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Shah Rukh Khan visits Dilip Kumar

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Superstar Shah Rukh Khan paid a visit to Bollywood veteran Dilip Kumar at his home. Shah Rukh had last dropped by the legend’s residence when he was discharged from the hospital last August following treatment for dehydration and urinary tract infection. Faisal Farooqui, a family friend of Kumar took to the actor’s official Twitter account, where he shared a photograph of Shah Rukh and the 95-year-old star. The picture was captioned as, “.@iamsrk came to visit Saab at home today. – FF.” Kumar also received treatment for mild pneumonia in…

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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

C’garh entitled for choice of chopper, says SC

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In a relief to Raman Singh government in Chhattisgarh, the Supreme Court today said the state government was entitled to make a choice to purchase an AgustaWestland helicopter for VVIP use and there was no record to show that it could have been procured at a lesser price. The top court also gave clean chit to Abhishak Singh, son of the Chief Minister, saying there was no material to prima facie hold that he was a beneficiary of the transaction and it was not necessary to go into the allegations…

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BUSINESS NEWS CATEGORIES 

RBI’s new norms on bad loans wake up call for defaulters: Govt

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In a bid to hasten the resolution of bad loans, RBI has tightened rules to make banks identify and tackle any non-payment of loan rapidly, a move the government said should act as a “wake up call” for defaulters. The Reserve Bank of India abolished half a dozen existing loan-restructuring mechanisms late last night, and instead provided for a strict 180-day timeline for banks to agree on a resolution plan in case of a default or else refer the account for bankruptcy. Financial Services Secretary Rajiv Kumar said the new…

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NEWS CATEGORIES WORLD NEWS 

Iraq aims to raise oil output to 7 mn barrels: minister

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Iraq, the second largest oil producer in the OPEC cartel, plans to sharply increase its output capacity to seven million barrels a day by 2022, its oil minister said today. Iraq now has an oil production capacity of five million barrels per day (bpd) but is pumping just over 4.7 million under an OPEC output cut agreement. “Our target is to reach seven million bpd by 2022,” Jabbar al-Luaybi said, while presenting oil and gas projects available for private foreign investors. Luaybi said Iraq sits on proven crude reserves of…

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NATIONAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Ban Valentine’s day celebrations: TN fringe Hindu outfit

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A Tamil Nadu based fringe Hindu outfit today wanted the district administration to ban Valentine’s Day celebrations tomorrow. Such celebrations are against the culture and tradition of India, Hindu Makkal Katchi president Arjun Sampath told reporters here. He also took strong objection to actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan’s reported remarks on “Hindu extremism.” Haasan recently courted controversy when he hit out at whathe called Hindu extremism, claiming that right-wing groups have taken to violence because their earlier “strategy” has stopped working. The actor, who is facing flak over his comments on right-wing…

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Two terrorists killed in Srinagar encounter: police

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Mopping up operations were under way at a building in Srinagar’s Karan Nagar area with security forces killing two terrorists, officials said today. The encounter between militants and security forces, which began yesterday after the ultras tried to attack a CRPF camp, resumed this morning after an overnight lull. The identity and group affiliation of the slain militants were not immediately known. Security forces had launched a final assault on the terrorists hiding in an under construction building in Karan Nagar area this morning, officials said. The incident came two…

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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Delhi held to ransom by traders: HC on amendment of masterplan

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In an apparent disapproval of the government’s proposed amendment of the master plan after traders protested against the sealing drive, the Delhi High Court has observed that a few people have “held the city to ransom”. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar further observed that by sitting on a dharna “you can get the master plan changed”. “Not because it is required nor after checking if the city can handle it. It is done because a few hundred people sit on a dharna.…

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Hiranandani moves HC, seeks quashing of CBI charge sheet

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Prominent builder Niranjan Hiranandani has approached the Bombay High Court seeking to quash the charge sheet filed against him by the CBI in a case of alleged corruption, criminal conspiracy and cheating. Hiranandani, 61, sought the quashing and setting aside of the charge sheet filed against him in September 2010 by the CBI’s Anti-Corruption Bureau for not depositing provident funds of the employees of his group to the tune of Rs 9 crore. The ACB had charged him under sections pertaining to criminal conspiracy, cheating and under provisions of the…

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NEWS CATEGORIES SPORTS 

India renew pursuit of history, SAfrica hope rally continues

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Knocked back in the previous match, India will look to crush a South African revival before it becomes a threat to their pursuit of a maiden ODI series triumph here when the two sides clash in the fifth one-dayer, on Tuesday. The Men in Blue still have a two-match cushion in the six-ODI series. They lead 3-1 after winning the first in Durban by six wickets, the second in Centurion by nine wickets and the third in Cape Town by 124 runs. The Proteas bounced back by winning the rain-affected…

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Attorney general suit: Weinstein Co. failed to protect women

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New York’s attorney general is accusing Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein of “repeatedly and persistently” sexually harassing female employees at his film company, according to a lawsuit filed on Sunday by the state prosecutor that could impact the company’s potential sale. “As alleged in our complaint, The Weinstein Company repeatedly broke New York law by failing to protect its employees from pervasive sexual harassment, intimidation, and discrimination,” state Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said in court papers filed against Weinstein and the company. Schneiderman launched a civil rights probe into the…

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