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Was never too confident to be part of Bhansali, Rajamouli’s films: Alia Bhatt

April 21, 2019 strong

Alia Bhatt, touted as one of the most sought-after young actors in Bollywood, says she was “never confident” of being part of two eminent filmmakers Sanjay Leela Bhansali and S S Rajamouli’s films. Alia feels overwhelmed to be directed by two renowned directors Bhansali and Rajamouli in “Inshallah” and “RRR” respectively. She finds both of them similar, when it comes to their passion for cinema. “For me the bigness, the high is to be working with these two directors. There is a similarity between them, I think they are both obsessed with…

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Jet Airways crisis: Lenders keen on non-IBC resolution in case bidding process fails

April 21, 2019 strong

As they explore ways to recover debt, lenders of Jet Airways are in favour of a resolution outside the insolvency law framework in case the ongoing bidding process fails to take off, sources said.Running into debt of more than Rs 8,500 crore, Jet Airways has shut down operations temporarily after lenders decided against extending emergency funds for its survival.SBI, the lead lender of the seven-member consortium of domestic banks that have extended loans to the airline, has started the bidding process for stake sale in the carrier and clarity about…

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Elections not tough, BJP building hype around its candidate: Kharge

April 21, 2019 strong

Opposition Leader and sitting Congress MP Mallikarjun Kharge Sunday exuded confidence that he will win the elections and accused the BJP of building hype around its candidate Umesh Jadhav in the reserved Gulbarga parliamentary constituency.“BJP is creating a fake hype around Jadhav winning the Gulbarga reserved seat,” he told PTI in an exclusive interview at Wadi where he stopped over for lunch at the house of a Sufi priest.Kharge said despite the alleged use of money power, he would win the elections as people know him for the past 50…

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Reputation is the only thing which a judge has: CJI Gogoi

April 21, 2019 strong

Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi Saturday said that “reputation” is the only thing which a judge has and if it will be attacked on baseless allegations of sexual harassment, no “sane person” will come forward to take up judgeship. “If such things will happen then no judge is going to decide matters. He (judge) will say why should I decide. Then I will come (in the court) and simply adjourn the cases. Why will any sane person want to become a judge? Reputation is the only thing which a…

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RCB will seek to stay afloat when they clash with KKR

April 18, 2019 strong

Their house in complete disorder after seven defeats from eight outings, the Virat Kohli-led Royal Challengers Bangalore will be desperate for a win to stay afloat in the IPL when they take on Kolkata Knight Riders here on Friday.It would be a great opportunity for the Bangalore outfit to post a win against an opponent who are low on confidence having slipped from second to sixth position in the points table after suffering three straight defeats. In fact, to make matters worse, Kolkata’s dangerman Andre Russell has suffered an injury scare…

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Americans await bombshell Mueller report

April 18, 2019 strong

Nearly four weeks after President Donald Trump declared himself completely exonerated, Americans will on Thursday get a chance to see the evidence themselves with the release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s final report on Russian meddling in the 2016 election.Widespread doubt and suspicion has remained in the air despite Attorney General Bill Barr’s March 24 statement that the Mueller investigation found no criminal collusion by Trump’s 2016 campaign with Russia, and insufficient evidence of obstruction of justice.The details of the 400-page report – which could come out with heavy redactions…

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Fox cancels Marvel drama ‘The Gifted’

April 18, 2019 strong

Fox Studios has decided to not renew its sophomore drama series “The Gifted” for a third season. According to Variety, the family adventure series, set in Marvel’s X-Men universe, was produced by 20th Century Fox TV, which now is part of Disney, in association with Marvel Television. The show revolved around a suburban couple whose ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their teenage children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family seeks help from an underground network of mutants and must…

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Sensex slips from lifetime high on profit booking

April 18, 2019 strong

Equity benchmark Sensex retreated from its lifetime high to close 135 points lower Thursday as investors booked profits at higher levels amid weak global cues.After rising to an intra-day record of 39,487.45 points, the 30-share index turned negative to settle 135.36 points, or 0.34 per cent, lower at 39,140.28. The broader NSE Nifty slipped 34.35 points, or 0.29 per cent, to 11,752.80.The benchmark indices had closed at record highs on Tuesday on earnings optimism and forecast of a near-normal monsoon. Markets were closed Wednesday for Mahavir Jayanti.”After a period of…

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Phase 2 of LS polls: Moderate to high voter turnout

April 18, 2019 strong

Moderate to high voter turnout was recorded in the 95 constituencies in 11 states and Puducherry that went to polls in the second phase of Lok Sabha elections which were marred by sporadic incidents of violence in West Bengal and Manipur and EVM glitches.There were also reports of EVM malfunctioning in some seats.Puducherry saw a high voter turnout of 78 per cent while in Manipur, the polling percentage was nearly 75, sources in the election office said. Srinagar, which in 2014 witnessed the lowest voter turnout in the country at…

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Excluded from main squad; Pant, Rayudu named India’s standbys for World Cup

April 17, 2019 strong

Young wicket-keeper Rishabh Pant and veteran batsman Ambati Rayudu were Wednesday named among the standbys for India’s World Cup squad, reigniting their dashed hopes of making the trip to the UK in case an injury setback hits the side.Speedster Navdeep Saini also found a place in the list of three back-ups for the mega-event starting on May 30.Pant and Rayudu’s exclusion from the squad of 15 had created quite a stir on Monday. While Sunil Gavaskar called Pant’s omission surprising, the snub to Rayudu was questioned by Gautam Gambhir.With the…