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ICC Champions Trophy: Pakistan army mocks India after victory

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Pakistan won the Champions Trophy cricket final on Sunday by defeating India by 180 runs Current Affairs   : Pakistan Army has mocked India after the country’s resounding victory in the   Champions Trophy   cricket final, sharing photos of celebrations in restive Balochistan with a caption “To whom it may concern’. Lay off”. After posting photos of Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa with victory sign and soldiers dancing over Pakistani triumph over India at the Oval, military spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor shared pictures from Balochistan where people were celebrating the victory. “And this is Our Balochistan. ‘To whom it may concern’. Lay off,” he wrote along with photos. The pictures were apparently in response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day speech last year in which he had raised the issue Pakistan’s atrocities on people of Baluchistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Ghafoor also posted a video showing people in Srinag...

Intense hate campaign against me by media knows no bounds: Vijay Mallya

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Former Indian politician and billionaire businessman Vijay Mallya , centre, arrives for his extradition hearing arrives at Westminster Magistrates Court in London . After mocking India saying "keep dreaming about a billion pounds", fugitive loan defaulter Vijay Mallya took on the media for running an "intense hate campaign" against him. "Intense hate campaign by Indian media against me knows no bounds. The GOI (Government of India) has filed a case which is before a UK court . Wait for verdict," he tweeted. The Twitter post came after a London court pushed back the date of a hearing to decide whether he should be extradited to India. Intense hate campaign by Indian media against me knows no bounds. The GOI has filed a case which is before a U.K. court. Wait for verdict. — Vijay Mallya (@TheVijayMallya) June 14, 2017 Current Affairs : Mallya has had run-ins with the media previously as well. After his brazen appearance at a Cham...