News Digest: How Indian community in San Jose welcomed PM Narendra Modi

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		Sunday, September 27, 2015
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		India
		How Indian community in San Jose welcomed PM Narendra Modi Singer Kailash Kher shared the stage with Modi at the community reception hosted by the Indian diaspora at the Imperial Ballroom of Hotel Fairmont in San Jose. Going the UPA way on UN seat a mistake: Yashwant Former external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha has sharply criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s G-4 strategy to snag a permanent membership of the UN security council. Virbhadra Singh first serving chief minister to be raided In an unprecedented action, CBI on Saturday raided a serving chief minister when it reached the doorstep of Himachal Pradesh’s Virbhadra Singh days after registering a disproportionate assets case, sparking a full-blown political row between BJP and Congress. More India News»

		Business
		VW scandal exposes cozy ties b/w industry and Berlin Angela Merkel learned early in her political career that taking on the German car industry carries risks. Maruti's temporary workers too demand wage hike Temporary workers at Maruti Suzuki's Manesar plant today protested in front of factory demanding hike in wages, a day after the management signed a three-year settlement with permanent employees. Raje announces 'affordable' urban housing policies Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje today unveiled two policies pertaining to affordable housing and allotment of land in urban areas of the state. More Business News»

		Environment
		China pledges $3 billion to fight climate change China has pledged $3 billion to help other developing countries combat climate change. Italy's glaciers retreated by 40 percent: WWF Alpine glaciers in Italy have lost an estimated 40 per cent of their area over the last three decades, a recent report released by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has said. 'No sand mining in north India till Sept 1 each year' The National Green Tribunal has directed the Union environment ministry not to grant environmental clearance for sand mining in the rivers of north India till September 1 each year and not during the rainy season. More Environment News»

		World
		Pope Francis calls for defense of religious freedom Pope Francis on Saturday called for a vigorous defense of religious freedom and urged ordinary Catholics, especially women, to help fortify the Church, as hundreds of thousands celebrated his visit to Philadelphia. Mexico marks one year since 43 students vanished Hundreds marched through Mexico City Saturday to mark the one-year anniversary of the disappearance of 43 students in a murky case involving corrupt police that has haunted President Enrique Pena Nieto. 21 killed in attacks in Central African Republic capital At least 21 people were killed in the capital of Central African Republic on Saturday and around 100 others were wounded as Muslims attacked a mainly Christian neighbourhood, senior hospital officials and a government spokesman said. More World News»

		Entertainment
		'Talvar' is deja vu for Vishal Bhardwaj Director Meghna Gulzar’s Talvar, based on the 2008 Noida double murder case, is all set to release on October 2. But it’s not a solo release as Singh Is Bliing will also hit the marquee on the same day. Anupam Kher conquers the US After being listed as among the best acting schools in the world, Anupam Kher’s Actor Prepares is spreading its wings by getting into production of plays, television soaps and films. Aishwarya Rai Bachchan: Films she was offered While the beauty queens are known for heading straight to Bollywood, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan chose to be different. More Entertainment News»

		Science
		Men may boost pink iPhone sales Ket's face it, the “rose gold“ iPhone 6 is pink. It doesn't even seem as if Apple tried very hard to replicate the salmony glint of a rose-gold piece of jewelry. Rare super blood moon today A rare astronomical phenomenon on Sunday night will produce a moon that will appear slightly bigger than usual and have a reddish hue, an event known as a super blood moon. Fish, too, look after their partners When it comes to helping each other out, it turns out that some fish are better at it than previously thought as researchers have found that pairs of rabbitfish cooperate and support each other while feeding. More Science News»

		Sports
		Shashank Manohar set for another term as BCCI president Shashank Manohar is all set to once again become the BCCI president with the ruling Anurag Thakur faction as well as Sharad Pawar group projecting him as the consensus candidate. Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis win Guangzhou Open title Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis continued their unbeaten run as they defeated Shilin Xu-Xiaodi You in the final to clinch the Guangzhou Open title on Saturday. Rooney on target as Man Utd replace Man City at top United moved top for the first time since the opening day of the 2013-14 season and for the first time under Louis van Gaal. More Sports News»

		Technology
		In pics: Excited buyers line up as iPhone 6S goes on sale Kicking off what is expected to be a record weekend of sales, customers across nations scrambled to buy Apple's brand new smartphones. As always, there were long queues of excited buyers many braving rain and some lined up since days to get their new phones. Here are some pictures from Apple Store's around the world. Silicon Valley to give PM Narendra Modi 'rock-star' treatment For a change, Silicon Valley is buzzing about something besides a sleek new device, mind-bending breakthrough or precocious billionaire. Infosys scraps 'bell curve', gets new appraisal system Infosys has finally bid adieu to the bell curve as a performance assessment tool for its 1.76 lakh employees. The decision is already showing results. More Technology News»

		Education
		IITs to decide on single-test entry today A proposal to scrap the two-phase IIT entrance examination — comprising JEE (main) and IIT-JEE (advanced) — is on the agenda of the JEE Apex Board (JAB) meeting at IIT-Guwahati on Sunday. New draft education policy by December: Smriti Irani Efforts are underway to prepare the draft of a new education policy by December with involvement of people at the district level, Union HRD minister Smriti Irani said on Saturday. Promise safe, quality education for every child: Malala at UN Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani education advocate, on Friday asked world leaders who are here to attend UN General Assembly to promise that every child will have the right to safe, free and quality primary and secondary education. More Education News»

		Mumbai
		Celebrate Daan Utsav on social media Get ready to tint your forefinger not with election ink but the HappyDot this season for DaanUtsav , a festival to celebrate giving between October 2 and 8. 11/7 convicts seek help from victims' kin The tone and tenor of the nine-page letter composed in jail by all 12 and handwritten in English by Sajid Ansari echoed myriad emotions of those at the brink of an extreme punishment, alternating between frustration, despair and a call for compassion in trying to convince them of what they claim could be the veritable truth. DJ's visarjan gig to draw devotees to electronica For a man, she looks pretty. The tattoo of a cassette on her arm and the gajra dangling from her fake braid don't seem at odds because, this Kanjivaram-sari-clad chef is placing a frying pan on a turntable. More Mumbai News»

		Delhi
		CISF restores lost bag with Rs 1.2 lakh CISF has restored a bag containing Rs 1.20 lakh to a person who forgot it in a Delhi Metro station. MCD welcomes audit on dengue readiness The three BJP-ruled municipal corporations have welcomed the decision to hold a CAG audit of the preparedness of Delhi government and the local bodies to deal with dengue crisis in the city. CM's balm for LG after MP's barb A day after BJP MP Udit Raj called lieutenant governor Najeeb Jung “super king” and made a pitch for his removal, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal jumped to Jung’s rescue, temporarily burying the bitterness of his recurring feuds with the LG and the Centre. More Delhi News»

		Bangalore
		4th bandh in 45 days gives Bengaluru nothing but trouble Three teenagers from Mumbai who have enrolled in a Bengaluru college were shocked when they arrived at the Bengaluru City railway station on Saturday. Chargesheet filed against seer Raghaveshwara After the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) took over the probe into allegations against Sri Ramachandrapura mutt seer Raghaveshwara Bharathi in Shivamogga of sexually harassing a Rama Katha exponent nearly a year ago, the agency filed a chargesheet in a city court against him on Saturday. Petition seeks govt custody of golden howdah, throne A 78-year-old academician from Mysuru city has approached the high court seeking a direction to the state government to take back the golden howdah and throne from the Wadiyar family. More Bangalore News»

		Hyderabad
		Parking space mandatory for building permissions in SCB Property owners in the Secunderabad Cantonment will have to provide parking space in their proposed buildings. Alair encounter a 'custodial death' Supreme Court lawyer and rights activist Prashant Bhushan on Saturday called the killing of alleged Tehreek-Ghalba-e-Islam (TGI) activist Viqaruddin Ahmed and four others in the Alair encounter a “custodial death” and demanded a judicial probe into it. Clamour for new districts grows Even before the committee constituted to look into creation of new districts in Telangana has met even once, vociferous demands for new districts are being heard in several parts of the state. More Hyderabad News»

		Chennai
		'Back door' diplomacy by 2 unarmed officers helped avert crisis at Puzhal It was the decision of two unarmed officers, including one on the verge of retirement, to 'jump' into the midst of hardened criminals that helped defuse a dangerous situation at the prison in Puzhal on Friday evening. M Karunanidhi slams govt take on power situation DMK president M Karunanidhi on Saturday rubbished the government’s claim that it had managed to make Tamil Nadu a power surplus state. Court rejects plea for second bail Questioning how a man can seek bail for a second time while his first bail order is still subsisting, the Madras high court has refused to grant the ‘second bail’ to a person arrested in June on charges of misappropriating 2 crore from a city-based corporate hospital. More Chennai News»

		Ahmedabad
		Central University of Gujarat hosts meet on education policy A detailed one-day grassroots consultation for a new education policy aimed at ‘Improving State Public Universities’ was held at the Central University of Gujarat (CUG) in Gandhinagar. 2,200 disabled people paint to set new record Over 2,200 kids and adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities participated in ‘Rang ni Jung,’ a painting event, to create a record of the largest gathering of such persons for a cause. 'Abducted' cousins found from mosque A family that reported two kids missing later tracked them down to a mosque in Kalupur after 12 hours on Thursday. More Ahmedabad News»

		Allahabad
		Allahabad police detain social activist Medha Patkar Noted social activist Medha Patkar has been detained by Allahabad police on Saturday. The move of district police has been taken as a preventive measure to stop Patkar from going to Karchana as police apprehended protest by Patkar and her supporters against the upcoming thermal power project. Namaz timings The timings for the special Eid-ul-Zuha (Bakrid) prayers in various mosques have been announced. 'Pomp and show with fleet of SUVs is to attract crowd' Power Show At AUSU Polls By Candidates More Allahabad News»

		Bhubaneswar
		'Poll decision after safety assessment' The Utkal University will take a decision on whether to conduct student elections after considering various aspects, particularly students' safety on the campus, vice-chancellor (VC) Ashok Das said on Friday. State's boast of tourism boost hollow Though the state government has been boasting of taking steps to boost tourism, implementation of the projects is nowhere in sight. NIT-R in crisis as chairperson-director row worsens An on-going tussle between chairperson of the Board of Governors (BOG) of National Institute of Technology, Rourkela (NITR) and its director worsened on Friday deepening the administrative crisis in the premier engineering institution. More Bhubaneswar News»

		Bhopal
		Complainant to move HC against Maharishi Vedic University VC Girish Chandra Varma Complainant who lodged a rape case against vice-chancellor of Maharishi Vedic University and head of its group of schools, Girish Chandra Varma, resulting in his arrest, bail and subsequent acquittal said on Saturday she would move high court for justice. MP HC makes CBI party in corruption case against SIT Office of state Lokayukta has pleaded with Gwalior bench of MP high court to get allegations of bribery against SIT, agency that was earlier investigating the Vyapam, probed by CBI. Youth thrashes 70-year old mother to death in Singrauli A youth thrashed his 70-year old mother to death in Singrauli district early on Saturday morning. More Bhopal News»

		Chandigarh
		Haryana polls: Education row comes home for Saas & Bahu The educational qualification controversy pertaining to Haryana polls has come home to the family of a former sarpanch in a Hisar village. 850 houses checked for dengue larvae in Sector 25 The public health dispensary, Sector 25, run by department of community medicine, PGI, has started an anti-dengue drive in Sector 25 to identify breeding sites of larvae of aedes mosquito, the bite of which causes dengue. Soon, flyover for smooth ride from Sector 39 to Kharar National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has acquired over 50 hectares of land and 13 hectares of forest land to construct region's longest flyover measuring 10.18km from Sector 39 to Kharar. More Chandigarh News»

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