International law not ready to deal with cyberattacks: India

International law not ready to deal with cyberattacks: India

International law is not prepared to deal with cyberattacks even as the interconnected world faces threats on a scale never seen before, India has told the Security Council. The world body is not ready to act on an anti-terrorism treaty dealing with cyber terrorism and even the Security Council’s decisions that impose binding duties on […]

Security forces deployed across Kashmir

Security forces deployed across Kashmir

Following a separatist appeal for a protest shutdown across the Kashmir Valley, authorities on Monday made heavy deployment of security forces to avoid violence, police said. “There will be no curfew anywhere in the valley,” S.J.M. Gilani, inspector general of police (IGP) Kashmir zone, told the media here. Violent clashes erupted on Sunday in Fraesal […]

UP polls: Voting picks up within hours

UP polls: Voting picks up within hours

Voting picked up in the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections within hours of its start at 7 a.m., poll officials said on Saturday. Kasganj witnessed 13 per cent polling in the first two hours, Muzaffarnagar 15, Meerut 10, Mathura 11, Noida seven and Greater Noida nine per cent. Technical snags in the […]

15 killed in Philippines quake

15 killed in Philippines quake

At least 13 people were killed and 100 others injured after a 6.7 magnitude earthquake hit Philippines’ Surigao city, officials said on Saturday. Surigao Governor Sol Matugas said the quake struck late Friday night, 14 km northwest of the city, Xinhua news agency reported. The government disaster agency in Manila has yet to issue official […]

Berlin Christmas market attacker was a ‘ladies man’

Berlin Christmas market attacker was a ‘ladies man’

Anis Amri, the Berlin Christmas market attacker, was a “ladies man” before he became radicalised inside an Italian prison, a woman at whose house he stayed has claimed. The 22-year-old Italian woman, named only as Jessica, spoke out for the first time about Amri in an interview with Germany’s Bild daily. Amri killed 12 people […]

Election official asks Trump for voter fraud evidence

Election official asks Trump for voter fraud evidence

A US Federal Elections Commission (FEC) official called on President Donald Trump to give proof of voter fraud, after he reportedly made claims in a meeting with senators, the media reported. Trump reportedly blamed voter fraud for why both he and former Senator Kelly Ayotte lost in New Hampshire in November during the meeting on […]

Scanty voting so far in first phase of UP polls

Scanty voting so far in first phase of UP polls

Voting started at a slow pace in the 73 assembly constituencies in western Uttar Pradesh on Saturday morning. The turnout in the first hour was poor with mostly youngsters seen casting their ballots. Polling was delayed due to technical snags in electronic voting machines (EVMs) at four polling stations — Sardhana, Baghpat, Hathras and Noida. […]

UP polls: Candidates confident of win

UP polls: Candidates confident of win

Prominent candidates in the fray in the first phase of Uttar Pradesh elections on Saturday exuded confidence of victory. Talking to reporters Pradip Mathur, the leader of Congress legislature party in the outgoing assembly said that people were in favour of the Congress-Samajwadi Party (SP) alliance and he will win with a wide margin. Mathur […]

BJP MLA kin held with pistol in polling booth

BJP MLA kin held with pistol in polling booth

Gagan Som, brother of senior BJP leader and Sardhana legislator Sangeet Som was detained on Saturday after a pistol was recovered from him, a police officer said. Som was detained by the police personnel on duty in Faridpur. Spotting the pistol, the security personnel whisked Som away from inside the booth. An official told IANS […]

Hillary Clinton trolls Trump over travel ban ruling

Hillary Clinton trolls Trump over travel ban ruling

Hillary Clinton trolled US President Donald Trump after a federal appeals court rejected his bid to reinstate a temporary ban on citizens from seven Muslim-majority nations, the media reported. Her tweet simply read, “3-0”, a reference to the unanimous decision by the three-judge panel at the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, San […]