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Fri, 10 February 2012
Thackeray roars: Chavan inept, Cong like Mughals
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18:14
Interesting reads you can curl up with over the weekend.
Autistic and Seeking a Place in an Adult World
18:11 La Mart's student found dead in Kolkata lake
Mystery shrouds the death of Riju Basak, a Std XI student of La Martiniere school, whose body was recovered from Rabindra Sarovar lake in south Kolkata today. The boy, a resident of Bowbazar area, had been missing
for last two days, the police said. The body was sent for post-mortem.
for last two days, the police said. The body was sent for post-mortem.
18:08 Can religious places really bind people together?
India's sacred spaces are tapestries of culture and how shrines can serve as unique 'binding' social institutions, bringing people of different faiths together not out of toleration but respect. The why and how on the Guardian.
18:03 Tibet prepares for war
In other news, officials in the Tibet Autonomous Region have been ordered to recognize the "grave situation" in maintaining stability and to ready themselves for "a war against secessionist sabotage," months before a major plenary session of the Communist Party of China.
17:55 Thackeray roars: Chavan inept, Cong like Mughals
And of course, here's Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray giving us a headline.
Equating the Congress party to the Mughals, Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray today heaped scorn on Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, calling him "inept" and one who lacked self-respect.
In a strong-worded editorial in party mouthpiece 'Saamana', Thackeray ridiculed Chavan, who has been saying that the Sena will become "inconsequential" after the February 16 Mumbai civic polls.
"His parents named him after a braveheart but would not have thought that he will turn out so inept," Thackeray said.
"You (Chavan) would not have blabbered if you had even an ounce of self-respect," the Sena chief said, adding dethroning Sena from the Mumbai civic body is not as easy as Chavan is making out to be. Shiv Sena came into being not for politics or power games, but to oppose the injustice done to Marathi-speakers, Thackeray said.
"Congress is like the Mughals... And the way Aurangzeb was buried in Maharashtra, we will bury Congress in Mumbai," he said in the editorial.
17:51 Mithun film that could get Tagore's stolen Nobel back
Mithun Chakraborty hopes that the film 'Nobelchor' (Nobel thief) centering around the theft of Rabindranath Tagore's Nobel Medallion from Santiniketen in
2004 might revive expectations of getting it back.
"The film seeks to give the message about the value of Tagore's Nobel to the Bengali and reminds about the failure to avert the theft. The film may revive hope of getting the medallion back," Mithun.
Tagore's Nobel prize medal was stolen in 2004.
17:37 Twin blasts chronology: August 25, 2003 to February 2012
Chronology of the 2003 twin blasts at Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar:
August 25, 2003 Blasts at Zaveri Bazaar and Gateway of India in south Mumbai in which 52 killed and 100 injured.
August 31, 2003 Three accused Ashrat Ansari (32), Hanif Sayed (46) and his wife Fehmida Sayed (43) arrested.
October 1, 2003 Two more accused, Mohammed Ansari Ladoowala and Mohammed Hasan Batterywala, held.
October 2, 2003 Another accused Zaheer Patel (name changed as he later became approver in case) arrested.
February 5, 2004 Chargesheet filed against six accused in the case in Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA) court for Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar blasts. Accused also alleged to have been involved in placing an unexploded bomb in a bus at SEEPZ in suburban Andheri in December 2, 2002 and placing bomb in bus at Ghatkopar in July 8, 2003 in which two persons were killed.
May 5, 2004 Patel declared approver and pardoned by POTA court.
June 20, 2004 Charges framed by court against five accused.
September 2, 2004 Trial commences.
December 2008 Ladoowala and Batterywala discharged from the case by POTA court after Supreme Court upholds POTA review committee report stating no case against them.
July 27 2009: Pota court awards the death sentence to all three, who appeal in the Bombay High Court.
Pictured: Hanif Sayed Anees outside the POTA Court in 2009
17:28
Another story that's coming in just now: The Enforcement Directorate has issued a notice to Google for foreign exchange violations -- for alleged irregularities in fund transfer.
17:26 2003 blasts: Death penalty upheld for LeT activists
The three are LeT operatives, Ashrat Ansari (32), Hanif Sayed Anees (46) and his wife Fehmida Sayed (43) who were convicted in 2009 and were awarded the death sentence had approached the Bombay High Court for reprieve. The HC today upheld the sentence.
17:22 Death penalty upheld for three in 2003 blasts
Just in: The Bombay High Court upholds the death sentence for three convicts in the 2003 Mumbai blasts case.
A division bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and P D Kode had on November 12 last year reserved its judgement in the case.
Ashrat Ansari (32), Hanif Sayed Anees (46) and his wife Fehmida Sayed (43) were awarded death penalty by a Special Prevention of Terrorism Act Court in August 2009 which held them guilty of planting powerful bombs in two taxis that exploded at the Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar in South Mumbai on August 25, 2003, killing 52 persons.
17:06
On Twitter:
Smita Prakash: GoI: Indian HC spoke with former pres Nasheed twice y'day, asked if he or colleagues needed any assistance. Nasheed said he did not.
GoI: India can provide assistance if need be in i.e. supplies, evac from Maldives but no mobilization is on. Contingency plan is in place.
17:01
TV channels still going on relentlessly about the Army chief's age row case, which he lost today. And it's still on Breaking News, two-hours on.
Scroll down for all that's happened.
17:00
Read: The mystery monk making billions with 5-hour energy.
On Forbes.com
16:48 Exhibition of Laxman's unseen doodles in Bengaluru
If you're in Bangalore from February 18 onwards, try and catch this.
A collection of unpublished doodles of legendary cartoonist R K Laxman that reveals a more personal aspect of the creative genius would be put up on
public display here for the first time.
Laxman known as the 'Shakespeare of Indian cartooning' had during holidays to Mysore and Bangalore between 1975-1991 sketched around 97 doodles, some of which were an extension of conversations with his late brother R K Srinivasan.
A part of the family's personal collection, the sketches will now be exhibited by the Indian Institute of Cartoonists at their gallery in Bangalore from February 18 for three weeks.
16:43 World Press Photo 2012 awarded to 'veiled woman'
The international jury of the 55th annual World Press Photo Contest announced Friday that it had selected a picture by Samuel Aranda as the World Press Photo of the Year 2011.
Jurors said the photo of a veiled woman holding a wounded relative in her arms after a demonstration in Yemen captured multiple facets of the "Arab Spring" uprisings across the Middle East last year. It was taken at a field hospital inside a mosque in Sanaa on October 15.
16:42 Porn row: Showcause notice issued to ensure natural justice
Update on the Karnataka porn scandal.
Facing opposition flak for not summarily disqualifying three former disgraced ministers over the porn row, Karnataka Assembly Speaker K G Bopaiah today
said a showcause notice was issued to the trio to ensure principles of natural justice and fair-play.
The "unfortunate" incident that took place during Assembly proceedings had hurt him too and he had even considered resigning the Speaker's post, Bopaiah said fending the criticism that he had not acted tough despite being the custodian of the House.
16:39
On Firstpost.com: After court defeat, Gen Singh should consider resigning early.
16:34 Pak memogate bizman to record statement via videolink
The judicial commission formed by the Supreme Court to probe the memogate scandal will record Pakistani-American businessman Mansoor Ijaz's statement through video link on February 22, reports the Dawn, Pakistan.
16:22 Age row: Defence ministry happy issue resolved
Just in: The Defence Ministry says it welcomes the Supreme Court's decision on the Army Chief's age. "We are happy that the issue has been finally resolved and controversy put to rest," says the Defence Ministry.
16:15 Woman has size 30L natural boobs which keep growing!
Top-heavy Rachel Aldana was once crowned the owner of Britain's largest natural boobs -- they are STILL growing...
Read/See the story on the Sun, UK.
16:06 B Raman: Beginning of endgame in Kudankulam
The Tamil Nadu Chief minister Jayalalithaa has taken a decisive step toward breaking the impasse over the commissioning of the Kudankulam nuclear power plant built by Russian companies.
16:00 Sanjay Dutt makes news (not Tada or bomb blasts)
Sanjay Dutt is in the news for two reasons today, and for the right ones...
First, JLo is set to perform at Sanjay Dutt's Martial Arts event in Mumbai
and
The actor is planning tohaving his life's story penned down.
15:53 Is India democratic to a fault?
Read: Historian and author Ramachandra Guha writes: India, whose creation as a republic is the most recklessly ambitious experiment in history, has flourished. But old strains put the future in peril.
On Prospect Magazine.
15:50
Dramatic last moments of Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed as he resigned. Watch the YouTube video.
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15:44
Grists for the gossip mill...
1. Parminder Nagra, who first found fame starring in Bend It Like Beckham, is ending her marriage. The former ER doc has filed for divorce from her photographer husband James Stenson, seeking an end to their three-year union. The reason: Irreconcilable differences.
2. Dev Patel has said that he is too young to settle down and has no plans to marry his Slumdog Millionaire co-star Freida Pinto. The 21-year-old actor has been dating the beauty since they met on the set of Danny Boyles Oscar-winning 2008 film.
15:20 Did Diana sleep with the King of Spain?
Moving on to other news...
From the Daily Mail: Did Spain's King Don Juan Carlos have an affair with Diana? So claims a new book Read
15:16
And another update on the Army chief age row: Gen Singh tells the Supreme Court that he would "resign within 48 hours if the government is willing
to decide my date of birth as May 10, 1951."
to decide my date of birth as May 10, 1951."
15:12 48-hr deadline for Army chief to abide by 1950 DoB
Emerging from the court, the Army Chief's counsel Puneet Bali said it was victory of both sides as the matter has been resolved amicably. "Our petition was not for extension of service (of Gen Singh) but a matter of honour and integrity of the General," he said, adding "we are satisfied that his honour and integrity has been restored".
15:08
Gen Singh has to give an undertaking to the Supreme Court that he will abide by the court's order and withdraw his petition.
14:53
So in a nutshell, here it is:
Supreme Court declares the petition of Gen VK Singh as disposed off as withdrawn.
Army Chief withdraws his petition from Supreme Court on his age row.
SC tells Gen Singh that 1950 will be taken as his date of birth for purposes of service.
Army chief's counsel Puneet Bali says the general's honour and integrity has been restored, which is what the case was about and NOT specifically on the date of birth.
14:49 Court has never questioned Gen Singh's bonafides
The SC also said that the quashing of the plea or the verdict that 1950 be taken as the General's date of birth for service purposes does not in any way reflect on his integrity or his ability to lead the army. The AG specifically said that the court has never questioned his bonafides.
14:41
The attorney general had said, just before the lunch break, that even though there is a case between the Union of India and VK Singh, the government did not at any point doubt his bonafide and wanted him to continue as the army chief.
14:39 SC dismisses Army Chief's plea on age row
Right now:
Army Chief VK Singh withdraws his petition. He tells the court that he does not wish to press the matter further.
The Supreme Court dismissed Army Chief's plea that 1951 be taken as his date of birth. The SC order came after a statement from the attorney general
14:34
The Supreme Court order on the age row is being dictated right now.
14:30
Just in: Four BSF soldiers, including a commandant, killed in a blast by Naxals in Odisha's Malkingiri district.
14:28 HC verdict in 2003 Mumbai twin bomb blasts likely
In other news:
The Bombay High Court is likely to pronounce today its verdict on confirmation of death sentence to three people, including a woman, convicted in the 2003
Mumbai twin bomb blasts case.
A division bench of Justices A M Khanwilkar and P D Kode had on November 12 last year reserved its judgement in the case.
Ashrat Ansari (32), Hanif Sayed Anees (46) and his wife Fehmida Sayed (43) were awarded death penalty by a Special Prevention of Terrorism Act Court in August 2009 which held them guilty of planting powerful bombs in two taxis that exploded at the Gateway of India and Zaveri Bazaar in South Mumbai on August 25, 2003, killing 52 persons.
14:17 PM sends his man to assess Maldives
As this happens, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has sent a senior MEA official to the Maldives as special envoy to assess the situation.
Read: The op-ed piece by ousted Maldives prez Mohamed Nasheed in the New York Times, written on Wednesday, the day of the coup.
14:14
The Supreme Court says that the final call is that of the government.
14:13 SC to Army chief: Go on working, but withdraw plea
More on the case:
The Supreme Court tells Gen VK Singh that having given his commitment and
assurance of abiding by the government decision, he cannot resile. The apex court today said, "We want to ensure that Gen Singh continues to work as
Army Chief as he has been doing."
Attorney General GE Vahanvaty tells the court that government and the
'raksha mantri' has full faith and confidence in Gen Singh to lead the Army.
14:09
On January 25, we published this report by Seema Mustafa, which in retrospect is telling indeed. Does General V K Singh know what he's up against? Read
13:58
In other words, in the Union of India vs Army Chief VK Singh, the government emerges the winner. As expected.
This means the General will retire on May 31. If 1951 had been considered as his DoB, he would have got a 10-month extension.
13:53 No prejudice was done to Gen Singh: SC
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declines to comment on the age controversy of the Army Chief, saying that the matter is before the court.
In brief, here's what the Supreme Court said:
No prejudice was done to Gen Singh.
Government has full faith in him.
Gen Singh has to abide by his commitment and honour his letters of 2008 and 2009 accepting the date of birth as May 10, 1950.
Looking into constraint of judicial review, the decision of government on his date of birth will continue to be there.
Singh's writ petition was not for determination of date of birth but for recognition of date of birth in official records.
13:49 Govt is not against you, SC tells VK Singh
The Supreme Court also told the army chief that the most relevant document for the date of birth is the UPSC record, which says 1950. The apex court also told Gen Singh that the government was not prejudiced against him.
Attorney General GE Vahanvaty said that "Even though we are resisting a PIL filed by him (the Army Chief), we are not against him."
13:45 SC to Army Chief: Accept 1950 as your date of birth
Just in: The Supreme Court tells Army Chief VK Singh to withdraw his plea or face contempt of court.
The SC says the 1950 date of birth in the UPSC records is to be used for service issues as it is not 'grossly erroneous'. The SC also said it was not in favour of entertaining Gen Singh's petition, gives him option to withdraw it.
13:36 Didn't know SS represents Nazi, say US Marines
US Marine Corps in the news for the wrong reasons... once again did damage control after a photograph surfaced of a sniper team in Afghanistan posing in front of a flag with a logo resembling that of the notorious Nazi SS a special unit that murdered millions of Jews, gypsies and others.
The Corps said in a statement that using the symbol was not acceptable, but the Marines in the photograph taken in September 2010 will not be disciplined because investigators determined it was a naive mistake. The Marines believed the SS symbol was meant to represent sniper scouts
13:26 Now what of the film on the ex-Maldives prez?
Fallout of the Maldives uprising: The Island President, the film about Maldives president Mohamed Nasheed and his quest to lobby for reforms that will ease global warming, has taken on a new context for Samuel Goldwyn Films after Nasheed was forced yesterday to resign at gunpoint.
Read it on Deadline.com
13:17 'I never think of the completed film, rather the adventure ahead'
Light reads: 'The Artist's Jean Dujardin on his doubts about the black-and-white silent film and the joy of taking risks. Read it on Deadline.com
13:05 SC hearing ends, Army chief asked tough questions
The hearing in the Union of India vs VK Singh, which went beyond an hour today, is over for the day. In the packed court room, the judges put some tough questions to the Army Chief asking why he did not get his date of birth corrected with the UPSC which had recorded it as May 10, 1950.
It said all documents "at threshold" when Gen Singh joined IMA, NDA recorded his date of birth as May 10, 1950. "The documents at the threshold when you wanted to join IMA, NDA contains the date of birth as May 10, 1950.
"In all documents at the threshold you date of birth is recorded as May 10, 1950," it noted. The court also said that the primary record for Gen Singh's date of birth was with UPSC which never corrected it. "If they (UPSC) don't do what do you do," the bench of R M Lodha and H L Gokhale asked senior advocate U U Lalit who is appearing for Gen Singh.
12:57 Did these six women sleep with John F Kennedy?
Mimi Alford, the former White House intern who recently wrote a book claiming she had an affair with President John F. Kennedy, detailed the 18-month affair in an interview with Meredith Vierra on Rock Center Wednesday. Alford, 69, told Vierra that she "didn't feel guilty" about having sex with a married man, and that opening up about the affair decades later has been a relief.
Read more on the Huffington Post.
12:41 Why didn't Army chief get DOB corrected, asks SC
Update on the SC hearing in the Army Chief vs Union of India.
The SC questions why Gen VK Singh did not get his date of birth corrected with the UPSC which had recorded it as May 10, 1950. The Apex Court says all documents at threshold when Gen Singh joined IMA, NDA recorded his date of birth as May 10, 1950.
12:35 Sonia Gandhi 'cried bitterly' after seeing Batla House encounter
Why Batla House is trending on Twitter...
Just a day after the Election Commission censured him for promising nine per cent sub quota to backward minorities, union minister Salman Khurshid seems to have triggered yet another controversy.
Speaking to journalists in Azamgarh which goes to polls tomorrow, the senior congress leader invoked the Batla House encounter issue. Khurshid said the demand for a judicial probe into the Batla House encounter by a retired judge was discussed with the Prime Minister and Congress President Sonia Gandhi. The minister added that when Mrs Gandhi was shown encounter images, she "wept bitterly".
More on NDTV.com
12:30
Another important case being heard in Pakistan.
The Supreme Court today dismissed Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's appeal against indictment summons. An eight-member bench led by Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry was hearing the case today.
The Supreme Court earlier this month ordered Gilani to appear on February 13 to face indictment for the government's two-year refusal to ask Swiss authorities to re-open graft cases against President Asif Ali Zardari. The Prime Minister's lawyer says Gilani will appear in Supreme Court on February 13 to face contempt charges.
12:26 Can a legal clean chit change Modis future?
On the Wall Street Journal: If reports are confirmed that a Special Investigation Team has cleared Narendra Modi' -- and the court reviewing the report follows suit -- can Gujarat's chief minister finally move beyond the accusations that he didn't do enough to stop Hindu mobs from killing Muslims during the worst communal riots in recent history?
12:23 Secret FBI file on Steve Jobs says he distorted reality
Four months after his death, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, continues to make news.
The FBI has released a decades-old file it kept on , questioning his moral character by disclosing details on his reported drug use and ability to "distort reality."
The file was prepared on the Apple founder as he was considered for a presidential appointment in 1991 during George H W Bush's time in office. Steve Jobs can distort reality and can go to any extent to achieve his goals, some of his friends told the FBI when Bush sought a background check on him.
Running into 191 pages, the report on background check on Jobs was released by the FBI yesterday under the under the Freedom of Information Act.
12:20 Say Boo to Mumbai slums
On the New York Times' India blogs: Katherine Boo, the author whose just-published "Behind the Beautiful Forevers' about a Mumbai slum is being called one of the best books on India in a generation. Read
12:11
Interesting reads on the the UP elections...
From the Wall Street Journal: The importance of being Robert Vadra
On rediff.com: First Look: Priyanka's kids on UP poll scene
On Firspost.com: Why Priyanka's charisma may not work for Congress in UP
12:00
Hearing on Gen V K Singh's petition continues in the apex court. Solicitor General Rohinton Nariman cites three letters of Gen Singh to say that he has been unequivocally given his personal rights. The AG says that Government's July 21 and 22 order turning down Gen Singh's plea on age row stands.
Remember, this is is the first ever plea filed by an army chief against the Union of India.
11:58 Raja the lawyer wants remarks against him removed
While that hearing is still on, our Delhi correspondent tells us that DMK MP and former Telecom Minister Andimuthu Raja is moving the Supreme Court next week for a review of the February 2 judgment on the 2G scam to expunge references to him.
Raja, who is a lawyer, is busy in Tihar Jail drafting the affidavit to be filed before the Apex Court, on the references to demand their removal on the ground that they have been made without hearing him as natural justice demands.
11:48
On the Telegraph, Calcutta, read: Army defies age revision order
11:47 Advantage Army chief: Govt withdraws Dec 30 order
The Supreme Court has questioned why the government had taken advice from the attorney general for the second time and had given the government the option to withdraw the order.
The army chief has sought a stay on the government's rejection of his statutory complaint and "consequential reliefs'.
Singh will be entitled to a 10-month extension of service, should the court accept his plea.
He is due to retire on May 31, this year, according to the government. His tenure will decide who the chief's baton will pass to next -- eastern army commander Lt Gen. Bikram Singh, northern army commander Lt Gen. K.T. Parnaik or to some other army commander.
11:40 Govt withdraws order rejecting Army chief's plea
Just in: The government has withdrawn the December 30 order rejecting Army Chief VK Singh's plea for changing his date of birth to 1951. The bench of justice RM Lodha and justice HL Gokhale had on February 3 set a one week deadline for the Centre to withdraw its December 30, 2011 rejecting Singh's representation to record his year of birth as May 10, 1951. It had "prima facie" found the order to be vitiated and said if it wasn't withdrawn, the court would quash it.
11:37 Why Renuka wants a RS seat
Our Delhi correspondent says that firebrand Andhra leader Renuka Chaudhary has sent a personal note to Sonia Gandhi asking to be nominated to the Rajya Sabha from Andhra Pradesh in the upcoming elections to be held in April.
Just so that she can rule on the octave.
"I fight the BJP and Narendra Modi on TV channels effectively and if I am given a Rajya Sabha seat, I will ensure that BJP MPs are shouted out," reads the note she showed partymen to stress that she needs more work in the party's interests.
Renuka claims she knows how to silence the Opposition that keeps forcing adjournments of the House.
Many senior Congress MPs admit that they had a taste of her shouting skills earlier when she was a Telugu Desam Party member of the Rajya Sabha during the turbulent Bofor days of the Rajiv Gandhi regime.
11:27 'Remote of the next UP CM will be in Rahul's hands'
Union minister and senior Congress leader Sriprakash Jaiswal said yesterday that the next CM of Uttar Pradesh will be remote-controlled by Rahul Gandhi. Whoever becomes the CM (if Congress comes to power), the remote will be in Rahulji's hands,' the coal minister said in New Delhi, a day after an impressive 64 per cent turnout in the first phase of the state assembly elections for 55 seats in 10 districts.
More on the Daily Mail.
11:24 Unexpected loss for giant Tata Steel
On the bbc.co.uk: Tata Steel, the largest producer in India, unexpectedly reported a loss for the last three months of 2011, hit by weak demand. The company saw a net loss of 6.03bn rupees in the third quarter. Read
11:19
Just in: Industrial production grows by a meagre 1.8 per cent in December, 2011, in comparison to the level in the corresponding month of 2010.
11:17 Reveiew: Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu is a treat
Saturday night treat, it seems is Dharma Productions' Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu.
Rediff.com's Sukanya Verma gives it the thumbs up saying neither is it an epic nor is it weighed down by an overload of pop culture references. Read
11:12 And it's off... Modified Prithvi test fired successfully
More on the interceptor missile test-fired today.
As part of its plan to deploy a two-layer ballistic missile defence system, India
today successfully test-fired its indigenously developed supersonic interceptor missile from the Integrated Test Range off Odisha coast.
A surface-to-surface target missile - a modified 'Prithvi' - was first lifted from the launch ComplexIII in ITR at Chandipur, 15 km from here around 1013 hours, defence sources said.
The missile tracking network consisting of long range and multi-function radars and other range sensors positioned at different locations detected and identified the incoming missile.
11:06 Finally the hair has gone! Yuvi posts
Undergoing chemotherapy for a malignant lung tumour, Yuvraj Singh has gone bald and the Indian cricketer has posted his latest picture showing the after-effects of the treatment on social networking site Twitter.
"Finally the hair has gone ! But #livstrong #yuvstrong," Yuvraj posted alongside a link to a picture of him without hair on the site.
The 30-year-old left-hander has been in the US since last month and is currently undergoing chemotherapy in the Cancer Research Institute in Boston.
"I will fight and come back as a stronger man cause I have the prayers of my nation! Thank you to the media for their support and respecting my privacy," Yuvraj had written earlier.
"And of course every day I look forward to come back and wear my india jersey my india cap and represent my country again jai hind," he had stated.
10:57 India successfully test fires interceptor missile
Just in: India's indigenously developed interceptor missile test-fired from test range off Odisha coast. Details awaited.
10:49 Headlines this morning
Student stabs teacher to death in Chennai school (The Hindu)
Sources in the school said, when the teacher was waiting in an empty classroom for the fourth period of the day to begin, the boy allegedly walked in and is believed to have slashed her throat and stabbed her in the stomach. Read
Tax relief slab may be raised from Rs 1.8 lakh to Rs 3 lakh (The Times of India)
Tax rates the committee is expected to propose are 10% for the slab of Rs 3 lakh to Rs 10 lakh, 20% for upto Rs 20 lakh and 30% beyond that. Read
Dirty picture: IIT-Delhi student held for 'blackmailing' IIT-Kanpur girl (The Times of India)
The UP police have arrested an IIT-Delhi student for allegedly blackmailing an IIT-Kanpur student and threatening to upload her obscene videos on internet. Read
Citing lack of intent, SIT lets Modi off riots hook (The Hindu)
But claim of absence of evidence at odds with amicus report. Read
Age row: Government set to clarify stand in SC today (Hindustan Times)
The face-off between the government and General VK Singh is likely to take a decisive turn today when the defence ministry would clarify its stand before the Supreme Court on the age row. Read
UN envoy in Maldives, ex-president urges fresh polls (Hindustan Times)
A UN special envoy arrived today for talks with the new administration in the Maldives, as former president Mohamed Nasheed called for fresh elections after being ousted in what he called a coup d'etat. Read
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