WION evening news brief, November 19, 2017

WION evening news brief, November 19, 2017

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'Padmavati' row: Producers postpone film's release

Amid the raging protests over "Padmavati", the film's co-producers Viacom18 Motion Pictures said Sunday that have postponed the release date of the Sanjay Leela Bhansali-directed film.

WION exclusive: India deserved Moody's upgrade much earlier, says Sanjaya Baru

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In an exclusive interview with WION's Kartikeya Sharma, Sanjaya Baru, Secretary General, FICCI says that in 1990s, Prime Minister Narasimha Rao was blamed for the setback in the assembly elections as defeats were heaped on reforms. Even today there is a criticism of PM Narendra Modi on hurting the electoral prospects in Gujarat.

Top cop dismisses IS claims on Kashmir encounter

Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police SP Vaid on Sunday denied that the Islamic State (IS) had a presence in the state.

Ed Sheeran in Bollywood bash hosted by Farah Khan

The wait of Ed Sheeran performing in Mumbai is finally over. The "Shape of You"singer is all set to perform today at Jio gardens in Mumbai tonight. Just a day before his concert, he was seenpartying with many Bollywood celebs, hosted by Farah Khan.

End nears for Mugabe as ruling party turns against him

President Robert Mugabe faced the imminent collapse of his 37-year regime Sunday, with the once-loyal ZANU-PF party set to sack him as its leader and army generals piling pressure on him to resign.