News Digest: How the NDA government won the support of states on GST Bill

		THE TIMES OF INDIA
		Tuesday, August 09, 2016
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		India
		How the NDA government won the support of states on GST Bill Gujarat increases waiting list criteria for Class III posts Gujarat chief minister Vijaybhai Rupani on the first day of taking charge announced important changes in rules for the youth to get better opportunity in waiting list of government jobs in Class III category during his first cabinet meeting. Bulandshahr gang-rape case: Main accused, two others arrested by UP Police Three including the main accused in the brutal Bulandshahr gangrape case, were arrested by the UP Police on late Monday evening, state DGP Javeed Ahmed said. Main accused Salim Bawaria and the remaining three were on the run, while three others had been arrested earlier. More India News»

		Business
		Biggest spectrum sale from Sept 29, govt eyes Rs 5.6L cr The government will conduct the country's biggest spectrum sale from September 29 as mobile frequencies will be sold across seven bands. India's home to Accenture's 37% staff The buzzword in IT today is "digital", encompassing areas like analytics, big data, mobility, internet-of-things and new-age marketing channels. Jaguar is fastest growing car brand in US The memo that the US car market is finally slowing down apparently didn't make it to Coventry, England. More Business News»

		Environment
		17 lakh tonne of e-waste generated in India in 2014 50 Siberian tiger cubs born in China's park Over 50 tiger cubs have been born this year in China's largest Siberian tiger breeding centre in the country's northwestern Heilongjiang province. Scientists handpick certain tigers, using a DNA database, to breed the next generation every year, the park said in a statement on Sunday. 25 blackbucks 'poisoned' in Telangana Thought the exact cause of death is yet unknown, the authorities, worried that more blackbucks may get drawn to the maize crop and accidentally consume the pesticide pellets, have decided to destroy the crop. For now, the stomach content retrieved from the carcasses has been sent for analysis. More Environment News»

		World
		Dozens of IS oil tankers destroyed in Syria strike: US Helicopter crashes in Nepal, killing all 7 aboard A helicopter crashed in a mountainous region of Nepal on Monday, killing all seven people on board, officials said. Nepal's Civil Aviation Authority said efforts were being made to bring back the bodies from the crash site in the Chuchebhir area Pakistani Taliban faction claims Quetta hospital bombing The Pakistani Taliban faction Jamaat-ur-Ahrar on Monday claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing at a hospital in southwestern Pakistan that killed at least 65 people. More World News»

		Entertainment
		Salman not doing a special song in 'Shivaay' While Ajay Devgn's next directorial, Shivaay’s much-awaited trailer left the eager moviegoers stunned, the speculations over Salman Khan doing a special number for the film have been put to rest at the trailer launch of the film. Krishna Raj Kapoor hospitalised She has been admitted for age-related health issues. Salman: I am friends with actors, birds and animals "I have a lot of friends in the industry, both male and female, birds, animals, all. Whose name should I take? All are my friends here," said Salman. More Entertainment News»

		Science
		Liver harvested from brain dead person, taken to Bengaluru The Port City has given new lease of life for several people across Karnataka through organ transplantation procedures in the past one year. In a fourth such instance, a brain dead person’s liver was taken to Bengaluru late on Monday night. Spectacular meteor shower to light up skies this week: NASA A cosmic display of "shooting stars" will light up the night skies this week during the annual Perseid meteor shower, when up to 200 meteors per hour will hit the Earth's atmosphere and disintegrate in flashes of light, according to NASA. Not too many women in cosmology, they're discouraged along the way: Priyamvada Natarajan Our investigation of the universe in the new millennium has revealed that 96% of it is made up of dark matter and dark energy. At the cutting edge of research into this vast unknown is Priyamvada Natarajan, theoretical astrophysicist at Yale. She studied in Delhi, MIT and Cambridge and was drawn to the cosmos at an early age. More Science News»

		Sports
		Heartbreak for Abhinav Bindra, men's hockey team Gagan Narang, Mananvjit Sandhu and Kynan Chenai stumbled in shooting, India's swimmers didn't make a splash and Laxmirani Majhi exited the Games. Rio live: Japan clinch gold in men's gymnastics Rupinder Pal Singh shot the equaliser for India in the second quarter against Germany. Great Britain beat India 3-0 in women's hockey India women hockey team came short against Great Britain as they lost their second Pool B match 0-3 at the Olympic Hockey Centre on Monday. More Sports News»

		Technology
		Samsung SUHD 4K Curved Smart TV KS9000 review: Your personal cinema hall We reviewed the 65-inch Samsung SUHD 4K Curved Smart TV KS9000 priced at Rs Rs 4,40,900 to see what it has to offer. 10 best engineering colleges of India Six cities in India are set to get new IITs. The Parliament passed a law in this regard last week. Almost 1 billion Android smartphones affected by security flaw in Qualcomm processors: Report Hackers can trigger any of these four vulnerabilities using a malicious app. “Such an app would require no special permissions to take advantage of these vulnerabilities, alleviating any suspicion users may have when installing,” adds the post. More Technology News»

		Education
		656 drop outs in IITs, 49 in IIMs in 2015-16: Govt No proposal for common curriculum for CBSE, states: Prakash Javadekar Government does not propose to introduce a common curriculum in CBSE and state boards as a uniform syllabus does not take into account the local contexts, culture and language, Lok Sabha was informed on Monday. IITs to keep eye on hiring by startups, focus on PSU jobs After a few start-ups revoked job offers and some deferred their joining dates, IITs are making minor changes in their placement policies to ensure students don't face a similar situation this year. More Education News»

		Mumbai
		20-year-old's BMW crushes sweeper A 20-year-old on Monday was arrested by Bangur Nagar police station in a hit-and-run case, after the BMW he was allegedly driving mowed over a pedestrian. Unaided college seats in M'rashtra overtake those supported by govt The state is seeing the slow death of the aided collegiate system, an arrangement that historically had colleges charging ridiculously low fees. That worked as an inducement and opened campus doors to any youngster wanting to pursue higher education. Third Bhiwandi bldg collapse in 10 days, 3 hurt Three persons escaped with injuries when the floor of a flat in a Bhiwandi building, declared dangerous two years ago, collapsed and fell into the lower floor on Monday. The flat below was unoccupied. More Mumbai News»

		Delhi
		Elderly couple attacked in Rohini park; woman dead A 59-year-old woman was brutally murdered while she was on an evening walk with her husband in a park at Prashant Vihar, Rohini in northwest Delhi on Sunday. Fast-track court judge fails CJI's law test An aspiring district judge, ordered by a high court to be appointed to that post, ended up ruining his case as he failed to answer CJI T S Thakur's elementary questions on law and procedure in a packed courtroom on Monday. Auto driver held for harassing TOI scribes Hours after two TOI reporters were harassed by an autorickshaw driver in central Delhi, the accused was arrested from his house in northeast Delhi's Nand Nagri on Sunday. More Delhi News»

		Bangalore
		Vapers claim e-cigarette ban not based on any study, cite RTI reply We don't want floods like Chennai, says CM Defending the encroachment-clearance drive, chief minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said the government does not want Bengaluru to face a Chennailike post-deluge situation. BBMP dusts off 100-yr-old maps, reduces houses to debris heaps The scene at Shubh Enclave, Kasavanahalli, off Sarjapur Road, looked surreal on Saturday and Sunday. More Bangalore News»

		Hyderabad
		Nayeem, the man who knew too much, shot dead Was Nayeem threatening TRS legislators? Within hours of death, cops raid Nayeem's Hyderabad dens More Hyderabad News»

		Chennai
		Who reaped benefit of MGR-Jaya films? The debate whether MGR-Jayalalithaa films benefited the DMK or its offshoot, the AIADMK, raged in the Tamil Nadu assembly on Monday. Nanomaterials for water purification 3 storm water drains for Sidco Nagar Excess water from the Ambattur Lake had entered Villivakam localities via the Korattur canal and had caused large-scale destruction.To prevent such destruction due to flooding, the construction has been initiated. More Chennai News»

		Ahmedabad
		Fifty advocates join AAP President of the Bar Council of Gujarat, Gopinath Amin, along with 50 advocates joined AAP on Monday soon after the party opened its new office in Navrangpura. Minor Odhav girl abducted, city police remain clueless After a three-and-a-half-year old girl, Pinky, was abducted from Odhav, city cops have gone in a huddle.This is the second such incident since March when a toddler was abducted from a footpath in Maninagar. Job aspirants duped Jaydeep Gupta, a resident of Thaltej, filed a complaint with crime branch against a website and two persons Pradeep Jaiswal and Pradeep Goswami for cheating of Rs 2.94 lakh. More Ahmedabad News»

		Allahabad
		AU sees ruckus over students' expulsion, suspension Agitated over expulsion of four student leaders from the campus and suspending four others, the student leaders staged massive protest at the Pant auditorium of the department of Botany on Monday. The protesting leaders created ruckus as soon as INSPIRE programme, for which over 200 students from 24 KVs (Kendriya Vidyalaya) of the state had come, was about to start. Alarm bells ring as Ganga, Yamuna continue to swell Following flooding of rivers in Madhya Pradesh, the level of Yamuna and Ganga is rising at ana larming rate in the city. Three held in bid to extort Rs 30L from doctor Three youth, including a student leader, were arrested on Sunday on charges of making an attempt to extort Rs 30 lakh from a doctor in trans-Ganga. More Allahabad News»

		Bhubaneswar
		Bored of homework, runaway kids vow never to return home Two 13-year-old kids ran away from a city-based high school and boarded a south-bound train vowing not to return home. They did this to get rid of pressure of daily homework at schools and tuitions, railway protection force (RPF) sources said. Kotagarh firing: Victims' kin opposes HRPC probe report Rahul Naik, son of the couple who was allegedly killed in police firing that took place in Kotagarh area of Kandhamal district on July 26 last year, opposed the probe report filed by the State Human Rights Protection Cell (HRPC) before Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC). CBI summons Odisha minister's kin in Ponzi scam More Bhubaneswar News»

		Bhopal
		Another tiger found dead in Pench, 10th this year One more tiger has been found dead in Pench Tiger reserve in Seoni district, Madhya Pradesh under mysterious circumstances — taking the toll to 10 from the same tiger reserve this year. The last tiger death from this area was reported on July 16. PM visit: Bad weather, workers apathy likely to impact turnout Internal tussle and adverse weather has left the BJP struggling with onerous task of pulling crowd for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Bhabhra in Alirajpur district, on August 9. Governor's go ahead to Madhya Pradesh's 'happiness department' Within a month of the clearance by the state cabinet, governor Ramnaresh Yadav gave the go ahead to the formation of "happiness department" in Madhya Pradesh. More Bhopal News»

		Chandigarh
		Water level in Bhakra, Pong dams rises after heavy rains With heavy rains lashing catchment areas, the water level in Bhakra and Pong reservoirs has risen by up to 13 feet in the past two days. Apna Ghar case: Officer deposes before CBI The court has fixed August 16 as the next date of hearing. Haryana okays NCR taxi scheme An official spokesperson said the scheme would be implemented in Gurgaon, Faridabad, Jhajjar, Rohtak, Bhiwani, Sonipat, Panipat, Karnal, Mewa, Palwal, Rewari, Jind and Mahendragarh districts. More Chandigarh News»

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