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Pawan Kalyan remains unfazed by Srini Raju’s legal notice

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Telugu actor-politician Pawan Kalyan refused to slow down on Saturday in his attack against some big Telugu media houses even after receiving a legal notice from industrialist Srini Raju, who is the biggest shareholder in leading Telugu news channel TV9. Pawan has shared the snap of the legal notice on his Twitter page, suggesting he has no intentions of backing off from the fight. “SriniRaju ..your legal letter doesn’t make any difference after you got my Mother abused repeatedly with the guidance of #Real AgnyathavasiRaviPrakash” your CEO on your channelTV9 colluding with…

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NEWS CATEGORIES WORLD NEWS 

China’s Xi Jinping Says Internet Control Key To Stability

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China must strengthen its grip on the internet to ensure broader social and economic goals are met, state news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday citing comments from President Xi Jinping, underlining a hardening attitude towards online content. Under Xi’s rule China has increasingly tightened its grip on the internet, concerned about losing influence and control over a younger generation who are driving a diverse and vibrant online culture from livestreaming to blogs. “Without web security there’s no national security, there’s no economic and social stability, and it’s difficult to ensure…

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NEWS CATEGORIES WORLD NEWS 

Sushma Swaraj Arrives In China For Bilateral Talks, SCO Meeting

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External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj arrived in Beijing on Saturday on a four-day visit during which she will hold talks with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi and take part in the foreign ministers’ meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO). Sushma Swaraj is due to meet Wang Yi on Sunday. This is their first meeting after Wang Yi was elevated as state councillor last month which makes him the top diplomat of the country in the Chinese hierarchy. He also continues to be foreign minister. Their meeting is part of efforts by…

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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

PNB Moves Hong Kong High Court Against Nirav Modi

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Punjab National Bank on Saturday moved the Hong Kong High Court against absconding jewellery designer Nirav Modi in connection with the multi-crore loan fraud. An official from the bank told ANI that it would approach the courts of countries where Nirav Modi and his uncle, Mehul Choksi have assets and businesses. Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi had acquired separate Letters of Undertaking (LoUs) to avail credit from various sources and did not repay the loan. The scam, which reportedly began in 2011, was detected in the third week of January…

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NATIONAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Not A Critic Of PM Modi, But Will Keep Speaking My Mind: Uddhav Thackeray

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“Shiv Sena president Uddhav” Thackeray today said he was not a detractor of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, but”will always speak up when he doesn’t approve of something. “I am not a critic of Modi, but I will speak on the issues where I don’t agree (with Modi government’s decisions),” he said. Shiv Sena, an ally of the BJP in the Centre and in Maharashtra, continually takes swipes at the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party, especially through its mouthpiece ‘Saamana’. Speaking at the release of a Marathi book, “Gof”, penned by…

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NEWS CATEGORIES SPORTS 

Sania to become mother in October

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Indian tennis star Sania Mirza and her cricketer husband Shoaib Malik are expecting their first child, due in the month of October this year. The couple celebrated their eighth marriage anniversary a few days back on April 12. The 31-year-old Indian tennis superstar, who is out of action due to a jumper knee issue since October 2017, tweeted a picture suggesting that she is pregnant. Sania’s father and coach Imran confirmed to PTI that the six-time Grand Slam champion is indeed expecting a child. “Yes, it’s true,” Imran told PTI…

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS CATEGORIES 

New York Indian Film Fest to screen docu on Rituparno Ghosh

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A documentary film by director Sangeeta Datta on the life and works of National Award-winning auteur Rituparno Ghosh has been selected for screening at the New York Indian Film Festival. Ghosh, an avant garde director of Bengali films, passed away in 2013 at the age of 49, following a cardiac arrest. ‘Bird of Dusk’ features Ghosh’s interviews, conversations and texts from personal narratives in ‘First Person’, published serially in a regional newspaper’s Sunday magazine, Dutta said, adding that she had assisted the filmmaker in his award-winning venture ‘Chokher Bali’. The…

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS CATEGORIES 

Akhtar distributes Rs 13 crore royalty to composers, authors

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Veteran film writer and lyricist Javed Akhtar, who is chairman of the Indian Performing Rights Society (IPRS), today distributed Rs 13 crore among its members as part of the royalty given by music companies. The Akhtar-headed 48-year-old copyright royalty collection body is an officially registered copyright society for musical works and associated literary works in India. As many as 2,800 members of the IPRS will be paid ‘synchronisation royalty’ by Phonographic Performance Ltd PPL) on behalf of music companies like Saregama, Sony Music, Tips, Universal Music, Venus and Aditya Music.…

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BUSINESS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Failure of states to respond to Centre’s communication on elephant corridors irks SC

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The Supreme Court today said it was “extremely unfortunate” that several states have not responded to two communications sent by the Centre on the issue of elephant corridors to curb human-animal conflict and reduce animal fatalities. The apex court pulled up these states and noted that only three — Kerala, West Bengal and Meghalaya — have so far responded to the letters sent by the Centre in August and November last year. “It is extremely unfortunate,” a bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta said. It asked the…

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BUSINESS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Nifty ends above 10,550, up 20.65 points

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Benchmark Nifty rose 20.65 points to end at 10,584.70 today, driven by buying in realty, pharma, IT, media, PSU bank and auto sectors. Metal, FMCG, infrastructure and finance service counters witnessed hectic profit-booking. The rupee falling to its weakest level since March, continued FII outflows and April derivative expiry day this week influenced trading sentiment, brokers said. Overseas, European shares fell early today as results from Switzerland’s biggest bank, UBS, disappointed investors. Asian stocks closed lower as investors kept an eye on rising US Treasury yields. The Nifty 50 index…

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