New Delhi: Teenagers in India are at a greater risk of encountering threats on their mobile devices, feel nearly 62 percent of the respondents while 54 percent other say young adults are more likely to commit a mobile-related crime like revenge porn, a study revealed on Thursday. The study by Norton by Symantec that consisted […]

Lucknow, Aug 4: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of politicising the recent gang-rape of a mother-daughter duo off a national highway in Bulandshahr and said he was ready for a CBI investigation. “It is the opposition which is trying to rake up the issue for political […]

New Delhi, Aug 4: Delhi Metro services were disrupted on Thursday afternoon following a major power failure, an official said. Curtailed power supply hit both the busy Yellow Line and Blue Line, a spokesman for Delhi Metro said. The official said power supply was not available from Delhi Transco Ltd due to which the major […]

New York: Exercise causes the formation of new neurons in a critical brain region which does not erase old memories, according to a study conducted by an Indian-origin researchers. Exercise causes neurogenesis in the hippocampus – key brain region for learning, memory and mood regulation. It was surprising when a previous study conducted on mice, […]

Bengaluru: The Indian IT sector, facing job cuts over the months due to sluggish growth, witnessed 51 per cent growth in July in online hiring, said a global employment portal. “The IT sector which was facing the brunt of extensive job cuts, charted a positive trend in July, witnessing 51 percent year-on-year (YoY) growth over […]

New Delhi, Aug 4: In a major setback to the Arvind Kejriwal government, the Delhi High Court on Thursday said that the Lt. Governor (LG) is not bound by the aid and advice of the Delhi government’s council of ministers . A division bench of Chief Justice G.Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath ruled that Delhi […]

Rio de Janeiro, Aug 3: A traditional Olympic ceremony greeted the Indian contingent at the formal welcome ceremony in the Olympic Village for the 31st edition starting on Friday. The ceremony lasted about 45 minutes. It saw more than half the Indian contingent gather on Tuesday. The Indian contingent was elegantly dressed in white India […]

Srinagar: Tempers ran high in Srinagar’s old city on Wednesday after a guard at an ATM booth was found dead, with hundreds of pellets fired from close range, officials and residents said. The cause of Riyaz Ahmad Shah’s death was confirmed by an autopsy report. Official sources told IANS that doctors who performed the post-mortem […]

New Delhi, Aug 3: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday said the BJP had gone on a witch-hunt against its MP Bhagwant Mann for his alleged breach of Parliament security. “All the MPs of the ruling coalition, especially from the BJP, are trying to corner Mann. This is an unprecedented witch-hunt against our MP,” […]

New Delhi: Congress leader P. Chidambaram said on Wednesday that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Bill should be passed after serious debate as it was far too important a measure to be passed on a partisan basis. “If we pass, it will be on the basis of a serious debate. It is far too […]