[wanabidii] Top Headlines: From Sukhois to AWACS, auditor finds strategic holes in India's skies

Daily Newsletter | Saturday, December 19, 2015 TOP HEADLINES MORE » From Sukhois to AWACS, auditor finds strategic holes in India’s skies The audit watchdog’s stinging indictment should serve as a much-needed wake-up call for the politico-bureaucratic combine as well as armed forces. Qaida’s India chief has patriotic roots Almost out of the blue, intelligence agencies learnt that the elusive head of the Indian branch of al-Qaida had been born in a family of freedom fighters in Sambhal, less than 200km from the national capital. Herald case: Sonia, Rahul to seek bail today Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and son Rahul will seek bail when they appear before the trial court in connection with the National Herald case on Saturday, putting an end to feverish speculation in political circles over the legal strategy the leaders are likely to adopt. CITIES MORE » Delhi govt issues order shutting schools from Jan 1 to 15 The Directorate of Education has finally issued the order declare holidays for all schools from January 1 to January 15, 2016 to “make this new scheme functional with least disturbance to our children and also to augment public transport during the ‘Odd Even Scheme’ days.” Mysuru cops uncover fake job scam, arrest one Mysuru city police have stumbled across a novel and huge job racket with the arrest of an operator. Search is on for two others accomplices including a woman from Bengaluru. Dabholkar, Pansare, Kalburgi killed with same weapon In what might be the biggest lead yet into establishing a common link in the murders of Kannada scholar MM Kalburgi in Dharwad in August, communist leader Govind Pansare in Kolhapur earlier this year, and rationalist Narendra Dabholkar in Pune in 2013, investigators have found evidence that the same weapon was used in all three crimes. TECH MORE » Review: HP Star Wars Special Edition Notebook 15 is built for the star wars fan in you Here's the review of the new HP Star Wars Special Edition Notebook 15, priced at Rs 69,990, which sports great Star Wars look but lags behind in performance. Facebook Messenger's latest feature: Photo Magic The 'Photo Magic' feature will automatically address a message so it can be sent quickly to Facebook friends identified in a picture. The option relies on the same image-recognition technology that tags people's names to Facebook posts. India tablet shipments up 32% in Q3: CMR Total shipments stood at 1.03 million units in the third quarter of 2014, while the same stood at 1.07 million in the April-June period. SPORTS MORE » Vijay Hazare Trophy: Consistent Ashwin, low-key Dhoni A look at how the India players featuring for their respective state teams did in the league stage of the 50-overs competition. India drop a place to 7th in latest FIH rankings Only last month, the Indian men's hockey team jumped two places to occupy sixth place in the the FIH rankings. Easy day out for Japan; Federer leads Royals to win in IPTL Japan Warriors did not have to break much sweat in getting past Philippine Marvericks 29-15 but it was a tough day out for UAE Royals, who edged out hosts Singapore Slammers 27-23 in IPTL match. BUSINESS MORE » You won’t be ignored for next promotion When the Aditya Birla Group took a call on freezing lateral hiring from a certain level for three years beginning 2016, it was considered a bold move. 97L new GSM users in Nov, total hits 75cr mark Idea Cellular led the growth with 33 lakh new users in November, while Airtel was second with 28 lakh. Vodafone and Telenor gained 24.73 lakh and 7.05 lakh, respectively. HSL bags Navy contract to build 5 fleet support ships Hindustan Shipyard Limited (HSL) appears to have received a major boost with the defence acquisition council (DAC) under the ministry of defence nominating the city-based shipyard to build five fleet support ships (FSS) for the Indian Navy. ENTERTAINMENT MORE » Actor Prosenjit’s wife goes topless in her Bollywood debut Bengali star Prosenjit’s wife, Arpita Chatterjee, who is making her Bollywood debut with Onir’s next, will go topless in a pivotal scene in the film. Richa Chadha learns French for her beau We know the lengths people can go to for love, in our filmi way we’d say, ‘Saat samundar paar’, and all that stuff. Blighted by the bad luck bug! Many high profile films have had various untoward incidents before and after their release. Read on to find out which films went through a rough patch while filming Other Newsletters from TOI: Breaking News | Digest | Tech | Entertainment | Movie Reviews | Life & Style Unsubscribe | To manage your newsletter subscription settings, click here. Copyright 2015 Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. For reprint rights: Times Syndication Service

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