Having vacated his sprawling official bungalow day back following the Supreme Court’s orders, former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday hit the streets of the state capital on his high-end sports bicycle and went straight to the Gomti Rover Front, a dream project of his tenure, which now stands stalled. The Samajwadi Party […]
After a New York Times report claimed that Facebook allowed about 60 device makers, including Apple and Samsung, to access personal information of users and their friends, the social network has defended the pacts saying that these partnerships do not raise privacy concerns. Even before Facebook apps were widely available on smartphones, Facebook had data-sharing […]
The mortal remains of a BSF trooper killed in Pakistani firing a day earlier in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday reached his village in Uttar Pradesh’s Deoria district, an official said. Thousands assembled to pay their last respects to Border Security Force trooper Satya Narayan Yadav, who was posted as an Additional Sub-Inspector with the […]
Twelve people, including four policemen and eight civilians, were injured on Monday when militants hurled a grenade at a police team in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian town. The grenade exploded on the road injuring the lot, a police officer said. A girl who was among the injured was said to be in critical condition and […]
The authorities on Monday extended curfew in the Meghalaya capital as violence continued in tension-hit areas the previous night with mobs indulging in stone-pelting on security forces for the last four days. “Curfew has been imposed from 4 p.m. on Monday to 5 a.m. Tuesday in Shillong as there is likelihood that breach of peace […]
Jim Varghese, National Vice Chair of Australia India Business Council (AIBC) has called on the Australian Government, State Governments, Microsoft and Google to join forces and expose anonymous emailers who engage in cyber-bullying, defamation and harassment. AIBC has successfully implemented a major reform agenda and certain opponents to this process have unfortunately resorted to vicious […]
At least 26 people were injured in a road accident in Jammu city, police said on Friday. The accident took place on Thursday night when an Army vehicle, two mini buses and a truck collided with each other in the city’s Narwal area. “The injured were shifted to a hospital. Doctors said three persons were […]
The United States Department of Commerce on Thursday announced that a temporary exemption from US tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the European Union, Canada and Mexico would be allowed to expire, a decision that is likely to further exacerbate trade tensions and trigger retaliatory measures. US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross told reporters in […]
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Thursday that it would be a “tragedy” if the “opportunity” of carrying out a United States-North Korea summit were to “go to waste”, adding that talks to organize the summit were moving in the “right direction”. Pompeo’s statement comes after having met Wednesday and Thursday in New […]
Indian-American Karthik Nemmani, was declared champion of the 2018 Scripps National Spelling Bee, winning on the word “koinonia” and surviving what was arguably the most intense competition in the contests 93-year history. In doing so, the 14-year-old on Thursday night emerged the top speller from a record-shattering 515 contestants at the national bee, compared with […]