Technology, Mobiles tabs, 1st Mar 2017, News & Stories from India

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Technology Mobiles & Tabs 01 Mar 2017

Technology, Mobiles tabs, 01 Mar 2017

The author has won many awards but she’s not one who rests on her laurels.

A window to mental illness

Susmita spent 18 months of intensive research on this book.

01 Mar 2017 10:11 PM

Love in times of terror

An army general’s daughter falls in love with a ruthless terrorist in a tale of forbidden romance in Lahore-based author Sara Naveed’s book.

01 Mar 2017 10:09 PM

Union Minister Venkaiah Naidu (Photo: PTI)

'Opportunistic politics' today soft on terror, hard on nationalists: Venkaiah

Naidu's tweets followed the unrest on the Delhi University campus over the last few days.

01 Mar 2017 9:21 PM

Rijiju must resign for questioning martyr's daughter: Congress

Congress said Rijiju's remarks are a result of the polluted mindset and ideology that is dividing the country.

01 Mar 2017 9:18 PM

India has asked Pakistan tore-investigate the 2008 Mumbai terror attack case and put on trial Jammat-ud-Dawah chief Hafiz Saeed who is currently under house arrest in Lahore. (Photo: File)

Pak gave birth to monster of terrorism, now devouring its own creator: India at UN

India also accused Pakistan of carrying out an intense campaign to destabilise the situation in J&K, through terrorism and infiltration.

01 Mar 2017 9:13 PM

Supporters of Hafiz Saeed, head of the Lashkar-e-Tayyaba and its front organisation Jamaat-ud-Dawa, protest in Lahore recently after the Pakistani authorities took him into custody after rising international pressure. (Photo: AP)

Re-investigate 26/11 case, put Saeed on trial: India tells Pak

Saeed was also put under house arrest after Mumbai terror attacks in November 2008 but he was freed by court in 2009.

01 Mar 2017 9:04 PM

Sanjay Nirupam and Gurudas Kamat. (Photo: File)

Nirupam 'feeding utter falsehoods' to Cong high command after BMC loss: Kamat

Kamat, who is at loggerheads with Nirupam for a long time, also demanded that executive committee must meet to discuss the results.

01 Mar 2017 8:36 PM

The police put in a nakabandi and during checking of the vehicle, 50 kg "beef" and a cow were found. (Photo: AFP/Representational Image)

Faridabad: 7 cow smugglers held, 50 kg 'beef' recovered

A cow was also recovered from them which the suspected smugglers were taking to a slaughter house.

01 Mar 2017 8:30 PM

Three departments -- Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Engineering and Hospital Administration -- have been asked to identify the gaps and draw out the modalities to make the building disabled friendly. (Photo: File)

AIIMS lacks facilities allowing smooth access to physically challenged: audit

Currently elevators, installed in the hospital areas have an operator to guide the patients with special needs.

01 Mar 2017 8:18 PM

But lifestyle changes are also important (Photo: Pixabay)

Men can last longer in bed with this Korean herb

60 percent men reported an improvement after swallowing this herb for eight weeks.

01 Mar 2017 8:14 PM

HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar. (Photo: File)

Coal scam: CBI gets two months to respond to Prakash Javadekar's plea

Central Vigilance Commission had started its proceedings on the complaints made by 2 ministers.

01 Mar 2017 7:59 PM

The unnamed 21-year-old youth has been charged with murder after the grisly scene was discovered on Tuesday. (Representational Image)

Indian-origin youth kills parents, lives with bodies for a week in S Africa

The youth lived normally for a week and when neighbours asked about his parents, he said they had gone to neighbouring town to visit family.

01 Mar 2017 7:30 PM

While few services went down completely, thousands, if not tens of thousands of companies had trouble with functions ranging from file sharing to web feeds to loading any type of data stored on Amazon Cloud service

Amazon cloud storage failure causes widespread disruption

Amazon Web Services suffered an unspecified breakdown in its eastern US region starting about midday Tuesday

01 Mar 2017 7:26 PM

Loy Todd, president of the Nebraska New Car and Truck Dealers Association.

Auto industry urges caution on Nebraska autonomous car bill

A bill sponsored by Sen. Tyson Larson of O'Neill would create provisions allowing for autonomous vehicles in the state

01 Mar 2017 7:23 PM

An old photo of Srinivas Kuchibhotla, right, posing for photo with his wife Sunayana Dumala. (Photo: AP)

'Is US the same country we once dreamed of?': Kuchibhotla's wife in FB post

Srinivas Kuchibhotla was killed in a firing at a bar in Olathe, Kansas, by 51-year-old US Navy veteran Adam Purinton.

01 Mar 2017 7:22 PM

Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi addresses at an election rally. (Photo: PTI)

For Modi, 'Ganga Maa' has only one son; he ignores farmers: Rahul

Gandhi alleged that Prime Minister Modi misleads people by making false promises.

01 Mar 2017 7:02 PM

Facebook said Wednesday that it's in a "unique position," through personal connections people have on Facebook, to help connect those in distress with people who can support them.

Facebook beefs up suicide prevention focused on live video

The company is also streamlining the process to report posts about suicide or self-injury.

01 Mar 2017 6:56 PM

Lawyers appearing for the rickshaw unions had argued that the government had taken a wrong decision. (Photo: File)

Bombay HC sets aside state govt order making Marathi compulsory for auto permits

The order is a setback to the state government as it had directed all RTOs to make the knowledge of Marathi language compulsory.

01 Mar 2017 6:47 PM

Right to recall an idea whose time has come: BJP MP Varun Gandhi

He has moved a bill which proposes that MPs and MLAs may be recalled if electors are not satisfied with their performance.

01 Mar 2017 6:38 PM

Banks have opened more accounts after notes recall.

Ensure mobile banking for all customers: Govt to banks

IT Secretary Aruna Sundarajanis says move part of govt's efforts to boost digital payment system.

01 Mar 2017 6:32 PM

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