News Digest: No threat of Emergency today: Venkaiah Naidu

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		Saturday, November 28, 2015
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		India
		No threat of Emergency today: Venkaiah Naidu  Naidu's remarks came in the backdrop of Congress President Sonia Gandhi's targetting of the government yesterday on the issue of intolerance alleging that ideals and principles of the Constitution were under threat and being attacked deliberately. AAP MLA Akhilesh Tripathi gets bail The court had on November 23 issued non-bailable warrant against Tripathi, the fifth lawmaker of the ruling party to be arrested, for his non-appearance. Duty of state govts to ban cow slaughter: Union minister Jyoti "There are a lot of things to eat in this country apart from cow," Union minister Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti said here while stressing that it was the "duty" of state governments to ban cow slaughter. More India News»

		Business
		Jaitley proposes new ecosystem to boost exports at IITF Concerned over slowing global demand and declining exports, Union finance minister Arun Jaitley on Friday underlined the need for creating an ecosystem to boost shipments to overseas markets at the closing ceremony of the 14-day India International Trade Fair at Pragati Maidan. Govt gets Rs 246 crore from gold bonds Government today said Gold Bond scheme got overwhelming response from retail investors with 63,000 applications amounting to Rs 246 crore, while the gold monetisation scheme, which has so far witnessed a "slow response", has been tweaked. Raghuram Rajan meets Jaitley ahead of monetary policy Ahead of the monetary policy review next week, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan met Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today and discussed various macroeconomic issues. More Business News»

		Environment
		Bring Euro VI to check pollution: IIT-Kanpur IIT Kanpur has recommended that Euro VI fuel standards be introduced in Delhi at the earliest in order to check the rising air pollution. Stage set for Hornbil Festival in Nagaland from December 1 The Hornbill festival shows with its stunning natural beauty and great cultural traditions, that Nagaland can offer a rich fare to the tourists. Birdwatchers spot one nearly extinct, 4 endangered species The Salim Ali Bird Count, which was revived after almost 20 years, recorded over 15,000 observations by people across 22 states. A critically endangered and four endangered species were among the 514 species spotted on November 15. More Environment News»

		World
		Russia didn't give downed jet's plan to US: Officials Russia did not inform the US military of its jet's flight plan before Turkey shot it down on Tuesday, despite assertions to the contrary by Russian President Vladimir Putin, two US officials told Reuters on Friday, speaking on condition of anonymity. France honors attack victims in city subdued by mourning A subdued France paid homage Friday to those killed two weeks ago in the attacks that gripped Paris in fear and mourning, honoring each of the 130 dead by name as the president pledged to ``destroy the army of fanatics'' who claimed so many young lives. Angry Cubans protest at Ecuador visa rule Hundreds of furious Cubans chanting and brandishing air tickets have protested outside Ecuador's embassy in Havana over new visa restrictions designed to stop Cuban migrants travelling through the region to the US. More World News»

		Entertainment
		SRK-Deepika at No.1 position in Times Celebex Shah Rukh Khan and Deepika Padukone take the top positions in Times Celebex powered by zoom for the month of October 2015. Bollywood celebs and their stepmoms Arjun Kapoor had always been tight-lipped about his equation with stepmom, Sridevi, until he decided to spill the beans on a TV show. First look of Ranveer from the song 'Malhari' Ranveer Singh in the victory song Malhari, in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bajirao Mastani, which releases on December 18. More Entertainment News»

		Science
		'Lifestyle, obesity, late hours leading to breast cancer' While cervical cancer is on decline, breast cancer cases are on rise due to obesity and lifestyle-related factors, said Dr Neeraja Bhatia, president, Association of Gynaecologic Oncologists of India, here. 1 in 4 dengue patients at AIIMS didn't need blood transfusion: Study A study has concluded that nearly one out of every four dengue patients (23.2%) administered platelet transfusion during the 2013 outbreak at AIIMS did not need it. Heart patient? Cut down on sitting time If you are suffering from ailments related to the heart, make it a point to get up and move every half an hour as researchers have found that patients with heart disease who sit a lot have worse health even if they exercise. More Science News»

		Sports
		3rd Test: Ashwin's career-best spins India to series win R Ashwin scalped career-best figures of 7/66 to help India beat South Africa by 124 runs to clinch series 2-0. South Africa were all out for 185 in their second innings. This is also their first away series loss in nine years - they last lost to Sri Lanka. Lacklustre India lose 0-3 to Argentina in HWL opener India dished out a lacklustre performance to go down 0-3 to Argentina in the opening match of the Hockey World League Final in front of a packed Stadium. Talking Points: India break South Africa's nine-year streak Ravichandran Ashwin picked up 7/66 to bundle South Africa out for 185, helping India break their nine-year unbeaten away streak and take the unassailable 2-0 lead in the four-match series. More Sports News»

		Technology
		Micromax Canvas 5 review: Finally a threat for Moto G3 Micromax Canvas 5 is an impressive dual sim smartphone. But does heat up when used extensively or when the display has been lit up for a long while. Read our review to find out more. 33 Facebook tips and tricks everyone should know There's a lot you can do with Facebook. It's the app you likely spend the majority of time using on your phone, whether it be finding the latest news or staying in touch with friends. We've collected some of the best tips and tricks you may not know about. It's time to start using Facebook like a pro. Google Nexus 5X price slashed: Worth buying at Rs 25,000? With Nexus 5X available at less than Rs 25,000 now, is it finally a smartphone you should consider buying? We look at the pros and cons of buying it and how it stacks up against the rivals... More Technology News»

		Education
		Keywords to help Class X score Keywords in the answer scripts will make a difference to marks scored in Madhyamik examination from 2017. A model marking system is in the making, following which candidates will be marked on the basis of certain keywords and points in the answers. 2.19L set to take CAT this Sunday While 2.19 lakh students are preparing for the common admission test (CAT) 2015 on Sunday, many are busy packing off to a nearby city from where they will appear. Tintin expert named Britain's first professor of comics An expert in "The Adventures of Tintin" comic book series has been named as Britain's first ever professor of "graphic fiction and comic art". More Education News»

		Mumbai
		'Harassed' on train, woman's tweet gets aid from Prabhu A woman travelling alone on an outstation train in Maharashtra was immediately attended to by authorities after she sought help through a tweet directed to railway minister Suresh Prabhu, a senior central railway officer said on Friday. State keeps staffer out of race for babu post, gets tribunal rap Bizarre is the general administration department's (GAD) manner of functioning, particularly the services branch headed by additional chief secretary Bhagwan Sahay . HC: Save wetlands, avoid Chennai-like flooding in Mumbai The Bombay high court on Friday expressed concern about the destruction of mangroves and warned that the looding that happened in Chennai can happen in Mumbai too. More Mumbai News»

		Delhi
		Man held for posing as doctor A man posing as a doctor at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital was held after he allegedly cheated a few patients by claiming to get their MRI scans done within a shorter time than required. Cops find driver with chicken, vodka & Rs 22cr Having scanned 50 hideouts in the city and sent a team to Balia in Uttar Pradesh, police found the mastermind of Delhi’s biggest van heist gorging on tandoori chicken and gulping down vodka, as he sat on his Rs 22.5 crore loot in an abandoned Okhla factory, barely half-hour from where he had fled with the cash van. Govt plans policy on land for party offices The AAP government plans to bring in a policy for allotment of land to house the offices of political parties in the Capital. More Delhi News»

		Bangalore
		Veerappan wife gets movie on bandit stayed Muthulakshmi may not be aware of how her husband is fast becoming a brand in the west.But in India, she is fighting a dedicated battle to protect the estate of sandalwood smuggler Veerappan. A portrait of African kings and queens of India An exhibition, `Africans in India: A Rediscovery', which opened in the city on Friday , aims to highlight this connection. `My Oscar preparation is basically giving interviews' Chaitanya Tamhane, writer and director of the awardwinning multilingual movie Court, was in Bengaluru recently More Bangalore News»

		Hyderabad
		Tech faculty in Hyderabad colleges need upgrade Despite adopting measures to improve the quality of engineering graduates passing out every year, the standards of the faculty in these colleges remains a huge worry , IT industry experts said on Friday . 'RAT' nibbles away crores! After acquiring mastery over duping people with traditional methods such as sending a lottery SMS, Nigerian fraudsters have upgraded their arsenal and are using new-age techniques like Remote Access Trojans (RAT) to dupe people of crores of rupees. YSR MP booked for slapping AI manager YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) Member of Parliament (MP) Mithun Reddy was on Friday booked for allegedly slapping an Air India (IA) manager at the Tirupati airport a day earlier. More Hyderabad News»

		Chennai
		TN students make it to world list in Pearson exam Three students from Tamil Nadu schools have made it to the list of world toppers in this year's Pearson Edexcel global examinations, considered a gateway to some of the world's leading universities. Man, sister-in-law end lives in hotel A 34-year-old chemical analyst and his 25-year-old sister-in-law died after consuming poison at a hotel in Kelambakkam on Thursday, police said. Revoke dismissal of 4 students, activist urges edu secy In a letter to the secretary, Narayanan said the students should be readmitted and referred to professional counsellors to minimise the damage done to their psyche. More Chennai News»

		Ahmedabad
		532 passports given at Maha Adalat The Regional Passport Office (RPO), Ahmedabad, on Friday disposed of 532 pending cases and granted as many passports to applicants at the 'Passport Maha Adalat' at its main office in Gulbai Tekra. Girls drowned a day before their bodies were fished out: Report Doctors who conducted postmortem of the two teenage girl students - Divya, 15, and Trishula, 17 - stated in their report on Friday that the victims had died 24 hours before their bodies were fished out of Sabarmati River. 15 witnesses examined in ADGP Vipul Vijoy case The two member inquiry committee probing into the alleged confinement of 13 cops and four drivers on September 29 by additional DGP Vipul Vijoy examined 15 witnesses on Friday. More Ahmedabad News»

		Allahabad
		Elaborate security for first phase of panchayat polls, say cops Around 12.59 lakh voters including 8.20 lakh male and 4.39 lakh female would cast their franchise in the first phase of panchayal poll for the post of member, gram panchayat and pradhan at 1,060 polling booths in five development blocks including Meja, Urwa, Koraon, Manda and Karchana on Saturday. Allahabad as car thieves' paradise: 1044 cases reported in 10 months The city of Sangam has once again gained notoriety after registering highest (1044) cases of car thefts in Allahabad zone in past 10 months of this year. Ironically, apart from Kaushambi and Fatehpur, five out of eight districts including Pratapgarh, Banda, Hamirpur, Mahoba and Chitrakoot have too registered 10-33 percent rise in cases of car thefts. Akademi to decide fate of returned awards on Dec 17 Sahitya Akademi president Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari said the Akademi will take a call on the fate of the returned awards on December 17. He also said that he failed to understand why authors were returning awards as the Akademi was not responsible for law and order in the country. More Allahabad News»

		Bhubaneswar
		Chit fund firm's director held in Bhubaneswar The economic offence wing (EOW) of Crime Branch on Friday arrested a key functionary of Tresty Securities Limited, a money circulation company, on charges of duping investors of more than Rs 10 crore. BJD names Narendra Swain as party's RS candidate Senior BJD leader Narendra Swain is all set to elect to the Rajya Sabha as chief minister Naveen Patnaik announced his name for the lone seat election for which would be held on December 14. Odisha recommends NIA probe into Puri train fire The state government on Thursday recommended the National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe into the serial burning of three empty trains in Puri recently. The NIA was advised to step in after Odisha police found suspected terror link behind the ‘sabotage’ act. More Bhubaneswar News»

		Bhopal
		Now, police complaint against Aamir Khan in Bhopal A complaint has been lodged against film actor Aamir Khan by a group of lawyers at MP Nagar police station here on Friday. IDBI employees protest government move Employees of IDBI Bank resorted to strike on Friday to protest against the government's plan to privatise the lender by creating a Axis Bank-like structure for it. AIIMS to use Hindi for ease of patients Confused over the medicines written in English on Naresh Parulkar’s prescription, he often hesitated to step towards the chemist shop to buy his own medicines, instead asked his son to get them. Naresh, 65 years old is a farmer from Chinndwara, who was taking treatment at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bhopal. More Bhopal News»

		Chandigarh
		Panjab University talks on strategy for civil service exam Centre for IAS and Other Competitive Examinations, Panjab University (PU), on Friday organized a special lecture on “An integrated approach to Civil Service preparation”. Captain Amarinder Singh brought back as Congress president in Punjab Capt Amarinder Singh has been brought back as the Punjab Pradesh Congress committee (PPCC) president on Friday while Rajya Sabha MP Ambika Soni is the new chairperson of campaign committee. HC cancels allotment of 222 industrial plots in Rohtak The Punjab and Haryana high court on Friday set aside the allotment of 222 industrial plots in Rohtak after finding huge irregularities in the allotment process adopted by the committee. More Chandigarh News»

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11 of 18 newly-listed cos trading above issue price

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11 of 18 newly-listed cos trading above issue price 11 of 18 newly-listed cos trading above issue price As many as 11 companies out of the total 18 that got listed this year are trading above their issue price, an analysis of the performance of the newly-listed firms showed. InterGlobe Aviation to list its shares tomorrow InterGlobe Aviation to list its shares tomorrow The company has raised Rs 3,008.5 crore at issue price of Rs 765 per share from its recently concluded, over-subscribed IPO. Rakesh Jhunjhunwala makes huge bid in IndiGo IPO Rakesh Jhunjhunwala makes huge bid in IndiGo IPO Often called India's Warrent Buffett, Jhunjhunwala was also one of the early-stage investors in SpiceJet, another low-cost airline. BPCL planning IPO of Bina refinery next year: Chairman S Varadarajan BPCL planning IPO of Bina refinery next year: Chairman S Varadarajan BPCL is planning to launch an initial public offer of its Bina refinery unit next year, chairman of the state-owned firm S Varadarajan said.

NFO (FMPs) Fund Name Category Type Open Close Min Inv   DWS FMP Ser 95 (1100D) Reg-G Debt: FMP Closed-end 21 Nov 2015 02 Dec 2015 5,000 DWS FMP Ser 95 (1100D) Reg-D Debt: FMP Closed-end 21 Nov 2015 02 Dec 2015 5,000 DWS FMP Ser 95 (1100D) Direct-DY Debt: FMP Closed-end 21 Nov 2015 02 Dec 2015 5,000 DWS FMP Ser 95 (1100D) Direct-D Debt: FMP Closed-end 21 Nov 2015 02 Dec 2015 5,000 DWS FMP Ser 95 (1100D) Direct-DQ Debt: FMP Closed-end 21 Nov 2015 02 Dec 2015 5,000 More >>

Real Estate News

Basements can be sold and registered independently in Haryana In a landmark judgment that is bound to bring relief to property owners, the Supreme Court ruled on September 17 that basements of residential houses can now be sold and registered separately in Haryana. Store in style Store in style NRI demand in Indian realty up in Oman Indian developers do visit Muscat periodically to organise individual road shows but here again local licensing laws impose stringent stipulations without which it would be difficult to reach the target audience. What makes Noida Extension first choice of property buyers The future holds great promise both for individual buyer who wants a house to live and investors both individual and large.

NFO - Non FMPs Fund Name Category Type Open Close Min Inv   DHFL Pramerica Tax Savings Reg-G Equity: Tax Planning Open-ended 19 Oct 2015 04 Dec 2015 500 DHFL Pramerica Tax Savings Reg-D Equity: Tax Planning Open-ended 19 Oct 2015 04 Dec 2015 500 DHFL Pramerica Tax Savings Direct-G Equity: Tax Planning Open-ended 19 Oct 2015 04 Dec 2015 500 DHFL Pramerica Tax Savings Direct-D Equity: Tax Planning Open-ended 19 Oct 2015 04 Dec 2015 500 Sundaram Long Term Tax Advantage Sr II Direct-G Equity: Tax Planning Closed-end 03 Nov 2015 15 Mar 2016 500 More >>

Views and Recommendations

Expect Nifty50 to trade in 7,800-7,920 range: Sandeep Wagle 26 November, 2015, 04:16 PM IST For Friday, I expect the market to remain sideways with a positive bias; 7,800-7,920 on the Nifty50 would be my range, says Wagle. Broader market looks positive; all eyes on market breadth: Mitesh Thacker 26 November, 2015, 04:11 PM IST For next few days, I am still not counting much on the index; It is the market breadth which will attract me, says Thacker. History suggests equity offers better return than risk-free assets: Leo Puri 26 November, 2015, 03:39 PM IST In terms of asset allocation, equity , in particular, remains a very important place for Indian households, says Puri. Restructuring bodes well for ADAG investors; prefer Pipavav Defence: Pankaj Pandey 26 November, 2015, 03:27 PM IST The company has been able to win back some orders, which will be good for its investors, says Pandey in an interview to ET Now.

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