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Capital market watchdog Sebi has appointed Gyan Bhushan as its chief vigilance officer.

He replaces R K Padmanabhan, whose role as chief vigilance officer (CVO) has come under the scanner of CBI with regard to an inquiry in connection with purported weakening of a case against promoters of Bank of Rajasthan (BoR).

Bhushan has been appointed as CVO at Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), according to sources.

CBI has registered a preliminary enquiry looking into the alleged weakening of the Bank of Rajasthan case. BoR was acquired by ICICI Bank in 2010.

Beleaguered carrier Kingfisher Airlines on Saturday said it has secured a stay from the Calcutta High Court on United Bank of India declaring the airline and its directors, including promoter Vijay Mallya, as wilful defaulters.

Kingfisher Airlines Vice-President, Corporate Communications, Prakash Mirpuri in a statement said the airline has “secured a stay from the Hon’ble Calcutta High Court on the decision of the Grievance Redressal Committee of the United Bank of India which had earlier declared the airline and its directors (including erstwhile directors) as wilful defaulters”.

With a gradual improvement of security situation in Assam, investors are now showing a keen interest to tap the state’s economic potential and Guwahati is fast emerging as a favored destination for the automobile companies who have been expressing an interest in expanding their market there.

A 9-year-old kid, dubbed as the ‘world’s strongest boy’ can perform 90 degree push-ups, and he has proof.

Giuliano Stroe, nicknamed the ‘Romanian Hercules’, who has pumping iron since before he could even walk, sent his friends at school a video of himself where he’s doing the push-ups, the Mirror reported.

In the clip, he’s seen balancing his weight on his hands as he pushes himself from horizontal to vertical and then effortlessly lowers himself to the floor.

The Union Cabinet on Saturday gave its nod for imposition of President’s rule in Maharashtra.

A meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh in the absence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who is in the US, decided to recommend President’s rule in the state.

President’s rule was necessitated after Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan resigned following Nationalist Congress Party withdrew its support from the coalition.

In a bid to win back its traditional corporate and government customers, BlackBerry has unveiled a new 4.5-inch square-shaped Passport smartphone.

The Passport’s square display gives it a different look than previous BlackBerry models.

It also has a new version of BlackBerry’s signature qwerty keyboard – one that can be swiped to scroll through content on the screen above, Wall Street Journal reported.

Country star Carrie Underwood, who is expecting first child with husband and NHL player Mike Fisher, says she still can not believe the good news.

The singer shared her excitement regarding motherhood on NBC’s “Today” show, reports usmagazine.com.

“It’s still kinda weird, to be honest. Sometimes I’ll be with my husband, and it’s like, I’m gonna be a mom. You’re gonna be a dad. Is this real life?” she said.

“I have a wonderful mother, so if I can be even a little bit like that, we’ll be good,” she added.

After yesterday’s sharp rise, gold prices fell back by Rs 320 to Rs 27,230 per ten gram in the national capital on Saturday as demand eased at prevailing higher levels coupled with a weak global trend.

Silver also fell by Rs 365 to Rs 39,535 per kg on reduced offtake by industrial units and coin makers.

Cutting their six-session gaining string, both Sensex and Nifty ended down by nearly 464 points and 153 points, respectively as the week saw market swaying on a host of negative factors.

In the midst of Supreme Court verdict on coal block allocations, sustained FII selling, weak global cues and even deferment of decision on gas price mainly weighed on market sentiment.

Onset of the week saw the bourses strongly rebounding, sidelining global weakness amid buying in bluechip stocks.

Producer Ekta Kapoor describes her new show “Ajeeb Daastaan Hai Ye” as bold and controversial.

“It’s bold and it’s controversial, but there is no extra marital affair. It will be interesting and emotional. It’s a strong understanding of how society looks at women,” Ekta told reporters here Friday.

She has managed to rope in Sonali Bendre and Apoorva Agnihotri for the show that will be aired on Life Ok.

The Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit at Kalady here has been accredited with an A grade by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).

An eight-member NAAC team visited the university and its eight regional centres to value the learning, academic and governing activities, a press release here said.

It was the fist university in the state to get the grade, the release claimed.

Former Vice Chancellor of Kavi Kulaguru Kalidasa University, Prof Pankaj Chande was the NAAC peer team leader.

An Indian-origin engineer has developed a mechanised human hand to improve its function for those who have suffered nerve damage and have undergone surgery.

The device, tested in cadaver hands, is one of the first instruments created that could improve the transmission of mechanical forces and movement while implanted inside the body.

Indians have a genetic tendency to develop heart ailments, with increased occurances at a young age; yet many are unaware of the risk and repurcussions of the condition. Health experts suggest dance, walking, cycling and swimming as measures to keep cardiovascular conditions at bay.

“More active life style is the best form of preventive correction to avoid cardiac ailments. It is highly recommended to do 150 minutes of physical activity each week to help prevent heart disease,” Neeraj Bhalla, senior consultant and director cardiology at the BLK Super Speciality Hospital, told IANS.

A trial court here Saturday convicted Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa in a disproportionate assets case filed against her by the former DMK government in 1996.

Pronouncing the order, special Judge John Michael Cunha held Jayalalithaa guilty of amassing wealth disproportionate to known sources of her income under sections 109 and 120 (b) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, said Special Public Prosecutor G. Bhavani Singh.

French Chef Olivier Mahut baked the signature Tartes Aux Fruits in a kulhar and gave it a distinct oriental flavor, in Gurgaon.

The well-known chef from Le Cordon Bleu in Paris wowed the students at G.D. Goenka University by baking the dish in a kulhar and using the traditional Indian gold foil to garnish Pate a Choux, which is a French pastry.

Speaking about his inspiration behind the fusion dish, Olivier said, “Innovation is the international flavor. Adapt to the environment and innovate”.

Gold proved elusive but it was nonetheless a historic silver for the Indian women’s squash team after it went down to Malaysia in the final of the 17th Asian Games here on Saturday.

The team lost 0-2 to Malaysia to settle for the silver after Deepika Pallikal and Anaka Alankamony lost their matches in a contest which lasted a little over an hour. Alankamony opened the proceedings for India and did up some fight before going down 9-11 10-12 2-11 to Odette Arnold Delia in 43 minutes.

A Greece-based woman who was declared dead by the doctors reportedly woke up in her coffin just an hour after being buried alive at her own funeral.

According to the relatives and friends of the 49-year-old cancer sufferer, they heard banging and a female screaming from inside the grave, the Daily Star reported.

The dead woman, whose funeral was held at a cemetery in the town of Peraia, was found dead due to the lack of air inside the coffin by the time the gravediggers dug it up.

An Egyptian man has set a new Guinness World Record for the deepest scuba dive by diving more than 1,000 feet below the surface of the Red Sea.

According to Guinness World Records, the 41-year-old man, Ahmed Gabr, said that he decided to dive deeper than any person had before to prove that humans could survive the conditions of deep-sea immersion, Discovery News reported.

Gabr dove off the coast of Dahab, Egypt and reached a depth of 1,090 feet 4 inches, breaking the record previous held by Nuno Gomes of South Africa, who reached a depth of 1,044 feet. (ANI)

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy said here on Saturday that his party is preparing for the Maharashtra Assembly polls and the directions of polls will also be decided at a meeting to be held this evening with party president Amit Shah.

“The preparations for Maharashtra assembly polls and the directions of polls will also be decided in a meeting today evening with our party president, and the entire elections campaign and activities for the coming 15 days and community programs for tomorrow will also be discussed,” Rudy told media persons here.

Good news for students and the unemployed youth in the Telangana state as Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao has readied plans to make an announcement of 50k posts in various departments on the occasion of Dasara on October 3as “Dasara bonanza”.

The government wants to pacify the agitating students, who played a key role in Telangana agitation and are angry with the government for the delay in issuing recruitment notifications in the new state.

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Blackberry’s shares rose by 4.6 percent as the firm reported a lower than expected loss in the second quarter.

However, the revenue of the company was lesser than expected.

According to Mashable, the revenues came in for 916 million dollars as compared to the estimated 950 million dollars.

Blackberry’s CEO John Chen said that he was confident that the company would achieve breakeven cash flow by the end of the Fiscal Year 2015.

He also said that the company is now focusing on revenue growth with careful investments. (ANI)

The United Kingdom Parliament has shown complete support for British airstrikes against Islamic State ( IS) militants in Iraq.

Members of Parliament voted for military action after a seven-hour debate. There were total 524 votes for military action.

The conservatives, Lib Dems and Labour leaderships all supported airstrikes but a few MPs showed concern regarding future engagement in Syria.

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon said that there would not be a ‘series of immediate hits’ and that there was a long campaign ahead.

A new research has revealed that ‘antibacterial resistance’ may be a bigger risk factor for Cystic Fibrosis disease than perceived.

Researcher Stuart Elborn from Queen’s University Belfast said that more funding and further research are required into antibiotic resistance in order to improve patient outcomes for people with Cystic Fibrosis.

Researchers stated that while not all resistance found in bacteria is caused by antibiotics, the increasing resistance to antibiotics is proving a major problem in treating people with Cystic Fibrosis.

Pamela Anderson’s Baywatch swimsuit is up for auction for 4,000pounds.

The 47-year-old actress donated the costume to a charity auction in California 20 years ago, where it was snapped up by a private collector, the Daily Express reported.

Joe Maddalena, of the Profiles In History auction house, said that the costumier made several swimsuits for the actress and the rest of the cast and this one was made to best showcase her attributes.

The auction is scheduled in October near Los Angeles. (ANI)