Daily Newsletter | Thursday, January 25, 2018
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| Padmaavat: No show in 4 big states; smooth sailing in South, Maha, WB |
| Padmaavat faces a total blackout on the day of its scheduled release on Thursday in at least four big states — Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Bihar — with cinema and multiplex owners firm against screening the movie. In Uttar Pradesh, another big territory for Hindi films, cinema owners are in a dilemma. |
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| ‘Need to balance nat’l interest & right to privacy’ |
| With terrorism posing a major threat and the government spending thousands of crores on social welfare measures, there’s a need to strike a balance between a citizen’s right to privacy and state interest, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday during a hearing on Aadhaar’s constitutional validity. |
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| Nat’l Stadium a no-entry zone for players |
| Rented out to the Union home ministry recently, the historic Major Dhyanchand National Stadium building has become off limits for hockey academy players and youngsters coming to the complex under the government’s ‘comeand-play’ scheme. |
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| ‘187 as good as 300 on this surface’ |
| India batsman Cheteshwar Pujara, who scored a gritty 50 in tough conditions on day one of the third Test against South Africa, said it was satisfying to get runs on “one of the toughest pitches he has played on”. He also feels that 187 is a competitive first innings total on this track. |
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