Technology, Mobiles tabs, 15th Mar 2019, News & Stories from India

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Technology Mobiles & Tabs 15 Mar 2019

Technology, Mobiles tabs, 15 Mar 2019

Mumbai Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta on day suspended two civic engineers in connection with Thursday's foot overbridge collapse which claimed six lives. (Photo: File)

2 civic engineers suspended post audit on Mumbai bridge collapse

Mehta also ordered a probe against them and a departmental inquiry against two retired chief engineers of the BMC.

15 Mar 2019 8:38 PM

At least 49 were killed and 20 were injured after a gunman opened fire on Friday prayers at a mosque in New Zealand killing many worshippers and forcing the city of Christchurch into lockdown as police launched a massive manhunt. (Photo: File)

9 Indians missing in New Zealand shootings; 1 identified from Hyderabad

The Indian High Commission in New Zealand also offered help to Indians via social media.

15 Mar 2019 8:19 PM

Pilgrims in Tamil Nadu left for a St. Anthony's Church Festival today. (Photo: ANI)

Tamil Nadu’s church festival on Sri Lankan Island begins tomorrow

Pilgrims embark on journey to Katchatheevu Island for two days church festival.

15 Mar 2019 8:00 PM

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor's wife Pushkar was found dead under mysterious circumstances in a suite of a Delhi hotel on the night of January 17, 2014. (Photo: File)

Court seeks Delhi Police reply in Sunanda Pushkar death case

Sessions Judge Arun Bharadwaj asked Special Public Prosecutor (SPP) to file his reply and posted the matter for hearing to March 29.

15 Mar 2019 7:16 PM

AAP leader Alka Lamba on Friday dropped subtle hints about her inclination to join back Congress. (Photo: File)

AAP leader Alka Lamba hints at returning to Congress

However, Lamba has not made any official announcement regarding her exit from AAP.

15 Mar 2019 7:03 PM

Mayawati also said that BSP is striving to ally with all those regional players who are associated with neither BJP nor the Congress. (Photo: File)

Mayawati urges Pawan Kalyan to become Andhra CM; announces ties with JSP

BSP announced an alliance with Pawan Kalyan's Jana Sena Party (JSP) for the Lok Sabha and Assembly polls in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

15 Mar 2019 6:46 PM

BSNL on Friday announced free voice call on its 'Wings' mobile app and free broadband services for a period of 30 days to attract new customers. (Photo: File)

BSNL clears February salaries of employees: CMD

BSNL CMD had said on Thursday that the telco was using internal accruals of Rs 850 crore to clear the February salary.

15 Mar 2019 6:40 PM

The Supreme Court on Friday issued a notice to the Election Commission on petitions filed by AMMK leaders VK Sasikala and TTV Dhinakaran challenging the Delhi High Court order in the ‘two leaves’ symbol case. (Photo: File)

SC seeks reply from EC in two leaves symbol case

A bench headed by CJI Ranjan Gogoi comprising of Justices Deepak Gupta and Sanjiv Khanna asked the poll body to file its reply on the plea.

15 Mar 2019 6:30 PM

BSE benchmark Sensex settled 269.43 points, or 0.71 per cent, higher at 38,024.32. The NSE Nifty closed 83.60 points, or 0.74 per cent, up at 11,426.85. (Photo: File)

Rupee rallies 24 paise to 69.10 vs USD on robust foreign inflows

Forex traders said, the rally in the Indian markets was led by strong FII buying on account of reduction in geopolitical risks.

15 Mar 2019 6:27 PM

Cheese and Music are much relative to each other. (Photo: Pixabay)

Music impacts the flavours of cheese: study

A research study says that hip-hop music brings out the best flavours in cheese.

15 Mar 2019 6:27 PM

European football's governing body UEFA is also looking into potential breaches of financial fair play. (Photo: AFP)

Fifa to ban Manchester City from making any signings: report

Chelsea, Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Real Madrid have all been punished for signing under-age players from abroad in the past.

15 Mar 2019 6:20 PM

"The investment committee of the board of directors of the company has approved the proposal to acquire 100 per cent shareholding in M/s K-Vision Co., Ltd through its wholly owned subsidiary ie Mahindra Engineering Services (Europe) Limited," Tech Mahindra said in a note. (Photo: ANI)

Tech Mahindra to acquire K-Vision for USD 1.5 million to expand 5G business

The deal between Tech Mahindra and K-Vision was signed on Thursday and is expected to close by end of this month.

15 Mar 2019 6:19 PM

Multi-Utility Astria F520 & Astria W60 are stacked with four different kinds of filters, all squeezed into a single cylinder: Pre-Filter, HEPA Filter, Active Carbon Filter and a Cold Catalyst Filter.

Bonphul Air Products launches a new range of air purifiers

Astria W60, is one of its kind product – a combination of efficiencies packed in a compact-sized, space-saving, wall-mounted Air Purifier.

15 Mar 2019 6:05 PM

United suffered their first Premier League defeat under Solskjaer at Arsenal last weekend, and will look to recover when they visit Wolverhampton Wanderers in the quarter-finals of the FA Cup on Saturday. (Photo: AFP)

Solskjaer invites Scholes to United for advice

United midfield great Scholes resigned as manager of fourth tier English league side Oldham on Thursday after just 31 days in charge.

15 Mar 2019 5:53 PM

Former chief minister Siddaramaiah on Friday said the Karnataka Congress wants party president Rahul Gandhi to contest the coming Lok Sabha polls from the southern state. (Photo: File)

Siddaramaiah wants Rahul to contest LS polls from Karnataka; calls him next PM

Congress Legislature Party leader recalled Indira Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi contesting the Lok Sabha polls from Karnataka in the past.

15 Mar 2019 5:52 PM

The product has a unique current shunting system that enables the connected devices charge in stages.

Syska announces Power Vault 200 power bank

The power bank which provides long lasting charging will be launched on Flipkart on 16th March.

15 Mar 2019 5:49 PM

his new route is a manifestation of our future growth plan in these key and important business markets, said Sunil Bhaskaran, managing director and chief executive officer, AirAsia India. (Photo: File)

AirAsia to launch Mumbai-Kolkata daily flight from Apr 15

AirAsia currently operates to 19 domestic destinations with a fleet of 20 Airbus A320 planes.

15 Mar 2019 5:49 PM

Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) leader and MP K Kavitha (pic) on Friday asserted that her party is not B-team of either Congress or BJP and would fight the Lok Sabha elections on the issues concerning people of Telangana. (Photo: ANI)

BJP, Congress two sides of same coin, TRS not anyone’s B-team: K Kavitha

Kavitha also lambasted BJP and Congress and claimed that they did not pay heed to any issue pertaining to Telangana.

15 Mar 2019 5:46 PM

The rapid growth of phishing attacks in 2018 is part of a long running trend, with both 2017 and 2016 experiencing increases of 15% on the previous year.

Phishing attacks more than doubled in 2018 to reach almost 500 million

Phishing is one of the most flexible types of ‘social engineering’ attack, as it can be disguised in many ways.

15 Mar 2019 5:31 PM

Financial stocks drove the market higher with the Nifty Bank index up 1.58 per cent. (Photo: File)

Bull run continues at stock markets, Sensex past 38,000 mark

BSE Sensex moved 269 points up to close at 38,024, while the NSE Nifty 50 was up 84 points at 11,427.

15 Mar 2019 5:24 PM

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