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Fight between 2 top CBI officers exposed agency to ridicule, Centre tells SC

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The Centre Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the fight between two top officers of the CBI — Director Alok Verma and Special Director Rakesh Asthana — in public exposed the premier probe agency to ridicule.Attorney General K K Venugopal told a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi that the fight between the two officers impacted the image of the CBI.The Centre’s main aim was to see that confidence of the public in this premier institution is restored, he said.”Dispute between CBI Director and Special Director was pulling down…

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China agrees to ‘reduce and remove’ tariffs on US cars: Trump

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Commencing her five-day official visit to the United States, Union Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Monday asserted that New Delhi sees the US as an important partner in the field of defence.In her remarks at the start of her bilateral talks with the US Defence Secretary James Mattis at the Pentagon, Sitharaman said mutual trust and confidence in defence partnership between the two countries were growing.The defence minister added that she was encouraged by the importance attached to the India-US defence relationship in the new US National Security Strategy. “A strong foundation…

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Rahane says India will have to produce long partnerships

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India vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane on Tuesday tagged Australia as the favourites ahead of the first Test and said the visitors will have to come up with long partnerships to win their maiden series Down Under.Rahane cited the example of his 262-run partnership with Virat Kohli at Melbourne in 2014-15 and said that the Australian focus on the India’s star batsman helps other batsmen do their job silently at the other end.”Each and every batsman’s role will be to contribute for the team and I think for us it is important…

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Four held for Bulandshahr violence, main accused from Bajrang Dal on the run

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Police arrested four people on Tuesday and were hunting for a Bajrang Dal activist in connection with mob violence in Bulandshahr that left an inspector and a passerby dead, as angry families demanded action amid criticism of the UP chief minister and suggestions of conspiraciesA mob of some 400 people, including right-wing activists, fought pitched battles with police on Monday in Siana area of Bulandshahr district, apparently after right-wing activists were angered by the discovery of cow carcasses strewn in a nearby jungle. They set fire to dozens of vehicles, hurled…

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS CATEGORIES 

Don’t want to box myself: Banita Sandhu

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British-Indian actor Banita Sandhu, who made her debut with “October”, says she does not want to limit herself to a particular genre.The 20-year-old actor says she enjoys commercial cinema and she wants to be associated with good content. “I don’t want to box myself into anything. I have done ‘October’ and I am super happy. I want to be versatile and work with different creative people. If it is a massy film, great or if it is going to be independent film with first time director, that also will be great.…

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Dipak Misra was working under influence of an “external source”: ex-SC judge Kurian Joseph

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Just days after retiring, former Supreme Court judge Kurian Joseph has dropped a bombshell claiming ex-Chief Justice Dipak Misra was “remote-controlled by an external source”, an explosive accusation that, he said, impacted the administration of justice.Justice(retd) Joseph was among the four senior judges of the apex court who staged an open revolt against justice Misra by convening an unprecedented press conference on January 12 to flag their concerns about preferential allocation of sensitive cases to judges low down on the top court’s hierarchy. Justices J Chelameswar, who has since retired,…

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How newly formed Ankita-Karman partnership is clicking

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The on-court “maturity” of Ankita Raina and the “observational” skills of Karman Kaur Thandi is making their newly-formed doubles partnership click, say India’s top two singles players.Ankita and Karman first nailed their career’s maiden WTA doubles title in Taipei before uniting to win the Pune Open last week, making it two trophies in a row.While the two players have not committed on how long they want to play together but if they are playing the same tournaments, there is no stopping this partnership.And given that they are ranked closer, just…

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TRS, BJP in partnership to ensure continuation of their rule: Rahul

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Congress president Rahul Gandhi Monday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and caretaker Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao of striking a “partnership” to ensure the continuation of the BJP and TRS rule at the Centre and in the state respectively. “The TRS’s aim is to ensure that Narendra Modi remains the prime minister of India, the BJP continues to rule the country and KCR (as Rao is referred to by many) rules in Telangana,” he said at an election rally here. Over the last four-and-a-half years, KCR had supported the…

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NEWS CATEGORIES WORLD NEWS 

China agrees to ‘reduce and remove’ tariffs on US cars: Trump

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China has agreed to scale back tariffs on imported US cars, President Donald Trump said Sunday, one day after agreeing with Xi Jinping to a ceasefire in the trade war between the world’s top two economies. Asia stocks had rallied on the news that Washington and Beijing would not impose any new tariffs during a three-month grace period, during which the two sides are meant to finalise a more detailed agreement.“China has agreed to reduce and remove tariffs on cars coming into China from the U.S. Currently the tariff is…

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Priyanka Chopra-Nick Jonas get married in traditional Hindu ceremony

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Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas got married in a lavish, Hindu ceremony that ended in the early hours of Monday here, tying the knot twice over after a Christian “I do” wedding the night before.Doffing their hats to their Indian and American origins, the Indian actor and the American singer exchanged wedding wows for the Christian wedding on Saturday evening at the glittering Umaid Bhavan Palace and went through a traditional ceremony Sunday evening.Priyanka, 36, wore a red sari, while Jonas, 26, was dressed in a traditional outfit and turban,…

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