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With an eye on China, India sends aircraft carrier to Male

It's 44,500 tonnes of robust Indian diplomacy cruising on the high seas, hot on the trail of the Chinese in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR), first in Sri Lanka and now, Maldives.

Delhi govt orders probe into JNU incident

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday ordered a magisterial probe into the alleged shouting of anti-India slogans by a group of students at the Jawaharlal Nehru University here, leading to the arrest of students' union leader Kanhaiya Kumar.

JNU bars Kanhaiya, 7 others from classes

Even as the agitation in Jawaharlal Nehru University over the eulogizing of Afzal Guru took on an increasingly political colour on Saturday, the university’s own high-level inquiry decided that eight students, including two top members of the students’ union — its president Kanhaiya Kumar and general secretary Rama Naga — had prima facie engaged in “objectionable sloganeering” on the campus on February 9.

CITIES

Cyber criminals on the prowl, experts warn V-Day shoppers

On Valentine's Day, couples scour through online deals to get the perfect gift for their partners, cyber criminals too have a field day duping hapless people.

Woman, aide use social network to rob Puneite

A woman befriended a city-based man on Facebook to win his trust and robbed him with the help of her accomplice when they met in person at Sahakarnagar.

Pyaar pairs up Patan girls

Patan is famous for the world heritage site `Rani Ki Vav', the Patola sarees and the two `queens of love' -Hetal and Bhagwati Patel.

TECH

Something as simple as changing the date could brick your iPhone

changing the date to January 1, 1970 will supposedly brick your device to the point that it cannot be recovered unless you manually disassemble the device and disconnect the logic board from the battery.

Google is shutting down Picasa

Google on Friday said it will be shuttering Picasa to shift its focus to the new Google Photos service launched less than a year ago.

Adding these 12 features will make any instant messenger perfect

Keeping in mind how most messengers aren’t really doing a good job at updating themselves, we decided to make a list of features we would want to see in a perfect messenger. And yes, we hope the existing messengers pick up a few things from this list too.

SPORTS

3rd T20: India eye series win in Vizag

A resilient India would look to continue the momentum and seal off their second successive T20 series win when they take on Sri Lanka in the third and final T20I

De Gea own goal hands Sunderland win against United

David de Gea's late own goal earned Sunderland a 2-1 win over Manchester United on Saturday and a vital three points in their bid for Premier League survival.

Under-19 World Cup final: Can India claim fourth title?

India have made it to the final of the junior World Cup on four occasions, winning the title thrice.

BUSINESS

Make in India Week: PM promises stable tax regime

Promising stable and predictable tax regime, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said this was the best time to invest in India as the government carries reforms, including setting up a company law tribunal and effective intellectual property rights regime.

GoAir announces 'zero cancellation fee' offer

Budget carrier GoAir on Saturday offered zero cancellation charges to its customers for flight bookings across its network for a limited period.

BoB posts highest ever net loss of Rs 3,342 crore

Bank of Baroda reported on Saturday the highest-ever quarterly loss in the nation's banking history at Rs 3,342 crore for the October-December period after recognizing and providing for the entire quantum of stressed assets identified through a special review undertaken by RBI.