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. ...
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday referred to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the "Big Boss who likes to spy" and accused him of recording audio, video and tracking user location through GPS from his mobile app. "Modi's NaMo App secretly records audio, video, contacts of your friends and family and even tracks your location via GPS (Geo-positi...
Chennai, March 26 (IANS) Three nominated BJP legislators were denied entry into the Puducherry Assembly on Monday. The Madras High Court had recently upheld the nomination of the three legislators -- V. Saminathan, K.G. Shankar and S. Selvaganapathy. Meanwhile, three AIADMK members walked out of the Assembly in protest agains...
At least 53 people, including 11 children, were killed and 16 people were reported missing in a massive blaze that broke out at a shopping mall in Russia's Kemerovo city, according to authorities. The bodies were recovered early Monday morning, Russian Investigative Committee spokesperson Svetlana Petrenko told Sputnik news. Twenty people have been r...
