[wanabidii] Top Headlines: Bypoll verdicts in four states jolt BJP; Congress upbeat

Daily Newsletter | Tuesday, August 26, 2014 TOP HEADLINES MORE » Bypoll verdicts in four states jolt BJP; Congress upbeat Out of the 18 seats at stake in four states — Bihar, Karnataka, Punjab and Madhya Pradesh, Congress and allies won ten while the BJP alliance took eight. Japan, China in race to sell India their high-speed trains China, which now has the longest high-speed rail network in the world, is keen to sell their trains to India, at a price much lower than the Japanese. Pak suffers heavy casualties as govt gives troops free hand Government has given full backing to border forces to go on the offensive in the event of unprovoked firing from Pakistan along the Indo-Pak border. CITIES MORE » Child marriages rampant in Visakhapatnam At an age when she should have been going to school, she found that her parents had fixed her marriage with a much elder person.But 15-year-old Nagalakshmi from Kasimkota wanted to study. Air India plane fumigated after alleged rodent sighting An Air India aircraft had to be fumigated at IGI airport on Monday after a rat was reportedly spotted on board. Girl gang-raped, brought to Mumbai for trafficking A teenaged girl, found roaming alone at Goregaon station on Sunday, narrated a horrifying story to the cops of being gangraped in Uttar Pradesh and brought to Mumbai for trafficking. TECH MORE » China making own OS to take on Microsoft, Google The operating system would first appear on desktop devices and later extend to smartphone and other mobile devices, China's official news agency said. 4 stories that show what working with Bill Gates is like Microsoft employees and others who knew him in the early days have a lot of stories about him, as a recent thread on Quora proved. The 10 worst Apple products ever From the PowerPC to the Pippin game console, we recount the ill-fated products Apple probably wishes you forgot about permanently. SPORTS MORE » Tiger Woods splits with swing coach Foley "Presently, I do not have a coach, and there is no timetable for hiring one," added Woods, who has been hindered by injury throughout the 2014 season. AC Milan striker Mario Balotelli signs for Liverpool Liverpool have signed Mario Balotelli from AC Milan, taking a calculated gamble on a headline-grabbing player known as much for his troubles as his goals. Hamilton wonders whether Rosberg can be trusted Hamilton says he no longer knows whether to trust Mercedes team mate Rosberg on the track after they collided at Belgian GP but has ruled out retaliation. BUSINESS MORE » Power, steel, mining stocks crash Stocks prices of power producers, miners and steel makers crashed as much as 14% on Monday after the Supreme Court said that all coal blocks allocated between 1993 and 2009 were illegal. PF return less than inflation: EPFO An internal presentation by EPFO has said that Rs 100 deducted from your salary in 2005, when marked to inflation, was worth Rs 97 eight years later. Hyundai looking at a second factory in India The second-biggest car maker in India is facing intense competition from players like Honda, Ford and Maruti Suzuki and has decided to go aggressive on new products, while entering unrepresented segments. ENTERTAINMENT MORE » ‘This is the same team that won bloody World Cup’ Saif wasn’t there when the English skipper picked the Pataudi Trophy – he’d planned to reach on day four, but the last Test didn’t last that long. A very forgiving cricket fan, he explains why the problem lies in our batsmen’s technique, not with their money or accompanying girlfriends Katrina says she taught Hrithik to dance Katrina Kaif was in a gregarious mood at the dinner held to launch the song, Tu Meri from her next release, Bang Bang. Pics: Things you did not know about Katrina Kaif Katrina Kaif is the media's favourite actress and has been in the news for her alleged link up to Kapoor scion Ranbir. But apart from making headlines, this Barbie doll of Bollywood has many aspects of her life that are not really know to her fans. Here we list some lesser known facts about Katrina Kaif. About Us | Advertise with Us | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Feedback | Sitemap To manage your newsletter subscription settings, click here. Copyright 2014 Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. For reprint rights: Times Syndication Service

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