San Francisco, Oct 21 (IANS) Stung by spread of fake news and privacy violations, Facebook on Monday announced several new tools to protect 2020 US elections from being manipulated by nation-state bad actors, and avoid the repeat of 2018 presidential elections hit by Russian interference. The social networking giant launched[Read More…]
By Ayaskant Das New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) About 35 years after it was closed down for civilians, Siachen Glacier, the world’s highest battlefield, was on Monday declared open for tourists by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, in a major decision ahead of the creation of the Union Territory of Ladakh[Read More…]
Agartala, Oct 21 (IANS) Former PWD Minister and top Left leader Badal Choudhury, whom police was hunting frantically for the past six days in an alleged corruption case, was found in a private hospital late on Monday night “in mysterious circumstances”, police said. According to a police official, Choudhury was[Read More…]
Jaipur, Oct 21 (IANS) Amid the by-elections to two Assembly seats in Rajasthan, BJP state chief Satish Poonia came down heavily on Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Monday. Poonia accused Gehlot of focussing solely on establishing his son’s career by ignoring all other challenges being faced by the state, including[Read More…]
New Delhi/Bhopal, Oct 21 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on Monday and gave a memorandum to him requesting to release Rs 6,621 crore as an assistance to compensate for the loss due to excessive rainfall in the state. The[Read More…]
Jaipur, Oct 21 (IANS) The Rajasthan government on Monday approved the proposal for increasing the cost of Kalisindh Thermal Power Project (Unit 1 and 2) in Jhalawar district from Rs 9,479.51 crore to Rs 9,680.03 crore and issued directions to take action against officers and firms which delayed the project[Read More…]
Mumbai, Oct 21 (IANS) Starting on a morning low, at the close of voting hours, Maharashtra on Monday recorded an estimated 60.46 per cent turnout for elections to 288 Assembly seats, with a high-octane dosage of glamour and power evident all day through. State EC officials said that the actual[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Even after a month of the government announcing a slash in corporate tax through an ordinance, confusion remains around the definition of manufacturer and business activities that would qualify for concessional minimum alternate tax (MAT) of 15 per cent. Tax experts said that while the[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Oct 21 (IANS) The indefinite strike by the workers of the state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) for wage revision continued on the 8th day, with the trade unions and management hardening their positions, an official said on Monday. “There is a production loss as nearly 20,000 workers are on[Read More…]
Ranchi, Oct 21 (IANS) Virat Kohli has surpassed Mohammad Azharuddin as the Indian captain who has enforced follow-on most number of times after he asked South Africa to bat again on Day 3 of the third Test here on Monday. Kohli has now enforced follow-on eight times, while Azharuddin did[Read More…]
Mumbai, Oct 21 (IANS) Actor Shah Rukh Khan took to Twitter and take a witty jibe while lauding filmmaker and old friend Karan Johar’s gender neutral style sense. At an awards night, Johar turned up nattily dressed in a black and gold dress. He teamed it up with a pair[Read More…]
Bengaluru, Oct 21 (IANS) Defending champions Bengaluru FC were held to a goalless draw by a spirited NorthEast United FC in their opening game of the Indian Super League (ISL) Season 6 at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium here on Monday. Debuts were handed out to several new signings, including Ghanaian[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) A Delhi court on Monday took cognisance of the chargesheet filed against former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram in the INX Media case. The court asked for the former minister to be presented before it on October 24. The court also issued summons to all other[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) In a bid to increase revenue through the non-fare sources, the railways has decided to allow carriage to goods of e-commerce giant Amazon on a pilot basis for three months during the non-peak hours, officials said on Monday. According to Railway Ministry officials, with the[Read More…]
Chandigarh, Oct 21 (IANS) Sixty-five per cent of over 1.83 crore voters in Haryana turned out on Monday to elect 90 members to the state Assembly amidst minor skirmishes and snags in electronic voting machines (EVMs), officials said. “The voter turnout was 65 per cent with chances of likely increase[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday slammed the BJP for being a ‘corrupt political party’ and said his government turned out to be the only non-corrupt government in the history of politics. “No other party has ever received so much appreciation from the people[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Just days after the Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal announced a laser show from October 26 to 29 at Connaught place’s Central park, the traders here have started to register their protest against the event. Claiming that the four day laser show would end up reducing[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Union Minister Smriti Irani, who was in Mumbai to caste her vote in the Maharashtra Assembly elections, met a 93-year-old ex-army man and had a warm interaction with him. The veteran army man was also there to caste his vote. Irani made friends with him[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) The Union government approved procurement of equipment worth Rs 3,300 crore from private Indian defence firms in a meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) that was held in New Delhi on Monday. The procurement includes third-generation anti-tank guided missiles and auxiliary power units for[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Sixty-four per cent of over 1.83 crore voters in Haryana turned out on Monday to elect 90 members of the Assembly amidst minor skirmishes, while Maharashtra, which started on low-to-moderate voting, registered 58 per cent by the evening to its 288 seats, the Election Commission[Read More…]
New Delhi, Oct 21 (IANS) Indian External Minister Affairs S. Jaishankar on Monday said that going forward, the backbone of India-US relations will be strong business relations between the two countries. Addressing the US India Strategic Partneship Forum here, Jaishankar said that the India-US relations have grown to a level[Read More…]
By Arundhuti Banerjee Mumbai, Oct 21 (IANS) National award-winning Assamese filmmaker Bhaskar Hazarika says that though he comes from the Northeast, which has been stereotyped and remains underrepresented in the mainstream Bollywood, as a storyteller he does not want to limit himself as a aflagbearer of northeastern culture’ because he[Read More…]
Amethi, Oct 21 (IANS) A trainer aircraft on Monday skidded off the runway while landing at the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Uran Akademi (IGRUA) in Fursatganj of Uttar Pradesh’s Amethi. The pilot jumped off the aircraft to save himself, sources said. The plane was on a practice sortie, sources said, adding[Read More…]
Raipur, Oct 21 (IANS) Chhattisgarh’s Scheduled Tribe reserved Chitrakot assembly seat in restive Bastar region on Monday recorded higher turnout of 77.40 per cent polling amid completely peaceful polling. “This is provisional data (77.40 per cent), the final figure could go higher,” Subrat Sahu, chief electoral officer (CEO) Chhattisgarh, told[Read More…]
Belgrade, Oct 21 (IANS) Novak Djokovic, world No 1, will steer Serbia in the 2019 Davis Cup Finals to be held in Madrid, the Serbian Tennis Federation announced on Monday. The Serbian team’s captain Nenad Zimonjic also called up Dusan Lajovic, ranked No. 33 in the world, Filip Krajinovic (46),[Read More…]
