News Digest: Spotted: Mallya's country house in UK

Spotted: Mallya's country house in UK
According to sources, Mallya, facing legal proceedings for defaulting on Rs 9,000 crore loans taken from various banks, is now safely ensconced in his sprawling Ladywalk estate in the village of Tiwen near St Albans in Hertfordshire.

Fertile young couples too seek lab babies

Around the world on Mhadei for Navy's all-women crew
The Navy is planning another circumnavigation of the globe with an all-women crew on a sailing vessel in 2017. Six women officers are already undergoing extensive training for the arduous voyage, having just completed their first all-women journey on the iconic sailing vessel Mhadei from Visakhapatnam to Goa.

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Niti Aayog for law change to increase women workforce
Niti Aayog said it is engaging with states to bring about legislative changes in labour laws with a view to increase women participation in the workforce. He mentioned that in some parts of the country law does not permit women to work in factories during night shifts.

No complaint to be pending for more than 2 yrs: Sebi
To ensure resolution of grievances in a stipulated time-frame, SEBI has decided to complete within two years all its enforcement actions -- starting from launch of probe to the passing of final order. Earlier, it used to take several years to come up with a final judgement, he said.

Future Group open to selling Sri Sri products
Home-grown retail major Future Group on Saturday said it is open for selling ayurvedic FMCG products of Sri Sri Ayurveda promoted by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar of Art of Living, as it has done with the range of products of Baba Ramdev-led Patanjali Ayurveda.

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'Buddha's teachings can resolve global issues'
A confederation of Buddhist bodies wants faith to have a role in solving problems like climate change and poverty

With 3% emissions, India ready for climate change
With only three per cent of the global carbon emissions, India is ready to combat climate change, said union environment minister Prakash Javadekar. "Though India is not part of the problem, it wants to be part of the solution,"he said affirming that climate change is a reality

Animals starve as zoo workers strike
Toughening their stand, the workers said they won't allow visitors on Saturday too, but said they would feed the animals as per schedule.

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PIO journo caught in turmoil while reporting, detained
A CBS news reporter of Indian-origin was detained at a Trump rally for "resisting arrest" as the Republican frontrunner's campaign degenerated into a free-for-all between his supporters and protesters.

Obama rebukes Trump for campaign rhetoric
President Barack Obama gave a mocking rebuke today of Republican frontrunner Donald Trump for his incendiary language on the campaign trail.

Swearing by the Gita
While Srinivasan and Murthy, two of the highest ranking public officials of Indian-origin in the US, have been taciturn about discussing their religious faith, others newer to the faith have spoken more freely.

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'People have become touchy about everything'
Manoj Bajpayee, who has been nominated for the Best Actor in a Negative Role category at the Times of India Film Awards (TOIFA) 2016 for his stark portrayal of an obsessed politician and lover in 'Tevar', shares his views on good cinema, box-office numbers and controversies.

Big B and Taapsee's crazy selfie session
Like most of the people of today’s era, our Bollywood celebs too are unable to resist the temptation of clicking selfies whenever they get a chance.

Shraddha Kapoor sizzles in a swimsuit
Shraddha Kapoor sheds her sweet girl-next-door image for Sajid Nadiadwala’s 'Baaghi', in which the light-eyed beauty dons a swimsuit for the first time.

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Kinky sex is normal, says study
The number of sexual fetishes considered anomalous in psychiatry are actually common in the general population, a study has found. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5), sexual interests fall into two categories: normal (normophilic) and anomalous (paraphilic). Researchers asked 1,040 Quebec residents, representative of the general population, about their experiences of sexual behaviour considered abnormal by the DSM-5.

Why nights are getting more warmer than days
Researchers have discovered why more rapid warming at night compared to the day, which has been seen around the globe in recent decades, is likely to continue. Observations from the last 50 years have shown that the nights have been warming much faster than the days.

Europe, Russia start alien hunt
Countries embark on their mission to Mars on Monday, using unmanned probes to look for methane and also dig through Martian soil

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Pakistan cricket team arrives in Kolkata for World T20
The Pakistan cricket team, led by Shahid Afridi, arrived at the Kolkata Airport on Saturday evening to participate in ICC World T20 2016 amid tight security.

India should focus on winning WT20, not on Pak: Gambhir
Playing down the hype over the potentially high-voltage India-Pakistan World T20 match to be played on March 19, World Cup winner Gautam Gambhir said that the team's focus should be on winning the title.

EPL: Man City suffer blow to title hopes with Norwich stalemate
Manchester City's hopes of regaining the Premier League title suffered a potentially grievous blow on Saturday as they were held to a goalless draw by struggling Norwich City at Carrow Road.

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With AR/VR, startups create a new world
Companies in real estate and education have started using augmented and virtual reality to reach their consumers but India is yet to make a big leap into the emerging technologies, though biggies round the world are pouring funds into the space

15 Chrome tricks you didn't know about
Here are some tricks that would come handy in making your user experience with Chrome more fun, productive and intuitive.

Apple just officially dispelled the biggest iPhone myth
An Apple executive has dispelled the most persistent myth about the iPhone.

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New TYBA exam schedule will help students to choose courses

India, US launch Fulbright-Kalam Climate Fellowship
India and US have launched the Fulbright-Kalam Climate Fellowship, in a new initiative to advance bilateral cooperation on climate change that will enable Indian research scholars to work with American institutions in the field.

RTE mandate fails to achieve even half-mark
They were supposed to go to school with everyone else.But the move towards equal education has been marred by contorted reasons and handicaps like slow admission process and lack of awareness among families.

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Vet college to felicitate four-legged animals who work with armed forces, police

18 lakh youth enroll in Centre's skill development scheme
Around 18 lakh youth have enrolled in the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana over the last eight months, revealed Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge) and Parliamentary Affairs, last week.

2 boys also complained against Sion teacher, accused reports sick
The Sion school teacher, accused of sexual misconduct with minor students, has reported sick. It has also emerged that two male students from class IV also had similar complaints against the teacher.

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Youth, associate held for murder
A 24-year-old youth was arrested on Thursday for shooting a man who had allegedly insulted his father a year ago. Police said that during a brawl between the two families the deceased had addressed the accused’s father as a dog.

Home Minister Praises Sri Sri's Multi-Faith And Multi-Lingual Programme
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s reassuring address to over six lakh spectators on Friday, urging them to take pride in India’s cultural legacy, at the World Culture Festival, home minister Rajnath Singh and external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj dismissed any notion of Hindu majoritarianism on Saturday.

Traffic crawls in east, central Delhi
East and central Delhi witnessed massive traffic jams with visitors heading towards the World Cultural Festival venue near NH-24 on Saturday noon.

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RSS may change uniform from today
RSS is expected to announce a change in uniform on Sunday, and switch from its trademark khaki shorts to trousers.

Karnataka HC orders notice to state chief secretary on contempt plea

Paytm borrows Rs 300cr from ICICI Bank
Online payments and commerce platform Paytm has taken a loan of close to Rs 300 crore from ICICI Bank in two tranches, a move that analysts say reflects the slowdown in venture capital (VC) investing.

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Engineering losing sheen in Eamcet?
In a visible shift in trend, medical and agriculture courses attracted more applications in EAMCET 2016 as against the usual favourite -- engineering.

Agri-tech on the rise
While the recently announced Union Budget called for more digitized farming solutions, closer home, the agricultural sector has already ushered in a new era of automation.

'Electoral system needs a major clean-up'
Stressing the need for reforms to "clean up the electoral system", Chief Election Commissioner Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi on Saturday said that the Election Commission of India (EC) was batting for the disqualification of candidates and elected representatives "charge-sheeted for heinous

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Issue cheques only in the name of motor accident victims, Madras HC advises tribunals

Anti-corruption activists release template for Lokayukta Bill in Tamil Nadu

NGO launches Water Bowl Challenge to help thirsty animals, birds

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Gujarat banks' bad loans rose by 2% in just 9 months

Patidars submit memo to PMO

BJP launches `India First' drive to blunt JNU fallout

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Cops clueless as youth Cong puts up anti-Kanhaiya poster
A controversial poster by Youth Congressmen against JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar came up at Civil Lines on Thursday even as police said they did not know about it.

High Court seeks report on probe against Higher Education Service Commission secretary
The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday directed the state government to file a report on the probe conducted in the case of missing records related to appointment of S K Singh as secretary of UP Higher Education Service Commission (UPHESC).

Allahabad University Student Union chief protests on campus
Allahabad University Student Union (AUSU) president Richa Singh staged a protest on the university campus on Wednesday against what she termed as “saffronisation“ of the varsity campus by forces inimical to the interests of the students.

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Dacoity bid foiled in Jagannath Express, five arrested

Aide of DS gangster brothers arrested

Odia girl to anchor ICC T20 world cup matches in Nagpur

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MP BJP MLA threatens to chop off babus' hands
A BJP lawmaker from Madhya Pradesh's Chhatarpur district has threatened to chop off officials' hands if they dared to remove names of villagers from the below poverty line (BPL) list.

House committee to check student suicides
Government has swung into action following the spate of student suicides across the state. On Saturday, Madhya Pradesh assembly announced a 14-member House committee to prepare guidelines for schools to check suicidal tendencies among students.

Special tourism cabinet to promote destination MP
The BJP government has constituted a special ‘tourism cabinet' headed by chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to develop and promote tourism in the state.The order in this regard was passed on Friday.

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'Take your money, give us our land'
Farmers in this and adjoining villages are unmistakably upbeat.

'Give Haryana its fair share'
Residents of this village do not buy the reasoning of the Punjab government on SYL. They are clearly with Haryana on the issue. Their logic is clear, if the Centre invested funds amounting to crores, there's no reason for Punjab to pull back now.

Broken link: 1 canal, 2 states
In Punjab, the SYL is a rundown stretch of broken embankments and water hyacinths running riot. Things are slightly better in Haryana, where the canal is in operational mode.

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