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Monday, April 15, 2013

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April 15, 2013

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German Bakery blast: Main accused found guilty by court
A Pune court today found Mirza Himayat Inayat Baig guilty in the 2010 German bakery bomb blast case in which 17 people were killed and 64 others injured.

Actor Sanjay Dutt asks Supreme Court for more time to surrender
Sanjay Dutt has asked SC to give him a few more weeks before he is sent to jail. His case will be heard tomorrow. Dutt has to surrender on or before April 18.

Gold hits 15-month low at Rs 27,100 per 10 grams
Gold futures prices today fell by 2.95% to trade at over one-year low of Rs 27,100 per ten grams as speculators engaged in offloading their positions.

Cities

13-yr-old boy slits taxi driver's throat
A 13-year-old boy allegedly slashed the throat of a taxi-driver in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh, police said.

65-year-old 'molested' by bank manager
Can a 65-year-old woman be molested by a manager of a multinational bank, half her age? The Bansdroni police weren't keen to dabble into such questions.

Business

March inflation eases to 3-yr low
Inflation in India declined to a three-year low in March, a drop that could allow the central bank to keep cutting interest rates to help revive a sputtering economy.

Oil India bets big on wind, solar power
Betting big on govt sops and lucrative carbon credits, oil and power companies are setting up wind power stations for either captive use or supplying to grid.

Sports

Upbeat CSK take on wounded Warriors
After a heart-stopping 'last-ball' victory on Saturday against Royal Challengers, Chennai Super Kings next face a visit from early strugglers Pune Warriors.

Australia's Adam Scott wins the Masters
Adam Scott sank a 10-foot birdie putt on the second playoff hole to win the 77th Masters, becoming the first Australian to capture the green jacket.

Entertainment

Poster-boy SRK too distracting for Aamir Khan
The source added, "Aamir told someone to take off the poster of Dil To Pagal Hai as it was distracting him during a shoot in Yash Raj Studio."

Salman Khan stalled by 'Mental' fighters
Salman Khan's shoot of Mental in Lavasa came to a screeching halt over simmering tension between action artistes from Mumbai and Hyderabad.

Infotech

iPhone sales boost Apple India profit over 400%
Apple India's revenues rose threefold to over Rs 2,000 crore for the year ended March 2012, and analysts expect surging iPhone sales.

Nokia Lumia 720: Pre-orders start at Rs 18,999
Nokia Lumia 720, the hotly anticipated Windows Phone 8 smartphone, is set to be launched this week, and pre-orders have already started.

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Sunday, April 14, 2013

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April 14, 2013

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Nitish warns BJP, says follow Vajpayee's 'Rajdharma'
Bihar chief minister today set clear terms for future political alliance giving enough hints that Modi will not be acceptable to JD (U) without naming him in his speech.

Will thrash SP goons black and blue after assuming power, Mayawati says
"BSP had distributed land to dalits which was forcibly taken over by the SP goons. If BSP is voted back to power, we will thrash them black and blue," Mayawati said.

Dhoni does it again, cracks more jokes on 'Sir' Ravindra Jadeja
Captain Dhoni seems to be in a very playful mood these days as he once again tickled his fans' funny bones by cracking a few good-humoured jokes on CSK teammate.

Cities

Bengal woman raped by three in Thane
A 26-year-old married woman belonging to West Bengal was allegedly raped by three persons, including a lodge manager, police said on Sunday.

MCD schoolgirl's journey to Cambridge
Daughter of an electrician with the erstwhile MCD, Darshana is now pursuing PhD in physics at Cambridge University, supported by multiple scholarships.

Business

India Inc raises $7.5bn in foreign debt
11 companies have raised a record USD 7.5 billion in foreign debt this year via bonds, which is 75 per cent of what India Inc had mopped up in the entire 2012.

Stir at currency press may spread to other units: Union
A 'stop work' agitation at the India Security Press and Currency Note Press which began from Friday evening after altercations between a CISF Commander and workers.

Sports

KKR off to good start against Hyderabad
Manvinder Bisla and Gautam Gambhir gave Kolkata Knight Riders good start against Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 17th match of the IPL 6 at Eden Gardens.

F1: Alonso wins Chinese GP for Ferrari
Fernando Alonso emerged unscathed to take victory in a drama-packed Chinese GP, with the Kimi Raikkonen and Lewis Hamilton holding on for second and third.

Entertainment

Shah Rukh Khan and Sanjay Leela Bhansali team up once again?
World continues to speculate about the actor who will play Bajirao in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Bajirao Mastani, there's buzz that indicates SLB is in talks with Ajay Devgn.

Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia’s first wife, sons left out of biopic
Bansuri legend's estranged eldest son from first wife late Kamala Devi says his famous father can't undo 'history'; all he wants from him is love and acceptance

Infotech

Smartphones to have bendable, foldable screens soon
The touted arrival this year of wearable gadgets such as computer displays strapped to wrists and in wrap-around glasses is just a step towards a bigger revolution.

Dell XPS 12 review: A remarkable, expensive affair
Laptops took a beating ever since iPad and other tablets arrived in the market. Let's find out if Dell XPS 12 is worth a buy, considering that its price starts at Rs 1.07 lakh.

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Saturday, April 13, 2013

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April 13, 2013

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Mamata Banerjee's health parameters normal: Doctors
The West Bengal CM was taken to Belle Vue Clinic after she landed in Kolkata on Wednesday, with complaints of breathing problems and body pain.

Terror suspect Abu Jundal alleges torture by police
Abu Jundal, a 26/11 mastermind, has complained to a local court that he was tortured with electric shocks by police, a charge denied by the prosecution.

Govt 'changed CBI's coal scam report', BJP for SIT probe
The CBI is inclined to inform the SC that the 'coalgate' probe report it submitted last month had been vetted by law minister and PMO officials, says a news report.

Cities

Techie, wife leap to death from 4th-floor home
A techie and his wife leaped to death from their fourth-floor apartment in Chennai's suburb of Pallavaram in the early hours of Friday.

4 Naxals, commando, 2 villagers killed in encounter near Gadchiroli
C-60 commando Govind Farkade was the first to collapse following which the security forces mounted pressure on Naxals.

Business

Oil companies need full compensation to be profitable
Oil marketing companies would slip into the red if the government does not offer full compensation for their under-recoveries, analysts tracking the sector said.

Gold prices suffer biggest ever loss on global cues
Market experts said despite the ongoing Navratras festival, retailers remained on sidelines on expectations of more correction in the prices.

Sports

IPL viewership on the rise again
As compared to the last season, the first week of IPL 6 has a 3.8 TRP, point one lesser than IPL 5.

Flower in reckoning to become Pakistan's batting consultant
Former Zimbabwean batsman has emerged as a strong candidate for the post of Pakistan cricket team's batting consultant before the ICC Champions Trophy.

Entertainment

Gerard Butler wants to work with Boyle
Scottish actor Gerard Butler wants to work with Oscar-winning filmmaker Danny Boyle.

Salman Khan to co-produce Canadian film ‘Dr. Cabbie'
Actor Salman Khan is producing a Canadian film about an Indian immigrant, his first movie co-production since the children's film "Chillar Party" in 2011.

Infotech

US using Twitter, Facebook to fight militants
The Digital Outreach Team tweets, posts updates on Facebook and uploads video to YouTube in Arabic, Punjabi, Somali and Urdu.

Infosys going through mid-life crisis
Nothing seems to be going right for the firm that was once a darling of investors.

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Friday, April 12, 2013

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April 12, 2013

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Bhullar to hang, Supreme Court rejects his mercy plea
Rejecting Bhullar's petition, the apex court cryptically said the petitioner has failed to make out a case for commutation of death penalty to life imprisonment.

Amethi, Rae Bareli lose 24x7 power supply
Uttar Pradesh has ended 24x7 power supply to Amethi and Rae Bareli indicating a rift between the Samajwadi Party and the Congress.

Senior leader approached me to topple UPA govt: Nitin Gadkari
Though the 'senior leader' got in touch with him during his stint as BJP president, Gadkari maintained that he had outrightly rejected the 'advice'.

Cities

15-year-old kidnapped and raped in Gujarat
Father of a 15-year-old girl has filed a complaint with Vatva police that his daughter, a resident near Rajaram School in Vatva, was abducted by accused Mahesh.

3 students killed in Bangalore accident
The students were said to be heading towards Krishnagiri in Tamil Nadu for a joyride.

Business

India's Feb industrial output slows to 0.6%
India's industrial production growth slowed to 0.6 percent in February from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday.

Tata Motors global sales down 16.5% in March
Tata Motors global sales fell by 16.5 per cent in March to 1,16,521 units over the same month in the previous year.

Sports

Sreesanth calls Harbhajan a backstabber, asks for 'slapgate' video to be made public
Five years after the infamous 'slapgate', S Sreesanth said that the entire incident was planned and that Harbhajan Singh was a "backstabbing person".

Spanish, Germans kept apart in Champions League semis
Spanish and German teams were kept apart for the semifinals of Champions League as UEFA made the draw for this year's last 4 games.

Entertainment

When Jack Osbourne's wife dreamt about DiCaprio
Television personality Jack Osbourne's wife Lisa Stelly says she had strange dreams of actor Leonardo DiCaprio when she was expecting their first child.

Actor Pran to receive this year's Dadasaheb Phalke Award
Renowned Bollywood actor Pran would be bestowed with prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award, the government announced on Friday.

Infotech

Apple bans AppGratis, France calls for legal action
France plans to ask the European Commission for regulation of internet companies after Apple's decision to remove a French-designed app from its App Store.

3G services: Centre restrained from taking 'coercive steps' against Vodafone, Idea
Earlier, the Supreme Court had directed the Centre not to take any coercive steps against Bharti Cellular Ltd.

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