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Friday, March 31, 2017

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Storming encounter site is like ending life, warns J&K DG
Youths who storm the encounter sites in the Valley to hurl stones at security personnel are committing suicide, Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday said and appealed to them to refrain from such activity. “In the encounter, even security forces and police take cover of a bulletproof vehicle or a house.

Nobel laureate's relative shot in Pakistan's sectarian violence
A leader of Pakistan's Ahmadi community and a relative of Nobel laureate Dr Abdus Salam was shot on Thursday in Punjab's Nankana Sahib.

UP's IS module blew up IED near PM rally venue
The original plan was to target the `secured area' inside the rally but the terror squad couldn't get access due to heavy security there according to the interrogation report of Atif Muzaffar, the leader of the IS aligned team, exclusively accessed by TOI.

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Business

Indian telcos tower sales are credit positive, Fitch says
Indian telecom companies’ plans to sell tower assets or stakes in tower subsidiaries are credit positive, Fitch Ratings has said.

Tata Power launches online application for power supply
Now, consumers can directly fill in the relevant details, upload their self-attested supporting documents & apply for connection well within 10 minutes. Moreover, they can also track the status of their application through the company's website and have direct access to Open Access Applications.

Rupee takes pause after 3-day hectic run, ends at 64.92

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Environment

Plants' emission standards shouldn't be diluted: Green bodies
Green bodies on Thursday demanded that emission standards set for thermal power plants should not be diluted and said inadequate execution of such norms worsens air pollution killing 1.2 million people in India every year.

Chinese demand for elephant ivory drops: Report
The price of ivory in China has dropped sharply as the country plans to end the legal trade in ivory later this year, a leading elephant conservation group said in a new report on Wednesday.

Temperature drop led to mass extinction

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World

South Korea's ousted leader Park Geun-Hye arrested
She becomes the third former leader to be arrested over corruption in Asia's 4th-largest economy, where politics and big business have long been closely tied. She was impeached by parliament in December, as her corruption scandal coupled with mounting economic frustrations triggered demonstrations.

Trump's tweet sets tone for first meeting with China leader
US President Donald Trump set the tone for a tense first meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping by tweeting that the US could no longer tolerate massive trade deficits and job losses. The White House said Trump would host Xi next Thursday and Friday at his Mar-a-Lago retreat in Florida.

Paris exhibition explores racism amid tensions in France
"We and the Others, Prejudices of Racism," which opens Friday to the French public at Paris' Museum of Mankind, comes at a prescient moment during a divisive presidential campaign that's been rife with anti-Islam rhetoric.

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Entertainment

Varun, Arjun swear by their acting guru

'Begum Jaan' song unites Indo-Pak singers

Meet 'Naam Shabana's' interesting characters

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Science

You can dance your way to a younger brain, say experts
Could learning to dance the minuet or fandango help to protect our brains from ageing?

New York architects plan to hang skyscraper from asteroid
Plans to suspend the “world's tallest“ skyscraper from an asteroid orbiting Earth have been unveiled by an architecture firm. Analemma Tower would be hung using reinforced cables from a comet 31,068 miles above the planet's surface, with the orbital path taking the building in a figure of eight pattern over various cities, including New York and Havana.

Farming on Mars? Potato shows way

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Sports

India Open: Sindhu, Saina to clash in blockbuster quarterfinal
India's two Olympic medalists and top shuttlers PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal won their respective women's singles rubbers to set up a mouth-watering quarterfinal clash against each other at the Indian Open Super Series 2017 on Thursday.

Sachin Tendulkar unveils new fan engagement app, 100MB
Cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar on Thursday unveiled his latest endeavor, a mobile phone app being touted as the definitive one-stop destination for all things related to the Indian icon.

Ashwin's dig: March 30 will be known as 'World Apology Day'
Ashwin took a dig at former Australia batsman and Gujarat Lions coach Brad Hodge, who was forced to apologise to Virat Kohli for his allegation that the India captain opted out of Dharamsala Test match to keep himself fit for the cash-rich IPL.

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Technology

BookMyShow, Ola tie-up to offer users enhanced entertainment experience
After booking tickets on BookMyShow, users will either be able to 'Book an Ola' or 'Schedule an Ola', depending on the time remaining to the movie show or event.

NPCI, Reliance Retail announce in-store UPI payment facility
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and the Reliance Retail announced launch of a new in-store payment solution that will enable customer payments through Unified Payments Interface (UPI) platforms, a statement said here on Thursday.

Reliance Jio claims nearing 50 million paid subscribers
Reliance Jio, India's newest telecom operator, is closing in on 50 million paid users, days before its free voice, free-data offer ends.

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Education

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US body announces scholarship programme for Indian women
A top US body in international education and global investment banking has announced a scholarship and mentoring programme for the Indian women university students in science and technology-related fields.

US universities register drop in Indian student applications
US universities have registered a sharp decline in the number of applications from Indian students after a spate of hate crimes and fear and anxiety about potential changes to visa policies by the Trump Administration.

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Mumbai

New coastal management plan safeguards Mumbai salt pans

Realty slump, HC ban on construction halves civic body's income from DP dept

Deduct 50% of dues from crop cover fund, district co-op banks told

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Delhi

Delhi Metro's ridership crosses one billion mark in 2016-17
The cumulative ridership of the Delhi Metro within a financial year crossed the one billion mark (100 crores) for the first time on Wednesday.

Raj-era CP's Regal signature signs off, says not the end

Both night and day temperatures at record highs

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Bangalore

Psychiatrists: Mental health bill lacks focus on community care

People want my son to be CM again, says Deve Gowda

Both southwest and northeast monsoons failed in Karnataka in 2016

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Hyderabad

Plea to servitors for a smooth Rath Yatra
Alarmed by last year's Rath Yatra fiasco when some servitors of Jagannath Temple misbehaved with Puri district collector Aravind Agrawal and journalists, the state government on Thursday sought cooperation from the servitors to ensure hassle-free car festival on June 25.

Smuggler knew time up, made moll empire queen

Workers were sitting ducks, Ananda kept eyes wide shut

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Chennai

After SC ban, BS-III two-wheelers turn cheap, registration up by 50%
A day after the Supreme Court banned the sale of Bharat Stage III (BS-III) vehicles, regional transport offices (RTOs) across Tamil Nadu were on Thursday swamped with up to 50% more registration applications than normal, mostly from owners of cut-price automobiles with emission norms that will be illegal from April 1.

Speaker orders removal of Pondy municipal commissioner

Prices of commodities to shoot up as trucks go off roads

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Ahmedabad

Amit Shah, CM Vijay Rupani meet Vaghela
After attending the state assembly on Thursday, Amit Shah, Naranpura MLA, and BJP’s national president, drew added public attention by visiting the office of leader-of-opposition, Shankersinh Vaghela.

Bill to regularize construction passed Bill to regularize unauthorized construction titles on private land passed
The Gujarat Land Revenue (Amendment) Bill 2017 was passed in the assembly on Thursday. It allows for regularizing some 7 lakh properties built on agricultural land, without converting the land use purpose.

Amit Shah sings paeans to Gujarat development model

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Allahabad

Crusading villagers to revive ancient river Jwalamukhi

Mahakaushal Express derailment: Rescue work continues on war footing
Following the derailment of eight coaches of Nizamuddin bound (12189) Mahakaushal Express near Mahoba station in the wee hours of Thursday, railway authorities of North Central Railway have commenced the relief and rescue work on a war footing.

UP Board squads nail only 3 centres
Amid rampant cheating, flying squads have found only three centres across the state where UP Board examinees were being dictated answers by invigilators.

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Bhubaneswar

Twitter war: District leaders to get a date with Naveen Patnaik
BJD Lok Sabha MP Baijayant Panda's assertion that the party has been taken over by corrupt elements seems to have had its desired effect.

Odisha CM orders probe into journalist's molestation charge
Chief minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday asked commissioner of police Y B Khurania to inquire into a Facebook post of a local journalist, who alleged she was molested in a running bus on Wednesday and her frantic phone calls to police and women helpline cell went unheeded.

'BJD will collapse sooner than later'
BJP national secretary Suresh Pujari feels the party's national executive meeting (April 15 and 16) will be a turning point in Odisha politics.

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Bhopal

Madhya Pradesh: Self-immolating wife hugs husband, he stabs her dead

Fake Whatsapp news claiming '22 deaths' kept Madhya Pradesh police on toes
Fake accident stories on social media have become a major concern for the Madhya Pradesh even as on Wednesday a report on “22 deaths in road accident near Budhni” kept them on toes for several hours.

Cabinet rejig on cards, MP may emulate UP with deputy CM

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Chandigarh

DSP suspended for graft in rape case
Haryana government on Thursday suspended deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Desh Bandhu over corruption charges. An official of the police department said that Bandhu would remain in the office of Panchkula deputy commissioner of police (DCP) during the period of suspension.

Foreign liquor sale: Firm denies 'sham' allegations
Responding to the allegations of National Restaurant Association of India, the firm, which had won the bid for L-IBF license for selling foreign liquor in Haryana, was a sham company, Lake Forest Wines Company has claimed that the accusation were futile and did not hold any base.

UP clampdown fails to impact sales in Haryana's poultry hub
Even as the clampdown by the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government on unauthorized meat trade has badly hit the business there, poultry industry of Barwala-Raipurrani area in Panchkula district has not witnessed any visible decline in its sales.

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