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Rahul exhibiting ‘fancy dress Hinduism’, says BJP

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Monday said Congress president Rahul Gandhi is exhibiting “fancy dress Hinduism” to fool people and demanded action against his party colleague Shashi Tharoor for his “scorpion” remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.The saffron party’s attack on Gandhi came in the backdrop of his frequent visits to temples — the latest being a trip to Ujjain’s Mahakaleshwar temple Monday, ahead of his tour of the politically significant Malwa-Nimar region in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh. The ruling party asked Gandhi to expel Tharoor from the Congress for his…

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India No. 3 Pranjala enters her maiden WTA main draw

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India number three Pranjala Yadlapalli qualified for the main draw of a WTA tennis event for the first time in her fledgling career here Sunday.Pranjala outclassed her Georgian opponent Oksana Kalashnikova in straight sets in the second and final qualifying round match of the USD 125,000 L&T Mumbai Open at the Cricket Club of India (CCI). The 19-year-old mass communications under-graduate from Hyderabad, seeded third in the qualifiers aided by her ranking of 280 on the WTA circuit, needed one hour and 15 minutes to carve out a 6-4 6-3…

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MP polls: Rahul to begin Malwa tour after worshipping Mahakal

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Months after BJP president Amit Shah’s visit to the Mahakaleshwar temple in poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi will Monday perform a ‘puja’ at the famous ‘jyotirlinga’ in Ujjain before embarking on a two-day tour of the BJP-dominated Malwa-Nimar region. Shah had visited the abode of Lord Shiva on July 14 this year before flagging off the “Jan Ashirwad Yatra” of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.The BJP has been accusing Gandhi of playing the “soft Hindutva card” to attract the voters in poll-bound states.During his two-day tour beginning Monday,…

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Wickremesinghe’s arrogance led to his sacking: Sirisena

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Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday said that Ranil Wickremesinghe was sacked due to his “arrogant” behaviour, and asserted that former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa has been made the new premier in strict accordance with the Constitution.In his first address to the nation after the dramatic move to sack Wickremesinghe on Friday night, Sirisena said Wickremsinghe’s political conduct since the victory in 2015 was unbecoming. “He appeared to treat Sri Lanka’s future as a joy ride for a coterie of people around him who had no sense of the common man’s…

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PM Modi holds informal talks with Abe; visits factory of industrial robot manufacturer

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe held informal talks at a picturesque resort near Mount Fuji and visited a factory of industrial robot manufacturer on Sunday as they spent about eight hours together on the first-day of a two-day summit.Modi, who arrived in Japan last evening to attend the 13th India-Japan annual summit, has said the partnership between the two countries has been fundamentally transformed and it has been strengthened as a ‘special strategic and global partnership’.The two-day summit beginning Sunday will seek to review the…

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Court takes cognisance of fresh ED charge sheet against Upendra Rai

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A Delhi court on Saturday took cognisance of a fresh charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against jailed-journalist Upendra Rai in a money laundering case.Additional Sessions judge Rakesh Syal, who is likely to pronounce the order on Rai’s bail plea on November 1, said there was enough evidence to proceed on the ED’s supplementary charge sheet accusing the scribe of laundering around Rs 23 crore.The ED’s charge sheet, filed by special public prosecutors N K Matta and Nitesh Rana, has sought his prosecution for money laundering.During the proceedings,…

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I’m discovering my father late in life: Rohan Mehra

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Rohan Mehra stayed away from Bollywood for most part of his life and the debutante says it is one of the reasons he discovered his father, actor Vinod Mehra quite late.Rohan, who makes his Hindi film debut with “Baazaar”, says he does not feel pressured by the comparisons drawn between him and his father, who passed away before his birth in 1990.”Comparisons will be made. I don’t feel the pressure. It doesn’t annoy me. All the more, I’m flattered. This is all very surreal to me. I’m discovering this man…

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Hope CBI’s institutional integrity will be upheld: Kejriwal after SC order

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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Friday welcomed the “intervention” by the Supreme Court in the turmoil at the CBI and hoped the institutional integrity of the investigating agency will be upheld.His reaction came after the Supreme Court asked the Central Vigilance Commission to complete within two weeks its inquiry into allegations against CBI Director Alok Kumar Verma and barred interim director M Nageswara Rao from taking any major policy decision. “Welcome intervention by the hon’ble Supreme Court of India in the CBI matter.”In the interests of the nation, hope that…

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3rd ODI: India look to plug gaps; extend lead against West Indies

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Handed a reality check after West Indies salvaged a morale-boosting tie in the second game, India will be hoping to put up an improved bowling show with their frontline pacers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah back in action for the third ODI here on Saturday. A well-oiled India hammered the Windies in the lung opener in Guwahati by eight wickets, but the gritty visitors indeed, made a statement of sorts in Visakhapatnam, by denying the hosts a victory and a chance to go 2-0 ahead in the five-match rubber.However the absence…

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All US sanctions against Iran will be back in full force on Nov 5: Trump

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 US President Donald Trump said Thursday all American sanctions against Iran will be in full force on November 5, as he signed into law another legislation imposing hard-hitting sanctions on Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. “On November 5th, all US sanctions against Iran lifted by the nuclear deal will be back in full force, every sanction that we had on their originally, which would have — if they would have just left it a little bit longer, would have been so much easier than what we’ve been through over the last…

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