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RLSP MP backs Kushwaha in stance against NDA leadership

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Rashtriya Lok Samata Party MP, Ram Kumar Sharma, on Sunday backed party chief and Union minister Upendra Kushwahas aggressive stance against the NDA leadership, saying there was no point in continuing in a coalition, if the party was not getting its due.Sharma has been, in the recent past, disapproving of Kushwahas tough posturing against the leadership of the NDA, especially Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) president Nitish Kumar.Talking to reporters in his Lok Sabha constituency of Sitamarhi, Sharma said “one should not remain in a coalition where one is not…

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BUSINESS NEWS CATEGORIES 

India’s coal output up 10% to 156 MT during Apr-Nov

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 India’s coal import rose 9.7 per cent to 156.08 million tonne (MT) in the April-November period of the ongoing fiscal, as against 142.25 MT in the corresponding months a year ago, according to mjunction services Ltd, a joint venture between Tata Steel and SAIL.Coal imports in November this year also increased 10.1 per cent to 19.47 MT, over 17.68 MT in the corresponding month of the last fiscal, mjunction data showed.”Imports during November 2018 stood at 19.47 MT (provisional)…Earlier, coal and coke imports in November 2017 stood at 17.68 MT,”…

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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Goa govt opposes PIL for declaring CM’s health status in HC

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Citing the fundamental right to privacy, the Goa government has opposed a plea seeking the High Court’s direction to the state administration to declare the health status of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar.In an affidavit filed before Justice R M Borde of the Goa bench of the high court Friday, state Chief Secretary Dharmendra Sharma questioned the maintainability of the petition filed by activist Trajano D’Mello a month ago.”Like any other person who may not occupy public office has a right to not disclose his health problems to the public. If…

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BUSINESS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Prabhu links creativity & business opportunities to cheap beverages in Goa

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 Union minister Suresh Prabhu has sought to link the availability of cheap beverages in Goa with “creativity and business opportunities”, a remark the Congress said was projection of the coastal state as a “liquor destination”.Prabhu, while participating in the Global Venture Summit in Goa on Friday, said the state government had reduced taxes on some beverages that help calm the mind and lead to creativity, which can be converted into business opportunities.”Ideas are there, but to make ideas into a form that actually be converted into a business opportunity is…

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BJP in state of extreme panic, sensing defeats in Assembly polls: Cong

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The Congress hit out at the government Saturday over ED raids against Robert Vadra’s associates, alleging that the Modi dispensation was using “high-handed tactics” to threaten people as it was in a “state of panic of the highest degree” sensing poll defeats.At a press conference at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters here, party spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi also alleged that there was never such a “terror raj” in the “constitutional rule” of India.”We fought the British Raj and the BJP would do well to know that the day…

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NEWS CATEGORIES SPORTS 

Pujara’s first innings is a blueprint for first Test: Travis Head

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Australia batsman Travis Head feels India Test specialist Cheteshwar Pujara has set an example for others with his first-innings century, calling his gritty knock a “blueprint” on this pitch.Taking a leaf out of Pujara’s book, Head scored a 167-ball 72 to steer Australia to 235 on the third day of first Test here Saturday.Head helped score 44 runs in the rain-affected first session on Saturday as Australia just about managed to close the gap after Pujara had produced a superb 123 on the opening day to guide India to 250…

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NEWS CATEGORIES WORLD NEWS 

Yemen government says rebels ‘not serious’ at UN talks

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A Yemeni government official said Saturday that Huthi rebels were “not serious” on finding common ground to end the devastating war, three days into UN-brokered talks in Sweden.Nearly four years into a war that has pushed 14 million Yemenis to the brink of starvation, the Saudi-backed government of Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi and Huthi rebels, linked to Riyadh’s archrival Iran, are in the rural town of Rimbo for what UN officials expect will be a week of negotiations.”Expectations stem from experience, and from experience I would say no, they are not…

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS CATEGORIES 

Cinema is a major part of people’s lives, says Supriya Pathak

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Supriya Pathak, who has worked in all the mediums of storytelling, believes nothing can beat the cinema experience. Pathak says web is the strongest medium currently as it has the ability to reach out to more people and engage viewers with interesting and layered stories. “When TV came, it was a very strong medium. It reached out to so many people and it could have made difference but we got into mundaneness of it. I think it will not hopefully happen to this new medium. It has lot of scope. “I…

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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

SC declines urgent hearing on Kerala’s plea against setting up of panel for Sabarimala

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The Supreme Court Friday declined urgent hearing on a fresh plea of the Kerala government challenging the high court decision to set up a panel to oversee pilgrimage at Sabarimala, which has witnessed protests after women of all age groups were allowed entry into the temple.The Kerala High Court, on November 28, ordered setting up of a three member committee, comprising retired judges P R Raman, S Sirijagan and senior IPS officer A Hemachandran, and gave them the power to oversee law and order and other problems faced by pilgrims.A…

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Nirav Modi’s illegal bungalow in Alibaug to be razed: Maha govt to HC

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The Maharashtra government has told the Bombay High Court that it has ordered demolition of fugitive jeweller Nirav Modi’s illegal bungalow built along the beach at Alibaug in adjoining Raigad district.Government counsel advocate P B Kakade told a bench of Chief Justice Naresh Patil and Justice M S Karnik on Thursday that it had served demolition notices to another 58 private properties in the area constructed in violation of the state’s rules and coastal zone norms.He made the submissions in compliance with a previous order of the bench which had…

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