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Security tightened in Dhaka, mutiny over

Security tightened in Dhaka, mutiny overDhaka, Feb 27 : Security has been tightened in Dhaka even though the mutiny by the paramilitary over pay and command structures ended overnight.

Search and rescue operations were underway by army personnel at the Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) headquarters on Friday morning.

Earlier, police resumed the search for alive or the deceased inside the headquarters.

According to reports, army troops headed by at least three Brigadier Generals have entered the headquarters for conducting rescue operations.

This rally could wreck your weekend

1.25 lakh students expected to turn up at Palace Grounds on Saturday for anti-terror drive rally, but numbers could go up

Got plans for Saturday? Start early or drop the idea. The education department's huge anti-terror rally on Feb 28 at the Palace Grounds promises to be a traffic stopper. Over a lakh students are expected to take part in this mega event, which has already forced many people to reschedule their plans for the day.

So if you're on Bellary Road, Nandidurg Road, Vasanthnagar or Sadashivnagar, be prepared because the rally can cause a major traffic gridlock in these areas.

Paprikaas mulls new animation studio

Nandish Domlur, CEO and founder of the Bangalore-based digital content production company, Paprikaas Technicolor, feels the time is not ripe for India to get into content production yet. it has a lot more to learn from international companies, says the chief of the company which services big animation and gaming giants like Nickelodeon and EA Sports. In a chat with DNA Money’s Pranav Nambiar, Domlur discusses the state of the animation industry and his future plans.

Will India emerge as an animation and gaming hub?

Placement blues for B-schools

The global slump is rearing its head on B-school campuses, including the IIM-B

The tidings for the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIM-B), which will kick off the 2009 placement season on Friday, are not very good. If one is to go by the indications from other B-school campuses that are already into the process, it will be a tough placement season.

Want to land a good job? Re-work that CV

As colleges grapple with placements, students are busy re-working resumes and attending programmes on personality development and soft skills

With companies playing hard-to-get at campus placements, students from engineering and management colleges are re-working resumes to attract job offers.

"I've been going over my resume details, but don't feel confident that it will impress company officials. I've added information regarding the clubs on campus, which I joined and the various programmes we organised through the year. I hope that earns extra credit from the interviewer," says Abhijit Sabarwal, an engineering student.

Colleges aid students bitten by work bug

Colleges are increasingly lending start-up capital to students wishing to start new ventures of their own

The incubation programmes in colleges have led students to start their own companies while studying. While some colleges are helping students with their initial capital investment, many others have programmes training them to set-up companies with zero capital. "We provide assistance to students, so that they become entrepreneurs, and not just employees," says Saket Jalan, chief mentor, Jain Centre for Entrepreneurship.

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