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German Airbus crash:150 dead

Rs 2K cr to drought hit Maharashtra

Summon in National Herald case illegal:Sonia

Nat. Film Awards announced
 
Venkaiah Naidu: Govt is ready for compromises on land bill

Germanwings A320 black box found

Govt launches Twitter Samvad to connect citizens with govt
 
* Parliamentary affairs minister Venkaiah Naidu says Government is ready for some compromises on the land acquisition bill.

* Agriculture Minister says estimated damage to Rabi Crop due to untimely rain and hailstorm may come down after final reports from the States; Urges State governments to render immediate assistance to farmers.

* Two-year-old girl enters India Book of Records by setting a new record in Archery.

* India Open Super Series Badminton tournament kicks off in New Delhi.
 
Section 66A was not part of the
original I-T Act enacted during NDA
government in 2000. The UPA
government had amended the Act in
2009 and brought Section 66A into
force October 27, 2009. (Illustration:
Ajit Ninan)

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court's
decision to strike down Section 66A
of I-T Act
may infuse social network site
addicts with a sense of unrestricted
freedom of expression, but it is a
deja vu situation for them as
indiscrete postings in social network
sites could still invite arrest under
similar provisions of Indian Penal
Code.
In most of the cases slapped against
persons for posting offensive views
on social network sites, the police
had invariably invoked Sections 153
and 505 of the IPC along with
Section 66A of I-T Act, which is a
bailable offence. It is the invoking of
additional IPC sections which had
allowed the police to arrest the
persons for offensive posts.


Section 66A quashed: Citizens can still be arrested for online posts - TOI Mobile | The Times of India Mobile Site
 
Expressing interest in Modi's 'Made
in India' initiative, the 34-year-old
Sandhurst-trained Emir, who took
over the reins of the world's richest
country (by per capita GDP) from his
father in 2013, said, "I know that the
new government is taking a number
of initiatives, especially in business
and investment, which is very
interesting and encouraging from
our point of view. We trust the
Indian economy. So we will invest in
India."


Qatar has big investment plans for India - TOI Mobile | The Times of India Mobile Site
 
Fire breaks out at a commercial
building in Andheri East, no
casualties reported: Times Now
 
WASHINGTON: President Barack
Obama on Tuesday reversed plans to
withdraw about 5,000 US troops from
war-torn Afghanistan this year, an
overture to the country's new reform-
minded leader.
Hosting Ashraf Ghani at the White
House for a first presidential head-
to-head, Obama agreed to keep the
current level of 9,800 US troops in
Afghanistan until the end of 2015.
"President Ghani had requested
some flexibility on our drawdown
timelines," Obama said after an Oval
Office meeting aimed at setting
aside years of unease between Kabul
and it nominal ally.



Obama slows Afghanistan troop withdrawal - TOI Mobile | The Times of India Mobile Site
 
BENGALURU: Premji Invest, the
family office of Wipro's billionaire
chairman Azim Premji, has led an $
80-million round of funding in US-
based mobile operating system
startup Cyanogen, whose founder
claims his objective is to create a
Google-less Android and "put a
bullet through Google's head."
Other investors include Twitter
Ventures, Qualcomm, Telefonica
Ventures, Smartfren Telecom, Index
Ventures, and Rupert Murdoch.
Existing investors Benchmark,
Andreessen Horowitz, Redpoint
Ventures, and Tencent Holdings also
participated in the latest round.
Till date, Cyanogen has received a
total of $110 million in funding.
Cyanogen was founded by Kirt
McMaster, Steve Kondik and Koushik
Dutta in 2009. The Cyanogen
operating system is built on Android
and is known for its personalization
features, intuitive interface, speed,
improved battery life and enhanced
security.


Wipro's Azim Premji leads m round of funding in Google OS rival - TOI Mobile | The Times of India Mobile Site
 
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