[wanabidii] Top Headlines: Russian airliner crash: All 224 passengers dead, black box recovered

Daily Newsletter | Sunday, November 01, 2015 TOP HEADLINES MORE » Russian airliner crash: All 224 passengers dead, black box recovered A Russian airliner carrying 224 passengers crashed into a mountainous area of Egypt's Sinai peninsula on Saturday shortly after losing radar contact near cruising altitude, killing all aboard. Only 1 Pandit family returned to Valley in 25 yrs An estimated 4.5 lakh Kashmiri Pandits migrated from the valley after militancy reared its head in the state in 1990s. Despite various schemes to bring them back, only one Kashimri Pandit family has returned to the Valley, sending a clear message that people are still afraid of going back. Check population growth of Muslims: RSS Stoking the debate over religion and demographics, the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh has asked the Centre to “re-formulate” the national population policy to address the “demographic imbalance” caused by the rise in Muslim population as reflected in the latest census data on religious communities. CITIES MORE » Mumbai: Cleanup drive at 3 stns by Nirankaris Several hundred volunteers of Sant Nirankari Charitable Foundation and the Nirankari Sewa Dal, undertook a massive cleanliness drive as part of the Swachh Bharat Abhyaan, at CST, Dadar and Mumbai Central stations today. Indore: Civic body chief arrested for accepting bribe Lokayukta police arrested Sanawad municipality chairman while accepting a bribe of Rs 10 lakh here at Jaora Compound on Saturday afternoon. 40-year-old arrested in Mumbai for raping 2 minors The Amboli police arrested a 40-year-old welder for allegedly molestating and raping two minors girls, aged eight years, in their own building society on Thursday. TECH MORE » Buying second-hand smartphones? 7 things to remember Thinking of buying a used smartphone because it's an awesome deal? Facebook wants employees to use Android phones, not iPhones A large number of Facebook employees are shunning their iPhones and switching to Android devices. And they are doing it -- not necessarily willingly -- under strict instructions from chief product officer Chris Cox. Silicon Valley icon HP is ready for break-up Hewlett-Packard was an early pioneer of what became the model for Silicon Valley startups: Founded in 1939 by two Stanford graduates in a Palo Alto, California, garage, HP was long celebrated for its engineering know-how and laid-back corporate culture. SPORTS MORE » Should a player who played for 13 years not deserve a farewell match: Sehwag Sehwag asked in a TV show that should not a player who has played 12 to 13 years for his country, deserve a farewell match? Coutinho gives Mourinho Halloween horror show Philippe Coutinho struck twice as Liverpool won 3-1 at Chelsea on Saturday to ratchet up the pressure yet further on the Premier League champions' beleaguered manager Jose Mourinho. Thakur rocks South Africa before AB rallies tourists with ton Thakur pushed South Africa to the backfoot before the classy A B de Villiers rallied the tourists with a typically aggressive century on the second and last day of the practice game. BUSINESS MORE » India needs to aim for 9-10% growth: Jaitley Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday said India needs to aim for 9-10% growth to create capacity in manufacturing and services sector to absorb 20% of the population presently engaged in agriculture. Lufthansa cabin crew union says pay talks have failed Talks between Lufthansa and its main cabin crew union have failed, the union said on Saturday, raising the prospect of more strikes at the German carrier. Lufthansa is in talks with various staff groups as it seeks to cut costs. Vodafone says hackers broke into nearly 2,000 accounts  Vodafone UK said on Saturday hackers had accessed the accounts of 1,827 of its customers this week, the second cyber attack on a British telecoms company this month. ENTERTAINMENT MORE » When Aishwarya said no to 'Kuch Kuch...' While the beauty queens are known for heading straight to Bollywood, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan chose to be different. Salman, Bebo score a hat-trick at No.1 spot Salman Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan, lead pair of Bajrangi Bhaijaan, take the top positions in Times Celebex powered by zoom for the month of September 2015 Mahira Khan: Most Beautiful Woman in Pak The highest-paid actress of Pakistan, Mahira Khan, is all set to make her Bollywood debut with Rahul Dholakia's upcoming film, Raees, starring Shah Rukh Khan. Other Newsletters from TOI: Breaking News | Digest | Tech | Entertainment | Movie Reviews | Life & Style Unsubscribe | To manage your newsletter subscription settings, click here. Copyright 2015 Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. For reprint rights: Times Syndication Service