| | Kashmiri separatist clergyman launches radical website to counter conversions To prevent "apostasy" and conversions among Kashmiri Muslims, separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has launched an Islamic website. Russian court refuses to ban Bhagvad Gita, followers cheer across the world A Russian court today rejected a petition, described by India as "patently absurd", which had sought a ban on a translated version of Bhagvad Gita. Anna Hazare calls off fast, cancels jail bharo campaign Hazare today called off his fast a day ahead of schedule and threatened to campaign against Congress in the 5 poll-bound states for not brining a strong Lokpal. | | | Shatabdi Express to stop at Tundla Lucknow-New Delhi Shatabdi Express will stop at Tundla station also starting from January 1. Railways has decided to give the train this additional stoppage for two minutes on an experimental basis for the next six months. Delhi will miss Sreedharan: Dikshit E Sreedharan, credited with creating the Delhi Metro network that has changed the way Delhiites travel, retires Saturday as head of Delhi Metro. Chief minister Sheila Dikshit says the city will miss the Metro Man. | | | Mu Sigma receives $108 million funding Mu Sigma, the analytics and decision-support services company founded by Dhiraj Rajaram, has received a $108 million (Rs 570 crore) investment round led by private equity firm General Atlantic. Sensex falls 146 points, realty, metal stocks slump Continuing its year-end downslide for the second day in a row, the stock market today lost further ground with a 146-point fall in the barometer Sensex amid weakness in blue-chips like RIL, ICICI Bank and SBI. | | | Ponting wants to carry on even after India series Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting indicated on Wednesday that he has no intentions of hanging up his boots after the Test series against India. Aus 179/8 at stumps, lead by 230 runs On a day of wildly fluctuating fortunes, India suffered a stunning batting collapse but their bowlers fought back brilliantly to leave the first Test against Australia tantalisingly poised on Wednesday. | | | Kaali is the soul of Agneepath: Priyanka Chopra Actress Priyanka Chopra, who will be seen playing the female lead opposite Hrithik Roshan in " Agneepath", asserts that her character is the soul of the movie. My dad is the don of B'wood: Abhishek Bachchan Bollywood mein to ek hi Don hai. And that's my father Amitabh Bachchan. But honestly, I haven't seen the film as I have been busy. But I will catch it soon, says Abhishek. | | | Hacker defrauds MNC of Rs 6 lakh A hacker accessed the email ID of a manager of a Chandigarh-based multinational company and fraudulently took away $11,178 (around Rs 6 lakh) from its US-based customer. 2011: 6 Most controversial Tweets Some kicked up a storm, others brought good news, while some gave instant fame. Welcome to the world of Twitter, where messages flout every rule in the grammar book but are keenly followed, tweet by re-tweet. | | | | | |