A two-year-old boy was allegedly drowned in the Ganga in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar by his sister and a cousin, both minors, because they did not want to take care of him when the parents were away at work, the police said on Monday. On Friday, the parents of the boy reported […]
HDFC Bank net banking, mobile banking app down due to ‘technical glitch’
HDFC Bank users are unable to access the net banking and mobile banking app. The bank blamed “technical glitch” for the outage and said it is working to restore services at the earliest. “Due to a technical glitch, some of our customers have been having trouble logging into our NetBanking […]
AWS to roll out Alexa voice controls for low-powered devices
To the delight of third-party developers, Amazon’s Cloud arm Amazon Web Services (AWS) has decided to bring Alexa voice control capabilities to low-powered devices. Currently, Alexa Voice Service (AVS) has a minimum requirement of at least 100MB of on-device RAM and an ARM Cortex “A” class microprocessor, reports SiliconANGLE. Amazon is also […]
Amazon testing cheap warehouses to make Cyber Monday snafu-free
Amazon.com Inc. is gearing up for the online holiday shopping season—super-charged on Cyber Monday—by fine-tuning its sprawling delivery network to ensure orders get to customers on time. To that end, the company is testing a new inventory storage service to help meet holiday demand and its next-day shipping pledge without […]
Unlike us, Hyderabad vet should get justice soon: 2012 gang-rape victim’s mom
The family of the 26-year-old Hyderabad veterinarian, who was raped and burnt to death last week, should get justice as soon and possible, the mother of the Delhi 2012 gang-rape victim has said. The charred body of the Hyderabad vet was found last Thursday under a culvert just off National […]
Majority number could increase to 185 in Maharashtra assembly, claims Shiv Sena
A couple of days after the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi government won the floor test with 169 votes in its favour, the Shiv Sena said on Monday that it should not be surprising if their number reaches 185 in future. The Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi, an alliance of the Shiv […]
15 killed, several trapped as wall collapses due to heavy rains in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore
Torrential rains lashing Tamil Nadu claimed at least 15 lives in a chain of wall collapses in a village near Mettupalayam abutting the Western Ghats in Coimbatore district early on Monday, officials said. According to police, the four wall collapses at Nadur Colony early on Monday were triggered by the […]
In Supreme Court, Centre’s push to review exclusion of SC, ST creamy layer
The Centre on Monday asked the Supreme Court to set up a larger bench to decide on the exclusion of creamy layer for reservation benefits to people from the scheduled caste and scheduled tribe communities. Attorney general KK Venugopal told the top court on Monday that a bench of 7 […]
‘Accused showed no mercy, put liquor in Hyderabad vet’s mouth while raping her’: Cops
The four accused, who gang-raped and murdered a 26-year-old Hyderabad veterinarian, forcibly poured liquor in the victim’s mouth while sexually assaulting her, news agency IANS reported quoting a police document. The accused, after committing the crime, took the unconscious victim to a truck cabin where they raped her again before heading […]
BJP leader’s shocker on why Devendra Fadnavis was Maharashtra CM for 80 hours
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Anantkumar Hedge on Monday claimed that Devendra Fadnavis became Maharashtra chief minister for just 80 hours in order to divert Rs 40,000 crore funds back to Centre, news agency ANI reported. Hedge, member of Parliament from Uttara Kannada constituency in Karnataka, is known for making controversial comments. He […]
Fast-track court will hear case: Telangana CM
Three days after the rape and murder of a veterinarian in Telangana’s Hyderabad, chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao directed officials on Sunday to ensure that the accused are tried in a fast track court and the culprits get stringent punishment. So far, four suspects have been arrested in the gang-rape […]
Soha Ali Khan visits Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi’s grave with Inaaya
Soha Ali Khan visited her father Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi’s grave with her daughter Inaaya Naumi Kemmu. The legendary cricketer is buried at his ancestral home, Pataudi Palace, next to the grave of his father, Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi. “Wish you were here,” Soha captioned a picture with Inaaya at the grave […]
White House will not take part in impeachment hearing, says Donald Trump’s attorney
US President Donald Trump’s attorney has said that the White House will not participate in congressional hearings set for Wednesday that will consider passing impeachment articles against the president. “We cannot fairly be expected to participate in a hearing while the witnesses are yet to be named and while it […]
Virat reveals his favourite Anushka film is Ae Dil Hai Mushkil
Anushka Sharma won rave reviews for her performance as the spirited Alizeh in Karan Johar’s Ae Dil Hai Mushkil. Not just the audience and critics, the actor’s husband Virat Kohli loved her performance in the film, so much so, that he sometimes watches clips of it on YouTube. In an interview with India Today, the […]
Terror checks intensify as London bridge attack enters election fray
Britain’s Boris Johnson said Sunday he had ordered the security services to step up monitoring of convicted terrorists released early from prison, prompting accusations that he was exploiting the London Bridge attack for political gain less than two weeks before elections. The prime minister revealed officials were scrutinising around 74 […]