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18:03   Top stories today

Tributes keep pouring in a day after Steve Jobs dies of pancreatic cancer. Scroll down for the stories on the visionary and co-founder of Apple. The other stories today...

 

  1. Karzai admits to Afghanistan 'security failure'
  2. Parl winter session on Nov 21 or 28 for 21 days
  3. Rolex endorsement Woods' first since sex scandals
  4. Three women share Nobel Peace Prize
  5. 2G: Raja's bail plea to appear before SC dismissed
  6. 'I stand vindicated on RSS-Hazare agitation link'
  7. NIA detains medical student in Delhi blast case
  8. HC grants bail to Kannada actor Darshan
  9. 4 security men killed in Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh
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17:58  

iSad in Damascus: Syria reclaims Jobs. Read the story on AsiaTimes.com.

 

Also see: Artists pay tribute to Steve Jobs

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17:36   FIR against Sena for Thackeray's roar
An FIR was today lodged against the organisers of the Shiv Sena's Dussehra rally at Shivaji Park in Mumbai for alleged violation of noise pollution norms.
Police had denied permission for the rally, which Shiv Sena has been holding for the last 40 years, as Shivaji Park in Dadar was declared a 'Silence Zone' by the Bombay High Court last year.
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17:30   Sena sees red over Bombay

Shiv Sainiks paste 'Mumbai' over Wadia group's 'Bombay Realty' poster; Wadias change it back to 'Bombay'; Sena tears it down and shrouds it in white cloth, with 'Mumbai' scrawled on it. Read the story on Mid-day.com. 

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17:27   Delhi blast: NIA gets 14-day custody of student

Just in: A Delhi court allows the NIA to question Wasim Akram Malik for
14 days in its custody in the Delhi High Court blast case. The NIA picked up Waseem Akram Malik, while he was on his way to Dhaka and is currently questioning him regarding his alleged involvement in the incident. The suspect, a medical student, was detained after he was identified by those already detained.

 

Read Vicky Nanjappa's story

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17:19   Hizbul Mujahideen militant arrested in Kashmir
A Hizbul Mujahideen militant has been arrested during a search operation in a village in south Kashmir's Anantnag district, police said. Hilal Ahmad Khanday, a locally trained Hizbul militant was arrested from Hardpora village near Achabal in Anantnag.
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16:58   Michael Jackson's body riddled with anesthetic
In the Telegraph, a toxicologist confirms that significant amounts of the powerful anesthetic propofol were found in the blood, urine and liver of singer Michael Jackson when he died. Read 
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16:52   Karzai admits to Afghanistan 'security failure'
President Hamid Karzai has said his government and Nato have failed to provide Afghans with security, 10 years after the Taliban were otherthrown. Speaking to the BBC, Karzai also accused Pakistan of supporting the insurgency, saying sanctuaries there still needed to be tackled. He vowed to step down in 2014 and said he was working on the succession. Read
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16:24   Parl winter session on Nov 21 or 28 for 21 days

The Union Cabinet Committee on Parliamentary Affairs is likely to take a decision on convening the winter session of Parliament either on November 21 or November 28, says our Delhi correspondent.

The decision on the date is based on festivals, government holidays, visits by foreign dignitaries, international committments for presiding officers including the prime minister.

Once the Cabinet Committee decides on a date, it goes to the Prime Minister and then to the President for an OK.

The Winter Session will be for a month and is expected to end before December 23. The house will sit for 21 working days.

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16:19   Rolex endorsement Woods' first since sex scandals

Golfer Tiger Woods has landed a lucrative endorsement deal with Rolex, almost two years after his sex-related scandals came out into the open. 

This is Woods first major endorsement since 2009. Woods was widely believed to be the world's wealthiest athlete before a string of marital infidelities led to the break-up of his marriage.

He lost five major sponsors in the fallout. ''Rolex is convinced that Tiger Woods still has a long career ahead of him and that he has all the qualities required to continue to mark the history of golf,'' a spokesperson for Rolex, the world's biggest luxury watch brand, said in a statement.

His ranking has now slipped to 51st and he has not triumphed anywhere since the 2009 Australian Masters.

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16:12   Anti Koodankulam activists meet PM

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said there would be no compromise on safety in the pursuit of the nuclear programme and decided to set up a group of experts to satisfy the legitimate concerns of those opposed to the Kudankulam atomic power plant.

"Nothing will be done that would threaten the safety or livelihood of any section of society, particularly those living in the vicinity of a project," Singh told an delegation that met him with demands to stop work on the KudankulamNuclear Power Project.

A group of activists, who are opposed to the Koodankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh here today.

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16:11  

Arun Jaitley, leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, is addressing a press meet at New Delhi.

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15:58   Don't view India as mortal enemy: US to Pak
In a lengthy pep-talk to Pakistan, US President Barack Obama has asked it not to view India as its "mortal enemy", shed its Afghan-India paranoia and realise that a "peaceful approach" towards New Delhi would be in everybody's interests. "They see their security interests threatened by an independent Afghanistan in part because they think it will ally itself to India, and Pakistan still considers India their mortal enemy," Obama said yesterday at a press conference at the East Room of the White House.
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15:34   Pattinson tagged worlds sexiest man again

'Twilight' hunk, Robert Pattinson has topped the Glamour magazine''s sexiest men poll with co-star Taylor Lautner coming in at number 2.

It's been a hat-trick for Pattinson, who has landed on the top spot for the third time in a row, news.com.au reported. The actor fought off tough competition from stars like Johnny Depp, David Beckham and Zac Efron who rounded out the world''s top five hotties.

 

There's just no accounting for taste.

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15:26   Steve Jobs on living and dying...
A story that won't leave you dry eyed: Apple founder Steve Jobs reflected on his own mortality in an uplifting but somber commencement address in 2005. Read it in on the Daily Beast.
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15:21  

Latest on the Ishrat Jahan case: SIT wants to do a psychoanalysis test on the accused. The test will be conducted on October 19-21, while the case will come up for hearing on November 21. The court wants SIT to clarify its stand on rigor mortis. 

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15:04  
So here's why the three women won: The Norwegian Nobel committee honoured the three women "for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work". The women will share the $1.5m (1m) prize money.
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15:01  
While on the Nobel, last year's winner, China's best-known dissident, Liu Xiaobo, who is serving 11 years in prison. Liu was detained at his Beijing home in December 2008 after co-authoring Charter 08, a call for democratic reforms in China.
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14:47  

All that you wanted to know about the Nobel Peace prize and the winners this year -- read it on the Nobel website. Basically, all three women win for their work in the upliftment of women and ensuring their rights.

 

While on the Nobel, the very tragic story of the scientiest who died three days before he won the prize for medicine. Read

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14:44   Three women share Nobel Peace Prize

Tawakul Karman: one of the figureheads of the Yemeni uprising, a former stay-at-home mother whose political passion was galvanized when her husband became a political prisoner

 

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf: Liberia president and Africa's first democratically elected woman leader.

 

Leymah Gbowee: A peace activist, she heads the Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace, a coalition of Christian and Muslim women in  Liberia.

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14:33   Nobel Peace Prize shared by three awardees
The Nobel Peace Prize has been announced. It is shared among three people -- Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkul Karman.
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14:30  
The Nobel Prize for Peace is to be announced minutes from now. Contenders for the prize include Arab spring activists, Bradley Manning and Julian Assange.
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14:23  
And on rediff.com, see: The Afghanistan war: A decade in pictures
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14:22   US and Nato 'far from goals' in Afghanistan

After 10 years of fighting in Afghanistan, US and Nato allies remain far from reaching their goals, a former commander of coalition forces has said.

Retired Army General Stanley McChrystal said the US began the war with a "frighteningly simplistic" view and still lacked the knowledge to achieve a successful end. Read more on the bbc.co.uk

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13:58   2G: Raja's bail plea to appear before SC dismissed
Just in: Former telecom minister A Raja's bail plea to appear before the Supreme Court has been dismissed. Raja wanted to appear in person and defend himself in the 2G case.
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13:54   Pak 'vaccination' doctor accused of treason
In the Guardian.co.uk, doctor accused of helping CIA find Osama bin Laden should be charged with high treason, says Pakistani state commission. Read
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13:50   US warning will hurt peace efforts in Afghanistan

We'll get back to more stories on the late Steve Jobs in just a bit, but first, updates on news across the world.  

 

US President Barack Obama's warning to Islamabad over suspected ties to militants will hurt efforts to stabilise Afghanistan and fuel anti-Americanism, the chairman of Pakistan's Senate Foreign Affairs Committee said today.

Pakistan is seen as critical to bringing peace to Afghanistan, but the United States has failed to persuade it to go after militant groups it says cross the border to attack Western forces in Afghanistan. Read more on the Dawn.

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13:45   'I stand vindicated on RSS-Hazare agitation link'

Senior Congress leader Digvijay Singh said today he stood vindicated by RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat's statement that the volunteers of his organisation
had taken part in the recent anti-corruption agitations, including the one led by Gandhian Anna Hazare. 

Addressing the RSS' annual Dussehra rally in Nagpur yesterday, Bhagwat said activists of the Sangh fountainhead had taken part in the recent movements and agitations against corruption out of their social commitment. 

Singh said he had all along maintained that the RSS was part of Hazare's agitation for a strong Lokpal Bill and his stand has been vindicated now.

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13:42  
Just in: PM Manmohan Singh to send a high-level panel to address nuclear safety concerns of locals on the Kudankulam project.
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13:33  
Also on Firstpost.com, Harish Vasudevan on Steve Jobs. Read
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13:30   Is it cool to say RIP Steve Jobs or do we care?
Steve Jobs and social media mourning: Why are we all so iSad? Read the story on Firstpost.com.
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13:23   NIA detains medical student in Delhi blast case

More details on the NIA 'breakthrough' in the Delhi blast. The National Investigations Agency arrested a Kashmiri medical student who is alleged to be a 'key link' in the conspiracy behind the Delhi High Court blast last month that left 15 people dead and over 70 injured. 

Wasim Ahmed, a student of Unani medicine in Bangaldesh, was being questioned by the NIA in connection with the blast, official sources said.

There was no official word on whether Wasim was arrested near the Indo-Bangla border or the authorities in Dhaka had handed him over. Of the three people arrested earlier by the NIA in connection with the Delhi blast, one has been let off.

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13:07   Delhi blast: Has the NIA finally got its man?

It's been a month since the Delhi High court blast. Has the National Investigating Agency finally got their man? The agency, set up to probe incidents of terrorism in India has picked up a certain Waseem Akram Malik, while he was on his way to Dhaka and is currently questioning him regarding his alleged involvement in the incident. The suspect, a medical student, was detained after he was identified by those already detained.

Although NIA officials are tight-lipped about Malik, they just say that he hails from the Kishtwar area of Jammu and Kashmir.

 

Read the report by Vicky Nanjappa on rediff.com shortly.

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13:04   HC grants bail to Kannada actor Darshan

After nearly a month in jail, Kannada actor Darshan Toogudeepa, arrested on charges of attempting to murder his wife, was today granted bail by the
Karnataka High Court which summoned him and his wife to appear before it on October 13.

Darshan, a leading Kannada cinema hero, was arrested on September 9 after Vijaylakshmi lodged a police complaint, based on which the charge of attempt to murder was slapped against him.

The judge ordered the actor and his wife, along with his counsel and public prosecutor, to be present in his chamber on October 13 to "arrive at a suitable conclusion" through negotiations, if it's possible, leading to the couple having
"harmonious relationship".

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12:51   3 more Pak cricketers in spot fixing scandal

In other news, three more Pakistani cricketers have been implicated in the spot-fixing scandal during the ongoing trial of the tainted trio - Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif- at a court in England.  

In February, British prosecutors had "authorised charges of conspiracy to obtain and accept corrupt payments, and also conspiracy to cheat' against the three Pakistani players implicated in the spot-fixing scandal as well as alleged bookmaker Mazhar Majeed.

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12:08  
Steve's close friend and physician Dean Ornish: "Steve made choices, I once asked him if he was glad that he had kids, and he said, 'It is 10,000 times better than anything I have ever done.'
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12:04   Nobel Prize for Peace today, will Assange win?

We told you a while ago, that the Nobel Peace prize, possibly the most awaited one, is to be announced today.

 

On Thursday, Twitter was abuzz with the death of Apple visionary Steve Jobs but another topic was gathering steam as the day progressed. Who will win this year's coveted Nobel Peace Prize?

Not Jobs, though many among his huge global following posted messages that he should.

The Nobel is never awarded posthumously and that rule also eliminates Mohamed Bouazizi, the unemployed college graduate whose self-immolation in Tunisia sparked a popular uprising that led to the fall of Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali's government.

The Tunisian revolt began this year's so-called Arab Spring. Read more on cnn.com

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11:54  
On cnn.com, watch, Steve Jobs' Jobs' last public plea, his advice to grads.
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11:47   The traits that made Steve Jobs unique

The funeral of Apple founder Steve Jobs will be held today at this Silicon Valley residence.

 

Ian Mackenzie writes in the bbc.co.uk that Steve Jobs was a uniquely recognisable, charismatic and idiosyncratic leader. Read the traits that made him the world's most talked about chief executive.

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11:42  

The Nobel Prize for Peace will be announced today.

 

Meanwhile, read Samar Harlankar's column in LiveMint.com: Nobel Prize time reminds us of physics' incomparable empire-- from invisible atom to iPad to infinity.

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11:34   Why Jobs' love affair with India ended early
If first impressions are very difficult to dislodge, Steve Jobs' studied avoidance of India for most of his working life can probably be traced to his first tryst with the country in late 1973. Read the story on Firstpost.com
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11:18   CBI court to hear Raja's SC plea now

R Rajagopalan on Twitter: The CBI court will pronounce the ruling on A Raja plea to appear in person in the Supreme Court any time now. T R Baalu and senior DMK leaders are in the CBI court

 

The Ahmedabad court to hear Sanjeev Bhatt's bail plea at 3 pm.

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11:14   Insanely great honour to work with Jobs: Gates

World and business leaders have paid tribute to Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who has died at 56 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. The bbc.co.uk report says that US President Barack Obama and Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev said Jobs had changed the world.

Microsoft's Bill Gates said it had been "an insanely great honour" to work with him.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg remembered his "mentor and friend".

The Twitter microblog site struggled to cope with the traffic of tributes. Apple itself said Mr Jobs had been "the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives" and had made the world "immeasurably better".

Read more

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11:04   Men were from the Sashastra Seema Bal

Since these are as yet early reports, PTI says men who were killed were part of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and not the CRPF as reported by news channels. A senior official ADG (Naxal Operations), Ram Nivas, told PTI that a vehicle used by SSB personnel was blown up by the Maoists this morning
in Bastanar area under the jurisdiction of Geedam police station in Dantewada.
A police team has been rushed to the area, he said, adding, details about the incident were awaited.

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10:57   4 CRPF men killed in Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh

There's been another attack by Maoists in Dantewada, Chhattisgarh this morning. Early reports says four CRPF jawans were killed and over 10 injured in a landmine blast when the men were on patrolling duty. The incident took place at the Jagdalpur-Gidam road. Details awaited.

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10:53  
NDTV says one vehicle carrying the CRPF jawans was completely blown up. So far the death toll stands at four in the landmine blast triggered by Naxals on the Dantewada highway in Chhatisgarh..
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10:52  

The Ahmedabad court will hear suspended IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt's bail plea today.

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10:42   Headlines this morning

Digital diviner who made computing personal (The Hindu)
Steve Jobs, the 56-year-old iconic co-founder of Apple, breathed his last on Wednesday. Read

 

Omar rejects Opposition demand for resignation (The Hindu)

PDP's contention is that he may "influence" enquiry into NC worker's death. Read

 

IIT Bombay to help security forces fight terrorism (The Times of India)

The wireless communication device, used to capture images when US forces gunned down al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, could become a reality in India. Read

 

West 'running out of time' to build Afghan govt that can resist terrorists (DNA)
Despite years of investment in lives and money, the future of Afghanistan "still hangs in the balance" after the Nato-led coalition of Western forces leaves. Read

 

Barack Obama warns Pakistan on terror links (Indian Express)
US President: 'Pakistani militarys ties with unsavoury characters troubling'. Read

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