[wanabidii] Top Headlines: Highway liquor vends, bars must close from today: Supreme Court

Daily Newsletter | Saturday, April 01, 2017 TOP HEADLINES MORE » Highway liquor vends, bars must close from today: Supreme Court The Supreme Court on Friday refused to revisit its order banning liquor vends within 500 metres of national and state highways from April 1 and ruled that this would also bar hotels and restaurants on highways from serving liquor to guests. Promote content on Times of India network With the largest pool of premium audiences, Colombia helps your business growing. Switch to it now! Recommended by Colombia Now, MP to crack down on roadside Romeos Just about a week after UP CM Yogi Aditya Nath announced an anti-Romeo squad, Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced a similar crackdown on sexual predators on Friday, and even went a step further, saying his government will bring about a legislation to hang rapists. Five BJP-led states turn heat on illegal abattoirs Hardline Hindu organisations in Bengaluru are trying to enforce vegetarianism even as five BJP-ruled states — Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh — have followed in the footsteps of the Uttar Pradesh government by clamping down on illegal slaughterhouses. CITIES MORE » Find out how over 1.5 million Indians print at just 7 Paise With Epson InkTank Printers, print in Colour & B&W @ the lowest costs ever! Recommended by Colombia TECH MORE » BSNL to offer 300GB data per month at Rs 249 The telco is allowing its users to download and use 10 GB data per day by paying monthly charges of Rs 249 only. RJio planning to launch 'Prime sequel': Report Reliance Jio is likely to come up with disruptive tariff plans in the next couple of days to yet again create buzz in the industry Trai snubs DoT's view on revenue Telecom regulator Trai has come down heavily on the department of telecom (DoT), and its former secretary J S Deepak, over the latter's concerns on declining industry revenues after the launch of services by Reliance Jio, and said affordable consumer... SPORTS MORE » India Open Super Series: Sindhu beats Saina to enter semis In an exciting clash, Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu prevailed over compatriot Saina Nehwal in a hard-fought straight-game encounter to advance to the semi-finals of the India Open Super Series. Virat let emotions affect his batting against Oz: Ganguly Virat Kohli's batting was affected by his emotional outbursts in the acrimonious Test series against Australia, feels former captain Sourav Ganguly, who is hoping that the Indian skipper "cools down" to score big again. Saina not someone special that I must beat: Sindhu Rio Olympics silver medalist PV Sindhu has made it clear that winning against Saina Nehwal isn't a must-do for her. BUSINESS MORE » German unemployment hits new record low The out-of-work figure fell to 5.8 percent this month, the Federal Labour Agency said, beating analysts' forecasts. A 0.1-percentage point fall from the level it had held since January placed it at a new all-time low since German reunification in 1990. RIL shares up 4%; mcap rises by Rs 17,183 crore The stock went up by 3.93 per cent to close at Rs 1,319.20 on BSE. During the day, it surged 5.25 per cent to a multi-year high of Rs 1,336. At NSE, shares of the company moved up by 3.95 per cent to Rs 1,320.90. Rupee rallies to over 17-month high, up 7 paise at 64.85 The domestic currency largely withstood the mid-session discomfort in the midst of excess volatility and movements of the greenback in global trade. This is the highest closing of the rupee since October 23, 2015, when it had closed at 64.83. ENTERTAINMENT MORE » Other Newsletters from TOI: Breaking News | Digest | Tech | Entertainment | Movie Reviews | Life & Style Unsubscribe | To manage your newsletter subscription settings, click here. Copyright 2017 Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. For reprint rights: Times Syndication Service