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My work ethic is not to break records: Amitabh Bachchan

Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who plays a 102-year-old man in his latest film “102 Not Out”, says he strives to better himself with each film rather than focus on goal posts. According to the 75-year-old, who has been in films for almost 50 years and continues to bat, ‘not out’, every day is a learning experience. His work ethic, he said, is not to break records. If the audience does not notice the artiste’s efforts, he or she tries to up their game the next time, Bachchan told PTI. Excerpts from…

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South Korea to remove propaganda loudspeakers at border

South Korea will remove propaganda-broadcasting loudspeakers from the border with North Korea this week, officials said today, as the rivals move to follow through with their leaders’ summit declaration that produced reconciliation steps without a breakthrough in the nuclear standoff. During their historic meeting Friday at a Korean border village, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in agreed to end hostile acts against each other along their tense border, establish a liaison office and resume reunions of separated families. They also agreed to achieve a…

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US lawmakers ask Trump adm to reconsider its decision on H4 visas

A group of 15 influential lawmakers from California has urged the Trump administration to reconsider its move to revoke an Obama-era rule that gives work permits to spouses of certain categories of H-1B visas, the most sought-after among Indian IT professionals. The lawmakers asserted that the existing H-4 rule was a matter of both economic competitiveness and maintaining family unity. “The H-4 rule lessened the burden on thousands of H1-B recipients and their families while they transition from non-immigrants to lawful permanent residents by allowing their families to earn dual…

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VP’s walk and talk with Kochi’s officers

Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu, along with top district officials, took a casual stroll around Subhash park in Marine drive here today. During his morning walk, Naidu discussed the infrastructure development of the city with the officials, including Mayor Soumini Jain and Ernakulam district collector K Mohammed Y Safirulla, official sources said. Naidu, who reached the city yesterday after inaugurating the new Kasaragod campus of Central University, also had a brief chat with the sanitary workers and public, they said. “Vice President of India took a morning walk at Subash Park,…

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Lalu Prasad alleges ‘political conspiracy’ as AIIMS discharges him

The AIIMS today discharged RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, saying his condition has improved significantly, even as the former Bihar chief minister alleged a “political conspiracy” behind his discharge. The Rashtriya Janata Dal president also wrote to the institute’s director, asking him to continue his treatment at the facility till he recovers fully. Supporters of Prasad created ruckus in the hospital premises protesting the AIIMS’ decision, with his party alleging that there is a conspiracy to “murder” their leader by “forcing him out” of the premier hospital even though he continues…

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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Months After Wedding, He Burned Wife Alive For Dowry. Gets Jail For Life

A 32-year-old man has been jailed for life for tying up his wife and burning her alive six years ago in Maharashtra’s Thane district. The couple had been married for only five months till he murdered her. The woman in her dying declaration told the police that her husband had demanded dowry. A Thane court also fined the convict, Moharamali Shafiq Khan, Rs. 11,000. Just after they got married, he used to thrash the woman for not bringing dowry, additional public prosecutor Vandana Jadhav told the court of additional sessions judge SC…

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Fortis Board To Meet On May 10 To Evaluate BidsV

Fortis Healthcare on Saturday said that its Board will meet on May 10 to consider the recommendations made by its “expert advisory committee” (EAC) which has been set-up to evaluate all binding proposals for fund infusion. As per a regulatory filing, the company informed the stock exchanges that its EAC will now consist of two members “who have already been appointed to the EAC viz. Mr. Deepak Kapoor and Mr. Lalit Bhasin”. Earlier, Renuka Ramnath who is a former MD and CEO of ICICI Ventures, had resigned from the EAC.…

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Need to work hard to get used to Pune pitch, says Fleming

Robbed off home advantage for the entire 2018 season, Chennai Super Kings will have to work hard in their adopted home venue here to be a force to reckon with in the ongoing Indian Premier League, said the team’s head coach Stephen Fleming. Back into the IPL family after serving a two-year suspension, CSK lost their home advantage after just one game in Chennai as the IPL orgainsers decided to shift its remaining home games to Pune in the wake of protests related to Cauvery issue and threats to disrupt…

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Sumit, Nikhat strike gold at Belgrade International Boxing

The fit-again duo of Sumit Sangwan (91kg) and Nikhat Zareen (51kg) was among the three gold-medallists in India’s stupendous campaign at the 56th Belgrade International Boxing Tournament in Serbia. Himanshu Sharma (49kg), who defeated Algeria’s Mohammed Touareg 5-0 in his final bout, was the third top spot finisher last night as India ended the tournament with three gold, five silver and five bronze medals in all. Continuing his fine comeback from a wrist injury, Sumit, an Asian silver-medallist, defeated Ecuador’s Castillo Torres in a unanimous 5-0 verdict to claim the…

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There’s deadly silence about state sponsored terrorism: Hansal Mehta

Hansal Mehta’s “Omerta” tracks the story of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh and the director says through this film he wants to provoke a thought among people about state sponsored terrorism. Sheikh, a British terrorist of Pakistan descent, was involved in the 9/11 terror attacks and killing of American journalist Daniel Pearl. He is currently in prison in Pakistan serving the life sentence. “There are some standard emotions that a film leaves you with like happiness, sadness, this (film) would leave you angry. We live in a world where a villain…

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