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Day after assembly dissolution KCR sounds poll bugle, attacks Congress

September 7, 2018 strong

A day after the dissolution of the Telangana assembly, TRS chief K Chandrashekar Rao sounded the poll bugle at a public rally here Friday where he launched a scathing attack on the Congress over its 50 years of “useless and corrupt rule”.The Telangana cabinet headed by Rao had yesterday recommended dissolution of the state assembly and the House stood disbanded the same day after Governor ESL Narasimhan accepted it.Immediately thereafter, Rao had announced party candidates for the state’s 105 assembly constituencies.Telangana has a 120-member assembly, which includes a nominated MLA.”I…

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Academy postpones plans for new popular film Oscar categor

September 7, 2018 strong

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has decided not to go ahead with its proposed new ‘popular film’ Oscar category at next year’s awards ceremony.The proposal, announced just a month ago, was met with a backlash from the movie industry and film reviewers, who said it would create a two-tier system of ‘popular’ and ‘unpopular’ films.”There has been a wide range of reactions to the introduction of a new award, and we recognize the need for further discussion with our members. We have made changes to the Oscars…

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Final Test: Cook hits fifty as England reach 123-1 at tea on day 1

September 7, 2018 strong

Opener Alastair Cook hit a patient half-century in the final match of his career as England reached 123 for one at tea on the opening day of the fifth and final Test against India at the Oval on Friday.The 33-year-old Cook, who is playing his final Test for England after which he will retire from international cricket, had eight hits to fence in his 177-ball unbeaten innings as he shared 60 runs with opening partner Keaton Jennings (23) and then forged an unconquered 63-run stand with Moeen Ali (23) for…

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Pakistan Army chief bats for democracy

September 7, 2018 strong

In an unusual move, Pakistan Army chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa has batted for democracy and the need for strengthening of institutions in the coup-prone country, as he shared the dias with Prime Minister Imran Khan. Addressing the Defence and Martyrs Day ceremony organised by the Army at its headquarters in Rawalpindi on Thursday, Bajwa said that continuation of democracy was must for development and progress of the country. His significant comments came two days after visiting US Secretary of State gave a pep talk to Bajwa on the importance…

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Extremely sad on campaign to run down electric vehicles: Goyal

September 7, 2018 strong

Union Minister Piyush Goyal Friday expressed disappointment over some companies running a campaign to run down electric vehicles to promote their hybrid cars in India.Speaking here at the Global Mobility Summit ‘MOVE’, the minister alleged that the companies promoting hybrid vehicles “want us to settle for the second best”. “I am extremely sad that there is a campaign going on to promote hybrid cars in this country and the campaign is trying to run down electric vehicles in order to promote hybrid cars,” the minister for coal and railways said.”The sad…

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UIDAI’s bid to hire social media agency was against its submissions in Aadhaar case: SC

September 7, 2018 strong

The Supreme Court Friday said the proposal of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), which runs the Aadhaar scheme, to hire a social media agency to monitor such platforms was contrary to its earlier submissions. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud also asked Attorney General K K Venugopal to assist it in the hearing of the plea on the issue filed by Mohua Moitra, an MLA of the Trinamool Congress.“It (monitoring) is directly against the submissions made by the…

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Pakistan focussed to undermine India’s territorial integrity through terrorism: India at UN

September 6, 2018September 7, 2018 strong

Pakistan’s focus for decades has been to undermine India’s territorial integrity through the “explicit use of terrorism” as a state policy, New Delhi said in a stern response after Islamabad raked up the Kashmir issue at the UN. Pakistan’s Ambassador to the UN Maleeha Lodhi yet again raised the issue of Kashmir while addressing the High Level Forum on the Culture of Peace in the UN General Assembly Wednesday.She said “foreign occupation and the denial of fundamental rights including the right to self-determination exacerbate the sense of injustice among the…

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Consensual gay sex not a crime, Sec 377 violates right to equality: SC

September 6, 2018September 7, 2018 strong

Gay sex among consenting adults is not a criminal offence, the Supreme Court unanimously ruled Thursday, holding that part of a 158-year-old colonial law that criminalised it, violated the constitutional right to equality and dignity. The top court decriminalised part of the Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code that criminalises consensual gay sex, saying it was irrational, indefensible and manifestly arbitrary. A five-judge constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra unanimously held that the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) community possess the same constitutional rights as…

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Sensex opens in green on value-buying, up over 150 pts

September 6, 2018September 7, 2018 strong

The BSE Sensex rebounded over 150 points in opening trade Thursday on value-buying in select bluechip stocks, recovery in rupee and fall in global crude oil prices, but pared some gains on mixed Asian trend.The 30-share BSE index recovered by 164.46 points, or 0.43 per cent, to 38,182.77 in opening trade. It, however, lost some steam and was trading 48.46 points, or 0.13 per cent, higher at 38,066.87 at 0940 hrs.The NSE Nifty was up 5.20 points, or 0.05 per cent, at 11,482.15. Sectoral indices, including realty, metal, healthcare, consumer durables,…

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Bhambri, Sharan pull out of Serbia tie; Nagal refuses to come as stand-by

September 5, 2018 strong

India’s top singles player Yuki Bhambri and Asian Games gold-medallist Divij Sharan have pulled out of the Davis Cup World Group Play-off tie against Serbia due to injuries while Sumit Nagal has refused to join the team as a stand-by. Sharan, who won the men’s doubles gold with Rohan Bopanna in Palembang, has suffered a tear in his shoulder and Bhambri’s knee injury flared up at the US Open, where he lost in the first round to Frenchman Pierre-Hugues Herbert.Saketh Myneni, who was a reserve in the six-man squad, will…