[wanabidii] Top Headlines: Mega howitzer deal with US set to break Bofors artillery jinx

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Mega howitzer deal with US set to break Bofors artillery jinx

India may finally exorcise its Bofors ghost of 30 years. After several years of hard-nosed negotiations, which also saw the proposed deal being stalled for a couple of years, the US government on Monday finally submitted an over $700 million offer for India to acquire 145 M-777 ultra-light howitzers.

Budget session may feel heat of JNU campus fire

The government versus opposition hostilities being played out over the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) controversy are likely to impact the upcoming Budget session of Parliament, raising the prospects of confrontation and adjournments.

JNU row plays out as politics of patriotism

Unfazed by the ganging up of political rivals, BJP chief Amit Shah on Monday adopted an aggressive stance on the JNU-Afzal Guru row, saying "anti-India sloganeering and open support for terrorists" could not be condoned and demanded an apology from Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi for encouraging secessionists.

CITIES

Now, flying a drone can land you in prison

When two Ukrainian tourists were rounded up for flying drones over Amber Fort last year, the cops were on the horns of a dilemma.

Mumbai-Dubai busiest international route in '15

The Mumbai-Dubai route was India's busiest international city pair in 2015, with 21.5 lakh people flying between the two business centres.

Slain dacoit's statue unveiled at Fatehpur temple

Nine years after his reign of terror ended in a police encounter, slain dacoit Shiv Kumar Patel alias Dadua has come back to haunt the state administration with the unveiling of his idol at a temple in a small hamlet of Fatehpur district on Sunday.

TECH

Feel unsafe on Facebook? These 6 tips will help

Got hundreds of Facebook friends you hardly know? Now is a good time to do some digital cleanup, while the year is still fresh. Review your security and privacy settings, and make sure those casual acquaintances you met at a bar eons ago aren't still getting the most intimate details of your life. Get rid of games and apps that might have latched onto your account years ago, but that you no longer use. Here are six cleanup tips:

15 Google, Alphabet projects you may not have heard about

All of these "moonshot" projects cover everything from making smarter homes to creating robots that can work alongside humans.

Microsoft announces Lumia 650, Lumia 650 dual-sim smartphones

Microsoft has expanded its product portfolio with the addition of Microsoft Lumia 650 and Lumia 650 dual sim smartphones. The handsets will be available in selected markets with a price tag of $200.

SPORTS

Would be lying if I say I have moved on from CSK: MS Dhoni

MS Dhoni feels 'different' about captaining a new team in the IPL for the first time in eight years and says he has not moved on from his days at the CSK.

Saurashtra thrash Assam by 10 wickets, enter Ranji final

Left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat wreaked havoc with the ball as Saurashtra dished out a dominant performance to thrash Assam by 10 wickets and sail into the final of the Ranji Trophy.

Pune skipper Dhoni backs Kevin Pietersen for IPL

New franchise the Rising Pune Supergiants bought Pietersen for $514,500 at a player auction for the next edition of the glitzy Twenty20 tournament.

BUSINESS

Sinha gets a year more as Sebi chief

Sebi chairman U K Sinha has been given a one-year extension till March 1, 2017.

I believe in your PM: Cisco Exec Chairman

John Chambers, executive chairman of both Cisco and the US-India Business Council, is one of the most celebrated CEOs in the world today, featuring in most global rankings every year for the last several years.

'Biz climate has improved in last 6 months'

Ease of doing business in India appears to have improved with industrialists now categorically accepting that the business environment has certainly changed for the better.

ENTERTAINMENT

BT Excl: Riteish sports long tresses in Banjo

Riteish Deshmukh plays a street musician sporting long tresses in director Ravi Jadhav’s musical 'Banjo', in which he pairs up with Nargis Fakhri.