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Friday, February 24, 2017

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Centre hits back with data to short-circuit UP's power talk
Power play ahead of any election is nothing new. Residents of any power-starved state will tell you that the supply situation improves drastically -sometimes even to 24x7 electricity -before polling, only to relapse into periods of long blackouts once voting is over.

NIA in Nepal to probe ISI hand in train derailments
The two-member NIA team will question Hoda over the next three days in the presence of Nepalese law enforcement agencies.

Congress neta's diary stirs controversy
Less than a year ago, income tax sleuths conducted a series of raids across Karnataka on politicians who had not filed their income tax returns or those who they suspected had black money.

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Business

Demonetisation-led slowdown caused easing of bank credit: Moody's

ONGC to invest Rs 7,327 cr in four projects

Indian economy remains a bright spot in global landscape
The Indian economy is growing strongly and remains a bright spot in the global landscape despite temporary setback due to demonetisation, a senior IMF official has said.

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Environment

Rate of retreat of Gangotri glacier slows
The rate of retreat of Gangotri glacier has slowed down to 11 metres since 2008 from the maximum of 35 metres recorded in 1974, according to experts at the Almora-based GB Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment and Sustainable Development (GBPNIHESD) who conducted a study of the glacier located in Uttarkashi from 2008 till 2016.

US-born panda Bao Bao lands in China
An American-born panda started settling into her new home on Thursday in southwest China. Bao Bao was born at the National Zoo in Washington to panda parents on loan from China. Under an agreement between China and the US, such panda cubs must be returned to China before they are 4 years old.

Health ministry to study deaths due to pollution soon
"There is a speciality in India. We are less influenced by things which are Indian and more by those coming from outside. There are many serious institutions in India, NGOs, govt organisations which do research on this issue. And a proud country always trusts in its own data," he said.

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World

Aware of US carrier in South China Sea: China
Friction between the United States and China over trade and territory under US President Donald Trump have increased concern that the South China Sea could become a flashpoint.

Trump administration lifts transgender bathroom guidance
The Trump administration has ended federal protections for transgender students that instructed schools to allow them to use bathrooms and locker rooms matching their gender identities.

Kim autopsy 'illegal and immoral': N Korean state media
Pyongyang's state media on Thursday blasted Malaysia for an "illegal & immoral" autopsy on a man believed be the half-brother of North Korea's leader. Malaysia has not released the corpse "under the absurd pretext" that it needs a DNA sample from the dead man's family.

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Entertainment

Movie Review: Rangoon
Rangoon is an ambitious attempt to actually tell a triangular love story against the backdrop of war.

Rare and unseen pictures of Bollywood stars
Check out some of the most unseen and rare pictures of the star families of Bollywood...

Amy: Literally followed in Ash's footsteps

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Science

Eat 800 gm of fruits, veggies daily to keep heart attack, cancer away: Scientists

Blood ties not harsh conditions lead to cooperation among birds: Study

In a galaxy far, far away: Why the Trappist-1 solar system has scientists excited

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Sports

1st Test: Starc fifty pushes Australia to 256/9
Fast slipping towards a low first innings score, Australia were rescued by a quickfire fifty from Mitchell Starc that pushed them to 256/9 at the close of play of the first Test against India in Pune on Thursday.

Talking points: The long pause and one-handed stunner?
Here's a look at the major talking points from the opening day's play of the first Test between India and Australia in Pune.

Abu Dhabi Tour: Cavendish races to opening stage win
Mark Cavendish of Dimension Data sprinted to the opening stage win of the 2017 Abu Dhabi Tour finishing the 189km course with a timing of 4:37.06.

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Technology

Freedom 251 maker Ringing Bells' MD detained on fraud allegations
Mohit Goel, the Director of Noida- based company Ringing Bells which had announced Freedom251 smartphones at an astonishingly low price of Rs 251 a piece, was detained today here on allegations of fraud, police said.

US government should reconsider its position on H-1B: Manish Tewari
The Trump administration should reconsider its position on H-1B visas, a senior Congress leader has said, warning that any move to curb these visas could become an "emotional irritant" in the Indo-US ties.

Apple's 10th anniversary iPhone may have a lesson for global smartphone industry
When Apple launches its much-anticipated 10th anniversary iPhone this fall, it will offer an unwitting lesson in how much the smartphone industry it pioneered has matured.

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Education

We want to promote innovation: Javadekar

As law colleges mushroom, concern over quality of advocates being churned out
A list of law colleges across the country prepared by the Bar Council of India shows that UP has the largest number of 350 law colleges, and one of its little known universities, Shri Chatrapati Shahuji Maharaj University in Kanpur, has 88 colleges affiliated to it awarding law degrees.

Delhi govt to launch mobile app for school management bodies

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Mumbai

Now, make your corporator work for you

Against odds, ringmaster Fadnavis tames Tiger with transparency whip

Shiv Sena starts with bang, ends with a whimper

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Delhi

BJP attacks AAP over pensions

40-year-old gets himself shot at to frame friend

PTM in government schools on Saturday

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Bangalore

Kin garner support on social media
Parents of children enrolled in the Bellandur preschool have begun two campaigns to gather more support and speed up police investigation.

Another parent alleges child was assaulted in preschool
This comes after the parents of six more children on Wednesday lodged complaints of sexual assault against office boy Manjunath, who was arrested last Friday, and other school officials.

KSRTC fire: Bus conductors to scan passengers' luggage
The government has directed bus conductors of state transport undertakings (STUs) to screen the luggage of passengers before allowing them to board.

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Hyderabad

Stop inciting students, TRS to TJAC chief

TJAC claims victory, plans meets in dists from March

Liver & heart surgery saves 5-yr-old

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Chennai

3 killed, 4 injured after falling from EMU in Chennai

Police take Iqbalon hunt for local'ISIS module'

Local politico smuggles12kg gold, held by DRI

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Ahmedabad

Encounter cop DG Vanzara to enter poll battlefield

Firing on multiplex owner: Key accused held

High court seeks details of probe against Teesta

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Allahabad

BJP betting on Modi wave to open its a/c?
As Allahabad goes to elections today, the Bharatiya Janata Party is banking on Modi wave to open its account in the district and dent the prospects of rivals like Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party in the state assembly polls. In the 2012 assembly polls, the saffron party had failed to register a win in any of the 12 seats in Allahabad district.

Candidates spend time with party workers
After spending weeks with the public, campaigning for themselves, contestants dedicated their last 24 hours to party workers and held meetings with them.

Big guns fire in Allahabad, but where is Mayawati?
Exactly halfway through the seven-phase elections in UP, and there's still no perceptible wave for any party or combine. With no clear frontrunner in sight, the game remains open.

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Bhubaneswar

18,000 schools in Odisha to be evaluated under Shaala Siddhi programme

No justification to allow tax sops to Paradip refinery: Odisha finance minister
A day after the state cabinet decided not to allow financial sops to IOCL’s 15 MMTPA Paradip refinery, finance minister Pradip Kumar Amat justified the move in the assembly on Thursday.

Ganja cultivation on the rise in Odisha
Ganja cultivation in several hilly areas of the state is increasing year by year. Due to easy money, selling and purchasing of the weed is getting popular among the inter-state drug traffickers.

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Bhopal

Brahmins found no support from MLAs, thakur lobby stood united

Congress decision on LoP reflects feudal mentality, says MP BJP
The faction riddled Congress has again given a chance to the ruling BJP raise the issue of caste politics after appointment of Ajay Singh Rahul has Leader of Opposition (Lop) by AICC on Thursday. BJP said Congress decision on Lop reflects the feudal mentality of the party which is anti-dalit and anti-tribal.

India will protect Indian interest in H1B visas, says VK Singh

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Chandigarh

Indo-Pak bus diverted, Bains brothers stopped
The "Jal Yudh" announced by Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) for digging Satluj Yamuna Link (SYL) canal to get water for Haryana ended on Thursday with the arrest of 73 INLD leaders -Abhay Singh Chautala, MPs Charanjeet Singh Rori and Ram Kumar Kashyap and 18 MLAs -at the Punjab border near Samb hu barrier. Stopped from going to Kapoori village of Patiala district for digging SYL, some workers performed symbolic digging at Shambhu barrier itself.

Jalandhar businessman's wife, bahu, family friend shot dead
Wife and daughter-in-law of a fabrication factory owner and a family friend were shot dead in their house by unidentified persons in Jalandhar's posh Lajpat Nagar area on Thursday evening.

Dark age begins for power defaulters
Having over 91,000 defaulters (east and west circle) who haven’t paid their bills in the city, Punjab State Power Corporation Limited (PSPCL) has snapped power connections of 16,000 such consumers.

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