Daily Newsletter | Sunday, November 08, 2015 | | | India holds breath as Bihar finally shows its hand today | | The verdict, which many hope will become clear once trends firm up by noon, will be read in terms of its impact in Bihar and on national politics as a win for the grand alliance will catapult Nitish Kumar as a national contender to Modi, giving their rivalry yet another turn. |
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| Nitish's village hopes good times will continue | | Ten years ago, Kalyanbigha hit the jackpot. Till then it was just another village in Bihar’s Nalanda district. In 2005, it found a new identity as the birthplace of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar. Goodies followed — concrete roads, 22X7 electricity, an SBI bank with ATM, a water tank, upgraded schools, an industrial training institute and a double-storey government hospital, although you can’t get even a single allopathic medicine there. And wonder of wonders, there’s a shooting range where young boys and girls from nearby villages dream of being the next Abhinav Bindra |
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| Bihar poll results: First trends from 8am | | One need not wait for long today to know which way the scales will tilt in Bihar, with the Election Commission promising the first trends on its official website from 8 am. |
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| | Marine Drive shows no sign of slowing down | | Next month, the Marine Drive promenade turns 100. A stout lamp post, near the Pransukhlal Mafatlal Hindu Swimming Bath Trust, announces the upcoming anniversary in stone. “Kennedy Sea-Face commenced 18th December, 1915,” it reads. “Completed 1920.”Though reclamation of the entire stretch was still decades away, this anniversary marks the creation of a “permanent and powerful” wall – 20ft above beach level – extending 4,750ft from Chowpatty to Marine Lines. It replaced a flimsy cribwork, which was constantly “beaten and broken” by the heavy monsoon, explains a TOI article dated March 17th, 1916. The report includes a description of the Syke’s steam pile driver – a machine that held both “novelty” and “charm” for passersby and which drove 16ft-long concrete piles with sharp iron points into the ground to create the wall’s foundation.The 1915 project also included a beautification drive as Kennedy sea face’s unkempt appearance was considered a “black spot on the reputation of the city”. In order to make the most of Bombay’s natural waterfront, an 80ft-wide promenade was planned, which the government hoped to continue along the entire stretch after reclamation. In 2006, the same promenade had to be restored because it was leaking, overrun with hawkers and had fallen into disrepair. |
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| Chhattisgarh BJP neta 'raped', killed | | The semi-clad body of a BJP Mahila Morcha district vice-president was found inside a government school in Chhattisgarh’s Baloda Bazaar district on Saturday. |
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| | Apple Watch in India: 10 things to know | | US technology giant Apple has launched its much-awaited Watch in the Indian market. US technology giant Apple has launched its much-awaited Watch in the Indian market. The company is selling Apple Watch variants at price starting from Rs |
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| 15 words only Google employees understand | | Google is massive company with more than 40,000 employees and has crafted a culture of Googlers who speak the same language. To outsiders, the language used by employees of the internet company might sound like jibberish, but within the company, the Google dialect is second-nature. |
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| 3 new Android smartphones with unique features | | New Android phones appear with regularity, but not many appear to be really new. Sure, cameras get upgrades & phones keep getting faster. But in most, you'd be hard-pressed to pick new features that aren't just tweaks. So it's a delight to see 3 phones with unusual characteristics in their hardware. |
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| | Ravindra Jadeja's success can't mask India's batting frailty | | For the moment, India can celebrate going up 1-0 against the No 1 Test side, but with three to play in the series they have serious issues to address. Foremost, persisting with five bowlers when the batting just hasn't carried its weight and neither fast bowler does anything. |
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| 1st Test: India spin to series lead against South Africa | | India secured a 1-0 lead over SA with their spinners picking the batsmen off like plastic ducks at a shooting range. Virat Kohli has now won three Test matches in a row, including his first at home. This 108-run victory was India's fourth in a row at home inside three days. |
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| | TVS Tyres Q2 net nearly doubles to Rs 48.66 crore | | TVS Tyres, manufacturers of two and three wheeler tyres, posted a nearly two fold year-on-year leap in net profit to Rs 48.66 crore for the September quarter from Rs 26.04 crore reported last fiscal. |
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