Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of misusing his position to build personal database "with data on millions of Indians via the NaMo App promoted by the government", Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday termed him "Big Boss who likes to spy". In a hard-hitting attack, he also alleged that NaMo App secretly records audi...
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday instructed the state administration to take "strong action" against those who took out rallies with arms here on occasion of Ram Navami, defying the state's directive. Stating that rallying with arms is not a part of Bengal's culture, she said those who are resorting ...
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislators on Monday slammed bureaucrats for not giving a proper written reply to an Assembly question. Assembly Speaker Ram Niwas Goel later referred the matter to the Question and Reference Committee of the House. The question was related to encroachments in the city and "the officers who allowed these encr...
Globalisation is going through a phase where countries are "revisiting and evaluating" their role in it, Union Commerce and Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu said on Monday. According to Prabhu, who also holds the charge of the Ministry of Civil Aviation, the first phase of globalisation had faced a "lot of opposition", while in the second phas...
One person was killed and two injured in a ballistic missile attack on Saudi Arabia's territory by Houthi militias from Yemen, the Saudi civil defence said. Saudi forces said they shot down seven missiles launched from Yemen. According to Turki al-Malki, the spokesperson for the Saudi Arabia-led Arab coalition, three of the missiles were fired ...
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Monday indicated that her party might align with Samajwadi Party (SP) in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections after the one-time bitter rivals helped defeat the BJP in the Gorakhpur and Phulpur parliamentary bypolls. According the official sources, the four-time Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister told party legislators that ...
Facebook has said that it does not save call and text data of Android users without their permission, adding the practice is "widely used" with users having an option to opt-out from it. Facebook was replying to several media reports which claimed that the social media giant was saving the call and text data of Android users for year...
The Kerala opposition slammed the Pinarayi Vijayan government in the Assembly on Monday over "losing control" over the state police as they have "become a bunch of unruly hooligans and turned rabid". Seeking leave for an adjournment motion on this topic, former Home Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan presented cases that took place ...
US President Donald Trump has indicated to associates that he was preparing to oust Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary David Shulkin, a media report said. The news was confirmed to CNN on Sunday by an informed source. The announcement could happen as early as this week, the source said. However, there is not official word on Shulkin's re...
The Supreme Court on Monday sought Centre's response on a plea challenging the constitutional validity of the practice of polygamy and nikah halala amongst the Muslim community. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M. Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y. Chandrachud said the matter would be heard by the constitution bench. ...
