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| August 26, 2011 |
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| | LS to sit on Saturday, likely to discuss Jan Lokpal Bill Gvernment announced that Lok Sabha will function on Saturday, indicating that discussion on different versions of the Lokpal Bill will finally be held. Differences in Team Anna, some members want fast to end Justice Santosh Hegde, a member of the joint drafting committee on Lokpal Bill, joined Swami Agnivesh in saying that the hunger strike should be called off now. My Lokpal draft is similar to what Rahul Gandhi proposed in Lok Sabha: TN Seshan Joining the debate on the Lokpal issue, former CEC TN Seshan on Friday said that the supremacy of the Constitution and Parliament should be maintained. | | | Delhi power tariff goes up by 21.77% The Delhi Electricity Regulatory Commission (GERC) has passed an order allowing power tariff to go up by 21.77 percent. Coimbatore boy returns after stint at NASA Its not every day one gets to spend time in a real space flight simulator chamber in NASA, rub shoulders with outer space experts, sleep in a cylindrical space habitat or get a taste of actual astronaut food to be eaten during a space mission. | | | Gold drops further by Rs 700 Gold and silver registered their biggest single-day decline in 18 months in the bullion market here today on frantic selling by stockists, triggered by a meltdown in global markets. Sensex ends below 16k, down 297 pts Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex on Friday closed below the 16,000 level for the first time in 18 months as it lost over 297 points on weak global trend. | | | Sachin, Zaheer in 2011 ICC Test team Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan earned a place in the ICC Test Team of the Year, chosen by a specially appointed selection panel headed by Clive Lloyd. Sachin, Gauti, MS in ICC awards shortlist Indian players Sachin Tendulkar and Gautam Gambhir were named in the final shortlists for ICC Cricketer of the Year and ODI Player of the Year awards. | | | First Look: Vidya Balan as Silk Smitha Vidya Balan has never exposed as much - but in the first look of "The Dirty Picture", inspired by late southern sex icon Silk Smitha's life, she has painted a perfect picture in an itsy-bitsy red blouse matched with luscious red lipstick. Kangna Ranaut's a bikini babe now! Kangna Ranaut has donned a bikini in Rascals for the first time. The actress speaks about joining the league of Bipasha Basu and Kareena Kapoor in the hotness stakes. | | | Windows Phones with Mango an opportunity for Nokia Nokia Oyj, which missed out twice on the love-in between smartphone users and their applications, may have a chance with Microsoft Corp's Windows Phone 7 to attract writers of the next "Shazam" or "Angry Birds" blockbuster. Angry Anna game hits the Web After smart slogans and creative placards - not to forget acerbic graffiti - the ongoing anti-corruption movement led by social activist Anna Hazare has now inspired a free online game. | | | | | |
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