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Thursday, May 24, 2012

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May 24, 2012

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Rajesh, Nupur Talwar charged with Aarushi's murder
An additional charge has been framed against Rajesh Talwar for misleading the court and filing a false FIR in the Aarushi murder case.

UPA dinner: Trinamool plays down red carpet welcome to Mulayam
Mamata's Trinamool Congress appears not to want to precipitate a crisis with a knee-jerk response on the eve of the presidential election and then the Lok Sabha polls.

Petrol price hike: Opposition unites to call for all India bandh on May 31
Government is all set to face a united Opposition onslaught on petrol price hike and price spiral as efforts are on to forge a larger political consensus for a Bharat bandh.

Cities

Three buses damaged in petrol price hike protest
Three buses were damaged as protestors resorted to stone pelting agitation against the petrol price hike.

Heat wave continues to sweep Uttar Pradesh
Heat wave conditions continued unabated in different parts of Uttar Pradesh today with the temperature rising up to six degrees above normal at some places in the state.

Business

Rupee recovers from record low, up 14 paise against dollar
After hitting a record low of Rs 56.38 against the US dollar during the day, the rupee recovered 14 paise from Wednesday's closing level of 56.

Eurozone tunnel darkens, crisis deepens
Eurozone tensions rose again on Thursday with grim signals from business, and a rush for German bonds on the risk of chaos over Greece.

Sports

Snub by BCCI hurts Dilip Vengsarkar
Former India skipper Dilip Vengsakar, batting star Gundappa Vishwanath, ex-India stumper Syed Kirmani and the gutsy Mohinder Amarnath will not get the booty.

Pakistan drub Argentina 4-2 in Azlan Shah opener
Pakistan opened the scoring in the 34th minute, when they just had nine players on the field.

Entertainment

Akshay bows out to avoid a clash with Ajay, SRK!
In true Khiladi spirit, the actor postponed the release of his film to avoid clashing with his friends.

Phillip Phillips wins 'American Idol'
Phillip Phillips won American Idol on Wednesday, becoming the fifth male singer in a row to take the title and a guaranteed recording contract.

Infotech

How Google gets all your private data
After months of negotiation, Johannes Caspar, a German data protection official, forced Google to show him exactly what its Street View cars had been collecting.

How gaming is helping students score more marks
Eight-year-old Ashish Gupta, a third standard student, could never really understand what a fraction was.

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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

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May 23, 2012

Top Headlines

Reinstate sacked Air India pilots, will talk: Indian Pilots Guild
Indian Pilots Guild, spearheading the 16-day-old strike, said they were ready to talk "right now" with Ajit Singh if the 101 sacked Air India pilots were taken back.

Army chopper crashes in Siachen, pilot dead
An Indian Army officer was killed and another injured on Wednesday when the helicopter they were piloting crashed on the Siachen glacier.

Gory sight to see people aflame, say train passengers
Overcome by the shock, the passengers who arrived at the Bangalore railway station, said the cries of burning passengers still rang in their ears.

Cities

Accident kills six in Assam
At least six people, including a woman and two children, were killed and over 40 others injured Wednesday when two buses collided in Assam, police said.

Talwars saw Aarushi, Hemraj in compromising position, killed them: CBI
The CBI told a special court that Rajesh and Nupur Talwar killed Aarushi and Hemraj in a fit of rage after finding them in a compromising position.

Business

Rupee drops to 56 versus dollar, despite RBI action
The Indian rupee slumped to a new record low of 56 to the dollar on Wednesday weighed down by global risk aversion.

Silver down Rs 300 on sustained selling
Silver continued to slide for the 3rd straight session and lost Rs 300 to Rs 53,900 per kg, due to sustained selling by stockists in tandem with a weakening global trend.

Sports

IPL: Mumbai hold edge over Chennai
Both Mumbai and Chennai, with the kind of talent at their disposal, filled as they are with the right mix of international and national stars, should have done far better.

Anand may not require tie-breaks, says K Humpy
K Humpy, women's World chess championship finalist last year, said Viswanathan Anand has "high chances" to win the battle for the men's crown.

Entertainment

Ranveer and Anushka just friends?
He had famously said, he can read every single reaction on her face. But Ranveer Singh has always maintained that he is just 'good friends' with Anushka Sharma.

'Department' debacle: Now RGV blames Abhishek Bachchan
I am not blaming anyone except myself. The biggest mistake I made was to go to an actor as unprofessional and as unimaginably erratic as Dutt, said Ram Gopal Varma.

Infotech

TCS, Infosys, Wipro to use NAC-Tech test for hiring
In a move to filter the 'quality' of engineering graduates hired, software majors have agreed to use the Nasscom assessment for competence in technology test.

Facebook: Users are owners of content on the website
US-based Facebook, accused of hosting allegedly objectionable content, told a court here that the content on its website is owned by its users.

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Tuesday, May 22, 2012

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May 22, 2012

Top Headlines

Gory sight to see people aflame, say train passengers
Overcome by the shock, the passengers who arrived at the Bangalore railway station, said the cries of burning passengers still rang in their ears.

Rajiv Gandhi's assassin scores 91% in class 12 board exam
Perarivalan, one of the 3 convicts on death row, was 19 years when he was picked up by CBI in 1991. He was charged with assisting in assassination of Rajiv Gandhi.

Villagers clash violently as youth elopes with aunt in Morena district
Two families clashed violently in a village in Morena district in MP after a 35-year-old married woman reportedly eloped with a 19-year-old youth on Saturday.

Cities

'Mother pushing me into prostitution'
Police here on Monday rescued a girl, who alleged that her mother had been forcing her into prostitution.

DDA sells 87 CWG flats for Rs 400cr
Nearly Rs 400 crore worth of residential apartments by the Yamuna in Delhi's Commonwealth Games Village were lapped up in an auction on Monday.

Business

Re hits fresh all-time low against dollar
The rupee hit an all-time low against the dollar for the fifth successive trading day on Tuesday amid concern about slowing domestic growth.

McDowell's joins Amul in $2bn sales club
Guess which are the top two consumer brands in India? Here's a hint: Both are liquids, but poles apart as far as their consumption pattern is concerned.

Sports

It's Viru vs Gauti as Delhi face Kolkata
Friends turned IPL foes Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir will lock horns once more when Delhi take on Kolkata in the IPL Qualifier 1.

Olympics will be easier than Worlds: Mary Kom
"There are too many boxers at the World Championships and all are desperate to qualify," said Mary Kom.

Entertainment

Anjana Sukhani's upset with RGV
Hottie Anjana Sukhani has been making more news for her ire against Ram Gopal Verma than for her films.

Krrish 3 not in 3-D
Rakesh Roshan seems to have changed his mind about shooting his action-adventure film Krrish 3 in 3D.

Infotech

Apple brochure reveals details on spaceship campus
Apple's CFO is asking the residents of Cupertino, California, to support the company's new 2.8 million square foot spaceship-like campus.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's fortune plunges
Mark Zuckerberg's fortune dropped $2.1 billion as shares of Facebook Inc, fell below the company's $38 offer price in its 2nd day of trading.

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Monday, May 21, 2012

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May 21, 2012

Top Headlines

Luke Pomersbach admits to molesting US woman: Reports
Aussie cricketer Luke Pomersbach, who was with RCB in IPL 5, has reportedly confessed to being drunk and unintentionally touching the victim Zohal Hamid.

White paper for setting of Lokpal to deal with black money
The white paper, tabled by Pranab Mukherjee in Lok Sabha, also suggested tax incentives for encouraging use of debit and credit cards as these leave audit trails.

Mamata won't endorse Pranab Mukherjee for President
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has refused to endorse finance minister Pranab Mukherjee for the President's post, giving a twist to the race.

Cities

Rave partygoers let off after medical test
IPL players Wayne Parnell and Rahul Sharma, who were detained along with 94 others during a raid on a rave party, were let off after a medical test.

ICAR: Rise of temperature not a cause of worry for agriculture
Though no immediate adverse impact of global warming has been seen on output of grain, experts feel the country should draw sharp strategy to deal with it.

Business

Rupee hits all-time low, touches 55 versus US dollar
India Inc wants the RBI to intervene, but the central bank is hesitant to do so since the decline of rupee is due to global factors.

Australian airline Qantas to cut 500 jobs
Australia's largest airline Qantas Airways announced that it would cut 500 jobs following a review of its heavy aircraft maintenance and engineering operations.

Sports

Will quit cricket if found guilty: Rahul
Rahul Sharma of Pune Warriors, who was detained along with Wayne Parnell apart from 94 others from a rave party in a Mumbai hotel, has pleaded complete innocence.

Grappling with gender bias, London beckons Geeta
Such attention and encouragement is routine for a top athlete, but it is unusual for women from Geeta's village in Haryana.

Entertainment

Big B confirms granddaughter's name is Aaradhya
Abhishek and Aishwarya welcomed their first child, a daughter, Nov 16 last year and since then fans have been curious to know her name.

How Aamir's show scores over Oprah's
Three weeks into his show Satyamev Jayate, Aamir Khan surely seems to have a cult following.

Infotech

Microsoft launches So.cl network
Software giant Microsoft has launched So.cl (pronounced "social"), a social 'network' that ran in beta and was tested by university students in 2011.

Facebook may allow children to join
Facebook may relax a ban on children under the age of 13 after finding that some kids with their parents' permission and help, were already using it.

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