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Thursday, June 14, 2012

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June 14, 2012

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Clean-up drive: Spit in Mamata's city, cough up a hefty fine
Spurred by the CM's fury, her officials are resurrecting an eight-year-old law that imposes a fine of Rs 200 on spitters. But the penalty may be even steeper

Indian money in Swiss banks rise for first time in five years
The quantum of money held by Indians in Swiss banks stood about Rs 12,740 crore at the end of 2011 — rising for the first time in the past five years.

If Congress proposes Pranab's name, then there will be a contest: TMC
Hitting back at the Congress, Trinamool Congress said it had not gone out of decorum. Trinamool said if Congress proposes Pranab's name, there will be a contest

Cities

Nithyananda granted bail in assault case
Controversial self-styled godman Nithyananda, arrested in an assault case, was granted bail by a Ramanagara court.

Bhanwari Devi murder case: Accused flees from court premises
An undertrial prisoner managed to escape from police custody in the court premises with the help of some accomplices.

Business

Government defers urea price hike by 10 per cent
The government deferred the fertiliser ministry's proposal to hike retail prices of urea by 10 per cent to Rs 5,841 per ton for fiscal year 2012-13.

Sensex falls 203 points as higher inflation trims rate cut hopes
Sensex shedding nearly 203 points as inflation, which rose to 7.5 per cent in May, dampened hopes of a rate cut by Reserve Bank next week.

Sports

Euro 2012: Bendtner could face sanction over ambush marketing
Nicklas Bendtner could face sanction by UEFA after revealing the logo of a betting company while celebrating his second goal against Portugal.

Saina Nehwal reaches quarterfinals of Indonesia Open
Saina Nehwal overcame a challenge from Aprilla Yuswandari of Indonesia to enter the women's singles quarterfinals of the Indonesia Open Super Series.

Entertainment

Courteney and ex David planning 'smooth divorce'
There was no pre-nuptial agreement and the former couple has agreed to split the money earned during the 12 years the actors were together in half.

Pallavi Rao enters Yahan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli
The talented actress is all charged up for her cameo in Zee TV's 'Yahan Main Ghar Ghar Kheli', where she plays a cop.

Infotech

Infosys gets IT park status in West Bengal
Mamata Banerjee government has offered the IT bellwether the status of a software technology park (STP) instead of the SEZ status demanded by it.

Dell plans to cut expenses by $2 billion
Computer maker Dell is planning to trim its expenses by more than $2 billion during the next three years as it tries to move into the more lucrative fields of technology.

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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

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June 12, 2012

Top Headlines

IIT-Guwahati director under attack for supporting Sibal's single test proposal
IIT-Guwahati director Gautam Barua came under attack today from the apex body of the faculties of all IITs for supporting the Centre's 'one-nation one-test' proposal.

Presidential polls on July 19, results on July 22: Election Commission
Presidential polls will be held on July 19 and the counting of votes will take place on July 21, four days ahead before incumbent Pratibha Patil ends her term.

Pressure mounts on RBI to cut rates as growth nearly stalls
The RBI faces tough choices, with several economists warning that a rate cut without policy measures to reduce supply bottlenecks will drive inflation higher.

Cities

Distressed wife immolates self & son
A 23-year old woman immolated herself and her 2-year old son reportedly over continued harassment by her husband in Bundi town on Monday night.

Schoolgirl raped for a year by teacher
A girl studying in a coaching institute at Bhiwadi was allegedly gangraped by the teacher and two aides for almost a year.

Business

Rupee falls for third day after output data
The rupee fell for a third consecutive session today hitting at one point its lowest against the dollar in more than a week.

Sensex ends at 1-month high
Sensex rose 1.1 per cent to its highest close in over a month after weak output data raised hopes that the RBI will cut both interest rates and the CRR.

Sports

Djokovic, Nadal building superb Grand Slam rivalry
After all of those Grand Slam finals between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, a record eight in all, there's a new tantalizing tennis rivalry.

England consolidate No. 1 spot; India remain 4th
India remained fourth even as England took an outright lead as the number one team after claiming the three-match Test series against the West Indies 2-0.

Entertainment

Gangs of Wasseypur writer faces threat to life
ven as Anurag Kashyap's ambitious film Gangs of Wasseypur inches close to release, writer Syed Zeeshan Qadri finds himself in hot water.

Salman to play a superhero with magical locks
In his upcoming project Sher Khan, to be directed by brother Sohail Khan, he will play a superhero with special powers in his shoulder length hair.

Infotech

'Steve Jobs used abusive language'
A former senior manager at Apple revealed that the firm's former co-founder had once called him a 'f***chop.

Infosys 2011-12: 8 little-known facts
Cognizant is all set to go past Infosys to become the second largest offshore IT services provider.

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Monday, June 11, 2012

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June 11, 2012

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S&P warns India of a rating downgrade to junk category
S&P has warned that India risks a sovereign downgrade that would result in the country dropping off the list of countries with an investment-grade rating.

Jaganmohan Reddy throws tantrums at CBI court, says govt humiliating him
The YSR Congress chief will remain in jail for two more weeks with a CBI court extending his judicial remand till June 25 in disproportionate assets case.

Rafael Nadal beats Novak Djokovic to win record seventh French Open title
Rafael Nadal overtook Bjorn Borg, who won six Roland Garros titles, and ended Djokovic's hopes of becoming the third man to win four consecutive Grand Slams.

Cities

Sanskrit institute gets IITians help
An email thread, circulated on the subject, had made its way to the mailing list of the IIT-Madras alumni batch of 1971.

Rapist dad charged with attempt to murder
An HIV positive man, who allegedly raped his minor step daughter infecting her with the life threatening disease, has been put on trial by a Delhi court.

Business

Staff face heat as economy goes cold
Indian companies are focussing on trimming staff costs to weather the impact of an economic slowdown.

Sensex touches 1-month high in early trade
Sensex advanced to a one-month high at 16,893.81 in early trade on Monday on easing of euro-zone debt worries, but eased later.

Sports

Wisden Indian award for Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar was presented the Wisden India Outstanding Achievement award for completing a century of 100 international hundreds.

Euro 2012: Croatia thrash Ireland, Italy hold Spain 1-1
Croatia beat Ireland 3-1 in their Euro 2012 opener, with Mario Mandzukic scoring two in a meeting that saw both teams battle hard from start to finish.

Entertainment

Sanjay and I are friends for life: John Abraham
Sanjay Dutt and Sanjay Gupta had a massive fall-out after which the Dutt and Gupta camps became seriously polarized.

Christian Bale blames Leonardo for thwarting his career?
Actor Christian Bale's former publicist reveals the dark side of the Batman star in his new book.

Infotech

Wintel bets big on Windows 8
Microsoft, Intel and the Taiwan-based companies that build the computers their products power and run on is taking a huge collective bet on Windows 8.

Google, Apple using 'spy planes' to create maps
The companies are racing to produce aerial maps so detailed they can show up objects just four inches wide.

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Sunday, June 10, 2012

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June 10, 2012

Top Headlines

Congress will be wiped out in 2012 polls: Narendra Modi
The poster war within the BJP continued on Sunday with more pro-Sanjay Joshi posters and others apparently targeting Modi appearing in Rajkot city.

Alert women pilots save over 48 lives aboard Air India plane
The presence of mind of two women pilots saved the lives of 48 passengers and the crew aboard Guwahati-bound AI plane that made an emergency landing today.

Al-Qaida group says Obama, Clinton worth only chickens, camels
A Somali Islamist militant group is offering rewards of chickens and camels for information on the whereabouts of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

Cities

Rave party busted; 14 held, released
Ankola police on Saturday night arrested 14 persons who were the part of an alleged rave party at Honey beach resort.

Pregnant woman confronts husband's attackers
A woman led to the capture of assailants who shot her husband by clinging on to one of them till they were caught.

Business

Pranab to meet bank heads
Pranab Mukherjee will meet on Tuesday with heads of public sector banks to discuss credit flow to productive sectors and review their performance in the last fiscal.

Top 10 Sensex firms add Rs 68,517 cr in m-cap
Top ten Sensex companies added Rs 68,517 crore to their combined market capitalisation with the benchmark index logging its best weekly gains this year.

Sports

Saina Nehwal beats Inthanon to win Thailand Open
Saina Nehwal got a shot in the arm ahead of next month's Olympics as she lifted the Thailand Open Grand Prix Gold title.

Dhoni tells Kohli to control aggression
Virat Kohli's on-field aggression has been the topic of discussion in the cricket fraternity but the India vice-captain is working hard on changing his attitude.

Entertainment

Vikram Bhatt denies tiff with Karisma, Babita
Director Vikram Bhatt repudiates reports that Karisma Kapoor and her mother is upset with him after "Dangerous Ishq" tanked at the box office.

Eva Mendes wants baby with boyfriend Ryan Gosling
The 38-year-old actress Eva Mendes is reportedly desperate to have a baby with boyfriend Ryan Gosling.

Infotech

7 tools to bring down your mobile bill
Inflated phone and SMS bills are a thing of the past.Here are some of the options you can explore.

Facebook camera app vs Instagram
Facebook's new camera app makes sharing photos on the social media site a breeze. It's an improvement on posting photos using its main mobile app.

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