News Digest: 'Udta Punjab' makers refuse cuts, film won't release in Pakistan

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		Saturday, June 25, 2016
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		India
		'Udta Punjab' makers refuse cuts, film won't release in Pakistan The makers of ‘Udta Punjab’ have decided not to release the film in Pakistan after the censor board there refused to clear the film without 100 cuts. Film director Abhishek Chaubey said the film would make no sense if the cuts are made. Errant builders can escape jail with fine the draft rules for Real Estate Regulation Act made public on Friday proposes a “compounding fine” to escape imprisonment. By paying 10 per cent of the estimated cost of the project, builders can avoid going to jail. To London via Lisbon? Goans may need rethink More India News»

		Business
		PM, FM, Rajan marshal troops from overseas Since early morning, finance ministry officials kept working the phones with various regulators to minimize the volatility in the domestic financial markets as Britain voted to opt out of the European Union. Gold gains Rs 1,220 to hit 26-mth high Tatas lose Rs 30k-cr m-cap in a day, review UK ops More Business News»

		Environment
		Draft policy proposes measures to tackle human-animal conflict In view of rising incidents of human-animal conflict, the new draft national forest policy has proposed a host of measures including taking up habitat enrichment, provision of adequate compensation for people affected by wildlife and establishment of rescue centres to treat animals. NHAI to use solid waste from Ghazipur for Delhi-Meerut E-way The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) plans to utilise the solid waste from Ghazipur in construction of Delhi-Meerut Expressway to curb pollution. This will be in line with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's directions for use of waste in a productive way. Kenya's jumbo 'ele-fence' to stop human-wildlife conflict In order to combat competition between elephants and people over land, a 163-kilometre electric fence is being erected to provide a separation zone between farmland and elephant migration routes in Kenya. More Environment News»

		World
		Obama says he respects Britain's decision to leave EU Bernie Sanders says he would vote for Hillary Clinton Senator Bernie Sanders on Friday said he would vote for his party rival Hillary Clinton in the November general elections to defeat Republican Donald Trump, but stopped short of fully endorsing presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.Sanders gave a tough fight to Clinton during the primaries. Brexit vote a 'grave test for Europe': Hollande French President Francois Hollande said on Friday that Britain's vote to leave the EU was a "grave test for Europe" in view of the economic and financial consequences. Expressing his chagrin over the vote, he said: "It always takes less time to undo than to do, to destroy than to build." More World News»

		Entertainment
		Ranveer-Deepika caught in a lovers tiff? A few weeks ago, Deepika Padukone made a hush hush visit to Paris to spend some quality time with her beau Ranveer Singh. Alia Bhatt takes time off work! The actress has now taken some time off to relax and has gone for a vacation with her best friend, Akansha Ranjan. 'Sarbjit' makers eyeing the Oscar? The Randeep Hooda - Aishwarya Rai Bachchan starrer ‘Sarbjit' did fairly well at the box office and the film’s co-producer Vashu Bhagnani has complete faith in it. More Entertainment News»

		Science
		Volcanoes go quiet before they erupt: Study Periods of seismic quiet occur immediately before volcanic eruptions and can thus be used to forecast an impending eruption. When dormant volcanoes are about to erupt, they show some predictive characteristics - gas escapes through the vent, or the surrounding ground starts to deform. 'Super' Grand Canyon on Pluto's moon Charon Pluto's largest moon Charon is home to an unusual canyon system that's far longer and deeper than the Grand Canyon on the Earth, a new image taken by NASA's New Horizon probe has revealed. Gazing at your smartphone in dark may cause 'blindness' Using your device just before sleep may lead to a condition called transient smartphone blindness, say doctors who reported a case of two women in the UK suffering from temporary vision impairment in one eye after looking at a bright cellphone screen in a dark room. More Science News»

		Sports
		Mini IPL in September, BCCI to confirm dates later BCCI has announced its plans to hold a mini-IPL in September 2016, using the window once allotted for the defunct Champions League Twenty20. Anurag Thakur, the BCCI president, confirmed the development on Friday in Dharamsala. Brexit: Sports in limbo, Lineker blasts 'selfish' 50-somethings England football great Gary Lineker led a host of sports stars expressing their anger at Britain's shock vote to leave the European Union on Friday. Kumble perfect foil for aggressive Kohli: Bhajji "With no disrespect to anyone, Anil Kumble will forever remain India's greatest ever match-winner in Test cricket. And he will bring that hunger to win in this team also. Virat will get to learn a lot from the man himself," Harbhajan said. More Sports News»

		Technology
		Brexit: Here's what UK exiting EU means for tech companies The results are out, Britain has voted to leave the European Union. The vote will surely impact India's $150 billion software services export industry which has a sizable exposure to Europe as well as the IT industry globally. Here's how Britain exiting EU may impact tech companies in India as well global IT companies. Xiaomi working on Mi 5 successor, Mi 5s: Report Another variant of Xiaomi's Mi 5 smartphone is said to be in the works. Coolpad Max review: Capable but overpriced Coolpad Max is the most expensive smartphone from company the yet. We review it to see if it manages to deliver as Coolpad’s other devices in the past have. More Technology News»

		Education
		NEET-II to be held on July 24: CBSE NIT fee hiked to Rs 1.25 lakh from Rs 70000 per annum AU conducts PG entrance amid rumours of paper leak Amid rumors that the general awareness questions being asked at the entrance test of postgraduate admission test (PGAT-2016), Allahabad University conducted entrance test for all the courses taught on the campus, on Friday. More Education News»

		Mumbai
		Pallavi Purkayastha's killer missing since Feb parole for mom's illness, kin say he hasn't come home Western Naval Command conducts seminar on coastal security Mumbai, Jun 24 () A seminar on coastal security organised by Headquarters, Maharashtra Naval Area, under the aegis of Western Naval Command, was today conducted at INS Angre here. Dawood's youngest brother dies of cancer in Karachi Underworld don Dawood Ibrahim’s youngest brother Humayun Kaskar died in Pakistan’s Karachi on Thursday, a development seen to be a blow to the Kaskar family. More Mumbai News»

		Delhi
		Black money window: IT dept holds session in Delhi New Delhi, Jun 24 () The Income Tax department today held an awareness conference to popularise the scheme of one- time domestic black money compliance window in the business community and others in Delhi. Sisodia unveils Flood Control Order New Delhi, Jun 24 () Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia today unveiled the 'Flood Control Order, 2016' containing information on control rooms and other schemes, even as he expressed hope that the capital would witness less incidents of water logging this year. East Delhi to get govt's first 1,000 free hotspots The vice-chairman of Dialogue and Development Commission, Ashish Khetan, announced that the IT department would be the nodal agency for implementing the project, tenders for which would be floated soon. The proposal will be presented to the cabinet for a final approval. More Delhi News»

		Bangalore
		High Court notice to in-charge VC, registrar of Visvesvaraya Technological University The Karnataka high court on Friday ordered a notice to Dr V Sridhar, in-charge vice-chancellor of Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belagavi in response to a contempt petition. 3 officials suspended for driving JE Nagaraj and family to suicide lbarga Electricity Supply Company (Gescom), have been suspended in connection with the suicide of junior engineer H Nagaraj. Notice to VTU VC in contempt case The high court on Friday ordered a notice to Dr V Sridhar, in-charge vice-chancellor of Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Belagavi in response to a contempt petition. More Bangalore News»

		Hyderabad
		TRS to hold meet on June 29 The Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) is expected to hold a meeting of its parliamentary group and its legislators on June 29. Baby dead, 15 injured as bus falls into Sagar canal According to local police, the bus was on its way to Manuguru in Khammam district from Hyderabad when the driver lost control of the vehicle resulting in the bus falling into the canal nearly 20 feet below the road. Justice remains elusive for T Muslims: MBT leader Majlis Bachao Tahreek leader Majeedullah Khan Farhat on Friday claimed that justice still remains elusive for the Muslims of Telangana. More Hyderabad News»

		Chennai
		City shutterbug makes rare sighting of a black panther June 5 is a date that Chennai-based wildlife photographer Balaji Loganathan will remember: It was when he sighted a rare black panther in the forests of Kabini in Karnataka. Man murders wife, 3 daughters After the owner of the building on Muthu Street where Chinnaraj stayed was alerted by the stench and called police, a team picked him up on the service road on Marina beach when he came to take his parked bike. Police arrest idol smuggler, seize 9 ancient statues The idol wing CID police on Friday arrested a 63-year-old man for smuggling idols from the temples in the state. More Chennai News»

		Ahmedabad
		Intake for medical, paramedical courses to begin from July 5 Admissions to medical and paramedical courses will begin on July 5.Admission will be on the basis of marks scored in board examination and Gujarat Common Entrance Test, in a 60:40 ratio. Toddler crushed under uncle's auto In a tragic incident on Friday morning at Kundanvas in Isanpur, a one-and-a-half-year-old boy, Yuvraj Makwana, was crushed under his own uncle's rickshaw. 8 IPS officers shifted, 8 DSPs promoted In two notifications on Friday, the state government transferred eight SP-rank officers and promoted DSP-rank officers to SP rank. More Ahmedabad News»

		Allahabad
		AU conducts PG entrance amid rumours of paper leak Amid rumors that the general awareness questions being asked at the entrance test of postgraduate admission test (PGAT-2016), Allahabad University conducted entrance test for all the courses taught on the campus, on Friday. Protest over Chandra Shekhar Azad's neglected statue Bhartaiya Janata Parrty (BJP) corporator, Kiran Jaiswal has put up a big banner asking the Samajwadi Party-led ruling state government, district administration and Allahabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) officials to learn a lesson from Prime Minister Narendra Modi who had on June 13 paid a tribute to great martyr Chandra Shekhar Azad after visiting his statue at Company Bagh. Allahabad University entrance test conducted smoothly The entrance test for admission in research, LLM and other courses of Allahabad University were conducted smoothly across 18 cities on Thursday. More Allahabad News»

		Bhubaneswar
		East Coast Railway gears up for monsoon Jaundice spreads to Azad Nagar slum in city New cases have been detected from Azad Nagar slum under Ward 67 of Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Friday after breakout of jaundice at Jadupur and Begunia villages in the city. Attack on minister Gangwar: Naveen govt in a fix over action against BJD protesters Police action against the BJD workers who attacked Union textiles minister Santosh Gangwar’s car in Bargarh, ironically Odisha textiles minister Snehangini Chhuria’s district, will come under tremendous scrutiny because attempt to murder charges were slapped on protesters in lesser grave situations involving chief minster Naveen Patnaik earlier. More Bhubaneswar News»

		Bhopal
		Tipsy woman pours boiling oil on hubby in Balaghat district (170) Documentaries screened at Bharat Bhavan 164 words Jabalpur: Minor raped by son of hosp staff (185) More Bhopal News»

		Chandigarh
		Rs 29 lakh plundered from two branches of HDFC bank in Sonipat of NCR A gang of three robbers who were on looting spree got away with cash worth Rs 29 lakh from two rural branches of HDFC bank in Sonipat of NCR on Friday. 2 minor boys arrested for attempt to murder, exortion Rohtak police on Friday arrested two juveniles for allegedly firing at the owner of Gulab Sweets for the ransom of Rs 2 crore. Congress leader Khangura terms Brexit as 'regressive' Reacting to the UK referendum, Punjab Congress general secretary Jassi Khangura on Friday said the choice of British voters to leave the European Union was not only a regressive step and it underlined the primary xenophobic tendencies upon which the leave campaign was based. More Chandigarh News»

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