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Gameiro to torment Arsenal in Emery reunion

May 2, 2019 strong

Kevin Gameiro has knocked Arsenal out of one Europa League semi-final and now he wants to do it again.Gameiro helped Atletico Madrid end Arsene Wenger’s hopes of a glorious finale last season, a 2-1 aggregate win sending them through to the final, where they would sail past Marseille.Twelve months on, it is Unai Emery in charge of Arsenal and Gameiro leading the line for Valencia who, like their opponents, may well need to win the Europa League to play in the Champions League next term.”It’s going to be a different…

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Indians prefer budget travel, domestic destinations this summer: Survey

May 2, 2019 strong

India is beating global destinations with more than half of country’s travellers looking to go domestic this year, and that too on a tight budget, a new survey has revealed. Conducted by Yatra, an online travel portal, the survey said 68 per cent of Indians were planning to travel this summer, of which, more than half were looking to visit a destination within the country. “Close to 64 per cent of the respondents prefer domestic destinations,” it said.Budget travel has emerged as the most popular choice with close to 45 per…

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Proud to have done film like ‘Thackeray’: Nawazuddin Siddiqui

May 2, 2019 strong

Nawazuddin Siddiqui does not regret starring in biographical drama “Thackeray” as the actor says he has made a conscious decision to keep experimenting with unconventional parts.The film, based on the life of Bal Thackeray, the founder of the political party Shiv Sena, was a major commercial and critical failure. Before its theatrical debut on January 25 this year, “Thackeray” was labelled as a “propaganda” film in the wake of its release ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Despite criticism, Nawazuddin said he is “proud” to be a part of the film.”I…

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Mamata invokes Sepoy Mutiny for her oust Modi campaign

May 2, 2019 strong

Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Thursday invoked the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 to draw a parallel with the efforts by her Trinamool Congress to dislodge the Narendra Modi government in the ongoing parliamentary polls.”Sepoy Mutiny was the first uprising against the British in India. Now the biggest threat and problem in the country is Narendra Modi,” she said at a rally in support of TMC MP Dinesh Trivedi, who is pitted against BJP’s Arjun Singh.The Sepoy Mutiny was a violent and bloody uprising against British…

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Former cops Vanzara, Amin discharged from Ishrat Jahan case

May 2, 2019 strong

A special CBI court here Thursday discharged former police officers D G Vanzara and N K Amin from the Ishrat Jahan alleged fake encounter case.The court allowed the discharge applications of Vanzara and Amin, which they had filed after the Gujarat government refused to grant sanction to the CBI to prosecute them.Special CBI court judge J K Pandya said that since the government did not sanction their prosecution, their discharge applications were allowed and proceedings against them would be dropped in the case.Under section 197 of the Code of Criminal…

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Listing of Azhar as global terrorist by UN will be ‘properly resolved’: China

April 30, 2019 strong

China said on Tuesday that the vexed issue of designating Jaish-e-Mohammed chief Masood Azhar as a global terrorist by the UN will be “properly resolved” but it did not give any timeline, days after Chinese President Xi Jinping met Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan here.China put a technical hold in March on a fresh proposal to impose a ban on the head of Pakistan-based JeM which claimed responsibility for the deadly Pulwama terror attack. It was for the fourth time, China blocked Azhar’s listing as a global terrorist by the…

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KL Rahul defends playing slow initially

April 30, 2019 strong

Kings XI Punjab opener KL Rahul defended his strategy of playing slow initially while chasing a mammoth 213 against Sunrisers Hyderabad, saying one between him and Chris Gayle was supposed to go all out upfront while the other tried to take the game deep.Chasing a huge total, Rahul (79 off 56; 4×4, 5×6) made a valiant effort with the bat but lacked support from the other end as Kings XI were restricted to 167 for eight.”That’s been the team plan. One of me or Chris Gayle look to bat 15-16…

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Sensex, Nifty end lower; Yes Bank plunges 30 pc

April 30, 2019 strong

Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty Tuesday ended marginally lower after a volatile session, dragged by private sector lender Yes bank which posted a loss of Rs 1,506 crore in the March quarter on higher bad loans provisioning. The BSE Sensex closed with 0.09 per cent or 35.78 points loss at 39,031.55, while the NSE Nifty ended 0.06 per cent or 6.50 points lower at 11,748.15.Yes Bank shares crashed nearly 30 per cent after the company reported a loss of Rs 1,506.64 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 2019, hit…

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Charlize Theron used to feel like ‘loser’ after watching rom-coms

April 30, 2019 strong

Actor Charlize Theron says she used to feel like a “loser” after watching romantic comedies as she never witnessed a happy ending in real lif.According to The Independent, the 43-year-old actor, who stars alongside Seth Rogen in Jonathan Levine-directed “Long Shot”, told Press Association that she wanted to feature in romantic comedy which has a realistic and modern take on relationships. “I just wanted to make sure that we all agreed that we wanted to make a film that would have two characters that felt modern and felt at times…

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SC directs Centre to file response by May 4 to petitions seeking review of Rafale verdict

April 30, 2019 strong

The Supreme Court directed the Centre on Tuesday to file response by May 4 to the petitions seeking review of last December’s verdict by which the apex court had dismissed the pleas challenging India’s deal to procure 36 Rafale fighter jets from France.A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi did not allow the plea of the Centre that it be granted four weeks time to file its response to the pleas.It asked it to submit the response latest by Saturday.The bench, which also comprised Justices S K Kaul and…