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Daily Newsletter | Monday, September 29, 2014 TOP HEADLINES MORE » PM Narendra Modi enthralls a rapturous crowd at Madison Square Garden The event lived up to its billing as PM Narendra Modi mesmerized the crowd at Madison Square Garden with his spirited speech. PIO cardholders to get lifelong Indian visa, PM announces at Madison Square Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday told a rapturous crowd of NRIs that Persons of Indian Origin cardholders will get lifetime Indian visa and that US tourists will be given visa on arrival. Amazing India energizes me, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos says If there's anything that energizes Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com, it's his trademark loud laugh. CITIES MORE » Cricket betting racket busted in Bangalore, 4 held A cricket betting syndicate with links to bookies in West Asia has been busted in Bangalore with the arrest of four bookies from R T Nagar. Mob beats up 3 foreigners at CP Metro station A mob beat up three foreign nationals at the Rajiv Chowk Metro station on Sunday evening after a woman accused them of passing lewd comments at her in the train. Man steals cheque, dupes woman of Rs 94k The Chinchwad police have registered a case against an unidentified person for duping a senior citizen of Rs 94,000. TECH MORE » 15 top tech stories of the week Here's a quick look at what made news in the world of technology in the week just gone by... Samsung launches Galaxy Alpha at Rs 39,990 The Galaxy Alpha features a compact body with a metal frame, curved corners and a tactile soft back cover. The 5 tests every iPhone goes through Even though Apple did not disclose all the tests it conducts on iPhones, here are the five tests that every iPhone model undergoes before hitting the mass market. SPORTS MORE » Paes wins Malaysian Open doubles title The Indo-Polish pair rallied to beat the second seeded Briton-Australian combo of Jamie Murray and John Peers 3-6 7-6(5) 10-5 in the final. Yogeshwar's wrestling gold lifts India in medal tally Yogeshwar Dutt beat Yusupov Zalimkhan of Tajikistan with a lender margin (1-0) in the final to win gold in Men's Freestyle 65 kg wrestling in the Asian Games. BUSINESS MORE » Rajan unlikely to cut rates this fiscal Concerns over inflation and the imminent hardening of interest rates in the US could prevent the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor, Raghuram Rajan, from lowering rates during the current fiscal, bankers said. Muthoot Finance to tap PEs for Rs 1,200 crore India's largest privately-held gold loan lender Muthoot Fincorp will sell around 20% stake to raise Rs 1,200 crore ($200 million) from private equity (PE) investors. Softbank eyes DreamWorks Animation Softbank, the Japanese wireless carrier headed by Masayoshi Son, is in talks to buy Jeffrey Katzenberg's DreamWorks Animation SKG film studio, people familiar with the situation said. ENTERTAINMENT MORE » Hrithik: Katrina is hardworking, works like a man Hrithik Roshan grew up thinking that you work hard, gain success, have a family and you will be happy. But things have changed for him over the last one year. Top 5: Superstars and their Superstitions A little bit of luck is necessary, every now and then, even for our Bollywood celebrities. Old comedy shows that will make you nostalgic One cannot forget those old evergreen shows on television, that still manage to become a topic of discussion over tea and make us nostalgic. Other Newsletters from TOI: Entertainment | Tech | Movie Reviews | Life & Style To manage your newsletter subscription settings, click here. Copyright 2014 Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. For reprint rights: Times Syndication Service