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Survey shocker: Half of rural India touched by poverty

India has a problem at hand and its magnitude is much higher than what was imagined or reported. That is the short and succinct message of the socio-economic caste census (SECC) released on Friday.

Dawood was in talks to return to India: Shakeel

Dawood Ibrahim and his deputy and most trusted aide Chhota Shakeel do not wish to return to India anymore. According to Shakeel, the Indian government turned down their proposal to return after the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts, and now they are reluctant to come back.

Condom shortage: Jitters in Nashik before Kumbh

The Maharashtra State Aids Control Society (MSAC) has expressed fear in the run-up to the Kumbh Mela of unprotected sex and the possible spread of HIV and AIDS because of shortage of condoms.

CITIES

Mumbai: Metro services to be partly suspended tomorrow

Metro services on the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar corridor will be out of bounds for more than seven hours on Sunday as the commissioner for metro rail safety (CMRS) plans to carry out a statutory inspection.

Mishap at construction site kills 3 in Delhi's Dwarka

Three labourers died after a basement wall of a hospital under construction in Dwarka collapsed on Friday morning.

Another dolphin stranded in Navi Mumbai, guided back to sea

A second dolphin was stranded at Amba river in Nagothane on Friday, just two days after the first Indo-Pacific humpbacked dophin was spotted here.

TECH

13 tech jobs that pay at least $130,000

There's little doubt that technology-related jobs, whether building software or managing a network, are in demand and pay well.

Google India to launch new Android One phone on July 14

Google has gone back to the drawing board for Android One and come up with a version 2.0 as it were.

Nationwide Mobile Number Portability to be rolled out today

Mobile Number Portability will allow customers to keep their existing mobile phone numbers while shifting between states and circles

SPORTS

HWL: India thrashed 0-4 by Belgium in Semi-final

India were outclassed 0-4 by hosts Belgium, with Florent Van Aubel's fine hat-trick playing a pivotal role in the side's passage to the final.

Unstoppable Novak Djokovic silences Bernard Tomic

It was job well done for Novak Djokovic as he silenced Bernard Tomic and his Australian Fanatics with a 6-3, 6-3, 6-3 victory in the third round.

Infographic: A complete guide to Tour de France 2015

The Tour de France is an annual multiple stage cycle race mainly held in France, while also occasionally making passes through nearby countries.

BUSINESS

Outsider CEO in as companies think out-of-box

India Inc’s quest for innovative thinking in a highly competitive environment is forcing a large number of organizations to recruit CEOs from outside the firm. In the last three to six months, quite a few CEO appointments have been made externally and hiring agencies expect this trend to accelerate by up to15% this financial year.

PepsiCo India faces high attrition at top

At a time when sales of soft drinks are slowing down, PepsiCo India is also facing an HR challenge. Several executives in charge of key functions left the company recently while a few others are waiting in the wings, said people familiar with the matter, citing the frequent restructuring in the Indian subsidiary of the New York-based food and beverage giant.

Snapdeal sells luxury home for Rs 6 crore

Online marketplace Snapdeal has sold a luxury penthouse located in Bengaluru for Rs 6 crore, making this, perhaps, one of the highest online residential property sale in the country. This comes a few days after the New Delhi-based company sold an apartment from Tata Housing for Rs 1.1 crore.

ENTERTAINMENT

Hrithik to dance to 'Aashiqui' song for free

Hrithik Roshan is not just a Greek God when it comes to his looks, but he is also the undisputed God of Dance in Bollywood.

Dharmendra disturbed by Hema’s accident

When the news of BJP MP and actress Hema Malini’s road accident near Dausa, Rajasthan, broke on Thursday evening, it caught her entire family and husband Dharmendra, who was in Mumbai, completely unawares.

Prince Charles talks to Kanika Kapoor in Hindi

A couple of days ago, Bollywood playback singer Kanika Kapoor, famous as the Baby Doll crooner, attended a charity event hosted by UK royalty Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall.