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India eye milestone win, South Africa hope for revival

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India’s indomitable cricket team looks set for a landmark series triumph but an injury- ravaged South Africa would hope for some A B de Villiers magic to halt the visitors’ charge in the fourth one-dayer, here on Saturday. With an unassailable 3-0 lead in hand, India need just one more win to claim their maiden ODI series triumph on the South African soil. The closest they came was in 2010-11, when under Mahendra Singh Dhoni, they shot into a 2-1 lead only to lose the five- match series 3-2. India…

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Akhil to fight 2nd pro bout tomorrow

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Nearly a year after turning professional, seasoned Indian boxer Akhil Kumar will fight his second bout in the circuit when he takes on Tanzanian Sadiki Momba here tomorrow under the aegis of a brand new promoter. Akhil, a former Commonwealth Games gold-medallist who turned professional with the IOS Boxing Promotions is now contracted with Hope and Glory Boxing. Tomorrow’s fight card at the Talkatora Stadium is being organised in association with World Boxing Council (WBC). Also fighting tomorrow would be Akhil’s protege Jitender Kumar, who had turned professional with him…

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS CATEGORIES 

Javed Akhtar against use of loudspeakers at religious places

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Veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar has voiced his support to singer Sonu Nigam and said loudspeakers should not be used at places of worships. Last year, Nigam had described the loud sermons from the loudspeakers as hooliganism in a series of tweets which led to a ‘fatwa’ being issued against him by a Kolkata-based cleric. Now, Akhtar has made a case against the use of loudspeakers at religious places. “This is to put on record that I totally agree with all those including Sonu Nigam who want that loudspeakers should not…

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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

HC bars public from carrying mobiles to Madurai temple

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The Madras High Court today banned people from carrying mobile phones to Madurai’s famous Meenakshi Amman temple where a fire mishap gutted several shops last week. Justices N Kirubakaran and R Tharani of the Madurai bench also suggested deployment of CISF personnel to maintain security at the ancient temple. The court said the Tamil Nadu government should examine the possibility of forming a high-level committee of archaeological experts for maintaining the temple periodically and providing advice on safety and security aspects. It ordered that mobile phones should not be carried…

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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

SC questions Delhi govt, DDA over proposed amendments in DMP

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The Supreme Court today directed the Delhi government and Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to apprise it whether an environmental impact assessment was conducted before proposing amendments in the Delhi master plan, 2021. A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta also asked DDA, Delhi government and the municipal agencies to file withing a week an affidavit giving details on whether issues like safety of buildings, traffic congestion, parking and availability of civic amenities were taken into account before proposing the amendment. The bench also asked the authorities to…

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BUSINESS NEWS CATEGORIES 

NRI deposits in Kerala increase by 12 per cent in 2016-17

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The inflow of NRI deposits to Kerala increased by 12 per cent during 2016-17 and stood at Rs 1,52,348 crore as on March 2017. The total NRI deposits in the public sector banks as on March 2017 was Rs 83,855 crore and Rs 68,493 crore in the private sector banks, according to the Economic Review 2017 tabled in the state Assembly recently. As on March 2016, the NRI deposit was Rs 1,35,609 crore, the review said. The Kerala-based Federal Bank attracted more NRI deposits than the public and private sector…

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Stocks retreat on global rout, Nifty ends below 10,500

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Stocks tripped over the growing worries about rise in interest rates and a global rout in equities on Friday, with the benchmark Sensex falling over 1 per cent to close at a one-month low and the broader Nifty crashing below the 10,500 level. The 30-share Sensex closed lower by 407.40 points or 1.18 per cent at 34,005.76. This is the weakest closing since January 4 when it had ended at 33,969.64. The broad-based Nifty fell by 121.90 points or 1.15 per cent to end at 10,454.95. On weekly basis, the…

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NEWS CATEGORIES WORLD NEWS 

Trump’s immigration framework to end green card backlog: White House

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US President Donald Trump’s immigration framework will end the diversity lottery visa to help reduce green card backlog of high-skilled workers, the White House said today amid growing demands by Indian H-1B visa holders to remove the per country-limit on its allotment. Indian-Americans, most of whom are highly skilled and come to the US mainly on H-1B work visas are the worst sufferers of the current immigration system which imposes a seven per cent per country quota on allotment of green cards or permanent legal residency. As a result, the…

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NATIONAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Arrest Tytler, Harsimrat Badal tells Rajnath

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Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal today met Home Minister Rajnath Singh and demanded the “immediate arrest” of Congress leader Jagdish Tytler in connection with his “involvement” in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. The Shiromani Akali Dal leader met Singh with her party collegue Naresh Gujral and submitted a memorandum and a video of a purported sting operation showing Tytler apparently admitting his role in the riots. Tytler has said the video is doctored. “It is a matter of great shock and concern that Jagdish Tytler has clearly admitted his involvement in…

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Stone-pelting in J-K: NHRC takes cognisance of complaint by Army officers’ children

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The NHRC has taken cognisance of a complaint filed by three children of Army officers alleging violation of human rights of the force’s personnel in recent incidents of stone-pelting in Jammu and Kashmir. In a statement today, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) said the complainants have also sought its “intervention for an appropriate enquiry into the incident of stone-pelting and assault by an unruly and disruptive mob on Army personnel in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir on January 27”. In their complaint, the children have said they were…

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