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NEWS CATEGORIES WORLD NEWS 

Trump, Pompeo bash ex-Secretary of State Kerry on Iran talks

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo unloaded Friday on his Obama-era predecessor John Kerry for “actively undermining” US policy on Iran by meeting several times recently with the Iranian foreign minister, who was his main interlocutor in the Iran nuclear deal negotiations. In unusually blunt and caustic language, Pompeo said Kerry’s meetings with Mohammad Javad Zarif were “unseemly and unprecedented” and “beyond inappropriate.” President Donald Trump had late Thursday accused Kerry of holding “illegal meetings with the very hostile Iranian Regime, which can only serve to undercut our great work to…

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NATIONAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Little point in engaging Opposition on Rafale deal, says Def Min

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Amid a political furore over the multi-billion dollar Rafale fighter jet deal, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has suggested it is futile to engage opposition parties on the issue when all facts have been already placed before Parliament.She also alleged that the Opposition has “misled” the country and thrown unsubstantiated allegations on a sensitive issue concerning India’s defence preparedness. She made the comments on Thursday during an interaction with PTI journalists. On Saturday, the Defence Ministry said Sitharaman had not said that the opposition does not deserve to be engaged.Sitharaman said…

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BUSINESS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Government Announces Measures To Stabilise Rupee

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A Singapore-based forex dealer said the measures would not do much to bolster the rupee.  The Indian government late on Friday announced a slew of steps aimed at stemming a steep decline in the rupee, which has fallen rapidly this year, and it left the door open to announcing more measures. After an economic review meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India’s finance minister said the government plans to take measures to cut down “non-necessary” imports, ease overseas borrowing norms for the manufacturing sector and relax rules around banks…

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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Anger, vendetta of aggrieved persons shouldn’t take advantage of dowry law: SC

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The Supreme Court has said “anger” and “vendetta” of an aggrieved person should not take advantage of the legal provision on dowry harassment and harass the other side espousing the principle of sympathy. The court’s observation came on a verdict modifying its earlier order of stopping immediate arrests in cases registered under Section 498-A of the IPC which relates to the offence of subjecting a married woman to cruelty. “The courts remain constantly alive to the situation that though no war takes place, yet neither anger nor vendetta of the…

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NEWS CATEGORIES SPORTS 

Asia Cup: World Cup combination, renewal of Indo-Pak rivalry

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Virat Kohli’s absence might have taken some sheen off it but the general excitement surrounding three possible Indo-Pak encounters will be the USP of the six-nation Asia Cup starting Saturday with a Bangladesh-Sri Lanka clash here. While there are two assured India-Pakistan matches, one in the group league and other at the Super Four stage, the organisers, broadcasters, and the supporters will be hoping for a possible summit showdown on September 28 too.For India, it will be a chance to see how the team reacts to pressure situations in absence…

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS CATEGORIES 

I still feel people don’t know me: Taapsee Pannu

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With back-to-back releases, Taapsee Pannu may be on her way to becoming one of the most popular young stars but the actor says she still feels people “don’t know” her.The 31-year-old actor, who has made a mark with her performances in “Pink”, “Mulk” and her latest release “Manmarziyaan”, does not fear that there is over exposure on her part. “I don’t think I’m at that stage of my career where it’s okay if I do one or two films a year. Honestly, till the time each and every movie-goer knows…

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NATIONAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Chandrashekhar released from jail, says Dalits will ensure BJP’s rout in 2019

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Hours after being released from jail, Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad on Friday said he will ensure that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is routed in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Azad was arrested from Himachal Pradesh’s Dalhousie in June last year in connection with the May 5 caste violence in which one person was killed and 16 others were injured at Shabbirpur village in Saharanpur. The Allahabad High Court had granted him bail on November 2, 2017. However, police booked him under the stringent National Security Act days before his…

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NEWS CATEGORIES WORLD NEWS 

‘Afghan conflict could be deadlier than Syria in 2018’

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The Afghan conflict could overtake Syria as the deadliest conflict in the world this year, analysts say, as violence surges 17 years after the US-led invasion. The grim assessment contrasts sharply with the consistently upbeat public view of the conflict from NATO’s Resolute Support mission in Kabul, and underscores the growing sense of hopelessness in the war-torn country. It suggests that US President Donald Trump’s much-vaunted strategy for Afghanistan is, like those of his predecessors, failing to move the needle on the battlefield, observers said, as a generation of Americans…

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BUSINESS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Petrol, diesel rates scale new highs

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Petrol and diesel prices Friday scaled new highs as rates were increased on account of rupee depreciation and rise in international oil rates.While petrol price was increased by 28 paise a litre, diesel rates went up by 22 paise, according to a price notification of state-owned oil marketing companies.Petrol in Delhi now costs Rs 81.28 per litre and diesel is priced at Rs 73.30 a litre.In Mumbai, petrol is retailed at 88.67 per litre, for Rs 84.49 in Chennai and Rs 83.14 in Kolkata. Diesel costs Rs 77.82 per litre…

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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Maha court issues arrest warrant against AP CM, others in 2010 case

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A court in Maharashtra has issued an arrest warrant against Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and 15 others in a 2010 case related to an agitation staged by them over the Babli project across the Godavari river. Judicial Magistrate First Class of Dharmabad in Nanded district N R Gajbhiye issued the order, directing the police to arrest all the accused and produce them in the court by September 21.Naidu and others, then in the opposition in the united Andhra Pradesh, were arrested and lodged in a Pune jail…

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