Unhappy with response to queries following Mehdi Biswas' arrest, Bengaluru Police summon Twitter India marketing head.
Pakistan is concerned about "influence of India in Afghanistan" and does not want to be caught in a "pincer movement" on the issue, the country's envoy to the US, Husain Haqqani, has said.
The heavy industries ministersaid that the proposal for the auto scrappage policy was ready and all stakeholders have provided inputs, therefore its announcement was likely very soon.
In India, the angsting over net neutrality has been loud.
The British Broadcasting Corporation, the world's largest and oldest broadcaster, reportedly fell victim to a hacker who tried to sell access to the system over Christmas.
In the absence of any medium to send the news reports across the country or outside, some journalists would send their reports on pen drives through flyers at the airport.
B D Pande was Punjab's governor during Operation Bluestar. In this excerpt from his memoir, In the Service of Free India: Memoir of a Civil Servant, Pande reveals what really went on behind the scenes during those dark days in India's history.
Asked about the report, MEA spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said, "The political judgements of Freedom House are as inaccurate and distorted as their maps."
Shops selling essentials including vegetables functioned from morning till 2 pm and private vehicles and autos, taxis were off the roads.
The appointment of new expenditure secretary comes a month-and-a-half ahead of the Budget for 2020-21 to be presented on February 1.
Sixty-six former bureaucrats in a letter to President Ram Nath Kovind said that the 'polling body's independence, fairness, impartiality and efficiency are perceived to be compromised today'.
Love Sherlock, Dr Who, and Downton Abbey? Vanita Kohli-Khandekar finds out how the UK became one the world's largest creators of television content.
Even as the public broadcaster Prasar Bharati has suggested taking the services of aMap, an online TV ratings measurement firm for mapping rural homes in terms of gauging the benefits of Doordarshan to rural viewers, TAM Media, the leading TV audience measurement agency, today said that it was the first agency to have submitted a similar proposal about two years ago but was not getting a fair hearing from the government.
Mourning the demise "as a personal loss", Naidu expressed hope that the words and deeds of this exemplary leader will continue to inspire all those in public life.
China's star hurdler Liu Xiang said he knew before Monday's ill-fated heat that his foot would fail him and that he had no choice but to pull out. Liu was the host nation's best hope of an athletics gold medal at the Olympics and his pained withdrawal from the 110m hurdles startled this country where his image hangs on countless billboards.
'Smart' Gandhinagar is now wired to the future, becomes India's first smart city; launches citywide WiFi services, smart streetlights, speed and face recognition surveillance.
No religion or God says that you have to visit pandals and temples and mosques to pray, Vardhan underlined.
Officers who form part of the security force for the upcoming Olympics in Rio de Janeiro are complaining about delayed salaries and unfurnished accommodations, where many are forced to sleep on the floor. "Morale is rock bottom," said one member of the National Force, which is formed by police and fire services from states across Brazil to provide security for major events and emergencies. National Force officers already in Rio - part of an overall security deployment of 85,000 police, soldiers and other personnel - form a relatively small part of the overall effort, with about 5,000 members.
The instructions cite service rules that bar any government servant from making any adverse criticism of any policy or action of the government.
It is fine as long as there is no reference to the candidate or constituency going to poll in that particular phase.
Six simple words eloquently summed up the impact Jonah Lomu had on rugby union when New Zealand paid its final respects to the former All Blacks winger on Monday.
Twenty-three of the 31 stocks in his publicly disclosed portfolio consist small-cap stocks. jhunjhunwala's portfolio rose 15.2% in Q3.
Organizers of the World Chess Championship sued on Monday to block a trio of website operators from broadcasting chess moves at the November 11-30 match in New York, which is expected to draw millions of online viewers.
The services sector, which plays the biggest role in shaping the economy, is facing loads of issues currently. The largest segments, financial and real estate, are struggling to cope with bad debts and low demand for houses.
The CSO estimate is, however, a bit lower than 7.4 per cent growth projected by the Reserve Bank for the current fiscal.
Anand Bazar Publications Group and Rupert Murdoch-owned Star Group on Friday announced a joint venture for broadcasting Star News in India in which the Bengali publishing house would have a majority stake of 74 per cent.
New Delhi Television Ltd is looking at option of starting new channels and fee-based services to tap business opportunities in the news broadcasting sector.\n\n\n\n
NSO has pegged economic growth at 5 per cent in 2019-20 in its second advance estimates.
'People don't want to watch a screaming channel if given a decent alternative.'
Five people in the know narrate the sordid story that is fast exploding into a pornography scandal, allegedly involving businessman Raj Kundra.
'The two-word answer is: Proper oversight,' says T N Ninan.
Having registered an FIR over the controversial interview of one of the December 16 gang rape convicts, Delhi Police on Wednesday said it will probe as to why the contents of the work were not shown to the relevant authorities.
This is mainly due to GST impact on manufacturing and subdued farm output.
Considering that Qatar is a trusted ally of Washington for decades, it is expected to be a steady influence on the Taliban leadership, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The note was authored by Faraz Syed, an associate economist with Moody's Analytics.
White House condemns attempted attacks; New York Police Department increase patrols at other major newsrooms.
The Indian market is more in sync with mobile markets of advanced countries like the UK, Japan, and South Korea, where there are fewer players - three to four.
'Rajan epitomised the best of his generation -- veneration for knowledge, for old fashioned morality of honesty and modesty.' Economist Devaki Jain, Padma Bhushan, salutes her brother who passed into the ages last week.
Germany was on high alert on Friday as police hunted for up to seven people suspected of plotting a New Year's Eve suicide attack in Munich in the name of the Islamic State group.
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