Daily Newsletter | Thursday, May 14, 2015 | | | Kabul guesthouse siege ends; 5 dead, 6 wounded | | An American citizen was killed when gunmen stormed a downtown Kabul guesthouse late on Wednesday, trapping several foreigners awaiting a musical concert and triggering a seven-hour standoff with Afghan security forces. |
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| | Decongesting Kochi with bridges at hotspots | | If things go as well as planned, an iconic rail overbridge (ROB) will come up at Edappally, connecting the Ponekkara bus stand side and the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences end across the rails. |
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| AIIMS to get Rs 1,500 crore facelift in next three years | | The health ministry has drawn up a major plan for massive upgradation of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) by injecting nearly Rs 1500 crore over the next three years to expand and improve the infrastructure as well as services at the country’s premier health institute. |
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| Delhi cop who ran over 3 women out on bail | | A day after his alleged rash driving led to the death of three women in south Delhi’s Badarpur area, the accused sub-inspector of Delhi police got bail from a trial court on Wednesday. |
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| | 11 likely features of next iPhone | | The next iPhone’s unveiling is more than a quarter away but that doesn’t stop the rumour mill from churning out new information related to Apple’s upcoming flagship(s). |
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| | | Modi will push China to cut trade deficit | | Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to pitch for concrete steps from China to check the growing trade deficit as India’s neighbour has failed to act on a series of measures it promised over the past few years. |
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| At $2.6bn, Tatas’ R&D spend up 28% in 3 years | | In what could be the highest research and development (R&D) expenditure by an Indian conglomerate, the salt-to-software Tata Group spends Rs 16,000 crore, or $2.6 billion, on innovations as the Cyrus Mistry-led enterprise bets big on new technologies to boost growth. |
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| IOC, GAIL in gas deal with Adani | | Flagship oil refiner and marketer IndianOil and gas utility GAIL have inked a deal with an Adani Group firm for booking capacity at a liquid gas import terminal in Odisha, with the option of taking equity in the project at a later stage. |
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| | PIC: Ajay Devgn’s first look from 'Shivaay' | | In Hollywood, it’s common for studios to release their first look much in advance. In a first in India, the savvy star Ajay Devgn has released his first look exclusively with the Bombay Times. |
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| Ranbir Kapoor thinks I am his toy: KJo | | Just like me, I am sure many of you may also have had difficulty in understanding how and why Anurag Kashyap could have chosen Karan Johar to play the main villain in his period romance Bombay Velvet. At that time, it seemed as Anurag’s height of imagination. However, people who have seen Karan in the role of Kaizad Khambatta, the man who is responsible for the rise and fall of Johnny Balraj (played by Ranbir Kapoor) are applauding Karan for his outstanding debut. Over a conversation with Bombay Times, he spoke about the influence of Shah Rukh Khan in his acting, his guilt towards Anushka Sharma and why he loves Ranbir Kapoor. Excerpts. |
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