CORPORATE AFFAIRS, E-COMMERCE, TECHNOLOGY AND CARS
2. Primary stakeholders of Snapdeal will try to thrash out the details of its sale to Flipkart at a board meeting scheduled for Tuesday.
3. Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel traded accusations around tariff plans in the latest bout, with the new entrant asking the telecom regulator to take the “strongest action“ and impose “highest penalty“ on Bharti Airtel for violating tariff orders and marketing some plans in a misleading manner.
4. The two-wheeler industry is estimated to have incurred a loss of `600 crore due to the three-day discount offered to customers after the Supreme Court ordered a ban on sale of BS-III vehicles, a report said.
5. Packaged consumer goods maker Dabur said Monday it will step up focus on ayurvedic and herbal products, as it announced near flat net profit growth of 0.5% for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2017, reports Our Bureau. The maker of Real juice and Vatika shampoo reported net profit of Rs333 crore year on year. Net sales fell 4.8% to Rs1,909 crore, impacted by volatile currency fluctuations.
6. Smartphone Shipments Up 4.3% in Jan-Mar. Over 347 million smartphones were shipped in the first quarter of 2017, higher by 4.3% from the same period last year, research firm IDC said. While the growth dipped to low single digit for the first time, the first quarter numbers indicate that the industry could show some rebound in 2017, as per IDC's preliminary data.
7. Myntra.com is in advanced negotiations with premium US lifestyle products company Ralph Lauren for an online exclusive deal in India, according to two people familiar with the discussions.
8. The rich are ditching Louis Vuitton bags and instead snapping up Gucci and Prada shades. Luxury eyewear sales in India are booming after last year's demonetisation and other measures introduced by the government to curb black money and cash transactions. Sales of luxury sunglasses grew 30% to about Rs 3,800 crore in 2016, its fastest pace ever, as affluent consumers continued to perceive it as an important fashion accessory, according to data shared by Euromonitor with ET. The expansion of eyewear stores also helped drive growth. According to Euromonitor, de signer apparel and footwear sa les grew 21.3% last year, luxury jewellery 19.4% and fine wines, champagne and spirits 17.4%, respectively.
9. Hotel associations from various parts of the country have filed review petitions seeking reconsideration of the Supreme Court's ban on liquor sales near national and state highways.
10. A 4G feature phone, or basic mobile phone, costing as little as Rs1,500 may soon be a reality. Chinese mobile chip maker Spreadtrum Communications has said it is working on reducing starting prices by at least half from the current levels, a development experts said may deter many consumers from shifting to smartphones.
11. 1,653 New search changes made to Google in 2016, according to the firm.
12. The Dubai government announced the launch of “Dubai Font“, the first typeface developed by Microsoft for a city, which will be available in 23 languages. The font was developed simultaneously in Latin and Arabic script and is available to Office 365 users.
13. Business-to-business ecommerce company Power2SME has secured a commitment from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) as it is in talks with investors to raise an additional $30-40 million (. Rs193-256 crore) by June to strengthen its market position.
14. Enterprise mobile software startup Innovapptive has raised $1.5 million from Hyderabad Angels. The startup intends to use the funds raised to scale its sales and marketing teams, accelerate product innovation and expand customer acquisition.
15. Fashion category contributes over 50% of co's GMV, says chief business officer Radhika Aggarwal. ShopClues is banking big on fashion, a category within which it expects to start making money in the next couple of months, even as the ecommerce firm moves closer towards posting a profit. The US-registered company is also preparing for an initial public offering and is open for a listing in India, one of its founders said.
16. In the largest private equity buyout so far in India's real estate sector, Xander Group has agreed to acquire 100% interest in Shriram's Gateway SEZ in Chennai for $190 million, or about . Rs 1,220 crore, with further commitment of $160 million to expand commercial component of the integrated township. The deal involves 1.7 million square feet of occupied and operational special economic zone, and a partnership with Shriram Properties to deliver the underconstruction 1.9 million square feet, the two firms said.
17. Private equity investments in India's residential real estate market have now fallen for two consecutive quarters reflecting the segment's diminishing investor appeal amidst a major drive to end surplus in housing stock in major cities.
18. The telecom regulator has set the ball rolling for framing rules that carriers must follow for testing of networks, a contentious issue that came into focus in the lead up to Reliance Jio Infocomm's commercial launch.
19. Over 62 hotels in India's top 12-13 cities have been rebranded in the past five years
Last month, Himanshu Sharma, director of Aamari Resorts in Nainital, tied up with hotel chain Keys to be associated with its premium brand Keys Prima so that his property could be managed better.
20. IRB Infrastructure Developers, one of the largest road developers in the country , is expected to benefit once its infrastructure investment trust (InVIT) is publicly listed. The company will be able to reduce debt and infuse cash in the business from the proceeds. The optimism reflects in its stock performance.Over the past month, the stock has gained 11% compared with the 6% return of the ET Construction Index.
21. Bain Capital, one of the world's largest, multi-asset alternative investors, is in talks with Motilal Oswal Financial Services to put in about Rs 700-800 crore in the Indian company's home-finance unit, which is seeking to harness New Delhi's affordable-housing push to expand its loan book. The funds could be invested through a stake dilution, with the housing finance company seeking a valuation between .Rs 4,000 crore and 7,000 crore.
22. Key LatAm producer Southern Copper saw workers end a strike at the Toquepala mine in Peru but Freeport McMoRan has announced it may suspend expansion plans at Grasberg, Indonesia mega-mine, over regulatory uncertainty.
23. The CBI has booked a Canara Bank branch manager for allegedly exchanging demonetised old notes worth over Rs 14 lakh in violation of norms. The banned notes with an aggregate value of Rs 4,000 or less were being ex` changed by the banks with notes having legal tender character.
24. In order to curb excessive volatility, BSE has revised the circuit limit for shares of four firms. As per a BSE circular, a circuit limit of 5% has been set for Aravali Securities and Anshu's Clothing. Besides, BSE has set a limit of 2% for Diamant Infrastructure and Kanishk Steel.
25.CEO salaries have gone up at the country's biggest mutual funds on robust business growth, but several smaller players making losses or little profit have also paid crores to their top executives. The disclosure follows a diktat from markets regulator Sebi to all fund houses to make public the salaries of their top managements.
26. MUMBAI Farm equipment and engineering firm Escorts on Monday said it has appointed Amanppreet Singh Bhatia as the Group Human Resource head. Bhatia has over 25 years of experience across commercial vehicle and engineering solutions, consumer durable and FMCG space.
27. HYDERABAD Cyient on Monday announced that it has appointed former US Ambassador to Belize, Vinai Thummalapally, to its board of directors.
28. UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd warned Facebook, Google and Twitter to improve monitoring of extremist and hate content after a panel of lawmakers urged her to consider making the hosting of such material a crime.
29. Micro-blogging website Twitter has partnered with Bloomberg Media to stream news round-the-clock on the social networking platform.
30. Maharashtra government had alloted 230 acres in Nagpur at 75% discount to Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurveda Ltd in August last year to set up a food park.The state agency , Maharashtra Airport Development Corporation (MADC), which owned the land, had also suggested extending the plot by deforesting 20 acres of Zudapi Jungle or shrub land adjoining the plot
31. Isro's plan to develop technology that will allow joining of two free-flying space vehicles and also transfer material from one another -Spacecraft Docking & Berthing -has got clearance and Rs 10 crore from department of space.
32. New India Assurance has selected five investment bankers for its forthcoming initi al public offering this year.
33. Reliance Industries on Monday approached the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) against a Sebi order, which had banned the Mukesh Ambani-led firm from equity derivative trading for one year and had asked it to disgorge nearly Rs 1,000 crore in an alleged fraudulent trading case.
POLITICS, ECONOMY, CRIMES, NEWS AROUND THE WORLD, SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
1. Petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan advised states to conduct surprise inspections at fuel stations with the petrol pump chip scam assuming greater proportions.
2. India's power-for-all plan is facing an unexpected challenge. Surveys in states such as Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha have indicated that many people don't want legal electricity connections to avoid rise in expenses.Having electrified nearly three-fourths of the villages targeted under the government programme, the union power ministry and state power ministers will now look at ways around this hurdle to meet the 100% goal.
3. Amid the BJP central leadership's crackdown to end infighting in its Karnataka unit, the party's state president BS Yeddyurappa said the “confusion“ in the organisation's state wing would end in three-to four days.
4. The health of DMK chief M Karunanidhi, who has been out of public life for the last six months, was stable with doctors monitoring him continuously, his son and party Working president MK Stalin said. Stalin said when asked if the nonagenarian leader will participate in his birthday celebrations next month. Karunanidhi, who will be celebrating his 94th birthday on June 3, has been facing health issues since October last and has not participated in public functions.
5.Two Indian soldiers were killed and their bodies mutilated by a Pakistan armybacked border action team (BAT) in a cross border strike in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district. The Indian Army's Northern Command said such “despicable acts“ would be “appropriately responded“ to.
6. With the Pakistani army scaling up its tactic of mutilating bodies of soldiers killed in cross-border action, India has firmed up a new approach to deal with such barbaric acts, which is the third such incident in the past seven months.In the past, the instinct was to keep such incidents hidden within a select circle of decision-makers and Army leadership. The acts were avenged, but it involved a long-term planning and covert action against the perpetrators, besides punishing action on the Pak army posts supporting the cross-border action.
7. India on Monday turned down Turkey's offer to mediate with Pakistan on the Kashmir issue, emphasising that it was a bilateral matter. The two sides have also resolved to jointly counter international terrorism.
8. During a workshop in London, Indian MPs demonstrated that they have perfected the Westminster model of legislationframing. Indian legislators -Bhupender Yadav, Satish Mishra and BK Hariprasad -gave a tough time to the UK authorities at the workshop on Modern Slavery Act, 2015.
9. I&B minister Venkaiah Naidu has brought about a change in Dadasaheb Phalke award ceremony.Breaking the age-old practice of just conferring the award, Naidu has asked his ministry to allow the renowned recipient to speak for a few minutes. A beginning would be made on Wednesday when Naidu would confer the award on actor-director K Viswanath, who hails from the minister's home state Andhra Pradesh.
10. Congress' Narayan Rane is keeping his party on tenterhooks.BJP insiders believe Rane is keen on joining the party, but some BJP men believe he would be a liability.The buzz is that a BJP minister from Delhi is pushing Rane's case.But others in the party are not too enthused.
11. SP MP Naresh Agarwal alleged the Mehbooba Mufti-led regime in Jammu and Kashmir is colluding with terrorists and asked BJP to withdraw support to the state government.
12. Nearly two months after it asked varsities to make public the details of PhD scholars, including their Aadhaar numbers, the University Grants Commission (UGC) on Monday directed them not do so. The commission had on March 10 sent a communication to all universities asking them to upload the details of PhD scholars on their websites in a proforma prescribed by it. The details included PhD registration number, details of supervisor, funding agency (if any), topic of research and Aadhaar number.
13. Teachers from various departments of Delhi University on Monday alleged that the administration is “tampering“ with their service conditions, that has led to hurdles in their confirmation and erected barriers in taking up research work.
14. The Supreme Court ordered a medical examination of Calcutta High Court judge Justice CS Karnan to establish whether he is mentally fit to face contempt proceedings for his defiant behaviour.
15. Home minister Rajnath Singh sought strong ground-level assessment of Maoist infected regions, as part of his ministry's review of internal security matters. The focus of Monday's review meeting, said officials, was entirely on dealing with left-wing terrorism.
16. The Maharashtra government has ordered the state power discom to charge cold storage dairy units at the same rate as agricultural cold storage units. The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company charges cold storage dairy units Rs 10.20 for every unit of power consumed, almost thrice what the agricultural storage units pay (Rs 3.50 per unit). The high tariff has often been cited as a stumbling block for cold storage dairy units in the state.
17. Universities across the country from now will have a “wall of heroes,“ a display of portraits or photographs of 21 Param Vir Chakra recipients to inspire students on valour and nationalism.This is part of the Vidya Veerta Abhiyan (Wisdom and Warrior Campaign) of the centre, conceived by BJP leader and former Rajya Sabha MP Tarun Vijay who called it “a humble attempt to inculcate patriotism in students.“
18. Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan on Monday lashed out at PM Narendra Modi, say ing Muslims are being troubled in the country and he should be ready for the consequences if the community approached the UN.
19. The larger conspiracy behind the assassination of former PM Rajiv Gandhi “has to be investigated“, the Supreme Court has said and asked the CBI to give a time-frame for completing the detailed probe.
20. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday quizzed Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) member Chattar Singh in relation with alleged illegal allotment of industrial land by the former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda led government in Haryana.
21. China's grandiose global connectivity initiative -One Belt One Road (OBOR) or Belt & Road Initiative (linking China with Europe via SE Asia & C Asia through land & sea links) -which is set to receive a formal endorsement at the May 14-15 international meet has the potential to cause adverse economic implications for countries in South Asia as is reflected in the situation in Sri Lankan that has run into a huge debt trap by welcoming Chinese-funded projects.
22. Nine Opposition parties on Monday joined hands and called for a united fight against BJP and NDA government.
23. While the BJP government was celebrating the 57th foundation day of Gujarat on Monday, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi started what many political analysts said was a herculean job of making Congress a serious contender of power again.
24. On Maharashtra Diwas, former advocate general Shrihari Aney created a stir after his reported comment that they could resort to violence for creation of Vidarbha state. Aney had to resign last March after just six months in office after he advocated the need to create a separate state of Vidarbha.
25. The Centre has specified that a multi-coloured beacon light, having red, blue and white colours, would be used by emergency vehicles on duty , including the police, defence forces and the paramilitary forces. The red beacon lights on all other vehicles stand scrapped from Monday , as per an announcement made by the Prime Minister last month.
26. Alliance Air, Air India's regional subsidiary, will lease 10 72-seater ATR aircraft from Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) this year to expand under the airline's Connect India programme and the government's regional connectivity scheme.
27. Bitcoin is at a fresh alltime high. Early buying on Monday ran the cryptocurrency above the $1,400 mark for the first-time ever.
28. Large private banks and some state-owned banks are expected to take a cue from country's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) in lowering deposit rates. SBI has cut deposit rates by up to 50 basis points for maturities above two years, but has retained the 7.40% on one-year deposits for senior citizens. Also, the bank has decided that it will continue to offer 6.90% on one-year to 455 day deposits which attract maximum inflows. SBI has decided not to revise the MCLR, or marginal cost of lending rate, which now stands at 8%.
29. US President Donald Trump said he's actively considering a break up of giant Wall Street banks, giving a push to efforts to revive a Depression-era law separating consumer and investment banking.
30. With market regulator Sebi raising the ceiling for foreign institutional investors (FIIs) in government debt, FII investment into Indian equities and bonds in April touched a massive $3.5 billion in April. According to data, FPIs in April invested a net amount of ` . Rs 2,394 crore in equities and a further ` .Rs 20,364 crore in debt segment, making for a combined inflow of `.Rs 22,758 crore ($3.5 billion).
31. With wheat procurement process completing one month, nearly 70 lakh tonnes of wheat has arrived in grain markets across Haryana, a food and civil supplies department spokesman said on Monday. Over 69.32 lakh tonnes of wheat has so far arrived compared to 64.59 lakh tonnes in the corresponding period last year.
32. Buoyed by robust demand, driven by beginning of new month and tight supplies from mills, sugar showed a spurt of Rs 50 in prices in the wholesale ` market. Sugar mill delivery M-30 and S-30 prices jumped up by .Rs 50 each to end at Rs 3,600-3,760 and Rs 3,590-3,750 per quintal.
33. Oil edged below $52 a barrel on Monday as rising crude output and drilling in the United States countered Opec-led production cuts aimed at clearing a supply glut. US drillers added nine rigs in the week to April 28, bringing the count to the most since April 2015, Baker Hughes said.
34. The North American Free Trade Agree ment (NAFTA) is a piece of regulation implemented on Jan 1, 1994 simultaneously in Mexico, Canada and the US that eliminates most tariffs on trade between these nations. The essence of a free trade measure, NAFTA's purpose is to encourage economic activity between the three major economic powers of North America. The Clinton administration believed NAFTA would create 200,000 American jobs within two years and one million within five years because exports played a major role in US economic growth.
35. With market regulator Sebi raising the ceiling for foreign institutional investors (FIIs) in government debt, FII investment into Indian equities and bonds in April touched a massive $3.5 billion in April. According to data, FPIs in April invested a net amount of ` Rs 2,394 crore in equities and a further `Rs 20,364 crore in debt segment, making for a combined inflow of Rs 22,758 crore ($3.5 billion).
36. David Nabarro, a British doctor and one of the three vying for the top post at the World Health Organization as the race reaches its final lap, said if elected he would transform the United Nations body into a dependable and predictable organisation and strive to make healthcare affordable.
37. Life sciences technology and innovation hub Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (CCAMP) has launched a fund in partnership with the government's Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC).
38. The growth for the year ended March hit a five-year high, rising 4.5% over the previous year; refinery products and fertilisers, however, continued to witness contraction. Bucking the trend of the past two months, the core sector in the country grew 5% in March, a significant rise from the 1% growth registered in February on account of a favourable base effect.
39. The government needs to evolve a proper system of support for people below the poverty line should they require support. This can be in the form of a conditional direct benefit transfer. However, it must be careful not create a scheme that becomes a new subsidy system. People need to understand that while the state will provide a social safety net it cannot be providing freebies.
40. The government said the goods and services tax regime, likely to start in two months, will not increase the compliance burden on trade and industry.
41. Negotiators in the US Congress reached a deal late on Sunday on around $1 trillion in federal funding that would avert a government shutdown later this week, while handing President Donald Trump a down payment on his promised military build-up. The full House of Representatives and Senate must still approve the bipartisan pact, which would be the first major legislation to clear Congress since Trump became president on January 20.
42. SpaceX on Monday blasted off a secretive US government payload, known only as NROL76, marking the first military launch for the California-based aerospace company headed by billionaire tycoon Elon Musk.
43. Centrist presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron and his far-right rival Marine Le Pen attacked each other's visions of France and the role it should play in Europe on Monday against a back-ground of May Day rallies and protests.
44. Former British prime minister Tony Blair said on Monday he was plunging back into domestic politics in order to fight Brexit.
45. Three teenage women were on Monday arrested by Scotland Yard as part of a continuing counterterrorism investigation. The suspects, two aged 18 and one aged 19, were held after raids by Scotland Yard's Counter-Terrorism Command in east London.
46. A new UN body tasked with identifying individuals guilty of atrocities in Syria should start work shortly, a key step towards holding war crimes suspects to account, the UN rights chief said Monday.
47. President Trump said he would meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un amid heightened tensions over his country's nuclear weapons programme if the circumstances were right.
48. Indraprastha Gas (IGL) on Monday said it has taken over two major steel pipelines of state-owned utility GAIL to streamline operations and maintenance of gas pipeline infrastructure in the national capital. The pipelines, measuring 58.5 km, connect GAIL DESU terminal near ITO with Maruti terminal in Gurugram and Khera Kalan village near Rohini and form a major part of the network of supply of natural gas in the national capital.
49. Rohit Sharma patiently drove Mumbai Indians to a last-over victory over struggling Royal Challengers Bangalore on Monday. The win made Mumbai the first team to secure a berth in the IPL 10 playoffs. Bangalore were once again failed by their batsmen but a rearguard effort by Pawan Negi helped them post a fighting total. Then their bowlers almost pulled the match in RCB's favour but Rohit masterminded Mumbai's escape with brilliant unbeaten knock and pushed Virat Kohli's side out of the tournament.
50. Ben Stokes explained why he commanded all the attention and money in the pre-season auctions with a scintillating match-winning century to steal a win for Gujarat Lions. When Pune Supergiant dismissed Gujarat for 161, thanks to Imran Tahir's three wickets, it seemed a regulation chase but a top-order collapse that reduced them to 10 for 3 in 1.3 overs, it started looking a near impossible chase.However, 18.2 overs later, Stokes single-handedly took them over the rope. This was easily the best knock of the season so far. With this win, Pune took a giant step towards playoff berth.
51. Once a favoured path to fame, filing of public interest litigations (PILs) turned nightmarish for NGO `Suraz India Trust' and its chairman Rajiv Dahiya as the Supreme Court on Monday fined them Rs 25 lakh and barred it for life from filing such petitions, reports Dhananjay Mahapatra.
52. The widening of the Mum bai-Goa highway will re quire around 31,000 trees to be axed, reports Umesh K Parida. These trees line a length of 91km, which is part of the 366-km stretch of the NH66 that will be widened into four lanes.
53. The state will re-invite bi ds for the Shivaji Memorial after the lowest bidder's offer was found to be over 50% more than the estimate of Rs 2,500 crore for the first phase of the project. Among the three bidders--Reliance, Afcons and L&T--L&T made the lowest bid.
54. An Ola driver allegedly sexually assaulted a professional singer around 2am on Friday in Bengaluru after deviating from the assigned route and taking her to an isolated spot. A manhunt for the driver has been launched after the woman filed a police complaint.
55. Three years after being arrested for attempting to murder his wife by throwing kerosene and setting her alight, a man has now been acquitted after the wife who suffered 10% burns told the court that she had actually sustained the injuries while cooking.
56. Indian Eman nweighs 125kg after second operation.
57. 3 of `tak-tak' gang arrested after man complains to police chief.
58. A cheating and forgery case was registered at the Marine Drive police station on Monday after 26 persons were found trying to enter Wankhede stadium with fake tickets for an Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Mumbai and Bangalore.
59. Even as the state government plans to move the apex court against a high court order on scrapping the mandatory domicile policy for postgraduate medical admissions on Tuesday , around 6,500 candidates are anxiously awaiting the results.
60. A sticker on the rear window of an Omni van that was involved in a hit-and-run incident in Colaba a month ago proved to be the clue that has now led to the errant driver's arrest.In the accident, a 60-yearold woman was killed. The clue was provided to the police by a taxi driver who witnessed the incident.
61. A key witness in the Maharashtra Sadan scam, in which former home minister and NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal is embroiled, has been threatened to withdraw from the case. The witness, architect Shirish Sukhatme, informed the investigation officer of the case that he received a threatening letter last week. He has filed a complaint at the Bandra police station.
62. Parents from 25 schools have decided to serve legal notices to members of their Parents' Teachers' Association (PTA) for allowing fee hikes.
63. Following the death of a former bank employee, her family moved the Bombay high court to seek a reimbursement of Rs 6 lakh for cancer drugs they had imported two years ago. The drug expired on March 31, 2017.
64. A commerce graduate from Karnataka, Sayyed Rahman Ali, was caught with foreign currency equivalent to Rs 44.18 lakh at the airport on Sunday evening when he was about to take a flight to Sharjah. Ali, who works at a shop in Sharjah, had flown into the city the same morning. He is out on bail.
65. Developers now have three months to register their ongoing construction projects with the Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA).RERA came into force on May 1.
66. In the last decade, 33 women have died during tubectomy or female sterilization operations, shows data obtained under RTI from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
67. The number of failed transactions on the railway's ticket-booking website has gone up by 22% in 2016-17 over the previous year. This comes at a time when the government has been pushing for cashless transactions.
68. The number of aspirants registered for BEd CET in the state this year has gone up to 39,000, an increase of almost 65% from last year's 23,838.
69. From online petitions to sending letters to the civic standing committee members, the Save Rani Bagh Botanical Garden Foundation is leaving no stone unturned to oppose BMC's proposal to increase the entry fee to the Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan and zoo in Byculla.
70. Over the past four years since the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) started conducting online admissions for seats reserved under the Right to Education Act, 2009 quota, applications have increased almost fourfold but the number of admissions has shown slower growth.
71. The city crime branch arrested Santosh Roshan Nayak (22) and Paresh Soren (23) for breaking into a Bandra restaurant where they had worked. They also recovered Rs 6.5 lakh in cash and hardware tools used in breaking the locks. The incident took place on April 15.
72. An 87-year-old man, Dattatray Adhikari, who duped a Chinchpokli resident Tukaram Satoshe (79) of his gold chain on the pretext of collecting donation for a temple, was arrested by the Kalachowky police on Monday.
73. The Tardeo-based Kanara Saraswat Association (KSA) is hosting a vernacular theatre adaptation of the iconic film `The Sound of Music' on May 13-14 at at Yashwant Natya Mandir in Matunga (west). The original tunes have been retained, only the lyrics are set in Konkani.
74. Observing that there was no prima facie case made out, the Bombay high court granted anticipatory bail to a journalist, Poonam Agarwal, and a retired soldier, Deepchand Singh, accused of abetting the suicide of an army jawan in Deolali, Nashik.
75. Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh found himself in the eye of a fresh political controversy when he accused Telangana police of encouraging Muslim youth to join global terror outfit Islamic State, triggering angry reactions from ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi, the state government and the BJP which asked him to provide evidence to back his claim.
76. Just three days after ordering the seizure of EVMs in Vikasnagar constituency of Dehradun district, the Uttarakhand high court on Monday ordered sealing of EVMs in six more constituencies of the state -Mussoorie, Rajpur Road (Dehradun), BHEL Ranipur, Raipur, Pratapnagar and Haridwar rural.
77. The CBI informed a special court on Monday that it has received sanction to prosecute three Isro officials accused in Devas-Antrix deal case, including former Isro chairman G Madhavan Nair, ex-Isro director A Bhaskar Narayana Rao and ex-Antrix executive director K R Sridhara Murthi.
78. Chief minister Manohar Parrikar appears set to return to his home turf of Panaji, from where he was elected for a record five times since 1994, to contest the bypoll.
79. India faces a review of its human rights record by the UN Human Rights Council. The Universal Periodic Review Working Group of the UN will examine India's human rights record for the third time on May 4.
80.A stringent price cap imposed on coronary stents, has failed to break the nexus between medical device manufacturers and hospitals, with the two colluding to push noncoronary stents and other high-end life-saving products to consumers for huge margins.
81. A group of men went on a rampage at the official bungalow of BJP MP Manoj Tiwari on Sunday night after his car, a Scorpio, al legedly collided with a Wagon R on North Av enue, causing it to overturn.
82. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked officials to use modern technology, including geo-tagging and use of UAVs and drones for rigorous monitoring of infrastructure projects. The PM also called for completion of the works within strict timelines.
83. India's ambassadors around the world will put their heads together to focus on smarter and more effective diplomacy at the annual MEA talk-shop for its heads of missions from May 4-7 in the Capital.
84. The Centre on Monday appointed Jammu & Kashmir chief electoral officer (CEO) Shantmanu as development commissioner (handicrafts) in the Union textiles ministry , even as the Anantnag parliamentary bypoll process is underway .
85. The Army on Monday tweeted about the mutilation of the bodies of two Indian soldiers by the Pakistan army , but refused to divulge details about such incidents under the Right to Inforive policemen and two security guards were killed in a brazen attack by Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists in a bid to rob a Jammu & Kashmir bank van near Pombai village in Kulgam district of south Kashmir on Monday mation (RTI) Act, citing “national security“ concerns.
86. Five policemen and two security guards were killed in a brazen attack by Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists in a bid to rob a Jammu & Kashmir bank van near Pombai village in Kulgam district of south Kashmir on Monday .
87.A 14-year-old rape survivor from Haryana has taken male police officers from Kaithal to court for allegedly sexually harassing her by asking her to strip “for the investigation“.
88. A 14-year-old boy was stabbed to death in south-west Delhi's Chhawla on Monday. The murder weapon was a compassused by students in geometry.
89. A day after raids on the house of a retired Colonel and his shooter son unearthed 44 guns, 117kg of `wild' meat and skins and antlers of protected animals, police arrested a Slovenian national and two Delhi shooters on Monday in the poaching and international arms smuggling racket that appears to be getting bigger.
90. The Anti-Corruption Bureau has registered two more FIRs in the multi-crore Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation (VIDC) scam. As many as nine VIDC officials and four contractors have been booked.
91. They may not have lost themselves in the music or the moment but a judge and nine lawyers in a New Zealand courtroom did listen politely to Eminem's “Lose Yourself “ as a copyright trial involving the country's ruling political party began on Monday .
92. Facebook monitored the posts of Australian children and used algorithms to identify and exploit them by allowing advertisers to target them during their “most vulnerable moments“, media reported, evoking criticism against the social media giant.
93. German police say a Scottish man was killed east of Hamburg while trying to take a selfie photo with two friends in the middle of the autobahn.
2. India's power-for-all plan is facing an unexpected challenge. Surveys in states such as Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha have indicated that many people don't want legal electricity connections to avoid rise in expenses.Having electrified nearly three-fourths of the villages targeted under the government programme, the union power ministry and state power ministers will now look at ways around this hurdle to meet the 100% goal.
3. Amid the BJP central leadership's crackdown to end infighting in its Karnataka unit, the party's state president BS Yeddyurappa said the “confusion“ in the organisation's state wing would end in three-to four days.
4. The health of DMK chief M Karunanidhi, who has been out of public life for the last six months, was stable with doctors monitoring him continuously, his son and party Working president MK Stalin said. Stalin said when asked if the nonagenarian leader will participate in his birthday celebrations next month. Karunanidhi, who will be celebrating his 94th birthday on June 3, has been facing health issues since October last and has not participated in public functions.
5.Two Indian soldiers were killed and their bodies mutilated by a Pakistan armybacked border action team (BAT) in a cross border strike in Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district. The Indian Army's Northern Command said such “despicable acts“ would be “appropriately responded“ to.
6. With the Pakistani army scaling up its tactic of mutilating bodies of soldiers killed in cross-border action, India has firmed up a new approach to deal with such barbaric acts, which is the third such incident in the past seven months.In the past, the instinct was to keep such incidents hidden within a select circle of decision-makers and Army leadership. The acts were avenged, but it involved a long-term planning and covert action against the perpetrators, besides punishing action on the Pak army posts supporting the cross-border action.
7. India on Monday turned down Turkey's offer to mediate with Pakistan on the Kashmir issue, emphasising that it was a bilateral matter. The two sides have also resolved to jointly counter international terrorism.
8. During a workshop in London, Indian MPs demonstrated that they have perfected the Westminster model of legislationframing. Indian legislators -Bhupender Yadav, Satish Mishra and BK Hariprasad -gave a tough time to the UK authorities at the workshop on Modern Slavery Act, 2015.
9. I&B minister Venkaiah Naidu has brought about a change in Dadasaheb Phalke award ceremony.Breaking the age-old practice of just conferring the award, Naidu has asked his ministry to allow the renowned recipient to speak for a few minutes. A beginning would be made on Wednesday when Naidu would confer the award on actor-director K Viswanath, who hails from the minister's home state Andhra Pradesh.
10. Congress' Narayan Rane is keeping his party on tenterhooks.BJP insiders believe Rane is keen on joining the party, but some BJP men believe he would be a liability.The buzz is that a BJP minister from Delhi is pushing Rane's case.But others in the party are not too enthused.
11. SP MP Naresh Agarwal alleged the Mehbooba Mufti-led regime in Jammu and Kashmir is colluding with terrorists and asked BJP to withdraw support to the state government.
12. Nearly two months after it asked varsities to make public the details of PhD scholars, including their Aadhaar numbers, the University Grants Commission (UGC) on Monday directed them not do so. The commission had on March 10 sent a communication to all universities asking them to upload the details of PhD scholars on their websites in a proforma prescribed by it. The details included PhD registration number, details of supervisor, funding agency (if any), topic of research and Aadhaar number.
13. Teachers from various departments of Delhi University on Monday alleged that the administration is “tampering“ with their service conditions, that has led to hurdles in their confirmation and erected barriers in taking up research work.
14. The Supreme Court ordered a medical examination of Calcutta High Court judge Justice CS Karnan to establish whether he is mentally fit to face contempt proceedings for his defiant behaviour.
15. Home minister Rajnath Singh sought strong ground-level assessment of Maoist infected regions, as part of his ministry's review of internal security matters. The focus of Monday's review meeting, said officials, was entirely on dealing with left-wing terrorism.
16. The Maharashtra government has ordered the state power discom to charge cold storage dairy units at the same rate as agricultural cold storage units. The Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company charges cold storage dairy units Rs 10.20 for every unit of power consumed, almost thrice what the agricultural storage units pay (Rs 3.50 per unit). The high tariff has often been cited as a stumbling block for cold storage dairy units in the state.
17. Universities across the country from now will have a “wall of heroes,“ a display of portraits or photographs of 21 Param Vir Chakra recipients to inspire students on valour and nationalism.This is part of the Vidya Veerta Abhiyan (Wisdom and Warrior Campaign) of the centre, conceived by BJP leader and former Rajya Sabha MP Tarun Vijay who called it “a humble attempt to inculcate patriotism in students.“
18. Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan on Monday lashed out at PM Narendra Modi, say ing Muslims are being troubled in the country and he should be ready for the consequences if the community approached the UN.
19. The larger conspiracy behind the assassination of former PM Rajiv Gandhi “has to be investigated“, the Supreme Court has said and asked the CBI to give a time-frame for completing the detailed probe.
20. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday quizzed Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) member Chattar Singh in relation with alleged illegal allotment of industrial land by the former chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda led government in Haryana.
21. China's grandiose global connectivity initiative -One Belt One Road (OBOR) or Belt & Road Initiative (linking China with Europe via SE Asia & C Asia through land & sea links) -which is set to receive a formal endorsement at the May 14-15 international meet has the potential to cause adverse economic implications for countries in South Asia as is reflected in the situation in Sri Lankan that has run into a huge debt trap by welcoming Chinese-funded projects.
22. Nine Opposition parties on Monday joined hands and called for a united fight against BJP and NDA government.
23. While the BJP government was celebrating the 57th foundation day of Gujarat on Monday, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi started what many political analysts said was a herculean job of making Congress a serious contender of power again.
24. On Maharashtra Diwas, former advocate general Shrihari Aney created a stir after his reported comment that they could resort to violence for creation of Vidarbha state. Aney had to resign last March after just six months in office after he advocated the need to create a separate state of Vidarbha.
25. The Centre has specified that a multi-coloured beacon light, having red, blue and white colours, would be used by emergency vehicles on duty , including the police, defence forces and the paramilitary forces. The red beacon lights on all other vehicles stand scrapped from Monday , as per an announcement made by the Prime Minister last month.
26. Alliance Air, Air India's regional subsidiary, will lease 10 72-seater ATR aircraft from Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) this year to expand under the airline's Connect India programme and the government's regional connectivity scheme.
27. Bitcoin is at a fresh alltime high. Early buying on Monday ran the cryptocurrency above the $1,400 mark for the first-time ever.
28. Large private banks and some state-owned banks are expected to take a cue from country's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) in lowering deposit rates. SBI has cut deposit rates by up to 50 basis points for maturities above two years, but has retained the 7.40% on one-year deposits for senior citizens. Also, the bank has decided that it will continue to offer 6.90% on one-year to 455 day deposits which attract maximum inflows. SBI has decided not to revise the MCLR, or marginal cost of lending rate, which now stands at 8%.
29. US President Donald Trump said he's actively considering a break up of giant Wall Street banks, giving a push to efforts to revive a Depression-era law separating consumer and investment banking.
30. With market regulator Sebi raising the ceiling for foreign institutional investors (FIIs) in government debt, FII investment into Indian equities and bonds in April touched a massive $3.5 billion in April. According to data, FPIs in April invested a net amount of ` . Rs 2,394 crore in equities and a further ` .Rs 20,364 crore in debt segment, making for a combined inflow of `.Rs 22,758 crore ($3.5 billion).
31. With wheat procurement process completing one month, nearly 70 lakh tonnes of wheat has arrived in grain markets across Haryana, a food and civil supplies department spokesman said on Monday. Over 69.32 lakh tonnes of wheat has so far arrived compared to 64.59 lakh tonnes in the corresponding period last year.
32. Buoyed by robust demand, driven by beginning of new month and tight supplies from mills, sugar showed a spurt of Rs 50 in prices in the wholesale ` market. Sugar mill delivery M-30 and S-30 prices jumped up by .Rs 50 each to end at Rs 3,600-3,760 and Rs 3,590-3,750 per quintal.
33. Oil edged below $52 a barrel on Monday as rising crude output and drilling in the United States countered Opec-led production cuts aimed at clearing a supply glut. US drillers added nine rigs in the week to April 28, bringing the count to the most since April 2015, Baker Hughes said.
34. The North American Free Trade Agree ment (NAFTA) is a piece of regulation implemented on Jan 1, 1994 simultaneously in Mexico, Canada and the US that eliminates most tariffs on trade between these nations. The essence of a free trade measure, NAFTA's purpose is to encourage economic activity between the three major economic powers of North America. The Clinton administration believed NAFTA would create 200,000 American jobs within two years and one million within five years because exports played a major role in US economic growth.
35. With market regulator Sebi raising the ceiling for foreign institutional investors (FIIs) in government debt, FII investment into Indian equities and bonds in April touched a massive $3.5 billion in April. According to data, FPIs in April invested a net amount of ` Rs 2,394 crore in equities and a further `Rs 20,364 crore in debt segment, making for a combined inflow of Rs 22,758 crore ($3.5 billion).
36. David Nabarro, a British doctor and one of the three vying for the top post at the World Health Organization as the race reaches its final lap, said if elected he would transform the United Nations body into a dependable and predictable organisation and strive to make healthcare affordable.
37. Life sciences technology and innovation hub Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (CCAMP) has launched a fund in partnership with the government's Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC).
38. The growth for the year ended March hit a five-year high, rising 4.5% over the previous year; refinery products and fertilisers, however, continued to witness contraction. Bucking the trend of the past two months, the core sector in the country grew 5% in March, a significant rise from the 1% growth registered in February on account of a favourable base effect.
39. The government needs to evolve a proper system of support for people below the poverty line should they require support. This can be in the form of a conditional direct benefit transfer. However, it must be careful not create a scheme that becomes a new subsidy system. People need to understand that while the state will provide a social safety net it cannot be providing freebies.
40. The government said the goods and services tax regime, likely to start in two months, will not increase the compliance burden on trade and industry.
41. Negotiators in the US Congress reached a deal late on Sunday on around $1 trillion in federal funding that would avert a government shutdown later this week, while handing President Donald Trump a down payment on his promised military build-up. The full House of Representatives and Senate must still approve the bipartisan pact, which would be the first major legislation to clear Congress since Trump became president on January 20.
42. SpaceX on Monday blasted off a secretive US government payload, known only as NROL76, marking the first military launch for the California-based aerospace company headed by billionaire tycoon Elon Musk.
43. Centrist presidential frontrunner Emmanuel Macron and his far-right rival Marine Le Pen attacked each other's visions of France and the role it should play in Europe on Monday against a back-ground of May Day rallies and protests.
44. Former British prime minister Tony Blair said on Monday he was plunging back into domestic politics in order to fight Brexit.
45. Three teenage women were on Monday arrested by Scotland Yard as part of a continuing counterterrorism investigation. The suspects, two aged 18 and one aged 19, were held after raids by Scotland Yard's Counter-Terrorism Command in east London.
46. A new UN body tasked with identifying individuals guilty of atrocities in Syria should start work shortly, a key step towards holding war crimes suspects to account, the UN rights chief said Monday.
47. President Trump said he would meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un amid heightened tensions over his country's nuclear weapons programme if the circumstances were right.
48. Indraprastha Gas (IGL) on Monday said it has taken over two major steel pipelines of state-owned utility GAIL to streamline operations and maintenance of gas pipeline infrastructure in the national capital. The pipelines, measuring 58.5 km, connect GAIL DESU terminal near ITO with Maruti terminal in Gurugram and Khera Kalan village near Rohini and form a major part of the network of supply of natural gas in the national capital.
49. Rohit Sharma patiently drove Mumbai Indians to a last-over victory over struggling Royal Challengers Bangalore on Monday. The win made Mumbai the first team to secure a berth in the IPL 10 playoffs. Bangalore were once again failed by their batsmen but a rearguard effort by Pawan Negi helped them post a fighting total. Then their bowlers almost pulled the match in RCB's favour but Rohit masterminded Mumbai's escape with brilliant unbeaten knock and pushed Virat Kohli's side out of the tournament.
50. Ben Stokes explained why he commanded all the attention and money in the pre-season auctions with a scintillating match-winning century to steal a win for Gujarat Lions. When Pune Supergiant dismissed Gujarat for 161, thanks to Imran Tahir's three wickets, it seemed a regulation chase but a top-order collapse that reduced them to 10 for 3 in 1.3 overs, it started looking a near impossible chase.However, 18.2 overs later, Stokes single-handedly took them over the rope. This was easily the best knock of the season so far. With this win, Pune took a giant step towards playoff berth.
51. Once a favoured path to fame, filing of public interest litigations (PILs) turned nightmarish for NGO `Suraz India Trust' and its chairman Rajiv Dahiya as the Supreme Court on Monday fined them Rs 25 lakh and barred it for life from filing such petitions, reports Dhananjay Mahapatra.
52. The widening of the Mum bai-Goa highway will re quire around 31,000 trees to be axed, reports Umesh K Parida. These trees line a length of 91km, which is part of the 366-km stretch of the NH66 that will be widened into four lanes.
53. The state will re-invite bi ds for the Shivaji Memorial after the lowest bidder's offer was found to be over 50% more than the estimate of Rs 2,500 crore for the first phase of the project. Among the three bidders--Reliance, Afcons and L&T--L&T made the lowest bid.
54. An Ola driver allegedly sexually assaulted a professional singer around 2am on Friday in Bengaluru after deviating from the assigned route and taking her to an isolated spot. A manhunt for the driver has been launched after the woman filed a police complaint.
55. Three years after being arrested for attempting to murder his wife by throwing kerosene and setting her alight, a man has now been acquitted after the wife who suffered 10% burns told the court that she had actually sustained the injuries while cooking.
56. Indian Eman nweighs 125kg after second operation.
57. 3 of `tak-tak' gang arrested after man complains to police chief.
58. A cheating and forgery case was registered at the Marine Drive police station on Monday after 26 persons were found trying to enter Wankhede stadium with fake tickets for an Indian Premier League (IPL) match between Mumbai and Bangalore.
59. Even as the state government plans to move the apex court against a high court order on scrapping the mandatory domicile policy for postgraduate medical admissions on Tuesday , around 6,500 candidates are anxiously awaiting the results.
60. A sticker on the rear window of an Omni van that was involved in a hit-and-run incident in Colaba a month ago proved to be the clue that has now led to the errant driver's arrest.In the accident, a 60-yearold woman was killed. The clue was provided to the police by a taxi driver who witnessed the incident.
61. A key witness in the Maharashtra Sadan scam, in which former home minister and NCP leader Chhagan Bhujbal is embroiled, has been threatened to withdraw from the case. The witness, architect Shirish Sukhatme, informed the investigation officer of the case that he received a threatening letter last week. He has filed a complaint at the Bandra police station.
62. Parents from 25 schools have decided to serve legal notices to members of their Parents' Teachers' Association (PTA) for allowing fee hikes.
63. Following the death of a former bank employee, her family moved the Bombay high court to seek a reimbursement of Rs 6 lakh for cancer drugs they had imported two years ago. The drug expired on March 31, 2017.
64. A commerce graduate from Karnataka, Sayyed Rahman Ali, was caught with foreign currency equivalent to Rs 44.18 lakh at the airport on Sunday evening when he was about to take a flight to Sharjah. Ali, who works at a shop in Sharjah, had flown into the city the same morning. He is out on bail.
65. Developers now have three months to register their ongoing construction projects with the Real Estate Regulatory Authority (RERA).RERA came into force on May 1.
66. In the last decade, 33 women have died during tubectomy or female sterilization operations, shows data obtained under RTI from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
67. The number of failed transactions on the railway's ticket-booking website has gone up by 22% in 2016-17 over the previous year. This comes at a time when the government has been pushing for cashless transactions.
68. The number of aspirants registered for BEd CET in the state this year has gone up to 39,000, an increase of almost 65% from last year's 23,838.
69. From online petitions to sending letters to the civic standing committee members, the Save Rani Bagh Botanical Garden Foundation is leaving no stone unturned to oppose BMC's proposal to increase the entry fee to the Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan and zoo in Byculla.
70. Over the past four years since the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) started conducting online admissions for seats reserved under the Right to Education Act, 2009 quota, applications have increased almost fourfold but the number of admissions has shown slower growth.
71. The city crime branch arrested Santosh Roshan Nayak (22) and Paresh Soren (23) for breaking into a Bandra restaurant where they had worked. They also recovered Rs 6.5 lakh in cash and hardware tools used in breaking the locks. The incident took place on April 15.
72. An 87-year-old man, Dattatray Adhikari, who duped a Chinchpokli resident Tukaram Satoshe (79) of his gold chain on the pretext of collecting donation for a temple, was arrested by the Kalachowky police on Monday.
73. The Tardeo-based Kanara Saraswat Association (KSA) is hosting a vernacular theatre adaptation of the iconic film `The Sound of Music' on May 13-14 at at Yashwant Natya Mandir in Matunga (west). The original tunes have been retained, only the lyrics are set in Konkani.
74. Observing that there was no prima facie case made out, the Bombay high court granted anticipatory bail to a journalist, Poonam Agarwal, and a retired soldier, Deepchand Singh, accused of abetting the suicide of an army jawan in Deolali, Nashik.
75. Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh found himself in the eye of a fresh political controversy when he accused Telangana police of encouraging Muslim youth to join global terror outfit Islamic State, triggering angry reactions from ruling Telangana Rashtra Samithi, the state government and the BJP which asked him to provide evidence to back his claim.
76. Just three days after ordering the seizure of EVMs in Vikasnagar constituency of Dehradun district, the Uttarakhand high court on Monday ordered sealing of EVMs in six more constituencies of the state -Mussoorie, Rajpur Road (Dehradun), BHEL Ranipur, Raipur, Pratapnagar and Haridwar rural.
77. The CBI informed a special court on Monday that it has received sanction to prosecute three Isro officials accused in Devas-Antrix deal case, including former Isro chairman G Madhavan Nair, ex-Isro director A Bhaskar Narayana Rao and ex-Antrix executive director K R Sridhara Murthi.
78. Chief minister Manohar Parrikar appears set to return to his home turf of Panaji, from where he was elected for a record five times since 1994, to contest the bypoll.
79. India faces a review of its human rights record by the UN Human Rights Council. The Universal Periodic Review Working Group of the UN will examine India's human rights record for the third time on May 4.
80.A stringent price cap imposed on coronary stents, has failed to break the nexus between medical device manufacturers and hospitals, with the two colluding to push noncoronary stents and other high-end life-saving products to consumers for huge margins.
81. A group of men went on a rampage at the official bungalow of BJP MP Manoj Tiwari on Sunday night after his car, a Scorpio, al legedly collided with a Wagon R on North Av enue, causing it to overturn.
82. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked officials to use modern technology, including geo-tagging and use of UAVs and drones for rigorous monitoring of infrastructure projects. The PM also called for completion of the works within strict timelines.
83. India's ambassadors around the world will put their heads together to focus on smarter and more effective diplomacy at the annual MEA talk-shop for its heads of missions from May 4-7 in the Capital.
84. The Centre on Monday appointed Jammu & Kashmir chief electoral officer (CEO) Shantmanu as development commissioner (handicrafts) in the Union textiles ministry , even as the Anantnag parliamentary bypoll process is underway .
85. The Army on Monday tweeted about the mutilation of the bodies of two Indian soldiers by the Pakistan army , but refused to divulge details about such incidents under the Right to Inforive policemen and two security guards were killed in a brazen attack by Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists in a bid to rob a Jammu & Kashmir bank van near Pombai village in Kulgam district of south Kashmir on Monday mation (RTI) Act, citing “national security“ concerns.
86. Five policemen and two security guards were killed in a brazen attack by Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists in a bid to rob a Jammu & Kashmir bank van near Pombai village in Kulgam district of south Kashmir on Monday .
87.A 14-year-old rape survivor from Haryana has taken male police officers from Kaithal to court for allegedly sexually harassing her by asking her to strip “for the investigation“.
88. A 14-year-old boy was stabbed to death in south-west Delhi's Chhawla on Monday. The murder weapon was a compassused by students in geometry.
89. A day after raids on the house of a retired Colonel and his shooter son unearthed 44 guns, 117kg of `wild' meat and skins and antlers of protected animals, police arrested a Slovenian national and two Delhi shooters on Monday in the poaching and international arms smuggling racket that appears to be getting bigger.
90. The Anti-Corruption Bureau has registered two more FIRs in the multi-crore Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation (VIDC) scam. As many as nine VIDC officials and four contractors have been booked.
91. They may not have lost themselves in the music or the moment but a judge and nine lawyers in a New Zealand courtroom did listen politely to Eminem's “Lose Yourself “ as a copyright trial involving the country's ruling political party began on Monday .
92. Facebook monitored the posts of Australian children and used algorithms to identify and exploit them by allowing advertisers to target them during their “most vulnerable moments“, media reported, evoking criticism against the social media giant.
93. German police say a Scottish man was killed east of Hamburg while trying to take a selfie photo with two friends in the middle of the autobahn.
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