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UPA to harp on reforms push to counter scam taint

Hobbled by a series of scandals, the UPA government will tomorrow argue that it has initiated multiple reforms to curb corruption, taking on its critics on the very charges it faces. Saubhadra Chatterji reports.

SC rejects bid to halt T20, slams BCCI on spot-fixing

While refusing to ban the remaining T20 matches, the Supreme Court today slammed the BCCI, saying spot fixing incidents had taken place due to its lackadaisical approach in reining in the erring players. Bhadra Sinha reports. Vindu Dara Singh arrested in Mumbai
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North India

Civic polls in Haryana to go ahead as planned: HC

Elections to six municipal corporations in Haryana will proceed as scheduled on June 2 with the Punjab and Haryana high court refusing to stay the process on Tuesday.As per the notification issued on May 9, voting in all wards of municipal corporations of Panipat, Panchkula, Ambala, Karnal,

Competition rules should not hurt growth: Chidambaram

Finance minister P Chidambaram on Monday said that competition rules in the country should not become “another bureaucracy, stifling growth”.
West

Gujarat DGP curtails snooping on phone records

Top cop issues circular stating only SP-level officers and above can obtain call detail records; in last six months, state police obtained CDRs of 93,000 mobile phone numbers. Mahesh Langa reports.

Mumbai: Driven out by wife, man allowed entry into house after 6-year stay in hotel

The Bombay high court has allowed a man to stay in his own two-bedroom house, six years after he was allegedly driven out by his wife and her relatives and forced to stay in a hotel in Mumbai.

1993 Mumbai blasts convict Zaibunissa surrenders

Zaibunissa Kazi, a convict in the March 1993 serial blasts case, surrendered in the Mumbai TADA court on Monday afternoon, three days after a judge issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against her.

East

Odisha govt to provide umbrellas to poor to fight summer

Even as intense heat wave has thrown normal life out of gear in the last few days in Odisha, the state government has decided to provide umbrellas to differently-abled, widows, destitutes and old persons to tide over the summer.

Former Ranji player, STF DIG want JSCA poll put on hold

Getting murkier by minutes, Jharkhand State Cricket Association (JSCA) was on boil on Tuesday over sudden popping up of about 50 lady voters in the voting list finally issued after much demands and complaints.

Pappu Yadav out of jail in Ajit Sarkar murder case

Controversial former RJD MP Pappu Yadav today came out of the jail in Patna after being acquitted by the Patna high court in CPI(M) leader Ajit Sarkar murder case for lack of evidence.
South

Karnataka MLCs to meet Sonia for cabinet berths

Upset at not being assigned a single ministerial berth in the newly elected chief minister Siddaramaiah’s cabinet, Congress members of the Karnataka Legislative Council (Upper House) arrived in Delhi on Sunday to plead their case with party chief Sonia Gandhi.

North East

Manipur boy becomes youngest Indian to scale Mt Everest

Manipur’s class XI student Nameirakpam Chingkheinganba becomes the youngest Indian to conquer Mt Everest as of now, according to Imphal based Manipur Mountaineering and Trekking Association(MMTA).

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World

Focus India

Indians account for 22% of Britain’s ultra-rich club

The list, published by the Singapore-based Wealth-X group, places steel magnate and ArcelorMittal chairman Lakshmi Mittal at second place with a fortune of $15.8 billion. Dipankar De Sarkar reports. Desi net worth
Europe

Like bats, blind people use echo tech to locate objects

Blind and visually impaired people have the potential to use echolocation — a technique similar to that used by bats and dolphins — to determine the location of an object, according to new research.

Rare fossils give insight into dinosaur brain development

Fossil brain teaser! A new analysis of differently-aged brain fossils from the same species of dinosaur has revealed new insights into how the organ developed in the 150-million-year old creatures.

Death risk 5 times higher if baby sleeps in parents' bed

Babies who sleep in the same bed as their parents are five times more likely to die of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), a new study has warned.
Rest Of Asia

Wave of attacks kills at least 95 in Iraq

A wave of attacks killed at least 95 people in Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq on Monday, officials said, pushing the death toll over the past week to more than 240 and extending one of the most sustained bouts of sectarian violence the country has seen in years.

8 dead in Iraq bomb attack on Iran pilgrims

A car bomb exploded near a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims north of Baghdad on Monday, killing eight people, Iraqi police and a local official said.
America

Indian-American teen invents 20-second phone charger

An 18-year-old Indian-American girl has invented a super-capacitor device that could potentially charge your cellphone in less than 20 seconds. The so-called super-capacitor, charges quickly and holds its charge for a long time, according to reports.

Tornadoes hammer three US states; 1 reported dead

A tornado half a mile wide struck near Oklahoma City on Sunday, part of a massive storm front that hammered the central United States. News reports said at least one person had died. At least 21 people were injured across the Oklahoma.

Ahead of Kerry visit, top US diplomat to visit India

A top American diplomat would be travelling to India this week ahead of the next month's New Delhi trip of secretary of state John Kerry for the India-US Strategic Dialogue, an official statement has said.

Many children among 91 feared dead in Oklahoma

At least 91 people, including 20 children, were feared killed when a 2 mile wide tornado tore through an Oklahoma City suburb, trapping victims beneath the rubble as one elementary school took a direct hit and another was destroyed.

Knife carried during Osama raid auctioned to help fallen comrade

A combat knife carried by a US Navy SEAL in the 2011 raid that ended in death of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in Pakistan has fetched $35,400 at a charity auction.
Africa

S Africa officials used Zuma's name in Gupta wedding jet scandal

South African officials used President Jacob Zuma's name to secure landing rights at a military air base to fly in guests for a lavish wedding hosted by a well-connected Indian family, a probe showed today.

23 dead in initiation rites in South Africa

Twenty-three youths have died in the past nine days at initiation ceremonies that include circumcisions and survival tests, South African police said today.
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