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January 3, 2017 - Akshay Kumar to star in Salman Khan and Karan Johar's first joint production. See pic

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Akshay Kumar to star in Salman Khan and Karan Johar’s first joint production. See pic
Akshay Kumar to star in Salman Khan and Karan  Johar’s first joint production. See pic
Akshay Kumar to star in a film produced by Salman Khan and Karan Johar.


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Entertainment
Mammootty joins Pulimurugan team for Raja 2, looks for a great 2017
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Entertainment
Pradeep Sarkar’s film inspired by ‘Sonar Kella’ not a remake: Sandip Ray
Pradeep Sarkar’s film inspired by ‘Sonar  Kella’ not a remake: Sandip Ray
Director Sandip Ray says the proposed Hindi film on Satyajit Ray's classic Sonar Kella will not be a remake but only inspired by the award-winning movie, narrating the exploits of fictional detective Feluda.


Sports
Supreme Court sacks BCCI chief, secretary; Anurag Thakur says ‘all the best’
Supreme Court sacks BCCI chief, secretary; Anurag  Thakur says ‘all the best’
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Sports
Let the new administrators call a meeting and amend the constitution, says Ajay Shirke
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Telecom
Bharti Airtel in talks with Telenor to buy India business for $350 million: ET Now
Bharti Airtel  in talks with Telenor to buy India business for $350 million: ET Now - Economic Times
Telenor has been reportedly looking to exit India, having been pushed into a corner thanks to its limited data spectrum holdings and its presence in only a few pockets.

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Telecom
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Politics
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Digital
Hero MotoCorp's Sunil Munjal may buy stake in Paytm
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Industrialists Sunil Munjal and Saroj Poddar are in talks to buy a small stake in digital payments firm Paytm, according to two people aware of the discussions.

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Digital
Ola’s head of luxury cab business Sundeep Sahni quits
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Retail
To stay ahead in online retail race, Flipkart lost Rs 14 crore per day in FY16
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Retail
Alibaba's impending entry to alter India's e-commerce landscape
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Finance
Bitcoin jumps above $1,000 for first time in three years
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Bitcoin jumped 2.5% to $1,022 on the Europe-based Bitstamp exchange, its highest since December 2013

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Finance
Little effect of fund commission disclosures on investors
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Logistics
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Logistics
Mumbai's domestic air terminal renamed from 1B to T1; houses domestic flight operations by Air india, Jet and Vistara
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Software
51% of mobile phone market by shipments taken up by Chinese phone companies
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Chinese players share can well rise to 60% of the smartphone market by middle of this year. Players like Samsung, had a 22.6% share at September.

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HR
Land-losers block ITC plant, demand jobs
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Nearly 400 land-losers blocked the gate of the ITC food processing factory at the industrial growth centre at Howrah’s Birshibpur for over two hours on Monday.

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HR
India in 2017: A graveyard of jobs?
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Marketing
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Marketing
Taproot enters Gurugram, adds Dentsu One as a division
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Ecommerce
'Amazon Launchpad' receives 400 applications within two weeks of India Launch
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Ecommerce
Can internet industry based in metros and diversified across sectors find a cohesive voice?
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Franchise
Yum! Brands (YUM) Increases Focus on Franchising Abroad
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Construction
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Construction
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Food/FMCG
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Food/FMCG
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