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Daily Newsletter | Monday, May 02, 2016 TOP HEADLINES MORE » Land, timber mafia behind Uttarakhand forest fires? Govt says it’s okay with Hurriyat talking to Pak Bankrupts may be barred from elections CITIES MORE » Chennai man burns alive mother over not finding him wife Police on Sunday arrested a man after he tied his ailing 60-year-old mother to a chair and set her ablaze in Arumbakkam. Nearly 22k Karnataka schools have 2 or fewer teachers While the prescribed teacher-student ratio is 1:35, as many as 21,947 out of the 75,489 schools, including private ones, in Karnataka have just two or fewer teachers. Doctors remove 'scissors' from woman's belly in Chennai For 18 years, 60-year-old Saroja carried a foreign object in her body without realizing it. TECH MORE » 9 quick tips to use Google Chrome as a power user The beauty of Chrome is that anyone can pick it up in minutes, yet it has a lot of neat and useful features hidden beneath that simple exterior. 7 cool gadgets you should not miss this summer With each passing year, summers are getting hotter to handle. Tata Group to enter wearable space with new smartwatch Tata Group now wants to add wearables to its list. It's developing wrist devices for two very distinct markets: Yoga enthusiasts and factory workers. SPORTS MORE » IPL 2016: Rohit 85* powers Mumbai to eight-wicket win Rohit Sharma scored his fifth half-century of the season to guide Mumbai Indians to eight-wicket victory over Rising Pune Supergiants at MCA stadium, Pune on Sunday. The win helped defending champions Mumbai jump to second in the standings with 10 points from nine games. IPL 2016: Axar hat-trick takes KXIP to second win Left-arm spinner Axar Patel claimed the first hat-trick of the IPL 2016 to help Kings XI Punjab (154) beat Gujarat Lions (131/9) by 23 runs at the Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot on Sunday. WATCH: Harbhajan, Rayudu in ugly verbal spat Not happy with Rayudu's effort, Harbhajan was seen abusing his team-mate which sparked the altercation between the two players. Rayudu also was in no mood to let it go as he gave him back and charged towards his senior partner to counter him. BUSINESS MORE » Eco downturn a top reason for bad loans, says Rajan Raghuram Rajan has put the blame on "overall economic downturn", among other reasons, in his submission to a Parliamentary panel. Top 6 VCs refuel with $2.5bn in a year despite few exits Venture capital firms may have cooled off from the heady investing days of the past two years, but they continue to shore up capital amid a slackening funding environment. IDBI NPAs may go to a stressed asset fund The government is expected to clean up IDBI Bank's pool of non-performing assets by transferring them to a fund before offering up to 10% equity to strategic investors as part of the plan to reduce its stake below 50%. ENTERTAINMENT MORE » Did Hrithik lash out at Kangana Ranaut's haters? The Hrithik Roshan-Kangana Ranaut legal battle is getting increasingly confusing with new details and statements emerging almost every alternate day. Sunny: No one wanted to go on stage with me In a candid chat with BT, the actress talks about her next film One Night Stand, the double standards that exist across the world and how interestingly, people’s perception about her is changing positively in Bollywood. Lawyer: Cops didn't ask for Kangana's laptop After Kangana Ranaut and her sister Rangoli recorded their statements with the Cyber Crime Cell on Saturday evening, reports suggested that the actress had declined to share her laptop and smartphone, which could further aid investigations. 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