[wanabidii] Top Headlines: US asks for a no-fly zone over Rajpath on R-Day, India says no

Daily Newsletter | Sunday, January 18, 2015 TOP HEADLINES MORE » US asks for a no-fly zone over Rajpath on R-Day, India says no A no-fly zone would have led to the customary flypast on January 26 being cancelled. “The US team was told that this was simply not possible,” said a source. Home is where nightlife is for 90% of youth Young metropolitan Indians think a city’s nightlife is crucial to its being considered a modern urban space and say this is an important factor in their choice of where they would want to live. Air India’s Maharajah gets a makeover Air India’s Maharajah, an iconic portly figure in regal garb and hands folded in namaskar, is being offloaded. CITIES MORE » Man burnt alive in his hut, sarpanch booked for murder A 65-year-old man was burnt to death near Abutgarh village of Sirsa district while he was sleeping in his hut during the intervening night of Friday and Saturday. Overcharging by cabs not a crime: Bassi Delhi Police commissioner B S Bassi kicked up a controversy on Friday evening by remarking that overcharging by drivers - presumably of public transport vehicles - was not a crime and that it was only "small greed". 400% jump in card fraud cases in Mumbai last year In the year just gone by, Mumbai witnessed a case of credit/debit card fraud every alternate day (till November). The fast growing number is the result of changing methods adopted by fraudsters, a recent Mumbai police report said. TECH MORE » 15,000 pink slips in the tech corridor and still counting At least 15,000 techies have lost their jobs in Bengaluru in the last one year. Motorola acknowledges Nexus 6 defect Motorola has accepted that some Nexus 6 owners are reporting a serious manufacturing defect. 6 likely features of the next-generation iPhone It has not been very long since Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have been out. SPORTS MORE » EPL: Costa double helps Chelsea down Swansea 5-0 Oscar and Diego Costa both scored two goals each as EPL leaders Chelsea overpowered Swansea 5-0 to go five points clear at the top of the table. EPL: Fellaini, Wilson spare disjointed Man United Marouane Fellaini and James Wilson came off the substitutes' bench to earn Manchester United a 2-0 victory at struggling Queens Park Rangers. Crisis will return with a bad result: Luis Enrique Barca boss Luis Enrique laughed off suggestions the club have come through an institutional crisis thanks to their best show of the season to beat Atletico 3-1. BUSINESS MORE » Invest in railways to make it engine of growth: Prabhu Railway minister Suresh Prabhu on Saturday made a strong pitch for increasing investment in the state-run transport behemoth saying its finances were in "deep trouble". ‘Failure biggest asset for any country’ The only asset of a country is failure and knowing how to fail is its biggest talent. That should be the mantra for success for India, says Nassim Nicholas Taleb, essayist, statistician, risk analyst and author of the highly-acclaimed book Black Swan. Jaitley against higher income tax rate to raise revenue The minister also pledged to make the budgetary process more transparent so as to present the real picture of public finances before the people. ENTERTAINMENT MORE » Akshay-Twinkle complete 14 years of marriage Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna complete 14 years of marriage today. Jazbaa kicks off with a script reading session Sanjay Gupta, who is helming Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s comeback film Jazbaa, is making sure that the film is headed in the right direction. Arbaaz Khan is a godly man: Sonam There are no greys in Sonam Kapoor’s life. Everything is clearly black and white. Other Newsletters from TOI: Entertainment | Tech | Movie Reviews | Life & Style To manage your newsletter subscription settings, click here. Copyright 2014 Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. For reprint rights: Times Syndication Service