[wanabidii] Top Headlines: J&K stalemate: PDP delays call, BJP patience wears thin

Daily Newsletter | Sunday, January 31, 2016 TOP HEADLINES MORE » J&K stalemate: PDP delays call, BJP patience wears thin The ruling PDP-BJP alliance in J&K looks precariously poised with Mehbooba Mufti continuing to keep the saffron partner on tenterhooks 23 days after the coalition was terminated following the death of her father and chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed. How America did a cover job on India and Pak India has been a source of endless fascination for American journalists and writers going back to Thoreau and Twain in the 19th century. Rahul compares Rohith’s death with Bapu’s A high-pitched political slugfest over Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s visit to the University of Hyderabad marked the ‘Justice for Rohith’ campaign that took off in the wee hours of Saturday on the occasion of the 27th birthday of the UoH student who had committed suicide two weeks ago. CITIES MORE » East Delhi chokes on filth, snarls East Delhi resembled a waste dump on the fourth day of the strike called by municipal workers. Streets littered with garbage and resultant stink made life miserable for residents and commuters in areas like Laxmi Nagar, Shanti Vihar, Karkardooma, Jamuna Sports Complex and Shahdara. Six-year-old found dead in Delhi school A six-year-old student of a prominent school in south Delhi was found dead in a pit under the school's amphitheatre this afternoon. The boy, a class 1 student at Ryan International school in Vasant Kunj, was found unconscious. Surat woman found brutally murdered in apartment A 26-year-old married woman was found brutally murdered at her residential apartment in Sarthana area of city on Saturday evening. The woman had suffered severe injuries on her head. TECH MORE » 6 things no one tells you about working at Google Here are some things that you may not have heard about working at the search giant. Frederique Constant Horological: The classic timepiece Through the day , the watch's motion tracker counts the steps you've taken and relays this data to your smartphone. Stick PCs will be hot sellers in the future The PC-on-a-stick might be small, but it's going to make a big impact on the computing world as we move into the next decade. SPORTS MORE » Kerber stuns Williams to win Australian Open title Angelique Kerber became the first German to win a Grand Slam title since her childhood idol Steffi Graf in 1999 when she upset world number one Serena Williams 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 to clinch the Australian Open. 3rd T20I: Series in bag, India aim for a clean sweep India have already pocketed the series but will hope for a clean sweep when they face Australia in the third and final T20I at Sydney. ICC U-19 WC: Sarfaraz, Avesh guide India to quarters India stormed into the 2016 ICC Under-19 World Cup quarterfinals after producing a clinical all-round performance to wallop New Zealand by 120 runs in their penultimate group D encounter on Saturday. BUSINESS MORE » Budget session of Parliament likely from February 23 The Budget session of Parliament is likely to begin on February 23 as the Cabinet committee on parliamentary affairs headed by home minister Rajnath Singh meets on February 4 to finalize the broad schedule. Usually, the budget session begins in the third week of February and concludes early May. Govt to use unviable coal mines to make urea: Gadkari The government will soon exploit economically unviable coal mines for gasification to produce cheaper urea to cut down on huge Rs 55,000 crore annual subsidy on the fertilizer, Union Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Saturday. SpiceJet raises cancellation, excess weight charge Low cost carrier (LCC) SpiceJet will hike its cancellation and excess weight charges, apart from advancing the no show time for cancelling tickets, from Monday, February 1. ENTERTAINMENT MORE » BT Exclusive: Katrina's views on infidelity She’s on a high. A sugar high. It’s not often that one gets to chat with the gorgeous actress while she’s lounging, sprawled on a sofa — indulging in the guilty pleasures of life. Other Newsletters from TOI: Breaking News | Digest | Tech | Entertainment | Movie Reviews | Life & Style Unsubscribe | To manage your newsletter subscription settings, click here. Copyright 2016 Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. For reprint rights: Times Syndication Service