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August 18, 2012

Top Headlines

Northeast exodus: When Chennai's Central station turned into refugee camp
From Thursday night till late on Friday, when over 2,500 people left for the northeast in four special trains, Chennai station resembled a huge refugee camp.

Gopal Kanda had 12 days to destroy evidence: Geetika's brother
After being on the run for many days, Gopal Kanda surrendered before police and was arrested in connection with ex-staffer Geetika Sharma's suicide.

VVS Laxman announces retirement from international cricket
Veteran Indian batsman VVS Laxman announced on Saturday that he would be retiring from international cricket with immediate effect.

Cities

Girl set ablaze by nine persons succumbs to burn injuries in Bangalore
An 11-year-old girl, who was set ablaze by nine persons while she was on her way to school, has succumbed to burn injuries at a hospital, police said.

Mischievous SMSs on northeast people now doing rounds in Delhi
Mischievous text messages claiming that people from the northeast will be targeted, particularly after Ramzan, have started circulating in Delhi.

Business

SBI launches online fee collection facility for IITians
A new fees collection module named as SBI I-Collect was launched by the State Bank of India, IIT-Kanpur branch on Friday.

Problems will be resolved once investment is revived: Chidambaram
Union finance minister P Chidambaram on Saturday said most of the country's economic problems will be solved once investment is revived.

Sports

Nothing less than a 'medal spring' awaits us in Rio: President Pranab Mukherjee
President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday set the ball rolling for the next Olympics in Brazil expressing hope that India will improve its ranking in the world.

Mahesh Bhupathi, Rohan Bopanna dropped from Indian Davis Cup squad
The AITA dropped Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna from the Davis Cup team, while Leander Paes and Somdev Devvarman made themselves unavailable.

Entertainment

Kristen Stewart ready to face camera post split
Actress Kristen Stewart will make her first official appearance since her cheating scandal at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada next month.

I have met Naxalites, says Prakash Jha
Filmmaker Prakash Jha, whose Chakravyuh revolves around Naxalite wars, says he has interacted with Naxalites and tried to showcase both sides of issue in the film.

Infotech

Zeekrewards.com shut down over $600 million fraud
Zeekrewards.com promised investors up to 50 percent of "daily net profits" through a system based on rewards points, the US Securities and Exchange Commission said.

Motorola sues Apple for infringing patents
Google-owned Motorola Mobility has filed a new case against Apple at the US International Trade Commission (ITC) claiming patent violation.

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