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		Sunday, March 30, 2014
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		India
		AAP dares Congress, BJP to reveal fund source  A day after the Delhi high court slammed Congress and BJP for accepting foreign funding in violation of FCRA rules, AAP challenged the two parties to disclose donors names.  BJP indulges in divisive politics, Manmohan says Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday accused the BJP of doing divisive politics and said such a party could not bring development. Modi's hi-tech poll chariots await EC nod Around five dozen hi-tech Modi 'raths', which are Wi-Fi and GPS-enabled and equipped with huge TV screens, to be used for election campaigning are gathering dust as Election Commission is yet to give the BJP permission to use them.  More India News»

		Business
		New flights to Visakhapatnam from today Currently, IndiGo, Air India, SpiceJet and Jet Airways provide direct air connectivity to eight cities in India with around 14 domestic flights daily. Reliance's 4G mobile network plans run into trouble The corporation has rejected 44 applications filed by RJIL for installing mobile towers in the city, citing that they did not include a no-objection certificate (NOC) from the Airports Authority of India (AAI). India's forex reserves rise to $298.63bn India's foreign exchange (forex) reserves rose by $1.34 billion to $298.63 billion for the week ended March 21, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) data showed. More Business News»

		Environment
		Project to save Great Indian Bustard set to roll out in April The state government has drawn up a species recovery plan for the Great Indian Bustard (GIB) that will be implemented from April, an expert from the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) said recently. UN panel report likely to point out risk to Asian cities A UN panel will on Monday come out with its much-awaited report, assessing region-specific impact of climate change on human settlements and natural resources including drinking water and food-grain production. Sydney switches off for Earth Hour Sydney's Opera House and Harbour Bridge plunged into darkness today for the Earth Hour environmental campaign, among the first landmarks around the world to dim their lights for the event. More Environment News»

		World
		No intention of invading Ukraine: Russia Russia on Saturday pledged it would not invade mainland Ukraine following its seizure of Crimea and said it favoured the ex-Soviet state becoming a federation as a way of defusing the crisis. US talking with India, China to isolate Russia The US has been talking with India and China among other countries as part of diplomatic efforts to isolate Russia but it has not yet asked them to impose any sanctions, an American official said today. Taliban attack Afghanistan's election headquarters Afghan police on Saturday killed all five militants who attacked the election commission headquarters in Kabul with rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns, ending a four-hour stand-off, according to a government official. More World News»

		Entertainment
		Sunil Grover's 'Mad In India' to end due to low TRPs? Papa Salim Khan explains how his son has managed to stay off alcohol and cigarettes for three years OMG: Shocking Controversies around Sunny Leone Katrina Kaif challenges Salman Khan While we reported a few days back that Bollywood's dabangg Salman Khan's body double got injured while performing daredevilry stunts in 'Kick'. However, what we have now got to know is that Salman's former girlfriend Katrina Kaif has challenged Salman in terms of action films. More Entertainment News»

		Science
		Does partner love you? Yawn to check Contagious yawning was slightly less common among mere friends, and rarer still among strangers or casual acquaintances. Underweight people at as high risk of dying as obese people: Study At a time when the world is concentrating on the obesity epidemic, Canadian researchers have found that people who are underweight have the highest risk of dying. Reservoirs of ice 'still hidden' below surface of Mars, new study shows As scientists the world over are excited about the presence of water on Mars, a new research on meteorites reveals how the water vanished from the Martian surface. More Science News»

		Sports
		T20 WC: India won't take Aussies lightly The game against Australia on Sunday is serious business. Probably for the first time in World Cup contests, India will go into the match as favourites. Anand wins to set up Carlsen rematch Anand became the second oldest player in Fide World chess championship history (since 1946) to earn a rematch. He will now cross swords with Carlsen. Give new players more time: Sehwag On his own form, Virender Sehwag was startlingly honest, saying that the national selectors had few reasons to bring him back into the Indian team. More Sports News»

		Technology
		Microsoft Office for iPad a hit in India The top three spots on Apple’s India App Store for iPad are occupied by Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Caught red-handed, Microsoft promises not to snoop on emails On Friday, Microsoft general counsel Brad Smith said the company has decided to change its email policies. Apple, Google lose bid to avoid trial in hiring lawsuit A US judge on Friday rejected a request from Apple, Google and two other tech companies to avoid a trial in a class action lawsuit alleging a scheme to drive down wages. More Technology News»

		Education
		More and more youngsters are turning to coaching classes to seek guidance and discover their potential Sometimes we know exactly what do we want to do in our lives but sometimes we don't. Coaching benefits you by helping set goals you really want to achieve, by distinguishing between what you could do, should do, ought to do and really want to do. Infosys honcho sees disconnect between classroom, industry There is a disconnect between what is taught in classrooms and what is being practiced in the industry. Academia must encourage students to look at how technology has impacted life and how it can change the future, said executive vice-chairman of Infosys Kris Gopalakrishnan. Consultants collected lakhs to leak PGMET questions Though it is nearly a week since taking over investigation of the PG Medical Entrance Examination (PGMET)-2014 scam, Crime Investigation Department (CID) officials are still clueless. More Education News»

		Mumbai
		Lok Sabha polls: Gurudas Kamat raised just 1 question in house, Eknath Gaikwad a total of 1,004 Data collated by NGO Praja Foundation shows that Kamat’s performance in the house has been the worst amongst the six Mumbai MPs in terms of raising questions and participating in debates. NCP candidates hope jeeps-turned-raths will also modify public sentiment NCP candidates for Thane and Kalyan Lok Sabha constituencies have gone the extra mile, and literally so, for their election campaign. Celebrating 130 years of horse racing at Mahalaxmi Advertisements of swanky apartment buildings overlooking the picturesque Mahalaxmi racecourse are ubiquitous today, but in the 1880s, the neighbourhood had little to recommend it. More Mumbai News»

		Delhi
		Ancient baoli under siege A 13th-century monument in the congested lanes of Mehrauli has attracted the attention of the Delhi high court. IIT-Delhi student invents device to test haemoglobin A student of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Ambar Srivastava, has developed a mobile phone-size haemoglobin meter dubbed the TrueHb Hemometer - the first case of an innovation from the institute's biomedical engineering department actually getting "productized". Youth killed in fight over girl More than a month after the 21-year-old son of a senior Union home ministry official was found lying dead in a drain in North Campus, police on Saturday claimed to have cracked the case and arrested two of his friends for allegedly killing him by smashing his head with a beer bottle and stabbing him over a girl. More Delhi News»

		Bangalore
		Partymen disrupt citizens' debate in a game of one-upmanship That the Bangalore South parliamentary contest is going to be tight and combative was evident on Saturday at an interactive debate organized by the Times of India and the citizens’ collective B.PAC in Bangalore. Cops nab other 4 assailants with trio's help Four days after retired SBM staffer Uday Raj Singh was stabbed to death at his Wilson Garden residence, all seven assailants are in police net.The miscreants had entered the house on the pretext of buying a gold necklace. Stock market losses led bank manager to murder Somewhere in October 2012, two businessmen coping with huge losses met a person who was desperate to sell his antique necklace gifted to his mother by her great grandmother. More Bangalore News»

		Hyderabad
		Probe into mining case complete, CBI tells Supreme Court The CBI, which is investigating the illegal mining case, told the Supreme Court on Friday that its probe into mining scam was complete. Spurned lover throws acid on mother, daughter A tenant threw a bucketful of acid on his house owner and her daughter after the latter reportedly turned down his marriage proposal. Court acquits Maqsood Ahmed in terror conspiracy case The fourth additional metropolitan sessions judge on Friday acquitted Maqsood Ahmed, an alleged aide of slain HuJI commander Mohammed Abdul Shahed aka Bilal, in a terror conspiracy case. More Hyderabad News»

		Chennai
		Many in Chennai approach court as Central Crime Branch sits on complaints This year alone, about 70% of CCB cases were registered only after the complainants moved the Madras high court first and obtained a specific direction to the CCB to register and probe the complaint. Customized carnama: SUVs pep up poll drive In this maze of campaign carriers, the rugged and macho SUV rules the roost. Preferred for their all-terrain capability, they are routinely customized by garages like Koyas & Sons in Coimbatore and K Sudhakar of Sudha Car in Hyderabad or even bus body builders like Prakash Body Construction for between Rs 5 lakh and Rs12 lakh. TN jawan killed in J&K gunfight laid to rest Paulin Nirmal was eagerly waiting for her husband, Lance Naik Anthony Nirmal Vijay, to come home this May as he had promised to take her and their two children, aged 5 and 3, to Kanyakumari on a vacation. More Chennai News»

		Ahmedabad
		Unlike Modi, I am not new to Vadodara: Madhusudan Mistry Rajya Sabha MP from Gujarat, Madhusudan Mistry of the Congress, is suddenly in media glare after his nomination as the party's candidate from Vadodara for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. Today's Gujarat University senate meeting to be videographed For the first time, the annual general meeting of the Gujarat University (GU) senate will be videographed here on Sunday. Modi like Aurangzeb in humiliating mentors: Congress Gujarat Congress president Arjun Modhwadia has compared BJP's prime ministerial candidate and Gujarat CM Narendra Modi with Mughal emperor Aurangzeb who toppled his father Shah Jahan's rule and put him under house arrest. More Ahmedabad News»

		Allahabad
		Voter's awareness committee to urge people to vote in elections In a bid to increase voting percentage during 2014 parliamentary polls, district election office on Saturday decided to constitute voter's awareness committee (VAC) in 80 wards of the city. Voters' Chaupal to be held today Polling dates have already been announced.If you are still worried about the status of your application for enrollment in the voters' list then breath easy. City markets flooded with Navaratra shoppers As the city gears up for Chaitra Navaratra starting from Monday, markets are flooded with people looking for paraphernalia to celebrate the nine-day festival. More Allahabad News»

		Bhubaneswar
		Odisha CM woos Titlagarh voters with sympathy factor Abhimanyu was found with his throat slit near Bandopala, about two km from Titlagarh, on December 15.He was an aspirant for the assembly segment. Poll aspirants in Odisha make a beeline for astrologers It has become difficult to get appointments with astrologers nowadays as a large number of anxious politicians are making a beeline for them to know about their fate in the coming elections. Real, not reel, work will pay off: Actor-turned-politician Aparajita Mohanty Actor-turned-politician Aparajita Mohanty, who is contesting from Cuttack Lok Sabha (LS) seat on a Congress ticket, is banking heavily on hard work and not 'glamour quotient' to win hearts. More Bhubaneswar News»

		Bhopal
		Anand Vihar College for Women organizes a annual fest Ujaas in Bhopal The students at Anand Vihar College for Women recently organised their annual fest titled Ujaas 2014. Sakshi Saxena celebrates her birthday in style at a city pub in Bhopal It was time for the close friends of Sakshi Saxena to make a beeline to a city pub to celebrate her birthday. Bhopal based rock band Jashna launches its debut album at a city pub A Bhopal-based rock band, Jashna, recently launched its debut album at a city pub. More Bhopal News»

		Chandigarh
		Dhams become political issue once again during poll season In the election season, the traditional dham (community feast) being organized in the state during important occasions have become a issue once again with political parties keeping a close watch on rivals to see whether dhams are being hosted to woo voters.  Soldier among 3 involved in robbing money changer In the Rs 32 lakh money changer robbery case, the arrest of two accused has revealed the involvement of a serving Army man in the plot. Indian hands over inadvertent border crossers to Pak Rangers India repatriated two Pakistani inadvertent border crossers today. More Chandigarh News»

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