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Monday, April 09, 2018
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Karnataka election 2018: Party-hoppers, big names in BJP 1st list
The BJP’s CM candidate BS Yeddyurappa, his bête noire KS Eshwarappa, Ballari strongman BS Sriramulu and party-hopper Mallikayya Guttedar are some of the names cleared by the BJP in its first list of 72 candidates for the May 12 elections.

TOI's '#NoConditionsApply' campaign wins 12 Abbys at GoaFest
The Times of India's campaign, '#NoConditionsApply: Shindoor Khela', bagged a gold and three silver Abbys at GoaFest 2018 on Saturday.

Oli: India's help must for Nepal's 'Green Revolution'

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Facebook scandal a 'Game Changer' in Data Privacy Regulation
Revelations that data belonging to as many 87 million Facebook Inc. users and their friends may have been misused became a game changer in the world of data protection as regulators are looking to raise awareness about how to protect information.

Will be out of Nirav Modi mess in 6 months: PNB MD
The bank was hit by the country's biggest-ever banking fraud of more than Rs 13,000 crore perpetrated by billionaire diamantaire Nirav Modi and his associates in connivance with some officials of a branch of the bank in Mumbai.

Bad loans menace: Over three dozen CAs under RBI lens
Sources said the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is looking into the role of around 35 to 40 chartered accountants in loan defaults by various companies.

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Over 100 tiny plastic bits present in every meal: Study

With 'unforgettable' bag, Malaysian shoppers paid to cut plastic waste

Extinct monitor lizard had four eyes: Study

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CA whistleblower: FB data may be in Russia
The data "could be stored in various parts of the world, including Russia," Christopher Wylie said in an interview. "The professor who was managing the data harvesting process was going back and forth between the UK and Russia," Wylie said, an apparent reference to Cambridge University lecturer Aleksandr Kogan.

Trump suggesting China will 'take down' its trade barriers
Trump insists "China will take down its Trade Barriers because it is the right thing to do. Taxes will become reciprocal & a deal will be made on Intellectual Property. Great future for both countries!"

Cyber attack in Iran leaves US flag on screens
Hackers have attacked networks in a number of countries including data centres in Iran where they left the image of a US flag on screens along with a warning "Don't mess with our elections", the Iranian IT ministry said. A statement carried by Iran's official news agency IRNA said the attack was made possible by a vulnerability in routers from Cisco.

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Video: Glimpse of Alia Bhatt in 'Raazi'
After her last outing ‘Badrinath Ki Dulhania’, Alia Bhatt is all set to treat the audience with her yet another stellar performance in Junglee Pictures and Dharma Productions’ ‘Raazi’. In a new video, Alia hints at the upcoming trailer on April 10.

Sri Reddy's nude protest raises questions

This is when Salman will wrap up 'Race 3'
Even though Salman is free to shoot, as per court’s order, the superstar isn’t allowed to leave the country unless granted permission. The Bishnoi community is planning to move their case to the Rajasthan High Court since they are unhappy with the bail that was granted to Salman.

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Muscle loss may up mortality risk in breast cancer patients
A study showed that more than one-third women with sarcopenia - the degenerative loss of skeletal muscle mass - at diagnosis had a significantly increased risk of death compared with patients without sarcopenia, regardless of the age or stage of cancer.

Humanity's first flight to Sun set to launch in July: Nasa
While facing brutal heat and radiation, the mission will reveal fundamental science behind what drives the solar wind, the constant outpouring of material from the Sun that shapes planetary atmospheres and affects space weather near Earth.

German scientists grow first Antarctic salad
A shipping container-size greenhouse, called EDEN ISS, was installed in near the the Neumayer Station III, a German research facility in Antarctica.

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Live: Commonwealth Games 2018, Day 5

IPL: Knight Riders beat Royal Challengers by four wickets
Sunil Narine slammed a quick-fire fifty to help Kolkata Knight Riders beat Royal Challengers Bangalore by four wickets in their opening match of Indian Premier League season 11 at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Sunday.

India at CWG: Women TT team creates history
Day four of the 2018 Commonwealth Games at Gold Coast, Australia has seen three more gold medals for India in the shape of weightlifter Punam Yadav, who won gold in the women’s 69kg event, teenage shooting prodigy Manu Bhaker, who won the women’s 10m air pistol event, and India women, who clinched a maiden table tennis team gold.

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How to edit PDFs online for free
We all have used PDF files at some point in time. On many occasions, there was this urgent need to make some edits to the file but we were unable to do so. Although Adobe Acrobat is pretty heavy software with all the essential editing tools at your disposal, in order to edit a PDF using Adobe Acrobat you need to have a paid version of the software.

Amazon hits roadblock in the Indian trademark office
Amazon is facing in India what Apple encountered in China — a trademark hurdle for its top brands. The online retailer, which has introduced Prime, Echo and Prime Music here, has hit a roadblock at the Indian trademark office. The Seattle-based company’s trademarks for these brands have not been accepted here yet, according to government documents.

BSNL launches Rs 258 plan, offers 153GB data
BSNL presents IPL pack Unlimited data STV-248 for prepaid mobile customers which give unlimited data (3 GB data per day) with validity of 51 days during period of IPL cricket match.

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JEE Main 2018 paper 2 analysis: Maths part was tough, say students
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) conducted JEE Main 2018 exam today i.e., on April 8, 2018. The exam was held in two slots - from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm for BTech(Paper 1) and from 2 pm to 5 pm for BArch/BPlan(Paper 2).

JEE Main 2018 offline paper 1 analysis: Chemistry part was tough, say students
The national Level Engineering entrance exam has been conducted on 8th April 2018 (10:30 am to 12:30 pm) for Offline Mode.

Re-exams for failed Class IX students to begin this year
This year on, state board schools will have to hold re-exams towards June-end for Class IX students who have failed. The state had proposed the same last year too but had to withdraw the circular after schools objected.

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Bank pays for losing home loan document
The state consumer commission has reprimanded and penalised a foreign bank for losing the original sale deed of a Mulund resident who had availed of a housing loan. It has ordered Standard Chartered Bank to pay Rs 1.15 lakh compensation to Pradeep Shetty who had taken a loan of Rs 9 lakh and had repaid it.

Doctors confirm drug overdose, Indrani mum
Three days after Sheena Bora murder accused Indrani Mukerjea was taken to JJ Hospital in an unconscious state, doctors treating her have confirmed it as a case of drug overdose based on her clinical symptoms. The chemical analysis report that will solidify the diagnosis is likely to arrive in another one or two days.

2016 survey: Salt pans are wetland, can't be developed
There is no single salt pan plot in Mumbai which is 1,000 acres. This opens up the possibility of allowing development on salt pans in the city since the Centre says that only contiguous land over 1,000 acres can be now defined as wetland, say government sources.

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HC seeks reply on whistleblower's plea
The Delhi high court has sought the Centre and Delhi government’s response on a plea by a Dalit whistleblower who claimed of being harassed in Haryana and facing death threat for exposing illegal sand mining. The petitioner has sought his immediate relocation to Delhi.

Aadhaar helps mentally-ill woman find her family
Enrollment of a woman under the Aadhaar scheme came handy as it helped a woman reunite with her family after she went missing over four months ago. The 31-year-old woman, who has mental health issues, was found abandoned on Delhi roads.

Cabbie who tried to stop robbery bid beaten up
Days after a 30-year-old cab driver tried to stop a robbery attempt by a man known to him; he was beaten with iron rods in west Delhi's Janakpuri on Saturday.

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Karnataka election 2018: Party-hoppers, big names in BJP 1st list
The BJP’s CM candidate BS Yeddyurappa, his bête noire KS Eshwarappa, Ballari strongman BS Sriramulu and party-hopper Mallikayya Guttedar are some of the names cleared by the BJP in its first list of 72 candidates for the May 12 elections.

Rahul Gandhi: Our GST comparable only to those in Pakistan, Sudan

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Pedestrians account for one-third road fatalities

1 lakh students appear for JEE Main, physics tough to crack

Mini buses at Metro stations for last-mile connectivity

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Bikers take over Marina footpath for parking as police look the other way
When access to Marina Beach was cut off by the city police, it was expected to be a deterrent to public protests for causes like Cauvery and anti-Sterlite movements.

'Sand smugglers got permit from PWD to remove debris'

Chuck queues, book unreserved train tickets now via mobile app
and frustrating wait at crowded ticket counters and book tickets through a mobile app without breaking a sweat.

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Rally held against goons in home minister's borough

Court rebukes CBI for case against taxman

HC bats for separate norms for health centres in islands

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Allahabad: Advised by occultist, man sets 3 kids on fire; 2 killed

Attack on AU student: Cops plans to invoke NSA against accused

Allahabad University students plant sapling in research scholar's memory
Allahabad University students paid a tribute to the research scholar who ended his life at the AN Jha Hostel by planting a sapling in his memory at the campus on Saturday.

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Ahmedabad-Puri Express travels 13km without engine, 7 suspended

Train to Puri leaves engine behind, 22 coaches travel 13km
Believe it or not, 22 coaches of the 18406 Ahmedabad-Puri Express (via Sambalpur) with around 1,000 passengers rolled on for 13km without any engine in Orissa's Titlagarh section on Saturday night.

Passengers recount horror as engine-less train rolls on track

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Computer Baba's plaint to PMO back to haunt MP govt
Computer Baba's complaint to PMO back to haunt MP govt

Mercury up: Direct schools to close by 1 pm, school edu dept tells collector

6000 cops sent to Gwalior, Chambal for April 10 bandh

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Himachal Pradesh teacher's female kin may be held soon
teacher Rakesh Kumar's female relative from Punjab's Ferozepur for her involvement in the leak of CBSE Class XII economics paper on March 23.

Punjab and Haryana HC: Cruelty in marriage can differ due to class, education
A division bench comprising Justice M M S Bedi and Justice G S Gill passed the judgment recently while granting divorce to a woman doctor serving as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Army.

Crusher owned by Kaul Singh's son fined Rs 2.9cr

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