[wanabidii] Top Headlines: 7-day police custody for Masarat Alam but defiant Geelani vows to fight

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7-day police custody for Masarat Alam but defiant Geelani vows to fight

Jammu and Kashmir's separatist leader Masarat Alam was sent to seven day police custody late on Friday evening, Times Now reported.

Lion as national animal? Central panel mulls

The Narendra Modi government is considering a proposal to make lion India’s national animal, pushing out the tiger that has had the coveted status since 1972.

Now, Cong decides to tail Modi on foreign tours

Congress on Friday said the party will keep a spokesman ready in every country that the Prime Minister visits in future to rebut his "false claims", slamming Narendra Modi for suggesting on his foreign tour that "India has stopped begging now" and that it was known as "scam India" during the previous government.

CITIES

Youth throws pregnant girlfriend off Nahargarh, rescued

A youth pushed his 22-year-old pregnant girlfriend from Nahargarh hills after crushing her face with a stone and then fled assuming her to be dead.

Three Bengaluru palikas to get new names

Trifurcation could mean a lot more than slicing up Bengaluru - from Bruhat Bengaluru Mahangara Palike, the three corporations are set to get a new name each.

Power cuts snap husband-wife ties in Allahabad

Lengthy power cuts, which are making life miserable for people in Uttar Pradesh, have led to irrevocable differences between one particular couple in Pratapgarh district and caused a ‘separation’.

TECH

iPhone 6 vs Galaxy S6 edge camera comparison

Apple’s iPhone has always been one of the most consistent camera-phones.

TCS bonanza: Rs 2,628cr bonus for staffers

The Diwali windfall has come six months early for 2.5 lakh employees of software services giant Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). India's biggest private sector employer and top recruiter of women will dole out a special reward amounting to Rs 2,628 crore ($423 million), probably the biggest-ever bonus payout by an Indian company .

Facebook CEO joins Internet.Org debate in India

Zuckerberg's comments come amid a raging debate that such plans lead to violation of the principle of Net neutrality in India, with partners in his dream initiative Internet.org leaving the portal.

SPORTS

Chennai Super Kings cruise to six-wicket win over Mumbai Indians

Fiery knocks by Chennai Super Kings openers Dwayne Smith and Brendon McCullum set the foundation for a six-wicket win over Mumbai Indians.

I didn't tell anyone to give me the money I got: Yuvraj Singh

Indian batsman Yuvraj Singh says that he "didn't tell anyone to give him" the money that he commanded at the IPL tournament's auctions.

Djokovic to face Nadal in Monte Carlo semifinal

It will be Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal's 43rd career meeting, the first since the Spaniard beat the Serb in last year's French Open final.

BUSINESS

RIL back as India’s most profitable company

Riding on superior refinery margins, Reliance Industries (RIL) regained its position as India’s most profitable firm on Friday.

Committed to predictable tax norms: FM

Finance minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday that the government is committed to a transparent and predictable tax regime and views taxpayers as partners and not as potential hostages or victims.

Govt looks at ways to clear stalled projects

The finance ministry has called a meting of bankers, RBI officials and other government departments to revive power, steel, transport and projects that are either held up or facing financial stress as it seeks to get investment moving again.

ENTERTAINMENT

Bollywood celebs and their stepmoms

Friends of Shahid Kapoor say that when the actor shifts lock, stock and barrel from his current apartment in Raj Classic to his fancy sea-facing apartment in Juhu, he is bound to feel a void. And the one person he will miss deeply is his stepmother Supriya Pathak Kapur.