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Hip-hop mogul Suge Knight shot in Los Angeles

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Hip-hop music mogul Suge Knight was among three people shot and injured early on Sunday morning at a nightclub in West Hollywood, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. “We can confirm that the person known as Suge Knight has been identified as one of several victims in a shooting in West Hollywood,” a spokesman for the department told Reuters. Knight, 49, and another man, aged 32, and a woman, 19, were wounded, transported to local hospitals and expected to recover, the department said in a statement. TMZ entertainment news website reported that Knight was leaving a pre-MTV Video Music Awards party at the 1OAK club on Sunset Strip and that he was in intensive care after undergoing surgery at Cedars-Sinai Hospital.

India’s Acting East Policy to focus on timelines, economic benefits

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Hanoi, Aug 25 (IANS) With India’s Narendra Modi government keen to push connectivity with the Southeast Asian region, the emphasis is now set to shift to how the connectivity corridors when ready can be transformed into zones of vibrant economic activity that would benefit both sides. India is keen to transform these connectivity corridors like the 3,200-km Trilateral Highway linking India, Myanmar and Thailand and the Kaladan Multi-modal transit project – that would link Kolkata port with landlocked Mizoram via Myanmar – into economic highways with special economic zones set up along the way.

Preparations underway for Amit Shah’s Kathua rally

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Kathua (J-K), Aug 25 (ANI): Preparations for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah’s rally scheduled to be held today in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir continue in full swing. All the preparations have been made under tight security cover and a big stage has been set up at the Ramlila ground of Kathua which is situated in the heart of the city. The city is covered with big flex poster and banners of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP President Amit Shah, and other prominent leaders who are going to join the rally.

Maha Governor’s resignation: Govt. sending wrong signal to North-East, says Manish Tewari

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New Delhi, Aug 25 (ANI): Reacting to K Sankaranarayanan’s resignations from the post of Maharashtra Governor on being transferred to Mizoram, Congress leader Manish Tewari today criticised the Government for sending a wrong signal to the people of northeast that the posting to the region is a punishment. “The larger question is, what is the signal that you are sending to the people of the north-east, are you sending them a signal that north-east is a punishment posting. One after the other you are posting governors to the north-east then removing them in an ignominious manner, do you consider the north-east to be a part of India? Is this the manner in which you want to emotionally and politically integrate the people of the north-east,” said Tewari.

Oscar-winning British film director Richard Attenborough dies – BBC

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Sir Richard Attenborough attends [British television actor John Thaw's} memorial service at St Marti..

British actor and film director Richard Attenborough died on Sunday at the age of 90, the BBC reported, citing his son. One of Attenborough’s greatest achievements was making the cinematic tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, for which he won an Oscar for best director. Richard Samuel Attenborough was born on August 29, 1923 in Cambridge, England. Knighted in 1976 and made a baron in June 1993, he was the elder brother of naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough.