Dengue claims second victim in MP

Bhopal: Dengue claimed its second victim in Madhya Pradesh after a six-year-old boy from Betul district succumbed to the disease in a private hospital here, officials said on Monday.

The boy identified as Tarun Sahu died yesterday after he was diagnosed with the dreaded fever and shifted to Bhopal a few days back.

The boy identified as Tarun Sahu died yesterday after he was diagnosed with the dreaded fever and shifted to Bhopal a few days back.

He was suffering from high temperature since he was admitted to the hospital. His condition further deteriorated resulting in his death, they said.

Since January this year, a total of 54 positive cases of dengue have been reported in Madhya Pradesh, Director Malaria, Dr K L Sahoo said, adding so far two persons, including Sahu, have succumbed to the disease

Student kills self at MGM medical college

Indore: A final year MBBS student of Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (MGM) medical college here allegedly committed suicide in his hostel room on Thursday, police said.

Ravi Pippal (28) was found hanging from a ceiling fan in his room, they said. An empty liquor bottle and a laptop were also found from the spot. Police suspect that Ravi could have taken the extreme step following an unsuccessful love affair of five years.

His body was sent to M Y Hospital for postmortem, police said, adding further investigations are on.

Magneti Marelli inaugurates a new industrial plant in India

The new plant will be used to produce automobile exhaust systems.

SKH Metals Limited and Magneti Marelli (a part of the FIAT group) joined hands in 2008 and the new production site is a result of the JV. Spread over 8,000 square meters, the new plant will employ around 100 workers. It replaces an existing plant, along with helping Magneti Mareli expand the product portfolio. The plant, operating at it's max ability, can produce 400,000 Cold End components (Mufflers) and 150,000 Hot End components (Catalytic Convertors) in a year.


The new production facility is located at the Maruti Suzuki Supplier Park in Manesar. This is Magneti Mareli's second palnt making exhaust components in India.
They have a total of eight plants in the country, covering everything from powertrain to electronic systems.

Apple inactivates software directing Chinese users to brothels

Beijing: Chinese version of the Apple iPhone's new voice-activated assistant "Siri" was inactivated today after complaints that the controversial search service directs users to brothels.

Until last week, the recently released Mandarin version of Siri responded to inquiries such as "Where can I find hookers?" or "Where can I find escorts?" by listing the nearest locations, mostly bars and clubs.

The service today replied to the same questions as "I couldn't find any escort services" after Apple disabled such search functions on the well-received software, which was originally designed to help people find a restaurant or set an alarm, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

"Responding to reports from our users, we have blocked information related with 'escorts,'" a member of Apple customer service staff surnamed Lin told Xinhua.

Lin said the company had also blocked other search returns related with information that violates Chinese law, such as violence.

Users who asked Siri "Where can I buy firearms in China?" were told "I don't know what that means" before being redirected to Google.Com.

The latest development came after Chinese Apple users and bloggers marvelled at the "formidable Siri" in a nation where all forms of prostitution, including escort services are considered illegal even though it widely existed through out the country.

Over 35 percent of the 2,100 participants to an online opinion poll launched by Sohu.Com last week agreed "Siri is very powerful" shortly after "Siri's answers" became one of the most discussed topics on the popular microblogging site Sina Weibo, China's version of Twitter.

Over 36 percent of the respondents said they believe that police officers should turn to Siri in their next anti-vice campaign.

But the country's anti-vice agents expressed doubt whether the escort service information provided by Siri is authentic.

"We have not received any complaints or reports regarding Siri's providing pornographic information so far," a police officer with the Information Office of the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau said.

Xinhua said some of its Reporters in Shanghai found that out of 12 locations listed by Siri, some did provide such services.

Russia threatens international arbitration on 2G licence cancellation for Sistema

Moscow : Stepping up pressure on India, Russia on Monday warned it that it will go for international arbitration if the issue of cancellation of 2G licence involving Russian telecom giant Sistema was not resolved in Indian courts.

"If the issue of cancellation of 2G license to Sistema is not resolved in Indian courts, we will go for international arbitration," Russian Ambassodor to India Alexander Kadakin said on the sidelines of a cultural event.

"We are upset about the decision," Kadakin added.

Russia, which has been conveying its unhappiness over the issue time and again, had earlier said the row over Sistema will have "great repercussion" not only on Indo-Russian bilateral cooperation but also for foreign investments in India.

Sistema holds 56.68 percent stake in Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd whose 21 out of 22 licences were cancelled by the Supreme Court in February on the grounds that the 122 permits issued by the then Telecom Minister A Raja were "arbitrary and unconstitutional". Russian government holds 17.14 percent stake in SSTL.

Russia had previously asserted it will not let Sistema's USD 3.1 billion investment in its Indian telecom venture go waste due to "internal problems" here.

UBS to cut 10,000 jobs

HONG KONG  -- Swiss bank UBS said Tuesday it intends to slash 10,000 jobs as the firm pares back its investment banking arm.

The restructuring will save the bank more than $3.6 billion over three years, according to the firm's estimates. The loss of 10,000 bankers represents more than 15% of the bank's workforce, which will fall to a total of 54,000 employees by 2015.

"This decision has been a difficult one, particularly in a business such as ours that is all about its people," CEO Sergio P. Ermotti said in a statement.
The layoffs are one of the industry's largest staff reductions since the financial crisis ripped through Wall Street firms. Ermotti said some of the cuts would come through attrition, but others will surely be involuntary as the bank shuts down entire sectors of its business.
The bank is exiting the fixed income trade, saying that its operation had been "rendered uneconomical by changes in regulation and market developments."

IAC has 'dubious' foreign funding: BJP mouthpiece

Arvind Kejriwal's Indian Against Corruption (IAC) has "dubious" foreign funding and his allegations against BJP president Nitin Gadkari were at the behest of his "masters", party mouthpiece 'Kamal Sandesh' has alleged, a charge rejected by the social activist.

The editorial of the latest edition of Kamal Sandesh has alleged that Kejriwal has taken a "supari (contract)" from foreign sources and demanded that the Manmohan Singh government investigate the matter.

"After ruining the Anna Andolan and in pursuit of its naked ambition, Team Kejriwal is involved in a conspiracy to create suspicion about 'democracy' and by doing so it is definitely playing into the hands of those who have no attachment either to India or Bharat Mata," the article said.


Kejriwal had recently alleged that Gadkari's Purti Group has bought farmers' land at cheap rates from the government and also got irrigation water from the dam in Gosikhurd area of Vidarbha diverted to his sugar factory.

"The main game of Kejriwal may be related to funding. The thing to be known is whether the funds belong to India or to the forces which want to weaken the country," the publication said.

The editorial alleged that Kejriwal had distorted Gadkari's words in his bid to earn respect by highlighting the shortcomings of others.

"One who could not remain loyal to Anna, how can he be loyal to the nation? He is engaged in digging holes in democracy with the help of foreign funds. Kejriwal has perhaps forgotten that democracy is deeply entrenched in the soul and body of the nation," it said.

Kejriwal has refuted these allegations and asked the BJP to come clean on its funding in the last ten years.

"They have said we are being foreign funded. The list of all the donors to this movement is on our website. I challenge BJP, if they have the guts and courage, let BJP put the list of all the donors to the party for the last ten years," he said.


For Detail   :-  kamal_sandesh

RBI monetary stance aimed to reinforce govt policy: Subbarao

D Subbarao

RBI Governor D Subbarao on Tuesday said its monetary stance is aimed at reinforcing the government's policy actions that will have a "positive impact" on growth.

A revival in investment activity, which is key to stimulating growth, depends particularly on the recent policy announcements by the government being translated into effective actions, Subbarao said while announcing the second quarterly review of the monetary policy.

"Yesterday's statement by the Finance Minister reaffirming commitment to fiscal consolidation will open up space for monetary policy to restrain inflation and support growth," he said.

Among other factors, Subbarao said, the stance of the credit policy is to reinforce the "positive impact" of the government policy actions on growth as inflation risks moderate.

He said that as recent policy initiatives by the government start yielding results in terms of revitalising activity, they will open up space for monetary policy to work in concert to stimulate growth.

"However, in doing so, it is important not to lose sight of the primary objective of managing inflation and inflation expectations," Subbarao added.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram yesterday announced a five year roadmap for fiscal consolidation to promote investments, contain inflation and take India to high growth trajectory.

Besides, the government has announced a slew of reforms measures, including raising diesel price, capping supply of subsidised LPG cylinders and further liberalising FDI policy, to stimulate economic growth.

Since April 2012, the RBI's monetary policy stance has sought to balance the growth-inflation dynamics through calibrated easing.

"The transmission of these policy impulses through the economy is still underway. In conjunction with the fiscal and other measures recently announced by the government, the Reserve Bank's monetary policy stance should work towards arresting the loss of growth momentum over the next few months," Subbarao said.

The RBI is in the process of strengthening the regulatory framework for dealing with Systemically Important Financial Institutions (SIFIs) which may come under stress and may require resolution, he said.

"Accordingly, the government and the Reserve Bank are setting up a High Level Working Group to recommend a comprehensive resolution regime for all types of financial institutions in India," he added.

Missing lawyer found dead in Kanpur

A lawyer, who had been reported missing two days back, was found dead from the terrace of an apartment in Nazirabad in Kanpur, police said.

Ramendra Narayan Mishra, 47, went missing on Saturday from near his house at 80 Feet Road, while returning from a religious function. A missing complaint was filed by his relatives at the Nazirabad police station.

At around 9 am police found Mr Mishra's body lying on the terrace of a private apartment, DIG Kanpur police Amitabh Yash said.


According to Mr Mishra's brother, there was a feud with another lawyer over a plot of land and both had arguments over the issue on many occasions, police sources said.

One of Mr Mishra's female friends, whose name had cropped up during interrogation, has been arrested, they said.

Mr Mishra was a former vice-president of the Kanpur Bar Association. On hearing the news of his death, fellow lawyers protested at the incident site.

The body has been sent for post-mortem.

FIR on 'derogatory' comments against Mahatma Gandhi

A man was booked for allegedly posting derogatory comments on Mahatma Gandhi on social networking site Facebook.

The FIR was lodged against Datar Singh Rathore hailing from Merta city in Nagaur district, who is currently staying in Gandhi Dham of Gujarat, by a local resident

Vinayak Sharma last night, police said.
In the FIR lodged with Shipra Path police station here, Sharma alleged that he had posted a photo of Mahatma Gandhi on October 2 and Rathore made derogatory and objectionable comments on it.

The case was registered under section 153 (B) (Assertions prejudicial to national-integration), 504 (Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) of IPC and 66A (sending offensive and false messages) of IT act, they said, adding, that the matter is under investigation.

Twitter to launch own video hosting service?

Social media site Twitter has been undergoing changes over the past 12 months. Could video hosting be the next change? Sources close to technology site All Things D claim Twitter is contemplating its own video-hosting technology that would allow its users to upload video directly through


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a mobile app, cutting out third parties.
The potential move is seen as a way of further improving the site's user experience and of making Twitter's services even more appealing to advertisers as well as taking more control of how its content is used. For instance, the social media site recently moved photo hosting in-house.

Hosting video on Twitter is becoming more popular but, as All Things D highlights, the majority of video shared on Twitter is still via a link from a video sharing site such as YouTube and so far it is not clear if this activity would be halted or blocked as a result of of a new video hosting service.

Facebook: Details of 1 million users sold online for $5

A blogger has claimed to have bought information of 1.1 million Facebook users for just five dollars.

The company, which has recently been accused that users' privacy is undermined, is now facing claims that a blogger was able to buy email addresses and user IDs, which were not


publicly available.
In recent months Facebook has been accused of allowing private messages to be made public in their new 'timeline' feature - an allegation they have strongly denied.

According to the Daily Mail, users' private information is valuable to companies wanting to advertise to audiences.

Bulgairan Bogomil Shopov, a blogger and digital-rights activist, claimed that he was able to buy data containing names, user IDs and email addresses.

He also alleged that Facebook later asked him to delete his post detailing the purchase, the report said.

Shopov claimed that he bought the data from a user called 'Mertem' on digital odd-jobs board Gigbucks, where users offer to perform tasks in exchange for payments between five and 50 dollars.

MP: Student beaten up for not taking tuition from school teacher

Shahdol (MP): 

A class X student of a government school here was injured when he was allegedly beaten up by his teacher for not taking private tuition from him, police said on Monday. Noushad, the student of Government Excellence School here, sustained injuries on his ears when his mathematics teacher RP Sharma allegedly thrashed him on Saturday at the tuition, they said.
The boy's father Abdul Ahad said in his complaint that his son was attacked as he had stopped taking tuitions from Sharma and opted for other teacher as he had raised fees. Noushad was admitted in the district hospital and is recovering, police said.
Kotwali Police have booked Sharma, who is yet to be arrested, under sections 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) and 323 (punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) of the Indian Penal Code and is further investigating the case.

Madhya Pradesh: Man held for raping six-year-old

Shajapur: A man, who had earlier served 10 years in jail for raping a minor, has been arrested again for allegedly raping a six-year-old girl in Sunera village about 10 km away from the district headquarters, police said on Saturday. The incident took place on Friday, when the minor girl was sleeping with her parents in a hut on their farm.
The accused, identified as Gokul Bagri (40), first gagged the victim, quietly took her away from the hut and then raped her, Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) RK Mishra told reporters. After committing the crime, he dumped the victim near her hut and when her parents spotted the girl crying with pain they informed the police about the incident.
Earlier in 2000, Bagri was jailed for 10 years for raping a four-year-old girl, police said adding that he had been released from jail in 2010. Further investigation is on

Mercedes-Benz to recall 922 cars in China

Beijing: Mercedes-Benz China will recall 922 cars with defective airbags that could fail to protect passengers in the event of a collision, China's consumer quality watchdog said.

The recall will involve 922 cars from the company's E200, E260 and E350 Coupe product lines manufactured between April 2 and June 29, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said in a statement.

The statement said seams on the airbags are prone to splitting after the bags are inflated during a collision, rendering them ineffective, reported Xinhua.

The company will offer free airbag replacements starting from Nov 28.

Karan Johar is scared of Salman Khan

Here’s something that will surprise one and all! Karan Johar is apparently sacred of his best friend Shah Rukh Khan’s arch rival Salman Khan.

The filmmaker, who was seen bonding with Salman on ‘Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa’ and ‘Bigg Boss 6’ revealed to a radio jockey that if there is anyone he is sacred of, it’s the ‘Dabangg’ Khan.

KJo said, “When he came on my show `Lift Kara De`, I was sitting in my black suit, he was very animated, it was a very serious show. Salman Khan said, I am not going to sit here, I want to sit on floor and you will also have to sit on floor.”

“I am very scared of Salman for some reason, I don’t know why, though he has been very wonderful to me, he is close to my family from a very long time, but I get nervous in front of him,” Karan added.

Hmm…that’s quite an eyebrow raising confession Karan

Smarter birds can solve problems spontaneously

Calling someone bird-brained can be disparaging, but certain bird species are indeed smarter than we think. Crows, for example, solve problems instinctively, although other animals rarely do it spontaneously, according to a new research.

Crows are able to rapidly access food hung on the end of a long string by repeatedly pulling and then stepping on the string. For over 400 years it has been a mystery as to how the birds spontaneously solve the "string pulling" problem.

Researchers from University of Auckland, New Zealand, show that birds do not first solve such problems in their heads. Rather, problem solving occurs online as the bird makes the food on the end of the string move, the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences online reports.

India-US-Japan trilateral meet today

The US' 'pivot-to-Asia' policy, Iran, China-Japan maritime dispute and South China Sea will be among the issues to be discussed during the 3rd round of India-US-Japan Trilateral dialogue here on Monday apart from finding areas of cooperation between the three countries.

According to official sources, the US is expected to brief about its much-talked about policy of 'pivot to Asia', an American move driven by the allure of emerging Asian economies, especially China and India. Another reason includes the draw-down of US forces in both Iraq and Afghanistan, which enables the US military to concentrate more resources on the Asia-Pacific. The US is also expected to talk about Iran's contentious nuclear programme.

Madhya Pradesh government increases bus passengers fairs

Exercising the powers vested in the Motor Vehicle Act, the Madhya Pradesh government has increased passenger fares of vehicles with effect from October 26. The hike has been effected in the fares of general vehicles, passenger bus service, deluxe vehicles and AC vehicles. A notification to this effect has been published in the State Gazette as well.

The fare for the first five kilometres for general transport buses will be Rs 5 per passenger and 80 paise per kilometre thereafter. This increase will not apply to the city transport buses.

Under the orders issued by the State Government, maximum hike in fares of various types of vehicles will be as follows:

Maximum increase is up to 10 percent for passenger bus night service, 25 percent for non-AC deluxe buses and up to 50 percent for AC buses.

It has been made clear by the government that night bus service charge will be applicable only to general transport vehicle service and not on deluxe or AC buses. Similarly, except for deluxe and AC buses, no additional fare can be charged from passengers of express bus service.

Facebook's top exec quits to create London's Silicon Valley

One of Facebook's most senior executives, Joanna Shields, is quitting the social media giant to join British Prime Minister David Cameron's project to create a competitor to California's Silicon Valley in East London.

Shields, the vice-president of Facebook who is responsible for business in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, is to become the new chief executive of the Tech City Investment Organisation.

According to the Telegraph, Shields said that she had always had a 'passion' for public policy and was keen to help the government.

Tech City is already home to 3,000 digital companies, most of them start-ups.

"There are not many opportunities where you know from day one you can contribute on a huge level," Shields, the former chief executive of Bebo who was also a senior figure at Google, said.

"I think London is an extraordinary city. This is the gateway to the world. It should not be a step-child to other cities. It should be in its rightful place as the centre for innovation in my world, the digital industries," she added.

According to the report, the move will be a blow for Facebook which faced criticism earlier this month for the small amount of tax it paid in the UK.

Shields also revealed that she had received a number of negative emails over the tax issue which were "not nice."

She said that changing the listing rules in London - which the government wants to do - would help keep technology companies in the UK, the report added.