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As an actor, you can’t keep concentrating on film’s business: Varun Dhawan

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Critical acclaim with big box collections is the recipe for a memorable film, but Varun Dhawan believes actors must steer clear of the numbers to satisfy the artiste in them. With the “Dulhaniya” series, “Badlapur”, “Judwaa 2” and “October”, the actor is propelling to strike the balance between larger-than-life cinema and closer-to-earth films. He believes it is unfair to divide the art of storytelling. “It’s not fair to demarcate art. It’s film business but as actors we have to stop concentrating on the business part of it (all the time).”We…

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NATIONAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Injured Indian Navy sailor hospitalised

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A day after he was rescued from the Indian Ocean off Australia, Indian sailor Abhilash Tomy, who suffered a grievous back injury while participating in the Golden Globe race, has been admitted to a hospital in a remote island, a Defence spokesman said here Tuesday.He said the French fisheries vessel Osiris, which rescued Commander Abhilash Tomy, reached off Amsterdam isle by 9:30 AM and the sailor was subsequently transferred to the hospital there for further medical evaluation and treatment.Tomy, 39, and Irishman Gregor McGuckin, 32, were injured after their boats…

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NEWS CATEGORIES WORLD NEWS 

China says can’t hold US trade talks with ‘knife to the throat’

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China said on Tuesday it was impossible to hold trade talks with the United States while Washington is imposing tariffs that are like “holding a knife to someone’s throat”.Speaking a day after Washington activated tariffs on 200 billion in Chinese goods, vice commerce minister Wang Shouwen said China is open to negotiations but that the two sides must treat each other “equally and with respect”. “Now that the US has adopted this type of large-scale trade restrictions, they’re holding a knife to someone’s throat. Under these circumstances, how can negotiations…

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BUSINESS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Jaitley asks PSU banks to take effective action against frauds, wilful defaults

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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Tuesday asked public sector banks to take “effective action” in cases of fraud and wilful loan defaults.Reviewing the performance of state-owned lenders, he exuded confidence that formalisation of the economy would help India achieve sustainable growth of 8 per cent. “FM, Shri @arunjaitley exhorted the banks to ensure all steps at their end to ensure clean lending & effective action in cases of fraud & wilful default, to justify the trust reposed in banks. Banks must strive to be seen always as institutions of clean & prudent…

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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

SC lashes out at Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari for violating its order on sealing

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The Supreme Court Tuesday took strong exception to BJP Delhi chief and MP Manoj Tiwari for allegedly violating its directions on the sealing of illegal structures in the national capital, and said that being an MP does not give him liberty to take the law in his hands.Tiwari was present before the court in pursuance to the contempt notice issued to him for allegedly breaking the seal of a premises which was being run in violation of the Delhi Master Plan.The apex court expressed its anguish against his statement in…

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Rahul fires fresh salvo at Modi on Rafale deal

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Firing fresh salvo at the prime minister on the Rafale deal, Congress president Rahul Gandhi Monday charged country’s “chowkidar” Narendra Modi with snatching away money from the poor and handing it over to industrialist Anil Ambani.He asked the prime minister for answers on why Rafale price was not disclosed and how Ambani got the contract.”The chowkidar of the country has taken out Rs 20,000 crore from the pockets of the poor, martyrs and the jawans and put it in the pocket of Ambani,” Gandhi said at a meeting in the…

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NEWS CATEGORIES SPORTS 

Anand rests as Indian men take on El Salvador

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Five-time world champion Viswanathan Anand is expectedly rested for the opening tie as the fifth seed Indian men take on El Salvador in the 43rd Chess Olympiad here Tuesday. After a glittering and probably the best ever opening ceremony in any Olympiad that was a mix of performances by the local stars, its time now to set the clock rolling and start the biggest biennial chess event. Anand, being one of the most respected player in the competition was called for the ceremonial draw of lots that gave top seeded United…

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NEWS CATEGORIES WORLD NEWS 

Pak won’t abandon peace efforts despite India’s reluctance: Qureshi

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India’s reluctance to hold talks with Pakistan will not stop Islamabad from closing doors on its efforts to promote peace in the region, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said, days after New Delhi cancelled the foreign minister-level meeting in New York.Addressing a news conference at the Pakistan Embassy in Washington on Sunday, Qureshi said India used incidents that happened in July to cancel peace talks that it agreed to in September.India on Friday cited the “brutal” killing of three policemen in Jammu and Kashmir as well as the release…

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BUSINESS NEWS CATEGORIES 

India may cut oil imports to mitigate pain from high oil prices, dip in rupee

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India, the world’s third-biggest oil importer, is considering cutting oil purchases to soften the blow from high crude oil prices and declining rupee, Indian Oil Corp (IOC) Chairman Sanjiv Singh said Monday.State refiners are looking at optimising crude oil inventory levels without in any way affecting fuel supplies in the domestic market, he told PTI. Refiners maintain 7-8 days of inventory in tankages besides carrying stocks in pipelines as well as ships in transit. They are looking at reducing these so that monthly imports of crude oil can be reduced,…

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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

HC bans slaughtering of birds at Ghazipur mandi

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The Delhi High Court today banned slaughtering of birds in the Ghazipur murga mandi here.Only selling of live birds will be permitted in the area, the court said in its interim order.”Taking note of the circumstances and the inaction of the authorities, we have no option but to direct that in the Ghazipur murga mandi, no slaughtering of birds will be permitted henceforth. Only sale of birds will be permitted,” said a bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao.The court asked the authorities to file within…

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