Nepal Police on Saturday registered a case against the former Parliament Speaker Krishna Bahadur Mahara, who has been accused of raping a parliamentary woman staff, according to a media report. Police lodged an FIR after receiving a formal complaint from the woman, the Himalayan Times reported. Police said it has […]
Google to reportedly acquire TikTok-like app ‘Firework’
Google is reportedly interested in purchasing US-based social video app Firework that lets users share short videos like Chinese player TikTok. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, Chinese micro-blogging platform Weibo had also shown interest in acquiring Firework but “talks with Google are further along”. Based in […]
Instagram rolls out ‘Restrict’ feature to restrain bullies
Facebook-owned Instagram is rolling out a new mode called “Restrict” globally that will let users stop people who bully them via offensive posts or abusive comments. You can restrict someone by swiping left on a comment, through the Privacy tab in Settings, or directly on the profile of the account […]
Alleged TikTok killer in UP shoots himself dead to evade arrest: Police
A 33-year-old man absconding after allegedly killing three people in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor district shot himself dead while trying to escape late on Friday night, police said on Saturday. Ashwani Kumar alias ‘Jonny Dada’, who was reportedly on the run after the murders, had posted multiple text messages, Tik Tok videos […]
UP real estate authority goes online, e-courts to start from November
The Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority( UP-Rera) is all set to start e-courts from November. Under the authority’s plan, a complainant will have come only once to the court at the time of final arguments before UP-Rera benches deliver the order. The move is expected to save time and […]
550th Parkash Purb: Fresh round of govt-SGPC talks on joint venue fail
The Punjab government and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) on Friday failed to reach consensus on the joint celebrations to mark the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak in yet another round of coordination committee meeting, with both parties sticking to their guns over organising the main function at […]
Delhi Metro vibrations, noise shake up residents; experts roped in
The ever-expanding Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has been plagued with a new problem —complaints regarding vibrations and noise caused due to its train movements. To address the problem, the corporation is preparing guidelines to mitigate noise levels at its elevated stations and testing a new technology to reduce vibration […]
NRC likely to be key focus, pacts to be inked as Modi meets Bangladesh PM
Prime Minister of Bangladesh Sheikh Hasina met her Indian counterpart Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Saturday, after which their two countries are expected to sign a clutch of pacts to strengthen trade and connectivity links. Sheikh Hasina arrived in the Indian capital on Thursday on a four-day […]
School bus overturns near Pokhran; 18 children, teacher injured
A school bus overturned in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district after the driver lost control over the wheels Saturday morning, injuring 18 children and one teacher, a police official said. The children from St. Xavier’s Senior Secondary School of Jaipur were on an educational tour to the district, when the accident happened […]
10 hurt in grenade attack by militants on security patrol in Kashmir’s Anantnag
At least 10 people were injured in a grenade attack by terrorists outside Deputy Commissioner’s office in Anantnag district of south Kashmir on Saturday, a police official said. The terrorists hurled a grenade on a security patrol outside the heavily guarded complex in Anantnag town, 55 km from here, around […]
ISRO releases pictures of moon surface taken by camera on Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has released the pictures of the moon surface clicked by the Orbiter High Resolution Camera (OHRC) mounted on the Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter. According to the ISRO, the pictures taken by the Orbiter from a height of 100 km from the moon surface are part of […]
Mahananda boat capsize death toll rises to 8, scores missing in Katihar-Malda
The death toll in the boat capsize in Mahananda river bordering West Bengal and Bihar rose to eight on Saturday after four more bodies were recovered by rescue teams, a police said. The bodies were fished out from the river at Chanchal area in Malda district of West Bengal on […]
Nitish Kumar set for second term as JD(U) chief, files papers
Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar is set for a second term in office as the national president of Janata Dal (United), for which he filed his nomination papers at the party’s central office in New Delhi on Friday, the last day for filing nominations. Kumar’s representative and JD (U) MLC […]
‘No infiltrator will remain in India, it’s a country, not an inn’, says BJP working president JP Nadda
In an apparent reference to the National Register of Citizens (NRC), BJP national working president JP Nadda has said that no infiltrator will remain in the country. “In the time to come, we’ll make arrangements where no infiltrator will remain in our country. Infiltrators will go out and Hindus, Jains, […]
NIA charge sheet points to Pakistan high commission’s role in terror funding
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday filed a charge sheet against Kashmiri separatist leaders, including Yasin Malik, Shabir Ahmed Shah, Masarat Alam, Asiya Andrabi and former legislator and Chairman of Awami Ittehad Party, Abdul Rashid Sheikh alias Engineer Rashid, in connection with its investigation into the funding of terror […]