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Country needs more quality singles players: Amritraj

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Indian tennis legend Vijay Amritraj on Sunday said that the country needs to develop quality singles players if it wants to be in the elite group in the world.India recently lost to Serbia in the Davis World Group Play-off tie 0-4 and Amritraj felt the country was lacking in the number of quality singles players.”The focus has to be on singles for India. We need four good singles players. There is no point just having good doubles players. Since we do not have enough number of good singles players, we…

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Tone can’t change with preference to colour: Shilpa on facing racism at Sydney airport

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Shilpa Shetty called out an Australian airline staff Sunday for alleged racist behaviour, saying colour of a customer cannot decide treatment meted out to them.The actor, who was travelling from Sydney to Melbourne, shared the incident on Instagram in a lengthy post.”… At the check-in counter met a grumpy #Mel (that’s her name) who decided it was ‘OK’ to speak curtly to ‘US’ (brown people!) travelling together, I was flying business and had two bags (my allowance) and she insisted and decided my half empty Duffel bag was oversized (to…

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It is time PM, Jaitley ‘stop lying’ on Rafale issue and call for JPC probe: Rahul

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Congress president Rahul Gandhi Sunday hit back at Arun Jaitley on the Rafale issue, saying it is time the finance minister and the prime minister “stop lying” and call for a Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) probe for an “uncorrupted truth” to come out.He accused Jaitley of having the ability to spin “2 truths or lies” with “fake self-righteousness” and “indignation to defend the indefensible”.  “Mr Jetlie’s speciality is his ability to spin ‘2 truths’, or lies, with fake self righteousness and indignation to defend the indefensible. It’s high time he,…

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Pak’s opposition holds Imran Khan govt responsible for ‘diplomatic debacle’ with India

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Pakistan’s two major opposition parties have questioned the “haste” shown by Prime Minister Imran Khan in making efforts to mend ties with India and held him responsible for the “diplomatic debacle”, saying he should have done his “homework” before approaching for a meeting. Khan had written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking to re-start bilateral talks on key issues “challenging the relationship” including on terrorism and Kashmir. India initially agreed to a meeting between Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj and her Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi on the sidelines…

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After France, India likely to ink pact with Russia for Gaganyaan

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After an agreement with France, India could ink a pact with Russia for sharing of expertise on ISRO’s ambitious human space mission project ‘Gaganyaan’ during Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to New Delhi next month, official sources said.Besides ‘Gaganyaan’, the two sides are currently engaged in talks to establish ground stations for Glonass, the global positioning system of Russia, and NaVIC, India’s home-grown GPS in the other country, the sources added.The subject to share expertise on ‘Gaganyaan’ came up during External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj’s visit to Moscow this month,…

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When will students be shifted from 99-year-old dilapidated school building: HC asks AAP govt

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The Delhi High Court has asked the AAP government by when it can shift students from one of its schools, the building of which is 99 years old and in a dilapidated state, saying it was concerned with the safety of the children. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao asked the Delhi government to file a status report indicating by when the students would be accommodated in other schools and the time frame for repairing or reconstructing the building.The court, however, made it clear…

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Hope to repeat our performance against Pakistan, says Rohit after beating Bangladesh

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Hailing his team’s “clinical performance” against Bangladesh, India skipper Rohit Sharma says they would look to replicate the show in Sunday’s Super Four Asia Cup match against arch-rivals Pakistan here.Rohit played another classy knock after comeback man Ravindra Jadeja picked up a four-wicket haul to set up a seven-wicket win in their opening Super Four match Friday.”It was a clinical performance from the start. We bowled very well and we always knew it was going to be better batting under the lights. Very good from everyone. It was important on…

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When audience is unhappy I get restless: Rohit Shetty

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Rohit Shetty, one of the most successful commercial directors of the Hindi film industry, says love and acceptance of the audience motivates him to give his best to every project.The director said his aim is to provide entertainment to the people and he wants them to enjoy his films, irrespective of what the critics are saying.”I think of audience, especially my family audience, while writing or making or editing a film. I want them to enjoy my films. I am more happy when audience is happy. When they are laughing…

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Modi, Ambani carried out Rs 1.3 lakh cr ‘surgical strike’ on defence forces: Rahul on Rafale issue

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Upping the ante over the Rafale issue, Congress president Rahul Gandhi Saturday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Anil Ambani jointly carried out a Rs 130,000 crore “surgical strike” on the defence forces.His renewed attack on Modi came a day after a French media report quoted former French president Francois Hollande as purportedly saying that the Indian government proposed Ambani’s Reliance Defence as the partner for Dassault Aviation in the Rs 58,000 crore Rafale jet fighter deal and France did not have a choice.”The PM and Anil Ambani jointly…

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US Senate committee postpones Kavanaugh hearing

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A key US Senate committee postponed its high-stakes hearing on sexual assault allegation against President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh after his accuser Christine Blasey Ford declined the committee’s request to testify before it on Friday. Senator Chuck Grassley, who heads the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Friday that both Kavanaugh and accuser Ford had been invited for the hearing scheduled to take place on Monday. He said while Kavanaugh had agreed to testify, Ford, a clinical psychology professor at Palo Alto University, declined.Grassley asked Ford, 51, to respond…

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