[wanabidii] Top Headlines: 'Rapist' driver's parents: If he's guilty, punish him but don't punish us

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'Rapist' driver's parents: If he's guilty, punish him but don't punish us

The country may now be baying for the blood of Shiv Kumar, but that's not how his father, a respected teacher at the government school there, thought his son would one day turn out.

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Uber: Cops suspect more victims may surface

Interrogation of the cab driver, Shiv Kumar Yadav-who had allegedly raped a 25-year-old woman in the capital last Friday — has thrown up shocking details about his past.

CITIES

Youth stabs batchmate after online spat

An online spat between two students of Deccan College of Engineering and Technology (DCET), Darussalaam, turned violent on Tuesday, with one ending up stabbing the other.

‘28% increase in Indian students migrating to US’

There has been 28% increase in the number of Indian students migrating to the United States of America in the last one year and about 1.13 lakh Indian students are pursuing their higher studies in that country, said American Centre deputy director Greg Pardo on Tuesday.

HC acquits three after they spend nearly 10 years in jail in drugs case

A couple of months before they were scheduled to complete their 10-year prison terms, the Bombay high court acquitted two Mumbai residents and a Sri Lankan in a 2005 drug bust case.

TECH

Facebook offers IIT-Bombay girl Rs 2 crore package

IIT-Bombay student Aastha Agarwal's Facebook job offer with Rs two crore package is perhaps the highest offered to an undergrad.

First impressions: Acer Liquid E700

The Liquid E700 comes with a high capacity battery, a front-facing camera with LED flash and triple sim card support.

10 hottest topics on Facebook in 2014

The service analysed the year's posts to reveal these trends for Indian and global users.

SPORTS

India stun Netherlands 3-2, face Belgium in quarters

After two successive defeats, India finally tasted their first success in the Champions Trophy after beating second-ranked Netherlands 3-1 in their last Pool B match on Tuesday.

ISL: Kerala beat Pune City 1-0, book semifinal spot

Iain Hume's 23rd minute goal proved the decisive winner as Kerala Blasters beat FC Pune City by a solitary goal and book a semifinal spot in the ISL.

Bhupathi says Leander did not want to play in IPTL

IPTL founder Mahesh Bhupathi has said his estranged doubles partner Leander Paes turned down invitation to play in the tournament's ongoing inaugural season.

BUSINESS

Lufthansa eyes Indian destinations with low-cost Wings

Your dream European holiday may soon be within your reach. German airline Lufthansa is launching a long-haul low-cost carrier (LCC) by 2016 and India is among the destinations being eyed for this airline called Wings.

US steel industry criticises WTO ruling favouring India

The American steel industry today criticised a WTO ruling against the US imposing high duty on imports of certain Indian steel products, an order India hailed as a "significant victory" that will help its domestic manufacturers and exporters.

Car sales grow 10% in Nov on fears of excise duty hike

Car sales registered a 10% growth in November as manufacturers upped inventory levels ahead of a possible hike in excise duty rates from the new year.