[wanabidii] Top Headlines: Kanhaiya Kumar doesn't want just bail, will challenge arrest

Daily Newsletter | Saturday, February 20, 2016 TOP HEADLINES MORE » Kanhaiya Kumar doesn't want just bail, will challenge arrest JNU Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar will spend at least three more nights in Tihar Jail as his petition for release is expected to be heard by Delhi High Court only next week. NHRC says cops dictated Kanhaiya’s appeal The National Human Rights Commission has slammed Delhi Police’s actions — or rather, its inaction — at Patiala House courts earlier this week. JNU row: Threats, abuse rain down on Khalid’s kin The last time Dr Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas saw his son was on television on February 10. Umar Khalid, a PhD scholar in Jawaharlal Nehru University, was being grilled about the event held a day earlier on the campus during which anti-India slogans had allegedly been raised. CITIES MORE » DGCA turns down airline's request for inflight Holi celebrations The aviation regulator has turned down a leading desi airline's request to let its cabin crew have a "cultural program" -- read sing and dance -- on some flights on the festival of colours that is on March 24. Varanasi all set for PM's BHU visit on Mon The Banaras Hindu University as well as the district administration will take all precautionary measures during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s proposed visit to the campus to take part in BHU’s centenary year convocation on February 22. 'Worked up', Agra doc threatens to kill self High drama prevailed at S N Medical College on Friday evening when an emergency medical officer Dr Saurabh Sharma doused himself in petrol and entered the principal's office, threatening to commit suicide, as he was asked to do continuous third shift. TECH MORE » Veritas CEO: Silicon Valley wants dramatic expansion of H-1B visa With IT firms struggling to find quality and right number of professionals, a top American CEO has called for a "dramatic expansion" of the H-1B visa scheme -- popular among Indian tech firms -- to meet the growing demand. Railways rushes RPF after man tweets 'passenger troubling aunt' After a fellow passenger in the Nauchandi Express misbehaved with a woman, she called up her nephew, who in turn quickly tweeted the matter to @RailMinIndia. Within minutes, a team of Railway Police Force (RPF) from Meerut city station reached out to help the woman, Anu Agarwal. Seeing the cops, the passenger fled. UE Roll wireless Bluetooth speaker review: Value for money Ultimate Ears is known for its exciting range of Bluetooth speakers. We reviewed the latest UE Roll wireless Bluetooth speaker priced at Rs 8,495. Wonder what else is good and not-so good in the UE Roll, read and find out. SPORTS MORE » Tendulkar is the greatest after Don Bradman: Ponting Ricky Ponting has rated Sachin Tendulkar as the all-time best batsman after Sir Donald Bradman, saying the maestro truly deserves to be called "great" at a time when the word is "bandied" about often. Shami ruled out of Asia Cup, looks doubtful for World T20 Pacer Mohammad Shami was on Friday ruled out of India's squad for the upcoming Asia Cup. This has raised doubts about his participation in the marquee ICC World Twenty20 that follows the continental tournament. Indian team is in auto-pilot mode, says confident Dhoni India's limited overs captain MS Dhoni asserted that his team is in "auto-pilot" mode and shaping up well for the upcoming big-ticket ICC World Twenty20. BUSINESS MORE » Budget may offer sops for housing, healthcare, edu Finance minister Arun Jaitley is likely to introduce some incentives in the budget that can make the life of the common taxpayer easy. India needs to hike tobacco taxes: Study Prices of tobacco products in India have not increased substantially over a period, making them easily affordable and even cheaper than essential food items, says a study, recommending a substantial increase in taxes on all types of tobacco products. Amit Mitra new head of GST panel West Bengal finance minister Amit Mitra on Friday was named the new chairman of the empowered committee of state finance ministers (ECSFM) on Goods and Services Tax (GST). Mitra will be the second finance minister from West Bengal after Ashim Dasgupta to head this committee. ENTERTAINMENT MORE » Preity Zinta to auction her wedding pictures Following closely on the heels of Hollywood couples like Brad Pitt-Angelina Jolie and George Clooney-Amal Alamuddin, actor Preity Zinta and fiancé Gene Goodenough have decided to auction their wedding pictures for a charity that she supports. Krishna Raj Kapoor is back home from hospital Krishna Raj Kapoor, who was being treated at Breach Candy Hospital for age-related health issues for almost three weeks, is doing fine now and was discharged yesterday. 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