Action replay 2012: Most read on TOI site

News flies, and how. If numbers can capture the hot buttons that make our readers react, here's how they responded. A look at the top news, issues and occasions that grabbed the attention of our readers, viewers and netizens through the year.
SPORTS
Most Read
Ind vs SL: Flamboyant Virat Kohli helps India earn bonus point against Lanka(Page views: 4.5L)
Yuvraj Singh diagnosed with cancer, undergoing chemotherapy in US(Page views: 3.8L)
Rahul Dravid announces retirement from international cricket (Page views: 3.6L)
Social sharing
Viswanathan Anand shows the heart of a champion in winning fifth world title(Facebook shares: 3.6k)
Ind vs SL: India beat Sri Lanka by 21 runs to take 1-0 lead(Facebook shares: 1.9k)
International Olympic Committee suspends India(Facebook shares: 1.8k)
BUSINESS
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Union Budget 2012-13: What goes up, down (Page views: 10L)
Union Budget 2012-13: Income tax exemption limit raised to Rs 2 lakh (Page views: 6L)
Rail Budget: Railway minister announces 75 new express trains, 21 passenger trains (Page views: 5.5L)
Social sharing
Petrol price raised by Rs 7.50 per litre(Facebook shares+likes+comments: 5k)
India announces $10 billion for debt-wracked Eurozone(Facebook shares: 2.2k)
Younger CEOs paid more in India than US (Facebook shares: 1.6k)
INDIA
Most Read
Massive earthquake strikes Indonesia, tremors felt in India (Page views: 9.6L)
How Rajesh Khanna almost ended Advani's career in 1991 (Page views: 3.5L)
Retired scientist’s daughter stripped, thrashed in Bengal(Page views: 3.3L)
Social sharing
Haryana khap blames consumption of chowmein for rapes(Facebook shares: 2.3k)
Naga IAS officer builds 100-km road in Manipur without govt help (Facebook shares: 20k)
21-year-old girl held for Facebook post questioning Mumbai's 'Bal Thackeray shutdown (Facebook shares: 16k)
WORLD
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8.9 earthquake hits Indonesia, tremors felt in India (Page views: 7.2L)
Russia says strike on Iran would be 'catastrophe' (Page views: 3.9L)
'JFK took virginity of intern in wife's room at White House' (Page views: 3L)
Social sharing
8.9 earthquake hits Indonesia, tremors felt in India (Facebook shares: 3.8k)
Saudi Arabia warns non-Muslims: Respect Ramzan or else (Facebook shares: 1.7k)
US election results: President Barack Obama creates history, wins second term in White House (Facebook shares: 1.4k)
ENTERTAINMENT
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Rajesh Khanna passes away at 69 (Page views: 7.2L)
Shah Rukh Khan's scuffle with Farah Khan's husband (Page views: 6L)
Strong case against actor Saif Ali Khan, say police (Page views: 5.4L)
Social sharing
Barfi! Movie Review (Facebook shares: 8.2k)
Satyamev Jayate: Aamir Khan refuses to apologize to doctors, ready to face legal action (Facebook shares: 6k)
Justin Bieber could face 6 months jail for alleged battery case (Facebook shares: 4.3k)
TECHNOLOGY
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Eadweard J Muybridge celebrated in Google doodle (Page views: 2.9L)
Robert Moog's 78th birthday: Google pays tribute with an interactive doodle(Page views: 2.9L)
Aakash tablets: 14 lakh booked in 14 days (Page views: 2.4L)
Social sharing
Facebook to disappear in 5 to 8 years: Analyst(Facebook shares: 3k)
Mamata turns to Facebook, seeks support for Kalam (Facebook shares: 2.3k)
Apple Maps leads drivers to snake-infested desert (Facebook shares: 2.2k)
CITY
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Mumbai Police bust rave party, 2 IPL players and several foreign nationals detained(Page views: 4.0L)
Woman raped by goons she hired to kill husband(Page views: 3.3L)
15-yr-old Chennai boy stabs teacher to death in classroom (Page views: 3.2L)
Social sharing
Bihar farmer’s 12-year-old son cracks IIT-JEE (Facebook shares: 17.4k)
Gujarat village that puts metros to shame (Facebook shares: 5.1k)
Narendra Modi tops negative votes in global poll(Facebook shares: 3.6k)
Most read Delhi stories
1) Husband ‘mentally impotent’, ‘virgin’ wife seeks annulment (Page views: 2.5L)
2) Man who slapped Pawar under attack(Page views: 2.2L)
3) Bride dumps husband, flees with paramour (Page views: 2.1L)
4) Aarushi Talwar murder case: Necks slit just before death(Page views: 2L)
5) Call centre staffer gang-raped, 2 held (Page views: 1.7L)
6) Porn MMS goes viral in Jawaharlal Nehru University, 3 suspended(Page views: 1.6L)
7) Woman gang-raped in south Delhi (Page views: 1.6L)
8) Delhi gang rape case: Main accused went berserk after victim bit him (Page views: 1.5L)
9) Girl abducted, gangraped in moving car(Page views: 1.5L)
10) DPS Gurgaon puts admissions on hold (Page views: 1.5L)
11) Doctors attacked for trying to resuscitate dying girl in Delhi hospital (Page views: 1.3L)
12) Fardeen Khan's kin killed in south Delhi car crash (Page views: 1.3L)
13) Tutor rapes minor, makes MMS to blackmail her(Page views: 1.3L)
14) Hemraj-Aarushi intimacy proved fatal: CBI (Page views: 1.2L)
15) Sex ring busted: Former BPO executive was kingpin(Page views: 1.2L)
16) Delhi gang rape: One more detained, another says 'hang me' (Page views: 1.2L)
17) Woman gets a gift, husband kills her for two-timing (Page views: 1.1L)
18) Deadly Tuesday: 9 murdered in Delhi (Page views: 1L)
19) Afghan fiance kills US citizen, nabbed at IGI Airport(Page views: 96k)
20) 2 women paraded naked in Faridabad village on Holi(Page views: 88k)
21 ) Dad hit by train, kid in his arms survives(Page views: 83k)
22) BJP sweeps Delhi civic polls, Congress downplays defeat(Page views: 81k)
Dates of peak consumption
11th April 2012: Indonesia Earthquake
21st November 2012: Ajmal Kasab execution