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Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has asked Afghan President Hamid Karzai to plug the entry of militants fleeing into his country following a massive army operation against Taliban, officials said today.

A spokesman of the Prime Minister Office confirmed the telephonic contact between Sharif and Karzai for cooperation against the militants.

The call was made yesterday after reports emerged that more than 2,000 people have entered Afghanistan through the porous border since army launched operation against the Taliban in their stronghold of North Wziristan on Sunday.

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Los Angeles: Director Steven Spielberg is associated with many projects currently but his first release since `Lincoln` will be a spy thriller while his second movie would be an adaptation of Roald Dahl`s children`s book `The BFG`.

DreamWorks provided set the release dates for the two movies with the untitled Tom Hanks starrer Cold War spy drama slated to hit theatres on October 16, 2015 while `The BFG` will open on July 1, 2016, suggest reports.

New York: India-born former Goldman Sachs Director Rajat Gupta will Tuesday report to a prison in Massachusetts to begin his two-year sentence for insider trading, after having fought an over three-year long legal battle with all his might to clear his name.

65-year-old Gupta, once regarded as among the most powerful and influential in corporate America, will serve his jail term at a minimum security satellite camp of the Federal Medical Center-Devens in Ayer, Massachusetts.

Mumbai: The Reserve Bank on Tuesday said it is closely watching inflation situation and hoped that proper food management will help in easing of food prices.

"We are watching inflation situation. Food prices have had an effect in the last couple of months," RBI governor Raghuram Rajan said, adding food prices may come down with appropriate food management by the government.

Headline inflation accelerated to five-month high of 6.01 percent in May from 5.2 percent previous month, mainly driven by high food and fuel inflation.

New Delhi: The government is expected to resolve the contentious issue of coal quality supplies between power producer NTPC and Coal India Ltd within a couple of weeks.

According to sources, at a meeting with the officials from the Coal Ministry, CIL and NTPC, Power and Coal Minister Piyush Goyal has said that the government will soon end the coal quality woes affecting the two state-owned companies.