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Sunday, December 23, 2012

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December 23, 2012

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Delhi gang rape: Violence erupts at India Gate, protesters clash with police
Violence erupted at India Gate today when protesters pelted stones at the police. The police lobbed teargas shells and used water cannons to disperse the crowd.

Sachin Tendulkar retires from ODIs
Sachin Tendulkar, on Sunday announced his retirement from one-day cricket, bringing to an end a glorious 23-year-old career.

Rs 150 crore bullet-proof office ready for Narendra Modi
Gujarat CM Narendra Modi would shift to his newly-built office in Gandhinagar unofficially dubbed as the 'North Block' after 'kamurtas'.

Cities

Dikshit govt fails on its promise of safe transport system
The brutal Delhi gang rape has brought to focus the failure of the Sheila Dikshit govt in keeping its promise of safe public transport system for women.

Flight operations at IGI suspended
Flight operations at the IGI airport remained suspended for over an hour after the city witnessed the first dense fog of this winters today.

Business

Gold down 6.38% from lifetime high on other investor options
Preference for alternate safe haven options like equities and other securities by investors has taken a toll on gold prices, which dropped by as much as 6.38%.

FIIs pour $3.4 billion in December
Overseas investors have pumped in $3.4 billion in the Indian stock market so far this month, taking the total inflow for 2012 to a staggering $23 billion.

Sports

No one can drop Tendulkar, says Ganguly
Sourav Ganguly, today Sachin Tendulkar's decision to retire from the ODI cricket but thought the senior India batsman would have played the series against Pakistan.

Dhoni retains captaincy, Yuvraj Singh returns to ODI fold
Under-fire MS Dhoni retained captaincy while Yuvraj Singh returned to India's ODI team for the first time since last year's World Cup for the upcoming series against Pakistan.

Entertainment

Family time for Akshay-Twinkle
Akshay Kumar has set aside the last days of the year for his family.

Shah Rukh to quit smoking?
Shah Rukh Khan, who has been spotted smoking in public, is believed to be considering giving up on the habit.

Infotech

Review: LG Optimus Vu and Lenovo K860
We take a look at two new quad-core phablets to see if they have what it takes to compete with the Samsung Galaxy Note II.

Why Lumia sell-out no proof of Nokia's turnaround
Positive online reviews for the 920, as well as Nokia's sales deal with China Mobile, have helped Nokia shares rise over 40 percent in the past month.

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Saturday, December 22, 2012

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December 22, 2012

Top Headlines

Delhi gang rape case: Teargas, water cannons used against protesters
Girl protesters alleged that policemen hit them with lathis and declared they will launch a sit-in in the area.

Pakistan mob burns alive man accused of desecrating Quran
A mob broke into a Pakistani police station and burnt a man accused of desecrating the Quran alive, police said on Saturday.

Details of the gunman emerge a week after US school massacre
"As long as I knew him, he never really spoke," said Daniel Frost, who took a computer class with Lanza and remembered his skill with electronics.

Cities

Thane police constable gets life sentence in murder case
A police constable attached to an anti-extortion cell here, was sentenced to life imprisonment by local court in a murder case involving an octogenarian.

Mother of four sedated and raped, two held
In yet another ghastly incident in the city targeting its women, a 40-year-old mother of four was allegedly gang raped by three men after she was sedated.

Business

FM asks banks to gear up for cash transfer scheme roll out
Finance minister P Chidambaram on Friday asked banks to gear up for implementation of the ambitious cash transfer scheme.

Gold, silver rebound on low-level buying, global cues
Both the precious metals, gold and silver, recovered here on Saturday on buying by stockists and retailers at existing lower levels amid a firm global trend.

Sports

Indian squad for Pakistan series to be picked on Sunday
National cricket selectors will meet on Sunday to pick the Indian squad for the limited-overs series against Pakistan.

2nd T20: Team India looking for a home run
There is still plenty to play for as Team India meets England in the second T20 international at the Wankhede, on Saturday.

Entertainment

Sonam to seek Rekha's guidance
Sonam Kapoor, who's doing the remake of Hrishikesh Mukherjee's Khubsoorat, is very excited to reprise the role originally played by Rekha.

Vidya Balan gets back for hubby's film
Before tying the knot with longtime boyfriend Siddharth Roy Kapur on December 14, Vidya Balan had made sure she wrapped up her portions of the shoot of Ghanchakkar.

Infotech

Rashtrapati Bhavan starts online booking for tours
An online system of booking for tours of Rashtrapati Bhavan was launched by Secretary to the President Omita Paul, said an official communique.

Google to launch Motorola X-phone, tablet: Report
Google acquired Motorola in May for $12.5 billion to bolster its patent portfolio as its Android mobile operating system competes with rivals such as Apple and Samsung.

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Friday, December 21, 2012

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December 21, 2012

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Telecom scam: Chargesheet filed against Airtel, Vodafone
CBI filed the chargesheet in connection with alleged irregularities in spectrum allocation during the NDA regime involving three telecom companies.

Fatwa prohibits photos on matrimonial, social sites
An organisation of Sunni Muslim clerics here have termed as 'haraam' the uploading of photos on the internet for matrimonial purpose and on social networking sites.

Delhi gang rape: Protests outside Rashtrapati Bhavan
Police stopped the protesters near Rashtrapati Bhavan. Carrying placards and shouting slogans, the protesters demanded stringent punishment for rapists.

Cities

Mysterious cases of missing gold from lockers haunt Kozhikode cops
Complicating the case of disappearance of valuables from the locker of a Punjab National Bank branch, the police has received a third complaint against the same branch.

Delhi gang rape case: Fifth accused arrested
The fifth accused in the brutal gang-rape of a young paramedical student here was arrested from Uttar Pradesh, police said.

Business

Sensex tumbles 212 points on weak global cues; Airtel falls%
The broad-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty dropped by 68.70 points, or 1.16 per cent, to 5,847.70.

Standard and Poor's expects India's economic growth at 6.5% in 2013
For China, S&P expects the growth rate to move back to eight per cent level in 2013, after it slipped to 7.4 per cent in the third quarter of 2012.

Sports

After Tests, Pujara confident of excelling in ODIs, T20s
"I too want to excel in all three forms of cricket and all cricketers have to change their technique accordingly," says Pujara.

India looking ahead for clean sweep in T20 series
After the Test series humiliation, MS Dhoni and Duncan Fletcher would be aiming of a 2-0 whitewash in the T20s.

Entertainment

Manisha discharged from hospital, responding well: Manager
Actress Manisha Koirala, who was recently diagnosed with ovarian cancer, underwent a successful surgery in New York.

Should never have married: Kamal Hassan
Marriage is not a film you can forget if it flops, says Kamal Hasan, whose much awaited film-Vishwaroopam-is slated to hit the silver screen in January, 2013.

Infotech

Infosys BPO sees spate of senior execs exit
Infosys BPO has seen a number of senior level exits in the last few months.

Apple appeals against Samsung ruling
Apple argued that a US appeals court should reconsider its decision to overturn a pretrial sales ban on Samsung for infringement.

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Thursday, December 20, 2012

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December 20, 2012

Top Headlines

Big win for Modi in Gujarat, Himachal goes to Congress
BJP has won 113 of the 173 seats results of which have been declared so far in Gujarat, even as two top Congress leaders in the state bit the dust.

BJP evasive on question of Narendra Modi running for PM's chair
As Modi appeared set for a hat-trick in Gujarat, BJP today parried questions on whether he will be the party's PM candidate in the next LS elections.

Perpetrators of rape should be made 'impotent', NCW chief Mamta Sharma says
Demanding enactment of stringent laws to deter people from committing crimes like rape, the NCW suggested that they should be made "impotent".

Cities

Woman gang-raped at bus stand in UP
A 38-year-old woman was allegedly gang-raped by three persons at a roadways bus stand in Mau district of Uttar Pradesh.

Actor Yasho Sagar dies in road mishap
Actor Yasho Sagar who played the lead role in the Telugu movie 'Ullasanga Uthsahanga' died in a road accident in Karnataka on Wednesday.

Business

Sensex closes 22 points down
The BSE benchmark sensex today closed 22 points down on investors booking profit in blue-chip Infosys, TCS, RIL, Tata Motors and Bajaj Auto shares.

Govt promises stable tax regime
The government on Wednesday promised a stable tax regime and said it was banking on better compliance to boost revenues.

Sports

India invite England to bat in 1st T20
India won the toss and elected to field against England in the first T20 match at the Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium in Pune on Thursday.

Future of Indian bowling is bleak: Wasim Akram
As Indian pacers failed to make an impression against England, former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram says the future of Indian bowling looks "bleak".

Entertainment

Sunny to shake her booty for 1 cr?
Shortly after news of her being approached for an item song, adult star Sunny Leone is apparently a hot favourite this year for New Year bashes being held in the city.

Reassess rape laws: Bollywood
The gang rape of the 23-year-old girl in Delhi on Sunday night has created a furore in the film industry too, that says it's high time some action was taken.

Infotech

Google working on $99 Nexus 7: Reports
Google is seemingly working on a new version of its Nexus 7 tablet, but reportedly on a $99 version of the device this time.

Apple's 'pinch-to-zoom' patent rejected
A US jury has rejected Apple's 'pinch-to-zoom' patent in a preliminary ruling that Samsung argues supports its request for a new trial in the patent war.

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