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Shahid Kapoor’s ‘Kabir Singh’ is unstoppable at box office—Check out collections

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Kabir Singh is an official remake of 2017 Telugu blockbuster ‘Arjun Reddy’

Shahid Kapoor's 'Kabir Singh' is unstoppable at box office—Check out collections

New Delhi: Shahid Kapoor and Kiara Advani starrer ‘Kabir Singh’ took the box office by storm on day one. The film, that released on June 21, has received positive reviews from fans and is unstoppable on day two as well.

Noted film critic and trade analyst Taran Adarsh shared the latest collections on Twitter.

He wrote, “#KabirSingh is unstoppable and unshakeable… Continues its heroic run on Day 2… Scores big numbers, despite #INDvAFG #CWC19 cricket match… Eyes ₹ 70 cr [+/-] weekend… Fantastic trending PAN India… Fri 20.21 cr, Sat 22.71 cr. Total: ₹ 42.92 cr. India biz.”

The film is an official remake of 2017 Telugu blockbuster ‘Arjun Reddy’. It is helmed by Sandeep Vanga who also directed the original. Shahid is said to have delivered his career best performance in ‘Kabir Singh’ and the film has also emerged his biggest opener till date.

On day one, it had collected Rs 20 Crores, thereby surpassing the opening day business of Shahid’s latest outing, ‘Padmaavat’.

Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari gets death threat

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The sender of the SMS said in his Hindi message that he was “sorry” for deciding to eliminate Manoj Tiwari under “extreme compulsion”.  

Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari gets death threat

New Delhi: Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari has received a death threat through an SMS on his personal phone number, in which the sender said he is under “extreme compulsion” to eliminate the leader.

The unidentified person also threatened to eliminate the Prime Minister “if need be”, Tiwari said. “I have informed the police about the threat,” Tiwari said.

The sender of the SMS also said in his Hindi message that he was “sorry” for deciding to eliminate Tiwari under “extreme compulsion”.

A formal complaint about the threat will be lodged soon, said Delhi BJP’s Media Relations head Neelkant Bakshi.

The SMS was received on Tiwari’s mobile phone at 12.52 pm on Friday which he saw on Saturday evening and immediately informed the police, he added.

India ride on Mohammad Shami hat-trick to subdue gritty Afghanistan for 50th World Cup win

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Afghanistan were bowled out for 213 in pursuit of a manageable 225 run target which at one stage looked gettable after the Indian middle-order flopped in their first World Cup test.

Southampton: Mohammad Shami’s last-over hattrick saved India from a mighty scare as they managed to pip Afghanistan by 11 runs to inch closer towards World Cup semi-finals, as brilliant death bowling compensated for an inexplicable batting display here Saturday.

Shami (9.5-1-40-4), playing his first match, not only successfully defended 16 runs off the last over but also dismissed the dangerous Mohammed Nabi (52 off 55 balls), Aftab Alam (0) and Mujeeb ur Rahman (0) off successive deliveries to complete the rare feat.

Afghanistan were bowled out for 213 in pursuit of a manageable 225 run target which at one stage looked gettable after the Indian middle-order flopped in their first World Cup test.

It was superb death bowling by Jasprit Bumrah (2/39 off 10 overs) and Shami that changed the complexion of the game. As much as Shami deserves the credit, Bumrah deserves equal plaudits for giving five runs in the penultimate over.

The pitch being a tricky one, a target of 225 against a quality bowling attack wasn’t going to be easy. There were partnerships but there was always this belief that Afghanistan batting won’t be able to sustain the pressure.

Bumrah was lethal as ever and his two wickets in the 29th over literally tilted the game before the minnows made another comeback. From a relatively comfortable 106 for 2, it became 106 for 4 with Afghanistan losing the momentum.

Yeddyurappa says no mid-term polls in Karnakata, asks Congress-JDS govt to quit if they can’t govern

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Yeddyurappa said voters of the state would not agree for another election, 13 months after the assembly polls. 

Yeddyurappa says no mid-term polls in Karnakata, asks Congress-JDS govt to quit if they can't govern

Bengaluru: Ruling out any mid-term polls, Karnataka BJP President BS Yeddyurappa on Saturday said the Congress-JD(S) coalition government would not survive for long because of internal differences and asked it to quit if they were not able to govern the state.

“I have already said this clearly as the state president. We are 105 MLAs. There are more than 20 disgruntled (MLAs) in Congress-JD(S). If you don’t have the capability to run the administration, resign,” Yeddyurappa said.

Speaking to reporters here, he said voters of the state would not agree for another election, 13 months after the assembly polls. “Taking such decisions with selfish motives is not right. Resign and go home, we will run the administration- I have already said this…According to me, this government will not survive for long if you look at their infighting,” he added.

Yeddyurappa’s statement comes a day after former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda on Friday said there was no doubt there would be mid-term polls to the state assembly.

Gowda had also said he did not know how long the Congress-JD(S) government, headed by his son H D Kumaraswamy, would continue and it was in the hands of the senior coalition partner.

State BJP in-charge Muralidhar Rao said the coalition government was against the mandate of the people and freeing Karnataka from it was his party’s agenda and programme. “We have to complete the incomplete work in Karnataka. After winning 105 seats, we are not in government. Those with 38 seats are running the government. This is a mockery of the public mandate…This government is against the mandate of the people, it is against the interests of Karnataka,” he said, addressing party workers.

“BJP will leave no stone unturned to free Karnataka at the earliest from this government. This is our agenda, our programme,” he added.

There is growing discomfort within the ruling alliance after the rout in the Lok Sabha polls. Congress and JD(S) that had faced the polls in alliance managed to win one seat each, while BJP won 25 seats. The saffron party supported independent candidate Sumalatha Ambareesh won in Mandya.

Coalition leaders fear that using disgruntlement within as an opportunity, BJP may try to topple the government by ‘poaching’ its MLAs, who are unhappy with the government and are miffed over not getting Ministerial posts.

Yeddyurappa also hit out at Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy’s “Grama Vastvya” (overnight stay in villages) programme to make the administration more effective, terming it as a “political circus”.

“After doing one day of Grama Vastavya and making false promises, citing rains there as a reason, he has come back via Hyderabad, without doing today’s Grama Vastavya. This is a kind of political circus,” he said.

Kumaraswamy was scheduled to hold his Grama Vastavya at Herur village in Kalaburagi rural taluk on Saturday, but it was postponed due to heavy rains that lashed the district on Friday evening. He had done his Grama Vastavya at Chandaraki village in Yadgir district on Friday.

Rahul Faces Backlash from BJP Over ‘New India’ Comment on Army Dog Squad’s Yoga Day Photo

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Accusing Gandhi of ‘spreading negativity’, Union minister Amit Shah said the Congress had yet again insulted the armed forces while expressing its support for the medieval practice of triple talaq.

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New Delhi: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday courted controversy by tweeting pictures of the Indian Army’s dog squad doing yoga and captioning it “New India”. Gandhi’s tweet drew a sharp retort from Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who accused him of mocking International Yoga Day and insulting the forces.

The pictures in the tweet showed the Army dog unit and their trainers in a prostrate position.

Shah took to Twitter to criticise Gandhi and said while the Congress supports the medieval practice of triple talaq, it insults the armed forces again. He also accused the Congress of spreading negativity.

Defence minister Rajnath Singh also criticised Gandhi’s tweet.

The BJP contended that life is only about a joke for the Congress chief as he is in the habit of posting photographs of his pet dog.

BJP national vice-president Vinay Sahasrabuddhe said it was “painful” to see a senior politician “ridiculing” International Yoga Day.

BJP spokesperson Nalin Kohli said that while Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s governance had seen a new India, Gandhi’s tweet reveals a new Congress under his leadership.

Gandhi was also trolled on Twitter, with a number of people posting pictures about the Congress while poking fun at him and the party.

Amid Severe Water Crisis in Tamil Nadu, DMK Protests; AIADMK Seeks Rain Gods’ Blessings

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While Cholavaram and Redhills reservoirs that supply water to Chennai have run dry, there is only 1 mcft of water left in Chembarambakkam lake and 21 mcft water in Poondi reservoir.

Residents fill their vessels with potable water from a pipeline in Chennai on Thursday. (PTI)

Tamil Nadu’s Opposition DMK on Saturday began protests across the state against the AIADMK government’s failure to take prompt action to meet the state’s water crisis. The ruling party officials, meanwhile, were holding yagnas in temples seeking God’s blessings for the rains.

With Chennai and several other places in Tamil Nadu facing an acute water shortage, the DMK is holding protests to press the state government to take necessary action to mitigate the people’s suffering.

While Cholavaram (full capacity 1,081 mcft) and Redhills (full capacity 3,300 mcft) reservoirs that supply water to Chennai have run dry, there is only 1 mcft of water left in Chembarambakkam lake (against a full capacity of 3,645 mcft) and 21 mcft water left in Poondi reservoir (against a full capacity of 3,231 mcft), according to the Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board.

The ground water levels too have gone down owing to lack of rains.

India vs Afghanistan Live Score, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 ODI Match at Southampton Latest Updates:

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India vs Afghanistan in the ICC World Cup 2019 on June 22 (Saturday) will be broadcast on the Star Sports network and Live streaming will be available on Hotstar. The match will be played at the Rose Bowl, in Southampton and will begin at 1500 HRS IST. You can also follow all the action on our live blog. (IND vs AFG). It’s becoming way too predictable, isn’t it? The World Cup had a bit of spice in the initial stages, with West Indies and Bangladesh beating some more fancied sides, but the last week or so has become way too one-sided. The top four – New Zealand, Australia, England and India – seem to be in a different zone. Time is running out for the bottom ones to challenge them.

It’s unlikely that Afghanistan will be that team. They’re winless after five matches. Their batting has flopped, their bowling got a beating in their last game against England. Their star bowler Rashid Khan was taken apart for 110 runs in nine overs. There are reports of infighting within the team. The coach, Phil Simmons, has publicly warned of spilling the beans behind the sacking of former captain Asghar Afghan.

They now have to pick up the pieces and face another team that’s as much a favourite as the hosts for the tournament – India – in Southampton on Saturday (June 22). Life doesn’t get tougher than this.

India are on a roll. They haven’t lost a game in four matches, with one being washed out. They’ve beaten some tough teams – South Africa, Australia and Pakistan. It feels like the rest of the league stage is mere formality for India. Unfortunately, the same can be said of the league stage itself unless some teams get onto a miraculous run.

India have their issues too, but they have enough in their tank to overcome each one of them. They lost Shikhar Dhawan to injury, but KL Rahul has stepped in. They won’t have Bhuvneshwar Kumar for the next two-three matches, but have an able replacement in Mohammed Shami.

There are concerns about Vijay Shankar’s availability for this game too, after he was injured on his foot by a Jasprit Bumrah yorker, but India can turn to Dinesh Karthik, Rishabh Pant or Ravindra Jadeja.

Shami for Bhuvneshwar weakens the lower order batting, but India have not needed to use their batting depth so far in the tournament. It says a lot about their batting form, beginning with Rohit Sharma at the top. He has two centuries and one half-century in three games, while Virat Kohli has two half-centuries, playing the second fiddle role. Who comes in at No. 4 will depend on the status of Vijay’s injury.

The bowling is in form too. Jasprit Bumrah and the two wrist spinners – Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal – have been among the wickets. Kuldeep’s performance against Pakistan should give him confidence going into the second half of the tournament.

Afghanistan have been playing around with their XI, with no apparent logic. They dropped Najibullah Zadran for a game before bringing him back. Dawlat Zadran, Aftab Alam and Hamid Hassan, the pacers, have also been rotated around. Hazratullah Zazai, who made some decent quick starts in the first four matches, was dropped against England. Captain Gulbadin Naib promoted himself to the top of the order.

Afghanistan’s confidence would have been dented by Eoin Morgan’s assault, particularly on Rashid. It’s unlikely that any of the Indian batsmen will tee-off like Morgan or any other England batsman, but Kohli & co can accumulate runs in a steady manner. Afghanistan’s bowlers will have to drastically lift themselves from the previous match to challenge India.

The batting will take confidence from the fact that they played out 50 overs against England. The team itself can take confidence from their last encounter against India – a tie in Dubai in the Asia Cup.

Yes, it was a second string Indian side. But if Afghanistan can pull off something similar, the World Cup will be slightly more interesting.

Weather and Pitch

Saturday should see the sun out, with little chances of rain. Conditions are expected to be good for cricket.

The Ageas Bowl pitch hasn’t been a belter in this tournament. There has been help for pace and spin. India beat South Africa in a tricky 228-run chase in the first game here. England then chases down the 213-run target set by West Indies in the next completed game.

PROBABLE XI

India: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli (capt), Vijay Shankar/Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni (wk), Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah.

Afghanistan: Rahmat Shah, Noor Ali Zadran, Hashmatullah Shahidi, Asghar Afghan, Mohammad Nabi, Ikram Ali Khil(wk), Gulbadin Naib(c), Najibullah Zadran, Rashid Khan, Mujeeb Ur Rahman/Hamid Hassan, Dawlat Zadran

IMA: 5 more directors held

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The five directors who were arrested on Friday.

  Bengaluru: The SIT is interrogating all those arrested to acquire information about Mansoor Khan, IMA and transactions carried out individually by him and through his entities.

 In continuation with the probe into the multi-crore I Monetory Advisory (IMA) investment scam, in which over 40,000 investors have been cheated, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) has arrested five more directors of the group.

The arrests were made on Thursday and the total number of those arrested in the case has reached 13, including 12 directors and one auditor. However, the main accused, Mohammad Mansoor Khan, the MD of IMA group, is still at large and is said to be in Dubai.

The SIT is interrogating all those arrested to acquire information about Mansoor Khan, IMA and transactions carried out individually by him and through his entities.

The five directors arrested on Thursday have been identified as Shadab Ahmad (28), Israr Ahmad (32), Faisal Ahmad (30), Mohammad Idrees (30) and Usman Tabrez (33).

Earlier, seven directors of IMA group, Nasir Hussain, Naveed Ahmed Nattamkar, Nizammuddin Azeemuddin, Wasim Arshad Khan, Afsar Pasah and Dadapeer had surrendered before the Commercial Street police, while the police had detained IMA’s auditor Iqbal Khan for interrogation.

Raids continue
The SIT sleuths conducted raids on the two jewellery showrooms of IMA in Shivajinagar and Jayanagar and also at the house of Mansoor’s third divorced wife Tabassum.

During the raid at IMA Jewels’ showroom at Jayanagar, the SIT seized 43 kg gold, worth Rs 13 crore, 5,864 carat of diamond, worth Rs 17.6 crore, 520 kg of silver, worth Rs 1.5 crore, and precious gems worth Rs 1.5 crore.

The SIT found 1.5 kg of gold, 1.5 kg silver and Rs 2.69 lakh in cash from Tabassum’s house in Shivajinagar.

Similarly the SIT seized 30 kg of gold, 2,600 carat diamond and 450 kg of silver from IMA’s jewellery outlet in Shivajinagar. The estimated value is approximately Rs 20 crore. Certain property documents were also found.

Kia Seltos SUV Unveiled in India, Gets Connectivity Features and 10.25-inch Touchscreen

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The Kia Seltos has been unveiled in India, is filled with features and looks similar to the Kia Sp2 concept. The Kia Seltos is a compact SUV and will launch in India soon.

Kia has unveiled their highly anticipated Seltos compact SUV which, as per the company, has been designed keeping the Indian road conditions and the Indian customer in mind.

The Seltos sports a stylish design with its signature tiger-nose grille along with LED headlamps and DRLs, giving the compact SUV a bold look. At the back, the company has also given a metallic muffler effect to the rear bumper. The Kia Seltos also sports a contrast roof, slim LED fog lamps, pull-type door handles and a chrome strip on the A-pillar. The Seltos can also be seen with a chrome-finished window line that rises sharply towards the rear. The car will boast of prominent roof rails and a heavier chrome bar as well. The production version remains largely similar to the SP Signature concept as we first saw during the 2018 Auto Expo.

The car comes equipped with the UVO connect, a connected car technology which offers an array of convenience and safety features. The UVO boasts 37 smart features under five distinct categories i.e. Navigation, Safety and Security, Vehicle Management, Remote Control and Convenience. It will be free for the first three years for its users. A few of its notable functionalities include AI Voice Command, Stolen vehicle tracking and immobilization, Auto Collision Notification, SOS-emergency assistance, Remote engine start & stop, Remotely operated Air Purifier and In-Car Air Quality Monitor, Safety alert (Geo fence, Time Fence, Speed, Valet, Idle).

On the inside, the car sports a segment-first 8-inch head-up display. It also sports notable features such as 360-degree camera, wireless charging, push-button start and in-car WiFi. The car will also include a 360-degree camera, wireless charging, push-button start and in-car WiFi.

On the safety front, the Seltos gets six airbags, ABS with EBD, ESC, HAC, VSM with high usage of advanced high strength steel (AHSS) that fortifies the Seltos’s core and keeps the occupants safe in an event of a crash. The car also sports front and rear parking sensors and blind view monitor as well. Working in tandem with the safety tech, the Seltos comes equipped with an array of advanced UVO connected car technology features. The car is fitted with an Anti-lock Braking System (ABS), a Traction Control System, a Brake-Assist System and Hill-start Assist Control, as well as front and rear parking sensors, sensing wipers and auto headlamps.

The Kia Seltos is expected to launch in India soon and could be priced between Rs 11-15 lakh (ex-showroom).

Four TDP Lawmakers Switch to BJP; How This Does Not Violate Provisions of Anti-Defection Law

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The brilliance of the merger move lies in the fact that it managed to avoid the penalties under the anti-defection law.

TDP Rajya Sabha MPs Y Sujana Chowdary (2nd L), TG Venkatesh and CM Ramesh join BJP in the presence of party’s Working President JP Nadda (C) and party’s senior leader BJP general secretary Bhupender Yadav (L), in New Delhi, Thursday, June 20, 2019. (PTI Photo/Ravi Choudhary)

New Delhi: Former Andhra Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu’s Telugu Desam Party (TDP) plunged into a political crisis on Thursday after four out of its six Rajya Sabha members joined the BJP.

The four MPs, YS Chowdary, CM Ramesh, Garikapati Mohan Rao and TG Venkatesh, submitted a letter to Rajya Sabha chairman and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu seeking that they should be recognised as a separate group.

While the move has deepened the TDP’s crisis after it lost 22 of the 25 Lok Sabha seats, and 151 out of 175 Assembly seats to Jaganmohan Reddy’s YSRCP, it has given the ruling BJP a major boost in the Upper House of the Parliament.

The brilliance of the merger move lies in the fact that it managed to avoid the penalties under the anti-defection law.

News18 explains the anti-defection law and what this move means for the BJP.

What is Defection?

Listed under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution, the Anti-defection law was introduced by 52nd Amendment in 1985 during the tenure of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

The law defines defection as “to abandon a position or association, often to join an opposing group which essentially describes a situation when a member of a particular party abandons his loyalty towards that party and provide his support (in the form of his vote or otherwise) to another party”

Need for Anti-defection Act

During the formulation of the Constitution of India, there was no mention of political parties and their existence, let alone defection.

It wasn’t until the 1967 elections that things changed when the country evolved into a multiparty democracy. This was the beginning of the coalition era.

Between 1967 and 1971, close to 142 MPs and over 1,900 MLAs defected to other parties. It was during this period that the Hindi expression “Aaya Ram Gaya Ram” became popular when a Haryana MLA changed his party thrice in one day.

However, it took 17 years for the issue of defection to be addressed in the Parliament in 1985.

Conditions of Disqualification Under Anti-defection Act

The Act states that a member of a political party may be disqualified primarily on two grounds mentioned under the fourth paragraph of the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution.

One, if the member voluntarily resigns from the party or disobeys the directives of the party on a leadership vote. Two, if the member votes or abstains from voting as per the party’s whip and without prior permission.

However, the Act also states that it will not be considered a defection under law if a complete political party merges with another political party, if a new party is created by the elected members of another, if the party members don’t accept the merger between the two parties and opt to perform as a separate group.

91st Amendment Act, 2003

The law before the 91st Amendment Act, 2003 defined defection by one-third of the elected members of a political party as a ‘merger’. A merger avoided the penalty of disqualification under the Act.

However, the 2003 Amendment changed this by positing that at least two-thirds of the members of a party must be in favour of a merger to gain validity before the law.

The Amendment also made it mandatory for all defectors to resign from their legislative membership and seek a re-election in the House.

What the defection of four TDP MP’s means?

With four TDP MP’s defecting to the BJP, the saffron party has managed to increase its tally in the Rajya Sabha to 77.

The TDP has eight MPs of which six are members of the Rajya Sabha and the rest of the Lok Sabha. The four members migrating to the BJP is defection by two third of its elected members. Thus, the move is an act of merger and the MP’s will face no disqualification over it under the Anti-defection Act.

The defection assumes significance for the BJP given that it is expected to attain a majority of 124 seats in the House by 2021. However, this depends on how the Assembly elections in Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkhand play out. Besides, the moves also gives the BJP a toehold in another southern state besides Karnataka.

Currently, the BJP led-NDA now has 102 members in the 245 seat Rajya Sabha out of which the BJP has 73 MPs. The Congress led-UPA has 101 seats with the Congress at 50.

The BJP now awaits the largest attrition drive in the Rajya Sabha in 2020 when 72 members will retire.

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