[wanabidii] Top Headlines: Census 2011: Muslim population grows 24%, slower than previous decade

Daily Newsletter | Thursday, January 22, 2015 TOP HEADLINES MORE » Census 2011: Muslim population grows 24%, slower than previous decade While the growth rate of the Muslim population has slowed from around 29% between 1991 and 2001, it is still higher than the national average of 18% for the decade. Maken richer than Bedi, Kejriwal combined With a net worth of Rs 16 crore, Congress’ Ajay Maken is the richest chief ministerial candidate this time, and also the most prosperous with his family’s net worth increasing four-fold since the Lok Sabha elections in 2009. Sunanda case: Journalists to be quizzed The Delhi Police is in the process of questioning eight more people who had either spoken to Sunanda Pushkar or Shashi Tharoor on January 16 and 17 which may shed some light on the mystery of her death. CITIES MORE » Asaram case: Ahmedabad crime branch to supervise probe The supervision of the probe into rape allegations against Asaram has been handed over to the city crime branch. Passengers stranded at Yeshwantpur station The railways, which has an image of "delayed" arrival and departures, left 200-odd passengers stranded at Yeshwantpur station as a train left hours before the "scheduled time intimated to them". Auto-drivers in Raipur on indefinite strike, commuters fume One of the crucial links of public transport came to a standstill when around 10,000 auto-rickshaw drivers went on an indefinite strike to protest against transport department for complicating registration process of autos and issuing licence on Wednesday. TECH MORE » Windows 10 to be free for Windows 7, 8 users Windows 10, expected on the market this autumn, will be available for one year as a free upgrade to users of Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows Phone 8.1, Myerson said. Now, brace for Swachh Bharat cess on phone bill Your phone and internet bills may go up as the government plans to levy a cess on telecom services to create a corpus to fund the Swachh Bharat drive. 5 interesting phones launched recently The year 2015 has opened on a high note for the smartphone market in the country. SPORTS MORE » Rafael Nadal survives five-set scare at Australian Open Rafael Nadal battled through illness to lurch into the third round of the Australian Open with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-7(2), 6-3, 7-5 victory over qualifier Tim Smyzcek. Sania, Paes make it all-win day for India at Australian Open India enjoyed an all-win day at the Australian Open after Paes and Sania sailed into the second round of their respective men's and women's doubles events. Jose Mourinho jokes about Steven Gerrard loan deal Chelsea manager Mourinho has joked that he might make a bid to sign Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard on loan when he leaves for US at the end of season. BUSINESS MORE » Bengaluru stands tall with $2.6-billion venture capital India’s IT hub, Bengaluru, came in fifth in a list of cities globally that received the most venture capital in 2014, an indication of the growing vibrancy of its startup ecosystem. Telecom companies upset over only 5MHz of 3G auction The telecom auctions in February will see the sale of only 5MHz of 3G spectrum, a dampener to the telecom industry, which was pitching for availability of at least 20 MHz as suggested by regulator Trai. Government clears revival plan for SpiceJet, refers it to Sebi In a timely move to save SpiceJet, the aviation ministry has given initial approval to the airline’s revival plan submitted by its co-founder Ajay Singh, who is now back at the helm. ENTERTAINMENT MORE » 'I can’t afford to let Salman Bhai down' Actor Pulkit Samrat talks about taking risks, life post marriage and more in a chat with Ahmedabad Times 'Can never date a Sikh' Taapsee Pannu, 26, may not have visited South India prior to doing films there, but she now speaks Telugu fluently and has managed to be the leading lady in many Telugu and Tamil films. Other Newsletters from TOI: Entertainment | Tech | Movie Reviews | Life & Style 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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