BJP is ‘Super Election Commission’, says Cong after poll date leak

New Delhi: The Congress today dubbed the BJP “Super Election Commission”, taking strong objection to its IT cell chief tweeting the date of the Karnataka Assembly election before the Election Commission had announced it. Congress communications in-charge Randeep Surjewala also said the Election Commission’s credibility was at test and asked if there would be any […]

BJP’s IT cell chief tweets Kar poll date before EC announcement

New Delhi: BJP’s IT cell chief Amit Malviya today tweeted the date of the Karnataka Assembly polls before the Election Commission announced it, prompting the panel to describe the leak as a “very serious issue” that merited a probe and “stringent action”. Malviya, however, tweeted that he had only quoted a news channel. His tweet […]

Missing boy traced, reunited with family: Police

Srinagar: Police on Tuesday claimed to have traced a a boy who was missing from Srinagar. A spokesman of police said that a missing report was lodged by Abdul Rahim Wani son of Abdul Razak Wani resident of sugan Nar Khag Budgam in Police Station Karan Nagar stating that his nephew namely Tariq Ahmed Wani […]

Farhan Akhtar deletes Facebook account

Mumbai: Actor Farhan Akhtar Tuesday announced he has “permanently” deleted his account from social networking website Facebook. “Good morning. This is to inform you all that I have permanently deleted my personal Facebook account. However, the verified FarhanAkhtarLive page is still active,” Farhan posted on Twitter. The 44-year-old actor’s move comes after Facebook faced worldwide […]

Farhan Akhtar deletes Facebook account

Mumbai: Actor Farhan Akhtar Tuesday announced he has “permanently” deleted his account from social networking website Facebook. “Good morning. This is to inform you all that I have permanently deleted my personal Facebook account. However, the verified FarhanAkhtarLive page is still active,” Farhan posted on Twitter. The 44-year-old actor’s move comes after Facebook faced worldwide […]

Students protest against R&B department in Uri

Baramulla: Scores of students on Tuesday held a protest demonstration against the Roads and Buildings Department for ‘failing’ to handover a school building sanctioned for Government High School Chandanwari in north Kashmir’s Uri. The protesting students alleged that R&B has not handed over the school building to the school administration even after its completion. “After […]

Khap interference in marriage of two adults absolutely illegal: SC

New Delhi: In a relief to inter-faith or inter-caste couples who often face threat to their lives due to their relationship, the Supreme Court today banned any interference by illegal assemblies like ‘khap panchayats’ into their marriages, terming the intrusions as “absolutely illegal.” A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and justices A M Khanwilkar […]

Putin blames Russia mall fire on ‘criminal negligence”: Kremlin

Moscow: Russian President Vladimir Putin today blamed the mall fire that killed at least 64 people in the Siberian city of Kemerovo on “criminal negligence” as he traveled there. “What is happening here? These are not armed hostilities. This is not an unexpected release of methane. People, children came to relax,” Putin told officials in […]

NaMo app controversy: US-based analytics firm says it doesn’t ‘sell, rent’ data

Washington: A US-based analytics company facing allegations that it received personal data from the official mobile app of Prime Minister Narendra Modi without the consent of app users, has said that it does not sell, rent or re-market data. “CleverTap employees don’t have access to any of the data stored with it by a publisher,” […]

Search ops launched in Jammu after reports of suspicious movement

Jammu: The Army and the police launched a massive search operation near the Tawi river area in Jammu city after locals reported about two people roaming around suspiciously, police said. “We have launched a search operation on the Tawi banks and the Bhagwati Nagar belt of the city after locals reported suspicious movement of two […]