[wanabidii] Top Headlines: 101-year-old man rescued week after Nepal quake as fear grows in rural areas

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101-year-old man rescued week after Nepal quake as fear grows in rural areas

Rescuers have pulled a 101-year-old man alive from his ruined home a week after Nepal’s earthquake, even as the government warned on Sunday that toll, already exceeding 7,200, would climb “much higher”.

8 Assam Rifles men killed in Nagaland ambush

At least eight Assam Rifles personnels have been killed and six others injured in an ambush by suspected NSCN (K) militants in Mon district of Nagaland on Sunday afternoon. Four other jawans of the paramilitary force are reported missing.

The monk who changed Narendra Modi’s life

When Narendra Modi meets an ailing 95-year-old monk during his visit to Kolkata on May 9, he would be keeping a promise made to the guru whose advice led Modi to politics — and, eventually, the country’s prime ministership.

CITIES

Delhi govt suspends 20 truant DTC bus drivers

The Delhi Transport Corporation’s (DTC) claims of efficiency got a jolt on Sunday after 20 of its drivers were suspended for being absent from duty.

Ahmedabad's air 2nd worst, Faridabad tops the list

Ahmedabad displaced Delhi in the rank to become the second city with a poor ambient air quality in the country.

Drunk driver hits parked car; injures mom, 2 daughters

A drunk driver crashed his car into a parked car in Sector 21 market on Sunday morning, injuring a woman and two children, who were in the parked car.

TECH

15 accurate predictions Bill Gates made in 1999

In 1999, Bill Gates wrote a book titled "Business @ the Speed of Thought."In the book, Gates makes 15 bold predictions that at the time might have sounded outrageous.

All-India MNP deadline delayed by 2 months

The Department of Telecom (DoT) has extended the deadline to fully implement the mobile number portability (MNP) across the country by another two months.

Net neutrality: COAI claims 40 lakh users supported its campaign

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) said that the “support” has come through SMSes and voice calls made as part of this campaign over the past week.

SPORTS

Chelsea claim Premier League title with 1-0 win over Palace

Chelsea clinched a fifth English top flight title after a first-half goal from Eden Hazard gave them a 1-0 win over Crystal Palace at Stamford Bridge.

IPL 8: Rajasthan Royals beat Delhi Daredevils by 14 runs

Ajinkya Rahane and Karun Nair helped Rajasthan Royals get their campaign back on track as they defeated Delhi Daredevils by 14 runs in IPL 8 match.

Clinical Federer downs Cuevas to take Istanbul title

Top seed Roger Federer on Sunday won the Istanbul Open with a superb display of clay court tennis to defeat Pablo Cuevas of Uruguay in straight sets.

BUSINESS

Birla’s Madura-Pantaloons merger creates Rs 12k-cr giant

Merges branded apparels business of Madura Garments, Pantaloons Retail & Aditya Birla Nuvo.

CBI probes MCX’s market debut

The Central Bureau of Investigation has launched a probe into the initial public offer of commodity futures exchange MCX to see if there were irregularities in clearing the share sale, which had received a healthy response.

CNET founder eyes bitcoin wallet in India

From having founded the pioneering digital publishing platform CNET, selling it for $1.8 billion to CBS and filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy subsequently, Halsey Minor — an American serial tech entrepreneur from the 1990s dotcom boom era — has seen it all.

ENTERTAINMENT

Ranbir: I am a guy’s guy as much as I am a girl’s guy

Ranbir Kapoor and Anurag Kashyap, on the face of it, seem to be from different planets. While Ranbir has the perception of being the urban, super cool guy, Anurag likes to flaunt his rustic, real and raw cinema. But you look deeper and you can see that both are crazy about cinema and love being challenged.

'I even sold newspapers in Agra for a living'

Ankit Arora may have played a prince in both his TV shows Ramayan (he played Lakshman) and Siddharth Kumar Tewary’s ongoing Razia Sultan (as Ruknuddin Firuz), but his real life hasn’t been a bed of roses. Homeless and helpless, the actor’s parents have been living in an ashram in Haryana for the past 10 years.

Shahid Kapoor's colourful hairdo for 'Udta Punjab?’

Shahid Kapoor has been experimenting a lot with his hair. From going bald to sporting a pony tail and later even getting blue streaks, Shahid has done it all. Apparently the actor will be seen sporting coloured hair in certain portions of his next film Udta Punjab.