Some 400 migrants are feared drowned after their boat capsized 120 km south of Lampedusa, the UN refugee agency said on Wednesday, urging more effective patrols of the Mediterranean. The Italian coast guard rescued 142 survivors from the shipwreck and recovered nine bodies, but survivors said there were over 500 people aboard the double-decker boat. […]
Big Boss 5 contestant Pooja Mishra on Wednesday filed molestation charges against unidentified people in Udaipur, over 400 kms from here, police said. Mishra, in her complaint, has alleged that she was offered a drink laced with some drugs because of which she fell into a deep sleep. When she woke up in the morning […]
The movement for net neutrality gained further strength on Wednesday as individuals and organisations voiced their support alike, including technology evangelist Sam Pitroda and the Times Group. “#NetNeutrality is the only way forward for India of the future. Short-term issues cannot be allowed to create fog and confusion in the minds of people #NetNeutrality,” Sam […]
The European Commission on Wednesday formally accused Google of abusing its dominant presence to favour its own products in internet searches, and announced an antitrust probe into the Android mobile operating system. “The European Commission has sent a statement of objections to Google alleging the company has abused its dominant position in the markets for […]
About a month after being controversially released from a jail, separatist leader Masrat Alam was here on Wednesday booked for unlawful activities. But he was not arrested. Alam was part of a procession that gathered in uptown Hyderpora locality of Srinagar city to welcome hardline senior separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani who returned to the […]
The US presidential race took off with Hillary Clinton finally jumping into the fray with an aura of inevitability, but that analysts suggested may turn out to be the former secretary of state’s biggest handicap. In her second bid to break the glass ceiling and return to the White House, the former first lady chose […]
After losing its peak autumn tourist season last year due to unprecedented floods, Kashmir is bedecked with flowers to receive tourists this year. The good news is that tourists are already arriving here in encouraging numbers. In the first week of April, which traditionally marks the beginning of Spring tourism in Kashmir, 10,000 tourists arrived […]
Diesel, which is normally used in automobiles, buses, trucks and even railway engines and is considered “dirty”, has been turned into a clean fuel for cooking and lighting in rural areas courtesy a device developed at the Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI), an NGO in Phaltan, Maharashtra. Called “Lanstove”, the diesel-powered gadget is claimed to […]
E-commerce giant Flipkart on Tuesday said it is “walking away” from Airtel Zero as it is committed to “the larger cause of net neutrality” but Bharti Airtel said it also fully supported the concept and there was some “misconception” about its toll-free platform. “We at Flipkart have always strongly believed in the concept of net […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said his government will create a mechanism to facilitate German investment in India and provide all support to German companies there. In his remarks at the joint media interaction with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Modi strongly pitching for making India a manufacturing hub and for success of his government’s […]