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| December 20, 2011 |
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| | Lokpal Bill to be tabled on Dec 27, winter session extended The draft note on Lokpal Bill has been cleared by the PM as Parliament's winter session extended till December 29. Russia expresses sadness over move to ban Bhagvad Gita "I consider it categorically inadmissible when any holy scripture is taken to the courts," said Alexander M Kadakin, Russian ambassador in India. Chidambaram heckled in Lok Sabha There was noisy protests and slogans whenever the home minister stood up to answer questions on issues like human trafficking in the Lok Sabha. | | | Neeraj Grover murder case: Emile Jerome denied bail Observing that there was sufficient circumstantial evidence, the Bombay high court rejected the bail plea of naval officer Emile Jerome. Bangalore's cost of living: Affordable for techies, not for others One of the more affordable places to live in India, the IT boom has ensured that the cost of living in Bangalore has shot up in the last decade. | | | Mukesh Ambani in talks to buy Network 18: Report Mukesh Ambani, the chairman of Reliance Industries, India's biggest conglomerate, is in talks to buy Network 18, the television and internet company. Indian cash rates climb to 5-month high Banks borrowed Rs 1.64 trillion from the RBI's repo counter, just below Rs 1.66 trillion a day earlier that was the highest in nearly a year. | | | Lyon backed to rein in Sachin Tendulkar Australians feel that seven-Test old off-spinner Nathan Lyon could tie Tendulkar up in knots in the four-match Test series. Kohli, Ashwin shine but Zaheer disappoints in warm-up game Kohli slammed 132 in a team total of 269 as his other batting colleagues, including captain M S Dhoni, failed to impress. | | | It is tough to wear a bikini: Bipasha Basu We have a strong bikini culture but the girls find it hard to pull off the look, as it is tough to wear a bikini, swimsuit is easy though, says Bipasha. When Salman-SRK partied together! Riteish Deshmukh managed the impossible by getting Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan under the same roof. | | | Apple, Google testing wearable devices Apple and Google are working on wearable technology that would send data to their smartphones, US media reported. BT sues Google over Android patent infringement British telecoms firm BT has launched legal action against Google in the United States over patent infringement. | | | | | |