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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

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November 15, 2011

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Mayawati cabinet proposes division of UP into four states
UP chief minister Mayawati announced she would table the proposal to divide UP into four smaller states in the state assembly's winter session.

Kingfisher Airlines doesn't need taxpayers' money: Mallya
We have not asked for any bailout. We have not asked the govt to dip into the taxpayers' money, said Vijay Mallya.

Petrol prices slashed by Rs 1.85 per litre
Oil companies, for the first time after deregulation, have announced cut in petrol prices by Rs 1.85 per litre.

Cities

Books on sex education fly off the shelf in Patna
Deprived of 'holistic sex education' in government schools, Bihari youths are going all out to buy books on sex education at the Patna Book Fair.

Cop blown up while defusing bomb in West Bengal
The victim and two others were defusing a pile of 1,100 bombs seized from Bolpur's strife-stricken Nanoor region.

Business

Coca-Cola will invest $2bn in India to tap growth
Coca-Cola plans to double its global revenues in the next decade as part of Vision 2020 and feels India will play a crucial role in achieving its target.

Rupee ends at 32-month low against USD
The rupee ended at the 32-month low of 50.67/68 falling further by 37 paise against the US currency.

Sports

It was sad to see an empty Eden Gardens: Ganguly
The second Test between India and West Indies began with less than a thousand spectator in attendance, a pitiful sight for a historical venue .

Sachin Tendulkar completes 22 years in international cricket
<b> It was on November 15, 1989 that 16-year-old Tendulkar made his debut under Krish Srikkanth in the Karachi Test against Pakistan.

Entertainment

Genelia D'Souza is a bottle collector
Genelia D'Souza, as it turns out, is a perfume collector - especially of those that come in pretty bottles.

Asin is too sexy for Kamaal R Khan
Though the actress is not on the micro blogging website, friends have told her that every morning, KRK gives her 'a kiss'.

Infotech

Google, not Apple is top choice of US students
Google tops the list when it comes to where US business students want to work after graduating, according to a survey.

3G services on roaming may go soon
The telecom department plans to ask mobile phone companies to terminate 3G-roaming agreements.

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Monday, November 14, 2011

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November 14, 2011

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Black money: 'PM, Sonia in the dock'
Advani said Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi will be in the dock on the issue of black money during the coming winter session of Parliament.

Dawood Ibrahim looking for a burial spot in Mumbai
Following two cardiac arrests, Dawood's movements have been restricted. Last year he advanced his daughter's wedding after the second heart scare.

Rahul Gandhi shown black flags by SP activists at UP rally
Protests were held at Phulpur in Allahabad against Rahul Gandhi. Rahul was here to kickstart the Congress campaign for 2012 UP polls.

Cities

Doctor beaten up for outraging woman's modesty
Anil Tayde was severely beaten up by the husband of a 27-year-old woman after the former allegedly outraged her modesty.

Ramanujan essay: DU teachers write to VC
Members of DU's academic council wrote to the VC expressing their support for the decision to do away with Ramanujan's essay on Ramayana.

Business

Asian markets rise as Italy vows debt crisis plan
Asian markets rose on Monday as Italy's new leader vowed to pull the debt-laden country out from brink of a fiscal disaster.

Inflation inches up further to 9.73% in October
Inflation, measured by the Wholesale Price Index (WPI), was 9.72% in the previous month.

Sports

Sydney Cricket Ground to stage 100th Test against India
The Sydney Cricket Ground will become only the third venue to host 100 Test matches when Australia play India in January.

Heartbreak as Sachin Tendulkar misses elusive 100th ton again
Tendulkar, a ton away from achieving the milestone, departed on 38 in the first innings at Eden Gardens.

Entertainment

Shreyas shoots for item number with Chitrangada
Shreyas Talpade is excited about shooting for an item song with actress Chitrangada Singh in their new film "Joker".

Emraan Hashmi's most wanted in Pakistan
A leading Pakistani TV channel has started a show titled Main Tum Aur Imran Hashmi without the actor's knowledge.

Infotech

3G fails to impress subscribers
A Neilsen survey has found that despite the advertising blitz, only 19% customers say they plan to use 3G services.

Steve Jobs now part of B-school curriculum
Institute of Finance and International Management (IFIM), Bangalore has introduced Steve Jobs as part of their curriculum.

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Sunday, November 13, 2011

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November 13, 2011

Top Headlines

People with clean image to be inducted in team: Anna Hazare
His comments come close on the heels of Team Anna members facing flak after getting engulfed in a series of controversies including financial misconduct.

Those who die must die, says Rahul Bajaj on Kingfisher crisis
"I am proud private sector man and I don't see any logic of bailing out any private sector company either for sake of employees or customers," Bajaj said.

US apologises to APJ Abdul Kalam for frisking incident
In a written apology to Kalam and the Indian government, the US said, "Appropriate procedure for expedited screening of dignitaries had not been followed".

Cities

One held for misusing ambassador's credit card
A man from Amritsar who reportedly purchased goods worth Rs 2 lakh online by fradulently using the credit card of the Indian ambassador to Sudan has been arrested.

3 cops jump off train to nab suspect
A hasty action by 3 cops from the Pune police to catch an undertrial after he jumped off a speeding train proved costly as they ended up in hospital with broken limbs.

Business

Further fuel hike if oil prices rise: PM
<b> <b> Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday indicated that the fuel prices may have to be hiked again if international oil prices escalate further.

Emirates orders Boeing 777s for $18bn
Emirates Airlines has ordered 50 long-range Boeing 777 passenger jets worth a combined $18 billion dollars, the Dubai-based carrier's chairman and CEO said.

Sports

Chalmers beats Woods to Australian title
<b> Greg Chalmers shot a three-under-par 69 to win his 2nd Australian Open by one stroke as Tiger Woods' quest to end his title drought came up just short.

Cricket writer Roebuck commits suicide
<b> According to a statement released by South African police, the renowned cricket writer Peter Roebuck, who led Somerset in 1980s, took away his own life.

Entertainment

Jennifer Lopez in India?
After Lady Gaga, Paris Hilton and Tom Cruise, American rapper Armando Christian Perez aka Pitbull is coming to India for a three-city tour in December.

Akshay likes the new me: John Abraham
<b> After his Dostana with Abhishek Bachchan, John Abraham seems to have found friendship in 'Garam Masala' co-star Akshay Kumar.

Infotech

Review: Motorola Droid Razr
With its super-slim, stylish frame, Motorola's Razr phone became incredibly popular in 2004 - a smash hit that Motorola hasn't been able to replicate.

Social media in job market
The desire of young professionals to use social media and the internet more freely in the workplace is strong enough to influence their future job choice.

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Saturday, November 12, 2011

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November 12, 2011

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Shoes hurled at cavalcade of Varun Gandhi
Agitated BJP workers hurled shoes at the cavalcade of party MP Varun Gandhi on Saturday after he allegedly refused to attend a function.

Top Lokayukta cop shifted to sabotage probe against BSY: Santosh Hegde
Jeevan Kumar V Gaonkar who was serving addl director general of police of Karnataka Lokayukta was transferred on Friday by state government.

Good times for Air India as Kingfisher flies into turbulence
On Saturday, Air India released an instalment of pending allowances to its employees and said it would pay the last month's salary on Monday.

Cities

Woman dies after being given 'expired' injection
A woman died at a private hospital here after she was allegedly administered an injection whose expiry date had passed, according to the police.

Man held for killing NRI wife
Police said Sumit Handa, a busines development manager, strangulated & stabbed his wife to death on Oct 29, dumped her body and set it on fire.

Business

IMF chief: Japan not immune to eurozone crisis
IMF chief said Italy's financial reform is key to reducing the impact of eurozone crisis and no country is immune to consequences if the efforts fall short.

Freight rates fall on excess trucks
Freight rates for ten metric tonne loads to select destinations declined by Rs 500 in the local truck transport market today amid lower movement of cargo.

Sports

Bopanna and Qureshi storm into Paris Masters final
Rohan Bopanna and his partner Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi are one step away from winning their third ATP title of the season as they stormed into the final of the Paris Masters.

Eden hopes to witness Sachin's 100th ton
After scoring a century in the Cape Town Test against South Africa, Sachin has failed to play even one triple figure knock in the 11 Test innings.

Entertainment

'KBC 5' nears end, Big B emotional
With the finale of " Kaun Banega Crorepati 5" being aired next week, Amitabh Bachchan says it is hard to say goodbye to the popular game show.

SRK to endorse West Bengal
Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan has agreed to become the brand ambassador of West Bengal agreeing to a request from chief minister Mamata Banerjee.

Infotech

Users complain Apple update didn't fix battery?
Apple customers say devices with new iOS 5 operating system still suffered from weak battery life, even after company issued software update to fix the malfunction.

EC plans using Facebook to educate voters
EC is planning to take the help of social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter to impart electoral messages to young voters, CEC S Y Quraishi said.

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Friday, November 11, 2011

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November 11, 2011

Top Headlines

Soumya killer gets death sentence by Kerala court
30-year-old Govindachamy, who pushed Soumya out of a running train, raped her and left her to die was awarded the death sentence by a Kerala court.

Hindu doctors' murder a sad day for Pakistan, says Imran Khan
Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has strongly condemned the killing of Hindu doctors by armed assailants in Pakistan's Sindh province.

Kingfisher Airlines seeks govt help, more flights cancelled
Vijay Mallya has asked Pranab Mukherjee & civil aviation minister Vayalar Ravi to help Kingfisher in infusion of funds through banks at low interest rates.

Cities

Hyderabad, a home Sikhs call their own

Techie held for credit card theft let off

Business

S&P's views have offset Moody's downgrade of banking: Montek

'No arbitration for Infosys in visa fraud case'

Sports

Mary Kom has good chance for Olympic medal: AIBA

Pacers' emergence good for India: Zak

Entertainment

Vidya in wonderland with SRK

I've grown as a performer: Priyanka

Infotech

Google facing mid-life crisis

Confessions of a laid-off Twitter addict

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Thursday, November 10, 2011

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November 10, 2011

Top Headlines

27 Indian fishermen arrested by Pak
Pakistani authorities have arrested 27 Indian fishermen on charges of fishing illegally in the country's waters, officials said on Thursday.

ED issues summons to Jaganmohan Reddy
The Enforcement Directorate has issued summons in connection with the money laundering case against Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy.

Saarc summit: India, Pak declare 'new chapter' in ties
Describing Yousaf Raza Gilani as 'man of peace', PM Manmohan Singh said that the dialogue process has yielded positive results.

Cities

6 babies die at Malda hospital
After BC Roy hospital in Kolkata, it is now the turn of Malda district hospital where at least six babies died within last 24 hours.

VAT reforms boost revenues in Bihar
The Nitish Kumar government's gamble on taxes has paid off, reconfirming that transparent laws and modest level of taxes yield higher revenues.

Business

Mahindra Satyam Q2 profit soars
IT firm Mahindra Satyam on Thursday posted a 10-fold growth in profit-after-tax to Rs 238 crore for the second quarter of the 2011-12 financial year.

Rate hike, fuel cost hit car sales
The auto industry posted a decline of 23.8% in October sales, the highest monthly drop in over 10 years, due to high interest rates and rising fuel prices.

Sports

Fallout with Tendulkar my biggest regret: Chappell
"My biggest regret was falling out with Sachin over him batting at number four in the one-day team", Chappell wrote in his book.

Akram praises Ashwin for dream debut
Former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram praised Indian off-spinner R Ashwin for his excellent Test debut against the West Indies.

Entertainment

Sonakshi is Akshay's desi girl
He recently said that he can only think of only Sonakshi Sinha as the ultimate desi girl.

Salman Khan studying nuclear physics
For this role, he needed to know the background of nuclear science and so he read up material on nuclear physics.

Infotech

IBM India to increase women execs by 20%
IBM India will launch custom-made training programmes for its potential women leaders in technology and sales.

Flash sucks, Steve Jobs had said
Many analysts are terming it a victory for late Apple CEO Steve Jobs who famously derided Flash as an inefficient power-hog.

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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

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November 09, 2011

Top Headlines

UP needs reorganisation panel: BJP
Former BJP national president Rajnath Singh said that BJP supports creation of small states but such decisions are not taken in a hurry.

China's No. 1 target is US, next is India, says George W Bush
"If the US had not befriended Pak, Pak would have become more dangerous. But now US patience is wearing off," George W Bush said.

Narendra Modi in China, says Gujarat is different from rest of India
Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi wooed Chinese investments on Wednesday saying his state was very different from the rest of India.

Cities

Tense, BSY woke up early
The fate of bail petition on his mind, Yeddyurappa woke up a early on Tuesday, took his bath before performing an elaborate pooja in Parappana Agrahara Central Jail.

Woman security guard molested
A woman security guard of a well-known private security firm was allegedly molested by three youths at Cyber Park in Sector 46.

Business

IOC reports quarterly net loss of Rs 7,485.55cr
The country's largest oil retailer during the like period of previous financial year had posted a net profit of Rs.5,293.95 crore, the company said in a regulatory filing.

Tata Consultancy wins $2.2bn order
Tata Consultancy Services said on Wednesday it won a $2.2 billion order, boosting its shares more than 3.5 percent in a flat market.

Sports

Not a perfect start to series: Dhoni
Dhoni savoured the win but said had they batted well in first innings, he would have said without any hesitation that it was a perfect start to series against Indies.

Fans stunned as Sachin misses 100th ton
Fans were stunned into silence at the Feroz Shah Kotla stadium on Wednesday when Sachin Tendulkar yet again missed out on his 100th international hundred.

Entertainment

John is looking for a Donor
John Abraham decided to produce films last year, and now he is ready to announce the first film from his banner JA Entertainment Pvt Ltd.

No 'seconds' for Aamir, Shah Rukh?
Aamir is busy working on Reema Kagti's film, which is yet to be titled and neither Khan is in the mood for 'seconds' yet!

Infotech

Steve Jobs in Lost Interview
A recently discovered video copy of a 1995 interview with Steve Jobs shows the Apple co-founder at a healthier time, not long before he rejoined the company.

Adobe plans to lay off 750
Adobe is updating its suite of products to keep pace with trends and moving to support the increasingly popular HTML5 programing language.

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