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India rejects Pak resolution on Jammu and Kashmir delimitation move: ‘No locus standi', Musk says the Twitter purchase will not go ahead without clarity on spam accounts, Marvel star Jeremy Renner visits India, plays gully cricket in Rajasthan; fans excited to see Hawkeye with a bat, and other top news in this bulletin.
India has rejected a resolution moved in Pakistan’s National Assembly against the delimitation proposal in Jammu and Kashmir. In a statement, the foreign ministry said, “We categorically reject the farcical resolution passed by the National Assembly of Pakistan on the subject of the delimitation exercise in the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.” Pakistan must immediately cease anti-India cross-border terrorism and shut down its infrastructure of terrorism, the goverment has underlined. Addressing an event on the 25th anniversary of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said in the eight years that his government has been in power, India has, through 5Rs, infused new energy in its telecom sector, lauding TRAI for playing a major role in achieving it. “Through Reach, Reform, Regulate, Respond and Revolutionise, we have infused a new energy in our country’s telecom sector. TRAI has played a significant role in this achievement,” PM Modi said, speaking virtually at a ceremony to mark the silver jubilee of the regulatory body. The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to question Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee and his wife in Kolkata in connection with a money laundering case. A bench of justices UU Lalit, S Ravindra Bhat, and Sudhanshu Dhulia issued the order as an interim arrangement on the couple’s petition challenging ED’s summons requiring their presence in Delhi for questioning. The couple sought to appear for their interrogation at ED’s office in Kolkata. Banerjee said as a member of an opposition party, he feared the central agencies could be used to “fix” them. Billionaire Elon Musk said Tuesday that his purchase of Twitter would not go ahead unless he was assured that fewer than five percent of accounts on the platform were fake. “Yesterday, Twitter’s CEO publicly refused to show proof of <5%,” tweeted Musk, who has almost 94 million followers on the social network. “This deal cannot move forward until he does.” With their playoff hopes hanging by a threat, Sunrisers Hyderabad take on already eliminated Mumbai Indians in a must-win IPL game at the Wankhede Stadium on Tuesday. If Hyderabad win their two remaining games including the one against Mumbai, they will jump to 14 points in the league standings. But the 2016 champions will have to rely on other teams’ results to achieve a top-4 finish. A win against Mumbai will eliminate them from the race and Hyderabad will expect runs from skipper Kane Williamson in the crucial game. Jeremy Renner has surprised his desi fans with a visit to India. The Marvel star shared glimpses from his visit on his social media accounts, and revealed that he is in the country to film his show Rennervations. He also shared a picture of himself playing gully cricket with local kids in Rajasthan, leaving his fans impressed.