News Digest: AP court directs three telcos to give tapping-related information

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		Saturday, June 27, 2015
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		India
		AP court directs three telcos to give tapping-related information A local court in Vijayawada has directed three mobile service providers to furnish details related to phone tapping in the Mathiah Jerusalem case on or before July 1. 'Rural' AP, Telangana left with a few smart cities The declaration of lesser number of urban population is what resulted in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana getting allotted only three and two cities respectively in the 100 smart cities initiative announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on Thursday. After report of pathogens, Telangana government collects 22 samples from KFC outlets A day after the Telangana State Food Laboratory (SFL) found five samples from five outlets of Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) in Hyderabad containing two harmful pathogens, salmonella and E Coli bacteria, the state government on Friday collected 22 samples from several KFC outlets for tests. More India News»

		Business
		Govt raises minimum export price of onion by $175 With indications of substantial damage to the onion production during rabi season, which may impact domestic supply, the government on Friday increased the minimum export price (MEP) of the key kitchen item from $250 (Rs 15,900) per tonne to $425 (Rs 27,027). Permanent job passe, work for multiple companies Employment constructs are becoming more flexible.Companies are opening up to evolving employment constructs with employees no longer bound by the rigidities of working in one organization. SBI incentivizes home loan referral State Bank of India (SBI) is looking at new ways to improve productivity in the bank through a change in HR policy.The changes include providing incentive scheme for its employees for referring home loans to the bank. More Business News»

		Environment
		Science group reaches out to citizens for saving bat colonies across nation Many bat species found in India are classified in "threatened" categories by the International Union of Conservation of Nature (IUCN), but, despite this, the winged mammals barely attract any initiatives for their conservation. USAID backs course to help Asia with climate change The US government is setting up a course to train officials in the Asia-Pacific region in the basics of preparing and financing projects to help communities weather climate change. Some corals have DNA to adapt to warmer climate: Study Some coral species are better at adapting to climate change than others, and they may be able to pass their hardy DNA onto the next generation, said a study on Thursday. More Environment News»

		World
		Newly disclosed Hillary emails may undercut her earlier claims A batch of 15 newly disclosed Hillary Clinton emails appears to contradict her assertion last month that memos about Libya she received from an old friend while she was US secretary of state were "unsolicited." Delivery man beheads boss in terror attack on French gas site A delivery man with known Islamist connections beheaded his boss and left the body, daubed with Arabic writing, at the site of a US-owned gas factory in southeast France before trying to blow up the complex. Coordinated or not, attacks show IS's growing reach The attacks came one after the other in the space of a few hours. More World News»

		Entertainment
		Shahid to invite all co-stars to his reception Shahid Kapoor is in wedding mode. As the month of July draws near, details of the various marriage ceremonies are coming out slowly. I don't have the privilege of choice: Aditi After five years in the industry, Aditi Rao Hydari still hasn’t lost her spunk to Bollywood diplomacy expected of actors. Her candour intact, the actress engages us in a fun conversation ahead of her upcoming release Guddu Rangeela. Dhoni biopic's release postponed to 2016 The biopic on MS Dhoni's life has everyone's curiosity piqued. However, there has been a delay and the film, that was to release this October, has now been pushed to the next year. More Entertainment News»

		Science
		`E-skin' gets a step closer to reality with new tech Researchers have developed a new technique to produce high-quality , low-cost graphene that could pave the way for the creation of the firondonst flexible `electronic skin', which could be used in robots. A robot that builds a house in 2 days An Australian engineer has built a robot that can build a house in two hours, and work every day to build houses for people. Soon, you could order a meteor shower to celebrate an occasion Fancy a meteor shower racing across the night sky to mark your birthday? One Japanese start-up is hoping to deliver shooting stars on demand and choreograph the cosmos. More Science News»

		Sports
		HWL Semi-Final: India-Pakistan clash ends in 2-2 draw India and Pakistan shared honours as the arch-rivals played out a 2-2 draw in a high-voltage Pool A encounter of the Hockey World League Semi-Final. Don't forget Dhoni's record in Indian cricket: Afridi MS Dhoni may have faced lot of flak for his team's embarrassing ODI series defeat against Bangladesh but Pakistan T20I captain Shahid Afridi is "not happy" in the manner the Indian ODI skipper is being targeted. Sachin Tendulkar, Amitabh Bachchan hail Satnam Singh The sporting fraternity congratulated hoopster Satnam Singh Bhamara after he became the first Indian to be picked for an NBA League team. More Sports News»

		Technology
		8 useful gadgets & accessories under Rs 2,500 You may have heard of some of these but you may not be aware of just how much these gadgets and accessories can offer in time and convenience. iPhone maker Foxconn, Adani may tie up for manufacturing Foxconn plans to partner with the Adani Group to set up at least four electronics manufacturing facilities in India, sources told TOI. Top executives of Foxconn, the Taiwanese company best known for making Apple devices, are said to have visited Karnataka, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat earlier this month to look at possible locations for the facilities. Accenture surpasses TCS in headcount; to hire 95,000 in FY2015 Accenture shot past Tata Consultancy Services in headcount in its latest quarter and the company's said it expected to hire about 95,000 in FY2015 More Technology News»

		Education
		2nd merit list sees marginal drop in cut-offs in Nashik The second merit list for admissions in junior colleges for Class XI was announced on Friday. Kolhapur: 873 applications for HSC photocopy so far The Kolhapur divisional board of the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHSE) received a total of 873 HSC photocopy applications this year. UGC to frame new education policy The University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked vice-chancellors across state universities to provide inputs on 20 themes for framing the new education policy. More Education News»

		Mumbai
		Mumbai's Dahisar river highly polluted, finds test Former Mumbai Mayor and Shiv Sena corporator Shubha Raul has got the samples of water flowing in 11km Dahisar River tested. 'Builder must give Mhada 9,700sqft in Mumbai's Dadar building' The Bombay high court has directed a city-based developer to hand over to Mhada an area of around 9,700 square feet in their newly-constructed building in the heart of Central Mumbai at Naigaum Cross Road, Dadar. 'Dengue death' in Mumbai's Chembur to be reviewed The BMC on Friday said that the death of a 90-year-old man at Chembur's Surana Hospital cannot be attributed to dengue till a review was done. More Mumbai News»

		Delhi
		643 seats under RTE in first choice schools filled A total of 643 seats were filled under the RTE (Right to Education Act) quota in 19 schools on Friday even as some tense moments prevailed among the parents as the supervising team appointed by the district administration chose the students one after the other. Okhla plant boost irks many The Delhi government’s first budget may have scored high on the environment front, but the ragpicker community and civil society organizations working on the issue of waste are concerned about its promotion of waste-to-energy plants in Delhi. Pachauri quizzed again Former Teri chief R K Pachauri, accused in a sexual harassment case, was questioned for the second time at his residence on Friday. More Delhi News»

		Bangalore
		Bengaluru girls win at global Technovation challenge Five schoolgirls from Bengaluru developed an app for this and won the award in the middle school category at the Technovation World Pitch Challenge at San Francisco on Thursday. Revenue from distance education used elsewhere The distance education programme seems to be a cash cow for universities because the only major expense is for reviewing and printing study material, which in any case is done once in three or four years. No IISc? Then no Isro or LCA too It’s one of India’s oldest scientific institutions whose galaxy of alumni have played a huge role in nation-building. There wouldn’t have been Isro or the light combat aircraft (LCA) project but for IISc and its alumni, many of the experts articulated at the IISc conference on Friday. More Bangalore News»

		Hyderabad
		Celkon shifts unit from China to India Homegrown handset maker Celkon Mobiles shifted its manufacturing base from China to India by inaugurating its first factory in Telangana on Friday and is now mulling setting up its second unit as part of a manufacturing cluster, said a top official of the company. Sumptuous Iftar spread for city's best in Hyderabad Sumptuous Iftar spread for city’s best in Hyderabad Environment expert Rajamani passes away Well-known environmentalist and former bureaucrat, R Rajamani, passed away in Hyderabad on Thursday, after a brief illness. He was 78. More Hyderabad News»

		Chennai
		Vijayakanth, Stalin slam govt for delay in Mettur dam release Opposition parties DMK and DMDK on Friday stepped up their attack on the Tamil Nadu government over its alleged inability to release Cauvery water from Mettur dam for Kuruvai (short-term crop) cultivation. HC stays polls to actors' association Says notification invalid; legal victory for Vishal and Co HC directs setting up of 3-member panel of docs for autopsy on dalit youth's body Two days after the body of a young dalit engineer V Gokulraj was found on a railway track near Pallipalayam in Namakkal district, triggering caste tension and allegations that he had been murdered by some members of the gounder community, the Madras high court directed the Mohan Kumaramangalam Government Hospital in Salem to constitute a team of three doctors to conduct the postmortem examination. More Chennai News»

		Ahmedabad
		Uproar as Ahmedabad's commerce colleges take original documents Uproar was witnessed in commerce colleges across the city on Friday after the colleges began collecting original documents instead of photocopies from students. Ahmedabad businessman identifies NIA constable as extortionist The businessman Mukund Patel and his father, Gopal Patel, on Friday identified the NIA constable Devidas Vaishnav and his accomplice, Shankar Shekavat, in a test identification parade as the persons who had extorted Rs 60 crore from them. Six arrested for vehicle thefts, buying stolen bikes in Ahmedabad A team of the Ahmedabad rural police's local crime branch (LCB) caught four persons for the theft of two-wheelers and held two others for purchasing them, on Thursday. More Ahmedabad News»

		Allahabad
		People jailed during emergency seek freedom fighters' status Persons from different walks of life, who were jailed in Naini central Jail during the emergency under the provisions of Maintenance of Internal Security Act popularly known as MISA, on Thursday urged the Centre to grant them the status of freedom fighters. Rising incidences of theft and burglaries in business community Call it failure of police to check the rising incidences of theft and burglaries or business community including jewelers and owners of petrol pumps becoming safety gadgets friendly, traders at prime city market locations like Civil Lines, Chowk, Hewett road, Leader road have cent percent installed CCTV sets and intruder alarms for security reasons. Unidentified armed dacoits killed a 55-year-old watchman and left two others injured at a mango field in Paharpur Sudhwa village Around half a dozen unidentified armed and masked dacoits killed a 55-year-old watchman and left two others seriously injured at a mango field in Paharpur Sudhwa village under Charwa police station of Kaushambi district late on Wednesday night. More Allahabad News»

		Bhubaneswar
		Carpenters blame Daitapatis for delay in making idols Under fire for delay in construction of new idols of deities of Jagannath Temple for Nabakalebara, carpenters on Thursday shifted the blame to a section of Daitapati servitors. Cong bandh today: Several examinations postponed The Council of Higher Secondary Examination (CHSE) and various universities postponed the examinations, scheduled for Friday, in view of the bandh call by the Congress. Culture dept to run Odia language body The Odia Bhasa Pratisthan will function under the culture department soon. The institution has been functioning under the school and mass education department since its inception on April 1, the formation day of Odisha, in 2006. More Bhubaneswar News»

		Bhopal
		MP Cong takes audio-clip evidence against CM to EC Madhya Pradesh Congress on Friday took an audio-clip allegedly of a conversation between chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and a local BJP leader of Garoth assembly seat Rajesh Choudhary to the Election Commission as evidence of violation of model code of conduct. MP Cong takes audio-clip evidence against CM to EC Madhya Pradesh Congress on Friday took an audio-clip allegedly of a conversation between chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and a local BJP leader of Garoth assembly seat Rajesh Choudhary to the Election Commission as evidence of violation of model code of conduct. 'Vegan diet helps in weight loss' Set aside animal products and keep the use of fats and oils low, is the new mantra for living a healthy life for diabetics, according to US-based Zeeshan Ali, a programme specialist for the Physicians Committee’s Kickstart India program. More Bhopal News»

		Chandigarh
		1 held for blackmailing boy who committed suicide in Mohali An 18-year-old youth, who had committed suicide by consuming poisonous substance on June 15, was being blackmailed by a man who tricked the victim over phone imitating a woman's voice, revealed the FIR. BJP candidate most likely to become market panel chief in Chandigarh Taking an edge in the Chandigarh Market Committee election on Friday, the Bharatiya Janata Party seems to be moving towards the post of chairman, as out of a total of nine posts of director, BJP-supported candidates managed to win six, two were bagged by Congress-supported candidates, and one went to an independent candidate. Staff crunch hits Mohali fire department Diljot Singh | When it comes to infrastructure and manpower, Mohali's fire department is lacking behind neighbours Panchkula and Chandigarh. More Chandigarh News»

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