New Delhi: The union government has spent over Rs 1,000 crore over seven years to modernise madrasas or Islamic educational institutions, according to data released by Minister for Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar in the Lok Sabha. The government increased the spending on the Scheme for Providing Quality Education in Madrasas (SPQEM), launched in 2009-10, […]

Hyderabad, Aug 8: A former Maoist turned Gangster was killed on Monday during an exchange of fire with police in Telangana’s Shadnagar town, officials said. Nayeem, who was accused of killing a police officer and many former Maoist leaders, was in a four-wheeler which was intercepted by a police team. While the driver managed to […]

New Delhi, Aug 8: Union Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Congress member Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury clashed in the Lok Sabha on Monday as he accused the minister of a “flip-flop” policy on the condition of tea gardens in north Bengal. These, he said, had become “enclaves” of death and destitution. “You are well aware that […]

New Delhi, Aug 8: In a strategic move to gain a stronghold in emerging markets like India, Chinese Internet and technology conglomerate LeEco on Monday announced the appointment of its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jia Yueting as Chairman of another leading Chinese smartphone player Coolpad. With the announcement, Coolpad’s stocks surged over 20 per […]

A fifth of female sex workers live with violence, attacked four times a month, on average, according to an analysis of data on 109,366 such workers, gathered over six months to September 2015 by Swasti Health Resource Centre, a Bengaluru-based nonprofit, as part of its work under the Avahan initiative (Phase 3). Those with more […]

London, Aug 8: Researchers have reportedly found major security flaws in chips being used in nearly 900 million Android smartphones globally that could give cyber criminals complete access to the data. According to the team from Israel-based software and hardware giant Check Point, the bugs were uncovered at the software running on chipsets made by […]

New Delhi, Aug 6: Thin is clearly in — not just in life but in the world of technology too. With the jaw-dropping Spectre 13, touted as the world’s thinnest laptop ever, global computer and laptop giant HP Inc has surged ahead in the race to go thin in the premium segment. It is not […]

New Delhi, Aug 6: In her eight-year journey in Bollywood, she has mostly essayed roles of the girl-next-door on screen. Now actress Prachi Desai, who is keen to break that image, says artists do get slotted in genres. Asked if she is open to breaking her girl-next-door image, Prachi told IANS over the phone from […]

San Francisco, Aug 6:  Taking another foray into the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning as well as to make its digital assistant Siri better, Apple has acquired Seattle-based machine learning startup Turi for nearly $200 million. According to a GeekWire report, the move is set to increase Apple’s presence in the Seattle […]

New Delhi, Aug 6: KFC India on Saturday announced its partnership with Bollywood actor-producer Ajay Devgn for its add HOPE initiative. It is aimed to raise funds to provide meals to underprivileged children in the country. KFC India, along with beneficiaries of World Food Program (WFP) and India Food Banking Network (IFBN), hopes to provide […]