[wanabidii] Top Headlines: JNU row: Students march across country in solidarity with Kanhaiya

Daily Newsletter | Friday, February 19, 2016 TOP HEADLINES MORE » JNU row: Students march across country in solidarity with Kanhaiya The burgeoning students’ protest in the national capital against sedition charges on JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar resonated in universities across the country on Thursday, with detentions and clashes reported from Udaipur to Chennai, and from Patna to Hyderabad. Kanhaiya goes straight to Apex court for bail JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar on Thursday took the unusual step of filing a writ petition in Supreme Court seeking bail, saying violence unleashed by a section of lawyers in the Patiala House Courts complex had disrupted the justice delivery mechanism and posed a grave threat to his life. JNU fallout to decide J&K govt formation? With the JNU row showing no sign of ebbing, a dark shadow has been cast over the turbulent PDP-BJP alliance in Jammu & Kashmir. CITIES MORE » Lucknow prisoner released for good conduct after 25 yrs On the basis of his good conduct and behaviour, 70-year-old prisoner Waryam Singh was set free by the Uttar Pradesh government on February 17. TECH MORE » Freedom 251: Queries (FAQs) about the cheapest smartphone answered While initially there might be a lot of doubts around the Freedom 251, Ringing Bells is just clinging on to the price of device to silence critics, which by the way are growing by each passing minute. Worldwide smartphone sales grew 9.7% in Q4 2015; iPhone declines: Gartner Sales of iPhone declined for the first time in fourth quarter of 2015, even as global smartphone sales exhibited slowest growth since 2008. Comparison: Freedom 251 vs Xolo Era 4G, Swipe Konnect 5.1 and Spice Xlife 425 3G We bring you a head-to head comparison of Freedom 251 with recently launched Xolo Era 4G, Swipe Konnect 5.1 and Swipe Xlife 425 3G smartphones. SPORTS MORE » Viv Richards likely to coach Pakistan for World T20 Former West Indies skipper Sir Vivian Richards is likely to join the Pakistan squad as a batting consultant for the upcoming World T20 to be played in India in March. ICC World Twenty20 2016: Full squad list The sixth edition of the ICC WorldT20 kicks off in India with the qualification round from March 8. Eight teams will fight to secure the two available spots for the Super 10 round that starts from March 15. Suspicious bets mostly around tennis in 2015: Report Tennis accounted for nearly three quarters of all the suspicious betting alerts issued last year, the European Sport Security Association (ESSA) said in a report published on Thursday. BUSINESS MORE » Nestle profit dips due to strong franc, deal-making Swiss food giant Nestle has reported a drop in profit and sales last year largely because of a stronger Swiss franc, a re-evaluation of some operations and the sale of a stake in L'Oreal a year earlier. ENTERTAINMENT MORE » 'Dislike B'wood's tendency to stick to one trend' Musician Clinton Cerejo talks about his latest album Jugni, the quality of music in Bollywood and his Sufi connect Song from Randeep's film gets leaked online Even as the makers of Randeep Hooda-Kajal Agarwal starrer Do Lafzon Ki Kahani were deliberating over the release date of the film, the first song, Kuch toh hai, has leaked online. The movie’s team was planning to unveil the song at an event to kick-start the promotional campaign, but now their plans have gone kaput. 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