The Ministry of Home Affairs website was hacked today, prompting authorities to temporarily block it, an official said. National Informatics Centre immediately blocked the website after noticing the hack. Meanwhile, Computer emergency response teams are looking into the incident. Further details are awaited. The website could still not be accessed.[Read More…]
Days after the Supreme Court’s contempt notice, sitting Calcutta High Court Judge Justice CS Karnan has accused the apex court of caste bias. “The suo motu order against me, a Dalit judge, is unethical and goes against the SC and ST (Prevention of) Atrocities Act. It is certainly a national[Read More…]
Delhi Police on Sunday claimed to have recovered the replica of Nobel Peace Prize and its citation along with the jewellery, stolen from Kailash Satyarthi’s home. Three people were arrested in connection with the case, ANI reported. The south Delhi apartment of the Nobel Laureate was robbed on February 6. On[Read More…]
The government on Saturday extended the deadline for reply to SMS or e-mail queries from the income tax department on cash deposits made post demonetisation by 5 days to February 15. “Time limit for filing of online response to cash deposit data extended! Now you can file your details by[Read More…]
Pakistan set up a clash with India in the final of the T20 Cricket World Cup for Blind after beating England by 147 runs in the second semi-final at the KSCA Ground in Alur on Saturday. The final will be played at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Sunday.[Read More…]
Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo, Mulayam Singh Yadav on Saturday addressed his first rally where he sought votes for brother Shivpal, saying the election is important for both of them. Mulayam, who was removed as party president with his son Akhilesh Yadav taking over the reins just before the polls following[Read More…]
Sixty-three per cent voters exercised their franchise in 73 assembly constituencies in the first of the seven-phase UP polls on Saturday, the Election Commission said.Barring an incident of Barring an incident of voter-slip snatching and clashes among supporters of rival parties at Baghpat, polling was peaceful.The turnout was estimated at[Read More…]
The Australia India Youth Dialogue 2017 is all set to kick off from February 15 in Melbourne and Sydney. With 15 delegates each representing India and Australia, AIYD will bring together some of the “brightest talent and emerging young leaders”. The dialogue that is held every year is a platform[Read More…]
Indian bowlers faced dogged resistance from Bangladesh middle-order led by captain Mushfiqur Rahim, who hit a defiant 81 to take his team to 322 for six at stumps on day three of the one-off Test in Hyderabad on Saturday. Premier all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan’s attacking 82 also contributed to Bangladesh’s[Read More…]
Taking a dig at UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday charged him with presiding over chaos and lawlessness in the state in the past five years. Addressing a gathering in Budayun, a Yadav stronghold, the Prime Minister said time has come to reverse the caste[Read More…]
Indian Railways conducted the world’s “largest” online examination to fill up over 18,000 vacancies in various categories. A whopping 92 lakh candidates had applied for the jobs, of whom 2.73 lakh qualified the preliminary exam and were called for written test on January 17-19, said a senior Railway Ministry official.[Read More…]
India may add another feather in its hat as a Bengaluru based company is very close to give India its first indigenous jet engine. Poeir Jets Private Limited, an R&D firm under the city-based Intech DMLS, has earmarked Rs 20 crore for the project, of which about Rs 9 crore[Read More…]