Prime Minister Narendra Modi will soon be seen expressing his views on conservation of nature, his time in the Himalayas, his encounters with wildlife in his youth and the cleanliness drive in India in an episode of “Man Vs Wild”. A video, giving a sneak peek of the episode, was released on Friday. In the […]
A teacher in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur district has been arrested for allegedly molesting a class 8 student. The incident took place in a school in Sahjanwa town and was captured in CCTV camera installed in the classroom. According to reports, the 13-year-old student told her mother on Thursday that the teacher Shazi MC, 48, a […]
Chaos gripped Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL) after authorities announced sudden suspension of flight operations at 9 a.m. on Friday leaving hundreds of passengers stranded. The airport will resume operations at 3 p.m. on Sunday. CIAL Director A.C.K.Nair said the decision to close the airport was taken after flood water reached the taxiway. “We first […]
After five days, prohibitory orders in Jammu and Kashmir were eased on Friday, with schools reopening and people coming on to the roads in some areas. The restrictions are being eased to allow people to offer Friday prayers in local mosques but not at the historic Jama Masjid that has in the past seen separatists […]
In a mega-campaign of Rs 200-250 crore, India’s leading digital payment platform Paytm will now allow scanning of any QR code, be it BHIM UPI, Google Pay, from its app to make an insta-payment at offline retail stores. The move is expected to benefit the small kirana stores which have become well-versed with the digital […]
A US child abuse activist has fondly remembered the late Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj, who died earlier this week, as a woman with an “iron will” and also for her help and being very proactive in the case involving the 2017 death of three-year-old Indian girl Sherin Mathews. Sherin Mathews was a 3-year-old […]
A woman here in Uttar Pradesh has alleged her nose was chopped off by her in-laws after she refused to withdraw a case of triple talaq. The woman’s husband had gave her triple talaq over the phone after which her mother filed a complaint against him, a police official said. “Both the families were called […]
Indefinite prohibitory orders were imposed on Thursday in Kargil, Drass and Sankoo areas of Jammu and Kashmir to maintain peace and tranquillity, the district administration said. The Kargil District Administration also directed that schools and colleges in the area shall remain closed till further orders. District Magistrate Baseer Ul Haq Choudhary directed that Section 144 […]
Tweaking its mobile operating system (OS), Apple is planning to restrict bar apps which used to make Internet-based voice calls from running in the background when not in use. To speed up phone call connections, at present, Facebook-owned apps — Messenger and WhatsApp run a feature known as Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP), even when […]
India skipper Virat Kohli has insisted that young wicketkeeper-batsman Rishabh Pant — who is seen as the successor to M.S. Dhoni — is the future of Indian cricket and he needs to be given the space so that he can use his skills well and perform on a consistent basis for the team. Pant, who […]