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Turning their ire on Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, protesting students at the University of Hyderabad (UoH) on Friday lashed out at him for completely “ignoring” the Rohith Vemula suicide case and making no attempt at even offering condolences to the bereaved family.

Turning their ire on Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, protesting students at the University of Hyderabad (UoH) on Friday lashed out at him for completely “ignoring” the Rohith Vemula suicide case and making no attempt at even offering condolences to the bereaved family.

A selection of photos from some of this week's biggest news that you might have missed.

At Camp No Counselors you can relive your summer camp glory days, and play all the games you loved when you were 10. But this time, there's alcohol.

Determining your ACB can be tricky, but it’s critical for tax purposes when you sell an investment in a non-registered account

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For the past few years, the conversation that the world's rich and powerful have been having about China at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, has sounded like this:

BULLS: China is going to be a world power, surpassing the US, and one with the power to cleanly vault over the challenges posed by a modernizing economy — with a management capability and store of cash reserves to weather a storm.

BEARS: China will suffer terrible shocks to its economy in order... Читать дальше...

For a few months now, Jeb Bush's campaign has been insisting that the Jeb! Comeback is on, and that the media should get in on the ground floor of this amazing narrative. Can an infusion of blue blood help? Let's find out. Here's how the comeback is going.

A wealthy financial guru, after stabbing his estranged wife, casually smoked a cigarette before calling 911, prosecutors said.

Fresh manicure -- check. Phone call to all of the family members -- check. Thoughtfully crafted Facebook update -- check. Handsome man to spend my life with -- check!

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Microsoft is getting in on the gold tech fad. The company released a new version of its $59 Surface Pen on Friday in the U.S., designed for drawing on the screen of the Surface Pro and Surface Book line of tablets. The accessory joins a crowded array of gold gadgets in the marketplace, like the Apple 12-inch MacBook and the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge.

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The Cleveland Cavaliers have fired head coach David Blatt, Yahoo's Adrian Wojnarowski first reported.

The Cavaliers are first in the Eastern Conference with a 30-11 record. Last year, Blatt's first in Cleveland and first in the NBA, he led them to the NBA Finals, where they lost in six games to the Golden State Warriors.

“I am very grateful to have had the opportunity to serve as the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers," Blatt said in a statement released by his agency, Priority Sports. Читать дальше...

KASSERINE, Tunisia — Tunisia imposed a nationwide overnight curfew Friday in response to growing unrest as protests over unemployment across the country descended into violence in some cities. The week of increasingly violent demonstrations was triggered Sunday when a young man who lost out on a government job climbed a transmission tower in protest and was electrocuted. The suicide more than five years ago of another unemployed youth set off a popular uprising that overthrew Tunisia’s... Читать дальше...

The Polish-born conductor, who leads the Berlin Radio Symphony, would assemble a program of well-worn repertory staples, and then perform them with such panache and insight that they shone like new. Thursday’s concert in Davies Symphony Hall included some music that was new to the orchestra and probably most of its listeners — the three orchestral preludes from Hans Pfitzner’s 1917 opera “Palestrina” — and the standard works, two Beethoven symphonies, were done with a little less flair than usual. Читать дальше...

University of Hyderabad (UoH) ignored a very pertinent order passed by the Hyderabad high court that made it mandatory for the varsity to form student grievance committee before expelling any SC, ST, OBC and minority students.

University of Hyderabad (UoH) ignored a very pertinent order passed by the Hyderabad high court that made it mandatory for the varsity to form student grievance committee before expelling any SC, ST, OBC and minority students.

MINNEAPOLIS - Right-hander Kevin Jepsen have avoided salary arbitration by agreeing to a one-year contract worth $5,312,500.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Right-hander Kevin Jepsen have avoided salary arbitration by agreeing to a one-year contract worth $5,312,500.

A survey of TV execs by The Hollywood Reporter found their biggest concern is that they are making more shows than they can afford.

A survey of TV execs by The Hollywood Reporter found their biggest concern is that they are making more shows than they can afford.

The Coast Guard Museum Association announced more than $4 million in pledges Thursday night including $1 million from one of its honorary co-chairs, James David Power III.

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This week, it’s all about mobile — from smartphone accessories to wearable walkie-talkies. Flip through photos for details. gshaw@postmedia.comvancouversun.com/digitallife

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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- "Charlie's Angels" helmer McG is in talks to direct Sony's "Masters of the Universe" reboot.

NEW ORLEANS - The father of a tourist who police believe was struck by a car in New Orleans' French Quarter and dragged more than six miles across a Mississippi River bridge is appealing for the driver of the vehicle to turn himself in.

Brant Ward / The Chronicle Neal Gottlieb, founder of Petaluma-based organic ice cream company Three Twins will be a contestant on the upcoming 32nd season of CBS reality show, “Survivor.” Related Links Neal Gottlieb is founder of Three Twins Ice Cream The theme for this season, which was filmed over the course of 39 days last spring on the island of Kaoh Rong in Cambodia, is “Brains, Brawn, and Beauty.” Gottlieb will be on Team Brains. For more background on Gottlieb, here’s a Chronicle profile from a few years ago. Читать дальше...