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Chelsea 'looking to sell Michy Batshuayi this summer amid interest from West Ham' 

Batshuayi has been restricted to just one Premier League start this season as he has struggled to force his way into Frank Lampard 's plans.




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Egypt fans help tidy up stadium after African Cup of Nations win over Zimbabwe

Hosts Egypt began their African Cup of nations campaign in fine style by beating Zimbabwe 1-0 at the Cairo International Stadium, but it was their fans who earned most praise in the aftermath.




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Transfer news: Aston Villa sign Egypt star Trezeguet from Kasimpasa

Aston Villa have taken their summer spending spree up to £99.25m with the signing of Trezeguet from Kasimpasa. The 24-year-old has joined for £8.75m.




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Manchester City star Riyad Mahrez pulls-out of Algeria squad because of a 'personal problem'

Riyad Mahrez has pulled-out of the Algeria squad ahead of their African Cup of Nations clash with Botswana on Monday. He assisted in the 5-0 thrashing of Zambia, has not travelled to Botswana




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Paul Pogba 'subject of £70m Real Madrid bid but Solskjaer wants to build midfield around him'

The Daily Mirror claim Paul Pogba has told Manchester United he wishes to join Real Madrid, but Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is said to have plans to make him part of the club's future midfield.




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Mayor Andy Burnham's office criticise £60m flop Angel Di Maria and his wife

Di Maria's wife revealed this week the awful time she had in England when her husband played for Manchester United. An adviser for the city has now weighed in with his thoughts.




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Eclipse Foods debuts the 'Impossible Burger of ice cream' - a plant-based non-dairy ice cream

A new plant-based dairy replacement company backed by Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian is being hailed for creating the 'Impossible Burger of ice cream.'




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Groom's parents book a getaway at the SAME resort as the honeymooning couple

A Redditor said her new in-laws treated her and her husband to a week-long stay at a resort. When they showed up on the first day, they found that her in-laws were staying there, too.




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SALLY HAMILTON: How to keep your nest egg safe in the storm 

With US-China trade wars raging and the prospect of a No Deal Brexit brewing, one thing is certain - the investment seas are going to be choppy in the months ahead.




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Thrifty mum's Grinch-themed Christmas tree is branded 'goals'

Stephanie Mills, from the UK, took to Facebook group Extreme Couponings and Bargains UK to share a picture of her incredible Grinch-themed Christmas tree.




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M&S Bank new deal offers £7,500 loan at rate of just 2.8% - but your credit history must be spotless

The rate means someone borrowing £7,500 over 36 months will repay £217.32 a month and end up paying a total of £7,823.52.




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M&S takes on Klarna by introducing its own payment installation service

M&S.com has partnered with Clearpay on the new service with the payment option due to be available to all UK M&S.com customers from mid-November.




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'Demonetisation dealt a blow to terrorism' says Army chief

Army chief Bipin Rawat was speaking at the Agenda Aaj Tak news event in Delhi on Sunday and hailed PM MOdi's demonetisation drive in hindering radical groups.




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Police clamp down on Gurugram's illegal sex industry

Six women and a man were arrested on Saturday for allegedly operating a prostitution ring from a spa. Activists say some girls are lured, duped or forced into sexual slavery by traffickers and pimps.




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Lawyer in Nirbhaya stuns court with 'bribe claim'

During the hearing of the plea, seeking a review of the death penalty confirmed by the Supreme Court in May, advocate ML Sharma accused the 'state and police of bribing the victim's mother and father.




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Barcelona 'not interested in selling Philippe Coutinho for anything less than £87m'

With a permanent deal to Bayern currently unlikely, he Brazilian has been linked with a return to the Premier League and a move to Chelsea but Barcelona will not sell for less than £87m (€100m).




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Chelsea 'looking to sell Michy Batshuayi this summer amid interest from West Ham' 

Batshuayi has been restricted to just one Premier League start this season as he has struggled to force his way into Frank Lampard 's plans.




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Revisiting Chelsea and Tottenham's Battle of the Bridge four years on

It was the game former Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg revealed 'was by far the hardest match' he ever had to officiate - the Battle of the Bridge on this day four years ago.




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Coronavirus: West Ham's Manuel Lanzini latest star to express concerns about restarting season

West Ham attacking midfielder Lanzini has become the latest top-flight star to publicly voice concerns about resuming playing, joining the likes of Aguero and Rudiger.




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Laura Tobin breaks down in tears as she achieves her 'childhood dream' with visit to NASA

Laura Tobin broke down in tears on Good Morning Britain on Friday as she fulfilled her 'childhood dream' by visiting NASA.




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Scientists create stunning gifs of Mars' sand dunes to understand what conditions impact them 

Using the High-Resolution Camera aboard NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO), scientists have brought the sand dunes on Mars to life in order to understand what conditions impact them.




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West Ham's £22m move for Hull City's Jarrod Bowen 'stalls over personal terms'

Jarrod Bowen is heading to West Ham for a medical on deadline day after they offered a deal worth up to £22million. The Hull City striker is reported to have 'stalled' over personal terms.




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Bayern Munich 'still determined to sign Leroy Sane' but are only prepared to pay 'up to £60m'

Sane was heavily linked with a move to the German giants last summer only for the 24-year-old to pick up a near-season ending cruciate ligament injury in August's Community Shield.




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Coronavirus: West Ham's Manuel Lanzini latest star to express concerns about restarting season

West Ham attacking midfielder Lanzini has become the latest top-flight star to publicly voice concerns about resuming playing, joining the likes of Aguero and Rudiger.




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Transfer news RECAP: Manchester United make £25m bid for Birmingham's Jude Bellingham'

It's day 18 of the transfer window with clubs across Europe battling it out for their mid-season targets before the end of the month.




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J.M.Barrie's house that inspired Peter Pan on sale for £8.5m 

Although it might not quite be in Neverland, a six bedroom property in London, which was once home to Peter Pan author J.M.Barrie, is full of magical touches.




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Talented DIY mum creates an amazing 'jungle room' for her four-year-old son

A creative Australian mum has shared images of the jungle-inspired bedroom she decorated herself for her son. Posting online, she used wall prints, rustic styled furniture and orange and green colours.




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Prime Minister meets Iván Márquez, President of Colombia on the sidelines of UN engagements in New York




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External Affairs Minister meets Tomáš Petříček, Foreign Minister of Czech on the sidelines of 74th session of UNGA in New York





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Vice President meets Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, President of Cuba on the sidelines of NAM Summit 2019 in Baku[ph]Photo Courtesy: Gajendra Singh, Photo Division[/ph]





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'Bulgarian "crypto firm" stole £5,680 from my account': TONY HETHERINGTON investigates

I was contacted by Xtraderfx and told that it would transfer my frozen credit balance of £680 to my NatWest credit card. I agreed and gave my card details.




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July sees M&A deals worth $4 bn

Year tally hits $20 bn




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M&M launches new truck series, looks to double share in M&HCVs

Rolls out Blazo series as it targets market share to rise to 6%




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'Adventure tourism': TMC on central teams' visit to WB to assess Covid-19

West Bengal Chief Minister had shot off a letter to the Prime Minister on Monday, underscoring the "unilateral" and "undesirable" action, keeping her government in the dark




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HUL spurts after foreign broker maintains 'outperform' rating

FMCG major Hindustan Unilever (HUL) jumped 4.81% to end at Rs 2088.35 after a foreign brokerage reportedly maintained an 'outperform' rating on the stock with a target of Rs 2,400 per share.




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'Bois Locker room' incident: PIL in HC for SIT or CBI probe and arrests of offenders

A PIL was filed in the Delhi High Court seeking an SIT or CBI investigation in the incident of "Bois Locker Room", an Instagram group in which obscene messages and morphed pictures of underage girls were shared, and demanded arrest the offenders. The participants of the chat room were mostly young teenage boys from Delhi who allegedly shared lewd and objectionable content pertaining to minor girls. The chat room was used to make comments and share compromising and allegedly morphed images of minor girls. The plea is likely to come up for hearing on May 13. Petitioner Dev Ashish Dubey also sought protection for the girls and women who have highlighted the crime of Delhi school students so that they cannot be harmed by the members of the group. "Since the issue is related to the offence committed against girls and women by the group members of Instagram group named as 'Bois Locker Room', which was created by school students mainly staying in South Delhi. Hence the petitioner preferred ..




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Punjab CM warns Pak against attempts to spread 'narco terrorism'

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh warned Pakistan on Saturday against its "persistent attempts" to spread narco-terrorism in India, asserting that the police force was "keeping a close watch" on anti-national activities across the border even during a crisis. Our eyes are open to what Pakistan is doing, Singh said, hours after the NIA arrested a "notorious narco-terrorist" who acted as a conduit for Pakistan-based terror groups. The central agency said in a statement that it, along with the Punjab and Haryana police, arrested Ranjit Singh alias Cheeta, a resident of Amritsar, from Haryana. It said investigation in a drug case against Singh showed Pakistan-based outfits were using narcotic trade to generate funds for terror activities in India. Assuring people that no matter how much the force has been busy with Covid duties, the Punjab chief minister said, the police was keeping a watch on the borders. "Pakistan is not letting up on its attempts to push drugs, weapons and drug ...




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In the dam's waters they trust


In the arid west of Gujarat, there are still those who place their faith in the Sardar Sarovar project, and its promises of water for their region. The government has paid little attention to the local water resources in the region, but this has not deterred them. Himanshu Upadhyaya reports on a petition before the Supreme Court.




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<EM>Aam Aadmi</EM> please, not India Inc

'If a scheme like the NREGA can yield such handsome dividends, imagine the likely impact of an initiative to provide universal healthcare, free primary education, safe drinking water, affordable housing and social security.'




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Chidambaram's lip service to his own goal


Taking a 360-degree view of the Union Budget 2013, Shankar Jaganathan points out that despite 'inclusive and sustainable development' being a stated goal, the emphasis has primarily been on growth and finances.




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The fate of Sikkim's sacred river hangs in balance


Having drastically curtailed the width of eco-sensitive zones in Sikkim, the MoEF seems intent on ignoring local sentiment as well as environmental norms in order to push forward the Tashiding HEP on the sacred Rathong Chu river. Soumik Dutta reports on the latest in the case.




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'Not the litmus test for patriotism'


The entire weight of technical opinion has been to proceed with caution on the Interlinking of Rivers. An extract of Jairam Ramesh's speech in the Rajya Sabha debate on the working of Ministry of Water Resources on 20 April 2005.




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"Invisible India is the elephant in your bedroom"


Ashwin Mahesh talks with 2007 Ramon Magsaysay award winner P. Sainath.




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Assam's high schools and colleges - a mixed bag


The Assam government has claimed credit for the rise in pass percentages in high schools in recent years. But, reports Ratna Bharali Talukdar, a closer look at the numbers shows there is still much room for improvement in state-funded education in high schools and colleges.




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Assam's poorest district moves forward


Conflict-ridden and marked as 'backward', Karbi Anglong is the first district in the North-East and the fourth in the country to have implemented a quality management system in compliance with the ISO 9001:2000 standard. Ratna Bharali Talukdar has more.




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New sparkle in Assam's jewels


With training from the Indian Institute of Entrepreneurs, a new generation of jewellery traders is making its mark in Assam, focusing on traditional designs. Ratna Bharali Talukdar reports.




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K R Puram's local elections


A township on the eastern outskirts of Bangalore was among the first to run into council elections after the Supreme Court ruled on new disclosure rules for candiates. Public Affairs Centre looks at whether candidates and officials actually followed due process.




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Plan to set up isolation centres in Gurugram's DLF-2 shelved after protests

Officials of the district administration had to face the ire of DLF-2 residents on Friday as several of them defied lockdown orders and protested against the proposed takeover of two guest houses in the area for setting up Covid quarantine centres. The authorities were finally forced to shelve the plan.




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'AI can help doctors fight cancer, but it’s not meant to replace them'




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The French are Being Urged to Eat More Cheese as an Act of 'Patriotism' amid Covid-19 Crisis

After Belgians were asked to eat more fried potatoes, dairy producers are now urging the French to consume more cheese.