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MUMBAI (Reuters) – The board of India’s Paytm Payments Bank is independent and capable of addressing regulatory concerns, the chief executive officer of digital payments firm Paytm, formally known as One97 Communications Ltd, (OCL) said on Monday. “I, personally or anyone from OCL, have no connection with the payments bank,” Vijay Shekhar Sharma said at …

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By Aditya Kalra, Munsif Vengattil and Dhwani Pandya MUMBAI (Reuters) -In fake videos that have gone viral online, two of India’s A-lister Bollywood actors are seen criticizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asking people to vote for the opposition Congress party in the country’s ongoing general election.  In a 30-second video that shows Aamir Khan …

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By Dharamraj Dhutia and Nimesh Vora MUMBAI (Reuters) – India’s rupee and government bonds will move this week based on developments in the Middle East crisis as well as a key U.S. inflation gauge that will impact the interest rate outlook. The rupee dropped to a record low of 83.5750 to the U.S. dollar on …

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(Reuters) – Virat Kohli was left fuming when a new method applied to the ball tracking technology ruled him out on a full toss delivery that he thought went above his waist in Sunday’s loss at Kolkata Knight Riders. The Royal Challengers Bangalore opener had scored 18 runs from seven balls chasing Kolkata’s total of …

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(Reuters) – Lucknow Super Giants skipper KL Rahul will be among the front-runners for the wicketkeeper-batsman role in India’s Twenty20 World Cup squad if he can maintain his recent Indian Premier League (IPL) form, former batsman Robin Uthappa said. Rahul followed up scores of 33, 39 and 39 with a blistering 53-ball 82 that included …

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By Tora Agarwala, Sunil Kataria and Joseph Campbell IMPHAL, India (Reuters) – Residents of India’s violence-torn northeastern state of Manipur turned out in large numbers to vote on Friday, despite the shadow of ethnic clashes that killed at least 220 people in the last year hanging over the national election. The state has been roiled …

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By Krishn Kaushik MUZAFFARNAGAR, India (Reuters) – Hindu-Muslim enmity made way for peace in an Indian district that saw deadly riots a decade ago but religious divisions still influence residents who voted on Friday in general elections in which Hindu nationalism is a key theme. Villages are largely self-segregated by religion in and around Muzaffarnagar …

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By Rama Venkat BENGALURU (Reuters) – Indian telecom operator Vodafone Idea fetched bids worth 67.90 billion rupees ($813.03 million), with investors bidding for nearly half of the shares on offer by the second day of subscriptions in the country’s largest ever share sale. Investors bid for 6.17 billion shares, or 0.49 times the 12.60 billion …

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