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A Jodhpur court sentenced Salman Khan Thursday to five years in jail for killing two blackbucks in 1998. The actor was also fined Rs 10,000.All the others charged in the case - actors Saif, Tabu, Neelam, Sonali Bendre, and Dushyant Singh, a local - were acquitted.

The Reserve Bank of India kept its policy rates on hold for the fourth straight meeting on Thursday and retained its "neutral" stance even as inflationary pressures have eased more than expected.The RBI kept its policy repo rate unchanged at 6.00 per cent, its lowest since November 2010.

The World No. 6 Indian hockey team started the campaign with disappointment at Commonwealth Games as they were stunned by 2-3 by a lower-ranked Wales in a Group A clash.

The superstar will have to spend a few nights in the Jodhpur jail before he can appeal for bail. A lot of money is riding on the actor and the projects he is currently working on and trade pundits state that nearly Rs 500 crores are at stake.

In a blog post, Facebook said that information about 562,455 subscribers in India — 0.6% of the complete count — may have been shared with the data firm that has worked with several Indian political parties for a long time. However, Facebook did not specify whether the company used that information for its clients.