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Live: Steve Jobs went to India for inspiration, Apple CEO Tim Cook tells PM

How Indian community in San Jose welcomed PM

Singer Kailash Kher shared the stage with Modi at the community reception hosted by the Indian diaspora at the Imperial Ballroom of Hotel Fairmont in San Jose.

PM Modi's tech drive at Tesla Motors

Prime Minster Narendra Modi on Saturday paid a visit to the headquarters of Tesla Motors at Pao Alto to get a feel on what could drive the automobiles in the future.

CITIES

4 cops 'extort' gold, cash from Mumbai trader

Four GRP constables are under the scanner after they “confiscated” gold and cash from a cloth trader, who was travelling from Mumbai Central Terminus to Surat, without giving him any kind of receipt or acknowledgement.

Thane cops to drop woman’s name from pothole death FIR

Thane police have finally taken an in-principle decision to drop a woman’s name from an FIR registered against her for a pothole mishap that caused her mother’s death

Rains spurt dengue cases in Kolkata

Sporadic rains in city and its suburbs have led to a spurt in dengue cases causing an alarm in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation top brass.

TECH

In pics: Excited buyers line up as iPhone 6S goes on sale

Kicking off what is expected to be a record weekend of sales, customers across nations scrambled to buy Apple's brand new smartphones. As always, there were long queues of excited buyers many braving rain and some lined up since days to get their new phones. Here are some pictures from Apple Store's around the world.

Silicon Valley to give PM Narendra Modi 'rock-star' treatment

For a change, Silicon Valley is buzzing about something besides a sleek new device, mind-bending breakthrough or precocious billionaire.

Infosys scraps 'bell curve', gets new appraisal system

Infosys has finally bid adieu to the bell curve as a performance assessment tool for its 1.76 lakh employees. The decision is already showing results.

SPORTS

Shashank Manohar set for another term as BCCI president

Shashank Manohar is all set to once again become the BCCI president with the ruling Anurag Thakur faction as well as Sharad Pawar group projecting him as the consensus candidate.

Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis win Guangzhou Open title

Sania Mirza-Martina Hingis continued their unbeaten run as they defeated Shilin Xu-Xiaodi You in the final to clinch the Guangzhou Open title on Saturday.

Rooney on target as Man Utd replace Man City at top

United moved top for the first time since the opening day of the 2013-14 season and for the first time under Louis van Gaal.

BUSINESS

VW scandal exposes cozy ties b/w industry and Berlin

Angela Merkel learned early in her political career that taking on the German car industry carries risks.

Maruti's temporary workers too demand wage hike

Temporary workers at Maruti Suzuki's Manesar plant today protested in front of factory demanding hike in wages, a day after the management signed a three-year settlement with permanent employees.

Raje announces 'affordable' urban housing policies

Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje today unveiled two policies pertaining to affordable housing and allotment of land in urban areas of the state.

ENTERTAINMENT

'Talvar' is deja vu for Vishal Bhardwaj

Director Meghna Gulzar’s Talvar, based on the 2008 Noida double murder case, is all set to release on October 2. But it’s not a solo release as Singh Is Bliing will also hit the marquee on the same day.

Anupam Kher conquers the US

After being listed as among the best acting schools in the world, Anupam Kher’s Actor Prepares is spreading its wings by getting into production of plays, television soaps and films.