News Digest: Vyapam scam suspect takes STF to Supreme Court

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		Saturday, October 03, 2015
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		India
		Vyapam scam suspect takes STF to Supreme Court Former president of the Bhopal unit of Confederation of Real Estate Developers' Associations of India (CREDAI) and Vyapam scam suspect Vipin Goel recently submitted CCTV footage of his residential premises before the Supreme Court claiming that no cash was seized by the special task force (STF) on the date as shown on record. Hurt sentiments no ground for violence I t is indeed a strange world when a human being isslaughteredto protesttheslaughter of a cow. Stranger still is the justification allegedly put forth for this dastardly act. Surge in attacks on Muslims in UP, say activists In a three-part video that went viral in June this year, a group of Hindu men can be seen beating and parading a Muslim youth in Shamli, announcing “this fate awaits all cow slaughterers”. More India News»

		Business
		Ramdev eyes Maggi's space with cheaper atta noodles In a couple of months when Nestle re-launches its Maggi noodles, it will have to fight on two fronts. On the one hand, it faces an uphill task over its noodles' negative brand perception due to the controversy earlier this year. Small diesel cars set to cost more As India moves to Euro 5 and Euro 6 emission norms in the next two to eight years, the compact diesel car and SUV could well become the biggest casualty. ICICI brings in card-less mVisa ICICI Bank has become the first institution worldwide to launch mVisa - a card-less and device-less solution the payments company is betting on in the mobile space. More Business News»

		Environment
		Renewable energy to power generation over 5 yrs: IEA Renewable energy will represent the largest single source of growth in power generation over the next five years on the back of falling costs and aggressive expansion in emerging economies, the International Energy Agency said on Friday, a day on which India dramatically raised the climate bar on the back of its green energy push. 'India's Climate Action Plan ambitious, progressive' India's Climate Action Plan submitted to the United Nations was "comprehensive, ambitious and progressive" which will help reduce emission intensity to a large extent, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said on Friday. New lizard species discovered in Kozhikode The finding by a team of scientists led by B H Channakeshava Murthy of the Western Ghats Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), Kozhikode, was published in international scientific journal Zootaxa last week. More Environment News»

		World
		Jeb Bush draws criticism for 'stuff happens' comment Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush said on Friday more government is not always the answer for Americans when crises erupt and "stuff happens," a remark that Democrats charged was a callous response to victims of gun violence a day after an Oregon mass shooting. Russia hits Syria, Obama warns action a 'recipe for disaster' US President Barack Obama warned Friday that Russia's aggressive military campaign in Syria supporting strongman Bashar al-Assad is a "recipe for disaster," though Washington could still work with Moscow on reducing tensions. Failure to act on gun control is 'political decision': Obama US President Barack Obama warned Friday that failure to act on gun control was a "political decision" and vowed to keep pushing for reform after America's latest mass shooting. More World News»

		Entertainment
		'Talvar' fills you with horror and disgust Our reporters bring to you first cut reactions to Talvar from those who knew the actual characters – and those who didn’t. What’s common to the responses? Shock, anger, anxiety Aish, Alia to perform at ISL opening today Chennai is the place to be today because there is going to be action of another kind here. Academy Award winner AR Rahman, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Alia Bhatt are all geared up to perform at the grand opening ceremony of the second edition of the Hero Indian Super League (ISL). Movie Review: Talvar Teenager Shruti Tandon and domestic help Khempal are murdered - but who did it? And while the truth unravels, what else gets slashed? More Entertainment News»

		Science
		New way to shrink transistors discovered In the semiconductor business, it is called the “red brick wall“ -the limit of the industry's ability to shrink transistors beyond a certain size. Taller people at higher risk of developing cancer: Study Taller people may be at a higher risk of developing different types of cancer, including breast cancer and melanoma, according to the largest study of its kind which examined 5.5 million men and women in Sweden. Asteroid impact, volcanoes pushed dinos to extinction It has been a bone of contention between dinosaur experts for the past 35 years -did dinosaurs become extinct as a result of a massive asteroid impact or were they snuffed out by stupendous volcanic eruptions? More Science News»

		Sports
		1st T20I: Duminy fashions South Africa's 7-wicket win over India JP Duminy launched an all-out attack on the Indian bowlers with an unbeaten 68 that got South Africa to chase down a daunting 200-run target in first T20. Dharamshala is the most beautiful ground in world: Shoaib Shoaib couldn't stop himself from praising picturesque HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala as he rated this very ground a notch above Newlands Stadium in Cape Town. Eight of Iranian women's football team 'are men': Reports Eight members of Iran's national women's football team are actually men awaiting sex change operations, reports have claimed. More Sports News»

		Technology
		5 things you probably didn't know about Nexus 5X, 6P Google has just refreshed its Nexus lineup with the release of two new smartphones - Nexus 6P and the Nexus 5X. Post the launch event, the Nexus team at Google hosted an AMA (Ask Me Anything) session on Reddit to clear doubts related to the two devices. Here they answered questions on naming, specs, design and features that were not disclosed during the launch event. So, here are 5 things you probably didn’t know about the new Nexus phones Lenovo Vibe Shot review: Better than OnePlus 2? The company’s new Vibe Shot is a camera-focused phone which was showcased during this year’s Mobile World Congress. Is the Vibe Shot a capable smartphone? We try to find out in our review… H-1B visas to go cheaper as 'discriminatory' fee lapses In a breather for Indian IT firms, the "discriminatory" $2,000 H-1B fee mostly imposed on them has now lapsed in a Republican-majority US Congress. More Technology News»

		Education
		Kalyani University fracas gets a weekend breather The Kalyani University imbroglio got a momentary respite on Friday with most of the agitating student leaving for the extended weekend break. UGC aims for industry-ready grads Toeing the Centre's development line, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has asked all varsities under it to set up University-Industry Inter-Linkage Centres (UILCs) to put in place integrated initiatives that will allow colleges to produce "well-groomed", tailor-made graduates for industry. Guj, Australian varsity ink MoU for exchange programme The Gujarat Forensic Science University (GFSU) and Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for students, teachers and technology exchange programme, a statement said. More Education News»

		Mumbai
		Bonanza for Mumbai flat owners under new cluster development policy A generous extra carpet area of a maximum of 506.25 sq ft is being offered free to tenants of old and dilapidated buildings under the state government's 2015 cluster redevelopment policy operative in the island city. Goregaon-Mulund link road gets a push Civic chief Ajoy Mehta and other senior civic officials on Thursday visited the spot where the Goregaon-Mulund Link Road is proposed to come up. Estimated to cost Rs 1,300 crore, the road will link the eastern side to the west. 2 wards in SoBo free of open-air defecation, earn state honour For the first time in the history of Mumbai, two of its civic wards—B and C, both in south Mumbai—have been declared as being free from open-air defecation. This honour was bestowed by the state government at an awards ceremony More Mumbai News»

		Delhi
		Delli Belly - Bedmi way to begin day It's been around for 80 years. And not much has changed in Ram Swarup Halwai, one of Sitaram Bazaar's oldest shops, in all these decades. The Aarushi files: The Talwar conviction that doesn't convince Dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar are serving life sentence for the murder of their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj. Delhi Metro getting more women drivers The next time you take a Metro, chances are that the person behind the wheel could be a woman. More Delhi News»

		Bangalore
		Cleaning the city for a day isn't enough of a Gandhian thought, say experts Garbage on every street corner is hardly a surprise -most people walk by it every day , but on Friday the focus was suddenly on the tonnes of trash. Kerala bus seized, dept sniffs permit racket RTO officials have seized a Kerala bus which was entering with a fake permit and taken into custody the driver and the cleaner. Rahul to brainstorm with 100 farmers in Mandya Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi will undertake an eight-km padayatra with farmers in Haveri, meet families of two who committed suicide and have a brainstorming session with 100 farmers in Mandya when he visits Karnataka on October 9 and 10. More Bangalore News»

		Hyderabad
		Online petition for Muslim reservations floated on website An online petition demanding 12 percent reservations for Muslims in education and employment in the Telanagana state was floated on at a popular petitioning website here on Friday. Cashless EHS launched at Nims, Maxcure hospitals In what is seen as a shot in the arm for government, city’s two top hospitals --- Nizam Institute of Medical Sciences (Nims) and Maxcure Hospitals at Secretariat -- have rolled out the cashless Employees Health Scheme (EHS) facility on Friday, much to the delight of Telangana Non-Gazetted Officers’ (TNGO) union and Telangana Gazetted Officers (TGO). Andhra government plans temporary tax for outstation vehicles A large number of out-station professionals in the city can now heave a sigh of relief with the transport department planning to roll back the one-month mandate of changing the registration numbers and paying a life-tax. More Hyderabad News»

		Chennai
		Illness couldn't keep him down S Thirumalvalavan on his hockey family, the long break from the game, stint with national team and coaching Chennai hospital goofs, wrong body buried, then exhumed As if the death of their loved ones wasn’t bad enough, the families of two deceased men suffered another tragedy on Thursday when the bodies got mixed up at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital. Worse, by the time the ‘deadly swap’ was realized, one body had been buried after ‘rituals’. Gangster killed by hitman he hired to murder rival A notorious gangster ‘Periya’ Mahesh, 55, hired to kill an arch rival double-crossed and murdered him instead in Vedal near Kancheepuram, police said on Friday. More Chennai News»

		Ahmedabad
		Muslims banned from Mandvi garbas Muslims in Mandvi taluka of Kutch have been banned from entering all garba venues this Navratri. IPS officer confined cops over two days A fact-finding report submitted to the state government has revealed that additional DGP Vipul Vijoy (technical services) had confined the 17 cops not only on Wednesday but on Tuesday as well. Govt soft on Hardik Patel: Thakor Alpesh Thakor, Convener of the OBC Ekta Manch alleged that the Gujarat government is going soft on Patidar Anamat Andolan Samiti (PAAS) leader Hardik Patel even though he pushed Gujarat to anarchy and took it to the brink of caste conflict. More Ahmedabad News»

		Allahabad
		Woman becomes AUSU president after 88 years A research scholar has become the first female president of Allahabad University Students’ Union after a gap of 88 years. Duranto Express to stop at Kanpur station from today The new railway time table will come into effect from October 1. As per the new time table the timing of many trains passing in North Central Railway region has been changed. Students' union elections: Polling remains peaceful in AU, 4 colleges Cops remained on their toes throughout the day and did not allow any gathering in and around the varsity and colleges. More Allahabad News»

		Bhubaneswar
		Odia youth abducted in Libya recollects horrific days The 48-year-old bio-medical engineer in Libya was allegedly kidnapped last month by a suspected terror outfit in the strife-torn country and released two weeks back. Odisha CM distributes digital ration cards under food Act Odisha is all set to launch the National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013 as chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday started distribution of digital ration cards to the beneficiaries. Innovative decor ideas for pandals in Bhubaneswar Most puja committees have invited idol-makers from West Bengal or Kumartulli in Kolkata. More Bhubaneswar News»

		Bhopal
		More MP BJP faces in Modi's next cabinet reshuffle? There is strong speculation in political circles of Madhya Pradesh that Prime Minister Narendra Modi could reorganise his Union cabinet soon while changing the leadership in some states with BJP governments. This would be the third reshuffle of Modi cabinet, the last was in March this year. Framed youth flings self before moving train, dead; kin blame SI A 22-year-old engineering student committed suicide by throwing him before a moving train on Friday. In a suicide note, the youth made mention that he was framed in a police case and it ruined his life. Chouhan meets Japanese deputy PM, invites him to Global Investors Summit 2016 On the third day of his official tour to Japan and South Korea, chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday met Japanese deputy Prime Minister Taro Aso in Tokyo and invited him to Global Investors Summit 2016 to facilitate greater cooperation and investment in Madhya Pradesh. More Bhopal News»

		Chandigarh
		Afghan Sikhs seek help from DSGMC to migrate to safety A few in West may confuse Sikhs with Talibans for their almost similar attire and appearance and subject them to hate crimes but strangely in the stronghold of Talibans, the Sikhs are equally discriminated, their women are forced to wear burqa in public places, locals pick up fights with them for trivial reasons including style of their turban , condemned them as Kafir (non believers) , forced to pay jizya (tax levied on non Muslims) and embrace Islam. Those involved in supplying spurious pesticides will be taken to task: Punjab CM Badal Chief minister Parkash Singh Badal assured that anyone found guilty of supplying spurious pesticides to the cotton cultivators in the state would not be spared at any cost. Administration pays tributes to Mahatama Gandhi and Lal Bahadur Shahstri District administration on Friday paid rich tributes to father of nation Mahatma Gandhi and former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, on their birth anniversaries. More Chandigarh News»

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