the mind of all the swimmers. “It’s a huge…

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Netflix to roll out cheaper mobile-screen plans in India

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Video streaming company Netflix will roll out a cheaper mobile-only plan in India as it looks to woo viewers amid growing competition from Amazon Prime Videos and other local players.The premium content platform also believes that growth in the Indian market is a marathon; and that it is witnessing steady progress here.After several months of testing, the company has decided to roll out a lower-priced mobile-screen plan in India to complement existing plans, Netflix said in a statement.”We believe this plan, which will launch in Q3, will be an effective…

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‘Gossip Girl’ reboot greenlit at HBO Max

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“Gossip Girl” is getting a reboot on HBO Max.According to Entertainment Weekly, the iconic teen series, with 10-episode initial order, will stream on the network’s digital arm. Original creative team of Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage are returning as executive producers.Josh Safran, who penned and produced on the original series, will showrun the latest take.Also attached to executive produce are Alloy’s Leslie Morgenstein and Gina Girolamo.”Gossip Girl”, which aired on The CW from 2007-2012, was based on the book series by Cecily von Ziegesar. The show went to become a…

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HC refuses custody to kin of women rescued from flesh trade

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The Bombay High Court has refused to grant the custody of two women, rescued from a prostitution racket and ordered to be kept at a correctional facility, to their relatives, observing that there was a possibility of them indulging in similar activities in future.Justice S S Shinde on Tuesday dismissed separate petitions filed by two women, claiming to be sisters of the rescued women (aged 25 and 22) and seeking that they be released from the Asha Kiran Mahila Shasakiya Nivas Sthan in Maharashtra’s Satara district.The petitioners challenged the orders…

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Cabinet approves bill to scrap 58 redundant laws

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In its effort to weed out archaic and dead statutes, the Union Cabinet Wednesday approved a bill to scrap 58 laws which have lost their relevance.The NDA government in its two terms has sent to the chopping block 1824 old laws which had become redundant.After the Repealing and Amendment Bill, 2019 gets parliamentary nod, 137 laws, which according to the government, have lost their relevance will be scrapped in the next lot.The list of the 58 laws which will be repealed was not immediately available, but sources in the government…

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