Daily Newsletter | Monday, November 21, 2016 | | | Rotting infrastructure haunts railways again | | The Kanpur train tragedy has once again put the spotlight on railways’ utter neglect in maintaining and upgrading its infrastructure, particularly aging tracks. Over 50% of train accidents in the last three years have been caused due to derailment. |
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| | Unrest in UP towns, cashless crowds vent ire on bank staff | | Two days after the Supreme Court expressed the fear that the currency crisis triggered by demonetization might lead to riots in the country, incidents in Uttar Pradesh seem to bear it out, according to senior police officials in the state who are trying to deal with incidents of mob violence at banks and on roads. |
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| Metro coaches unloaded in Lucknow | | Lucknow Metro unloaded four coaches of the first train set that arrived at the Transport Nagar Depot on Sunday morning. Kumar Keshav, managing director, other directors and senior officers of the company were present in the depot to witness this historic event. |
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| | Apple slashes prices of iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus by up to Rs 22,000 | | Apple has announced biggest-ever price drop for its smartphones in India. Under the new pricing, iPhone 6S (128GB), carying an MRP of Rs 82,000, will now be available at an MRP of Rs 60,000. iPhone 6s Plus (128GB) will now be available at an MRP of Rs 70,000, the smartphone too has received a price cut of Rs 22,000. Apple's 4-inch smartphone iPhone SE, too has got a price cut. The 64GB version of iPhone SE will now be available at Rs 44,000. |
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| | 2nd Test: Late wickets dent England resistance | | England openers set the template for their team-mates with a snore-inducing display of blockathon to deny India an early opening before Jadeja trapped Cook lbw as the visitors trudged to 87/2 in their improbable chase of 405 at stumps. |
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| It has been a dream for a long time, says PV Sindhu | | Ecstatic after clinching her maiden Super Series premier title at China Open on Sunday, Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu said she was left speechless with emotions as she has finally realised a long-time dream. |
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| | | PICS: Aamir Khan attends Geeta Phagot's wedding | | India's star wrestler Geeta Phagot who tied a knot with wrestler Pawan Kumar on November 20, 2016, had a dream wedding for more reasons than one as actor Aamir Khan attended the wedding in the Haryanvi village of Balali on Sunday. |
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| Rahman’s Vande Mataram goes virtual | | After blowing fans away with his performance of Vande Mataram along with Coldplay frontman Chris Martin at the Global Citizen Festival in Mumbai on Saturday, AR Rahman will now be launching the song in a virtual reality (VR) format at the NFDC Film Bazaar in Goa today. |
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| What’s cooking in Shilpa Shetty Kundra’s life? | | If you were skimming through the menu at a restaurant in London, there are high chances of seeing Shilpa Shetty Kundra’s name on it. Inspired by a recipe that the actress once shared, an eatery has named a dish SSK Special after her. |
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