Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Tuesday blamed the Uttar Pradesh government for the violence in Bulandshahr which claimed two lives, saying the “lawlessness” in the state was a result of its “faulty and wrong policies”. In a statement, the four-time Chief Minister said that government was now faced with the same mobocracy it […]
Personal information of over 100 million Quora users including their name, email address and encrypted passwords have been compromised, the California-based popular question-and-answer platform said. “Questions and answers that were written anonymously are not affected by this breach as we do not store the identities of people who post anonymous content,” Quora CEO Adam D’Angelo […]
Joining previous winners Rajkummar Rao & Manoj Bajpayee FIAPF AWARD for NANDITA DAS Nawazuddin Siddiqui was named Best Actor for his outstanding performance in Manto at the Asia Pacfic Screen Awards in Brisbane tonight. Siddiqui’s win marks the third consecutive year Indian actors have won in this category following Rajkummar Rao for Newton (2017) and Manoj Bajpayee for Aligarh (2016). This was Siddiqui’s second APSA nomination […]
Minimum temperatures dropped further across the Kashmir Valley on Saturday with Leh in Ladakh region recording minus 9 degrees Celsius, the Met said. Kargil came a close second at minus 8.5. Minimum temperatures dropped due to a clear night sky, an India meteorological department official said. Srinagar city recorded minus 1.4, Pahalgam minus 5 and […]
Billionare entreprenuer Richard Branson is “pretty confident” that his space tourism venture Virgin Galactic will send astronauts into space by Christmas, the media reported. In an interview with CNN Business’ Rachel Crane on Friday, Branson stated that Galactic is on the verge of a major achievement and will send astronauts into space by Christmas. Earlier […]
Sabarimala protesters on Saturday stopped two women from Andhra Pradesh from advancing towards the Lord Ayyappa temple as they were from the hitherto banned age group, prompting Kerala Police to arrest three men. All three hailed from nearby Ranni and they resisted the two women devotees — of two different groups — to advance any […]
Apple puts a spam-filtering app “Do Not Disturb” on its iOS App Store, months after regulator Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) threatened to ban iPhones if the firm did not approve the app by January 2019. “Fed up with years of waiting for Apple to implement anti-spam measures for iPhones, India’s telecom regulator TRAI […]
Voting was underway on Saturday for the sixth phase of panchayat polls across Jammu and Kashmir amid tight security. Voters were seen queuing outside polling stations in both the Jammu division and the Kashmir Valley despite the morning chill. Polling started at 8 a.m. and will end at 2 p.m. Voting for this phase is […]
Leaders of India, China and Russia at a trilateral meeting held here had an in-depth exchange of views on expanding mutual cooperation in international forums and to encourage greater interaction among the three countries under new circumstances. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, on Friday agreed […]
George H.W. Bush, the 41st President of the US and father of the 43rd who steered the nation through a tumultuous period in world affairs, has died at the age of 94 in Houston, his family said in a statement on Saturday. “Jeb, Neil, Marvin, Doro, and I are saddened to announce that after 94 […]