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Sunday, January 5, 2014

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January 05, 2014

Top Headlines

India launches cryogenic engine-powered GSLV-D5
While India has mastered the PSLV range of rockets with a string of 25 consecutive successes, GSLV, which can carry heavier payloads including humans to space, has remained a challenge.

Lok Sabha elections to be held from mid-April
Bracing for the big exercise, the EC is all set to hold Lok Sabha elections starting mid-April and spread it over at least five phases till early May.

Eyeing 2014 LS polls, AAP to launch membership campaign
"From January 10 we are launching a membership drive, 'Main Bhi Aam Aadmi' (I too am a common man)," AAP leader Yogendra Yadav told reporters.

Cities

Man rapes woman colleague for 3 years
A 24-year-old woman from Rajkot was allegedly raped for three years by her colleague in different parts of the state on the promise of marriage.

Chinese 'manjha' banned in Varanasi
The district police have imposed a ban on the trading of Chinese 'manjha' (thread used in flying kites).

Business

Corporate earnings, IIP to guide markets this week: Experts
Industrial output data will be followed by December consumer and wholesale inflation data in the week starting January 13.

FIIs pour in over Rs 1,000 crore in equities
Overseas investors have pumped in over Rs 1,000 crore in the Indian equity market so far in January.

Sports

Australia beat England by 281 runs, win Ashes series 5-0
Australia completed a 5-0 Ashes clean sweep against England as the hapless tourists crumbled to a humiliating 281-run defeat in the Sydney Test.

Gautam Gambhir retained as Kolkata Knight Riders captain for IPL 7
It was under Gambhir's captaincy that KKR won their maiden IPL title back in 2012 beating Chennai Super Kings in a thrilling final at the Chepauk.

Entertainment

Salman Khan beats SRK on Facebook
The Dabangg Khan has 12 million followers on Facebook, while SRK and Aamir have nearly 5 million followers.

Did Salman avoid Kushal and Gauahar at his bash?
At the Bigg Boss after party at Salman Khan's farm house in Panvel, sources present at the venue say that the superstar avoided Kushal Tandon and Gauahar Khan.

Infotech

How Tech Mahindra plans to tackle hiring scams
Tech Mahindra is now turning to digital signatures to help job seekers distinguish genuine offer letters from the fake ones.

Will price cut help BlackBerry in India
The BB10 was touted as BlackBerry's answer to Apple's iOS and Android. All that has fallen flat ands ales of BB10 devices did not take off.

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Saturday, January 4, 2014

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January 04, 2014

Top Headlines

Back channel talks are on with India: Pak PM's adviser
Back channel talks are on with India on Kashmir' Sir Creek and Siachen issues, Pakistan Prime Minister's adviser Sartaj Aziz said.

Fog disrupts train movement in north India
Railways have already cancelled services of about 10 trains till January 16 in anticipation of dense fog during the period.

Devyani case: Video footage of strip search is hoax, US says
The US has dismissed as a hoax a video purportedly showing CCTV footage of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade's strip search after her arrest.

Cities

11 tribal girls in Andhra hostel allege sexual abuse by tutor
According to Nalgonda superintendent of police T Prabhakar Rao, a case was registered against accused R Harish following a complaint by the victims.

9 decomposed bodies found in Nagaland, all shot in the head
Highly decomposed bodies of 9 unidentified persons, who were blindfolded with hands tied up, have been found buried in a gorge in Nagaland.

Business

Mergers and acquisitions decline 11.5% in 2013
Reflecting the general weakness in the economy, mergers and acquisitions (M&As) involving domestic companies were down by 11.5% to $31.5bn in 2013.

TVS Motors records 2% increase in total sales in December 2013
The company's total exports grew by 27% with sales increasing from 20,251 units in December 2012 to 25,797 units in December 2013.

Sports

Asia Cup to go ahead in Bangladesh as scheduled
Asia's cricket chiefs on Saturday said violence-plagued Bangladesh would remain the venue for next month's Asia Cup.

Serena Williams wins Brisbane International
World number one Serena Williams won the season-opening Brisbane International tennis tournament when she beat second seed Victoria Azarenka.

Entertainment

Paris Hilton has over 1,000 shoes
Socialite Paris Hilton is a big fan of footwear, and there's no wonder that she has a collection of over a thousand pairs of shoes.

Money cannot buy me: Aamir Khan
One of Bollywood's favourite Khans, Aamir, claims to earn the "least compared to others", and says he "cannot compromise" with his emotions.

Infotech

TCS to open world's largest corporate learning centre
The learning facility will have the capacity to train 15,000 professionals at one time and 50,000 professionals annually, TCS said in a statement.

Reliance Jio tests 4G network at IIT Mumbai fest
Reliance Jio Infocomm tested its 4G network at the Techfest event in IIT Mumbai campus by running trials of video calls and Jio television service, among others.

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Friday, January 3, 2014

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January 03, 2014

Top Headlines

IM more lethal and resilient due to support from Pakistan: US report
The outlawed terror group Indian Mujahideen (IM) is more lethal and resilient because of the support from Pakistan, as per an American thinktank report.

No third term, Modi will be a disaster as PM: Manmohan Singh
The Prime Minister made this comment at a press conference in Delhi where he also announced that he won't be the prime ministerial candidate in the general elections.

PM admits his govt failed to curb corruption: Jaitley
BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Friday said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's press conference was a farce.

Cities

Youth rapes girl, posts nude pictures on social media
A youth allegedly sedated his woman friend, raped her and took her nude pictures which he uploaded on a social networking site, Manipur police said.

Delhi crime graph up by 40%
There has been a 43.6% increase in Delhi's crime graph in 2013 over 2012, police commissioner BS Bassi said on Friday.

Business

Average economic growth during UPA-I and II at 7.7%: PM
India's average economic growth rose to 7.7% in the 10-year regime of the UPA government as compared to 6.2% recorded in the previous decade.

RIL to increase KG-D6 gas output
Reliance Industries will add about 1-3 million standard cubic metres per day of gas production at its eastern offshore KG-D6 fields this month.

Sports

Lehmann sets Australia target of winning away in 2014
Triumphant coach Darren Lehmann has revealed his New Year's resolution for Australia to win away from home on the road to regaining world number one status.

Fans to hold silent vigil as Schumacher turns 45 in coma
Fans of Michael Schumacher prepared to hold a silent vigil for his 45th birthday as he lay in a coma at a French hospital after a skiing accident.

Entertainment

Kate Winslet expresses concern for Miley Cyrus
Kate Winslet has admitted that she is worried about the young people in Hollywood and especially about Miley Cyrus.

SC rejects Ramesh Sippy's demand of stay on Sholay 3D
Supreme Court rejected the plea of filmmaker Ramesh Sippy asking for a stay on release of Sholay's 3D version which has released on Friday worldwide.

Infotech

Facebook sued for spying on users' chats
Facebook has reportedly been sued for allegedly snooping on private messages of users without their prior consent in order to mine the data for its own profit.

RIP Symbian! Nokia ends support for apps, updates
Months after selling its mobile business to Microsoft, Nokia has officially ended support for Symbian and MeeGo apps.

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Thursday, January 2, 2014

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January 02, 2014

Top Headlines

AAP has moral mandate to form government: Manish Sisodia
"Our party already has the moral mandate, which has been given to us by people of Delhi," Sisodia said.

Not yet 'decided' on quitting rights panel, Ganguly says
Former SC judge Ashok Kumar Ganguly said that he has not yet 'decided' on whether to resign as the chairman of West Bengal Human Rights Commission.

Musharraf hospitalized for heart problem en route to treason trial
The 70-year-old had been summoned to the special tribunal after failing to show up for two previous sessions due to security threats against him.

Cities

Delhi shivers as mercury dips
The city woke up to a shallow fog in the morning. According to the MET department, the temperature may fall further in the later part of the day.

New Year reveller dies while trying stunt
Two partying youths were murdered in separate instances, while a third one was killed while performing a wheelie during New Year-eve revelry in Bangalore.

Business

Stricter energy norms to push up AC, fridge prices by between Rs 3,500 and Rs 5,500
Prices of air-conditioners and refrigerators will increase by between Rs 3,500 and Rs 5,500 as early as next week due to stricter energy rating norms.

LIC most consumer friendly: IRDA
The claim settlement ratio of LIC was better than that of private life insurers.

Sports

Without pace, no end to India's away worries
India have had just three top class pacemen — Kapil Dev, Javagal Srinath and Zaheer Khan – who served the country for a reasonable period of time.

Schumacher 'stable' but critical four days after ski accident
Formula One legend Michael Schumacher remained "stable" but was still in a critical condition on Thursday after four nights in hospital.

Entertainment

Sridevi sizzling hot in a swimsuit
The ageless diva of Indian cinema, Sridevi who turned 50 last year, is looking sizzling hot posing in a black swimsuit, celebrating the New Year at a beach resort with her family.

Dhoom 3 Box Office: Collects 450 crore gross
According to Koimoi.com, it has set new weekend records in every International market as well as on home turf, where it's on course to be the biggest hit.

Infotech

Microsoft Skype's Facebook, Twitter accounts hacked
The Syrian Electronic Army has claimed credit for hacking into the social media accounts of internet calling service Skype.

Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo 5-inch phone leaked
The upcoming model, named Galaxy Grand Neo, will have a 5-inch screen, Android 4.3 and quad-core processor.

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