Saturday, 31 August 2013

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August 31, 2013

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Nirbhaya gang rape: Juvenile gets 3 years in reform home
Nearly nine months after Nirbhaya was gang-raped on a bus in Delhi, Juvenile Justice Board has pronounced the juvenile guilty.

Jaganmohan Reddy's health deteriorates, doctors force-feed him
Doctors forcibly administered intravenous fluids to Jaganmohan, who is on indefinite fast for seven days to oppose bifurcation of AP.

Police clueless about Asaram's whereabouts, supporters attack journalists
Police were on Saturday clueless about the whereabouts of Asaram Bapu, who is believed to have fled his Bhopal ashram.

Cities

Several 'Govinda' injuries in Mumbai
This year, the city saw the highest number of dahi handi injuries in the recent past.

Test finds fiancé is father of divorced pregnant woman
Test results were released three days ago, and proved that the father of her unborn child is her fiance with whom she was living after divorce.

Business

Companies Bill receives Pranab's assent
The new Companies Bill has received President's assent, that will make it into a law replacing the nearly six-decade old regulations.

E-tailing to become $56bn market by 2023
The market size of e-tailing in India is estimated to grow to $56 billion from the current $1 billion by 2023, according to experts.

Sports

Sachin resumes training after surgery
Sachin has started batting in the nets and is looking forward to the CL Twenty20 after recuperating from a surgery for a hand injury.

Jose concedes defeat in Rooney pursuit
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho says he abandoned his attempts to prise striker Rooney from Premier League rivals Man United.

Entertainment

SRK refuses to speak in Marathi at Dahi Handi event
King Khan, who is currently basking in the glory of his successful film Chennai Express was recently invited at a Dahi Handi celebration.

Katrina Kaif finally talks about bikini pictures...
Katrina Kaif's bikini pictures holidaying with alleged boyfriend Ranbir Kapoor created quite a stir a while back.

Infotech

Apple launches iPhone trade-in programme
Apple began letting US iPhone owners trade in their smartphones for credit toward buying new models.

Meet Twitter's new counsel Vijaya Gadde
Indian-origin Vijaya Gadde is the new general counsel for micro-blogging giant Twitter.

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Friday, 30 August 2013

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August 30, 2013

Top Headlines

France backs US action on Syria, Britain rejects move
French president gave a boost to US hopes of forging an international coalition for possible strikes against Syria after UK lawmakers rejected the move.

Bhatkal handed over to NIA for 12 days
Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal was on Friday handed over by a Delhi court to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for 12 days.

Easy reforms over, time now for difficult ones, PM says
PM stressed on the need for more difficult reforms like the reduction of subsidies, insurance and pension reform, and elimination of bureaucratic red tape.

Cities

Gurgaon to have AC bus stand
Gurgaon will soon have an air-conditioned bus stand equipped with facilities like medical and retiring rooms, post office and railway booking counter.

Man strangles 3 children, hangs self in Surat
It is believed that unable to bear the pain of suicide of his wife two years ago, Magan Variya took the extreme step.

Business

India working on formulating guideline on e-commerce
India is mulling formulating a comprehensive guideline to deal with e-commerce, a concept fast catching up in the country.

PM pep-talk lifts sensex by 219 points to over two-week high
The sensex ended at 18,619.72, up 218.68 points or 1.19 per cent, extending gains to the third session in which the index has rose over 650 points.

Sports

Sangakkara hits out at SLC for questioning country loyalty
After preferring his domestic side over IPL franchisee for Champions League, Sangakkara lashed out at the Sri Lanka Cricket officials for questioning his loyalty.

Sachin Tendulkar is India's Bharat Ratna, Sourav Ganguly says
Ganguly did not rule out the possibility of currently out-of-favoured players like Sehwag, Yuvraj, Zaheer and Harbhajan making a comeback.

Entertainment

Mark Wahlberg to expand burger chain to Canada
Actor Mark Wahlberg is reportedly set to take his burger restaurant - Wahlburgers - to Canada next year.

Bollywood hasn't tapped my full potential: Manoj Bajpayee
The 44-year-old's career got a boost post the 1998 film Satya which brought him commercial success as well as a national award.

Infotech

Pakistan bans SMS packs to safeguard ‘moral values’
Pakistan telecom body has banned voice and text chat packages after they came under fire for allegedly being against moral values of society.

Micromax aims for top spot among smartphones
Micromax said it aims to become the number one player in India's smartphone category by Diwali on the back of excellent demand for its Canvas series.

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Thursday, 29 August 2013

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August 29, 2013

Top Headlines

Yasin Bhatkal, founder of Indian Mujahideen, arrested
Yasin Bhatkal, the founder of IM, was arrested on Wednesday night from India-Nepal border, Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde said.

Children of divorced, illegally wedded wives of deceased officers entitled to pension
The amended All India Services Rules, 1958, also have provisions to provide equal share of pension to more than one widow of a deceased officer.

Asaram points to conspiracy by ‘madam and her son’
Asaram Bapu pointed to a conspiracy by 'madam and his son' against him, in an obvious reference to Congress president Sonia Gandhi and her son Rahul.

Cities

Faridabad man's song makes it to UK song-writing contest
Sanjay Singh Yadav's Never Love a Woman, that has made it to the semi-final list in the 'Lyrics Only' category of the UK Song Writing Contest this year.

Fake currency racket busted in Nagpur, two arrested
A fake currency racket was busted in Nagpur and two brothers were arrested after counterfeit worth Rs 1.85 lakh were recovered from them, police said.

Business

RBI's rupee rescue lifts sensex by over 400 points
The Sensex remained in the positive zone for the entire session and ended 404.89 points higher at 18,401.04.

Mercedes-Benz to hike car prices by up to 4.5% from Sept 1
The quantum of price revision will be in the range of 2.5 per cent to 4.5 per cent across the models that the company sells in India.

Sports

Somdev wins 8-hour thriller at US Open
The 28-year-old former US college star defeated Slovakia's Lukas Lacko 4-6, 6-1, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 in three hours and 11 minutes of match time.

Oltmans not satisfied with India's 9-1 win over Bangladesh
"I think we can raise our level in the coming matches. I don't think the players also were completely happy with their performance," said Oltmans.

Entertainment

Ranbir Kapoor to propose to Katrina Kaif?
Grapevines have been abuzz about the relationship between Bollywood's heart throb Ranbir Kapoor and his alleged girlfriend Katrina Kaif.

That ‘stick’ has been sent for forensic test
Our marriage has been on the rocks for the past three years, ever since his ex-wife Seema Kapoor came back into his life, Om Puri's wife Nandita said.

Infotech

Narayana Murthy says Vemuri keen to be CEO early
NR Narayana Murthy, executive chairman of Infosys, said Ashok Vemuri had quit the company because he was keen to be the CEO of a company.

Nokia 515 feature phone with aluminium body launched
The all-new Nokia 515 has been built from a single piece of anodized, sandblasted aluminium.

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Wednesday, 28 August 2013

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August 28, 2013

Top Headlines

Not just against dollar, rupee hits new lows across the board
As rupee's record fall against the US dollar continues, it has also breached key levels against a host of other currencies including British pound, euro and Swiss franc.

Noida district magistrate, who backed IAS officer Durga Nagpal, transferred
Gautam Budh Nagar DM Ravikant Singh, who had given a clean chit to suspended UP IAS officer Durga Nagpal, has been transferred.

Mumbai gang-rape accused taken to crime spot to reconstruct events
All the five accused were on Wednesday brought to the desolate Shakti Mills premises where the 23-year-old photojournalist was assaulted on August 22.

Cities

Fake currency racket busted in Nagpur, two arrested
A fake currency racket was busted in Nagpur and two brothers were arrested after counterfeit worth Rs 1.85 lakh were recovered from them, police said.

'Drunk' Haryana cop shoots at doctor
A sub-inspector of Haryana police was booked for allegedly firing at a doctor, when he refused to issue a fake medical report in favour of the cop's relative.

Business

EPFO to launch online facility to view updated accounts
At present, the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation has to provide annual PF account slips showing account details in a financial year by September.

Rocky road ahead for India, S&P says
Global rating agency Standard and Poor's cautioned that large deficit economies including India could face more economic problems in the near-term.

Sports

Will win gold in 2016 Olympics, Mary Kom says
Olympic bronze medal winner in boxing, MC Mary Kom has expressed confidence that she would win a gold medal in the next Olympics in Rio.

Former players express shock at Pakistan's defeat
Former Pakistan cricketers reacted with disbelief to their national team's shock defeat against Zimbabwe in the first One-Day International.

Entertainment

I want to play a bad character: Selena Gomez
Singer-actress Selena Gomez wants to dye her hair black and become more "bad" for future movie roles.

Shah Rukh Khan battles 'awful' cold
"Awful cold sniff sniff! And colder and sniffer still," Shah Rukh posted on Twitter on Monday.

Infotech

Social TV on the rise in hype cycle: Gartner
Collaborative customer interfaces and social TV are among the innovations which are on the rise in 2013 hype cycle for social software, research firm Gartner said.

Apple may launch iWatch in 2014: Report
Competition in the "smartwatch" market is heating up, with Google, Microsoft and Samsung Electronics racing to develop their own watch-type computing devices.

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