[wanabidii] Top Headlines: Bihar polls: NDA eyes big gains with its new Dalit-OBC partners

Daily Newsletter | Tuesday, September 15, 2015 TOP HEADLINES MORE » Bihar polls: NDA eyes big gains with its new Dalit-OBC partners The NDA is hoping the coming together of three parties dominated by Dalits and OBCs — Jitan Ram Manjhi’s HAM-S, Ram Vilas Paswan’s LJP and Upendra Kushwaha’s RLSP — with BJP would bring a major shift in Bihar’s caste-based politics, building a formidable block of Dalits, OBCs and upper castes. India’s hopes of UNSC seat get a boost India’s goal of becoming a permanent member of the UN security council took a significant step forward. Amid protests from China, Russia and Pakistan, the UN general assembly on Monday agreed to adopt a negotiating text for security council reforms. Two Indian institutes make it to world’s top 200 Two Indian institutes have for the first time made it to the top 200 list of the world’s best universities. CITIES MORE » Trinamool MLA arrested for college violence Trinamool MLA Dipak Halder was arrested on Monday for allegedly inciting violence at Fakir Chand College in Diamond Harbour. Clash over dog poop in South Delhi, 1 hurt in firing A fight between two youths over dog poop snowballed into a major clash in south Delhi's Humayunpur village, with 30-40 men going on the rampage in the neighbourhood and firing about a dozen rounds, in which a mentally challenged man suffered injuries. MNS celebrates HC order revoking meat sale ban The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) was joyous following the Bombay High Court’s verdict on Monday to revoke the ban on the sale of meat on September 17, the last day of Paryushan Parva, the Jain community’s festival TECH MORE » 5 best smartphones you can buy under Rs 10,000 The sub-Rs 10,000 Android smartphone market has become so saturated in the last one year that it has become difficult to keep track of the best models in the segment. Telcos, activists, govt in fight over mobile towers Three cases challenging proliferation of mobile towers to come up in Bimbay HC while in Delhi, telcos complain MCD has sealed about 200 towers in last two months. iPhone 6S, 6S Plus have more RAM than any previous iPhone The developer confirmed via Twitter that the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus would come packing the long-rumoured spec, after it was revealed by the iOS development tool, Xcode. SPORTS MORE » Pakistan will have to apologise: Batra on HIL participation Batra admitted that while he would love to see that happening, but the Pakistan players would need to improve their code of conduct. Brian Close: The 45-year-old who stood up to Windies in '76 For true, proper fans of cricket, the name Brian Close will perhaps be synonymous with the Old Trafford Test of 1976 when, at the age of 45, the recalled England batsman was made to weather a hostile spell of fast bowling from Michael Holding. Ravi Shastri stresses on consistency against South Africa India and South Africa square off for the first time in a four-Test series, in addition to playing five ODIs and three T20s. BUSINESS MORE » Gujarat tops in biz reforms: Report Gujarat has topped the list of states in rapidly implementing business reforms, a study conducted by the World Bank and the government's Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) has shown. IndiGo's Rs 2,500-crore IPO gets Sebi nod Low cost airline IndiGo's parent firm InterGlobe Aviation has received approval from market regulator Sebi for its Rs 2,500 crore initial public offer. India to sign FTA with Australia, Chile soon India is likely to sign the comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) with Australia and Chile soon following a renewed push to the pacts. ENTERTAINMENT MORE » Kareena doesn't want to be referred as star wife There’s an uprising in Bollywood. Exclusive: Ranveer from 'Bajirao Mastani' song The first look of Ranveer Singh from the Gajanana song from Bajirao Mastani. Tanishaa Mukerji to play a Pakistani in her next Tanishaa Mukerji has moved miles away from her personal relationship with Armaan Kohli and is concentrating fully on her acting career. Trade gup has it that the spunky actress’ next has her playing a Pakistani woman in a social drama that revolves around terrorism, directed by South-based ad man, Eshwar Gunturu. Other Newsletters from TOI: Breaking News | Digest | Tech | Entertainment | Movie Reviews | Life & Style Unsubscribe | To manage your newsletter subscription settings, click here. Copyright 2015 Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. For reprint rights: Times Syndication Service

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