Technology, Mobiles tabs, 6th Jan 2019, News & Stories from India

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Asked if anyone from BJP's Bengal unit had the chance to be the PM, Dilip Ghosh said that Mamata Banerjee was ahead in the race. (Photo: File)

‘If any Bengali has chance to be PM, it is Mamata Banerjee’: WB BJP chief

The statement has come as a shocker for the BJP, engaged in a bitter fight against the Trinamool in the state.

06 Jan 2019 9:53 AM

Manu Bhaker had a phenomenal year in 2018 as she won Commonwealth Games gold medal in Gold Coast, a month after winning gold in 10m air pistol individual and team events at the ISSF World Cup in Guadalajara. (Photo: Facebook | Manu Bhaker)

‘Cash reward just a jumla?’ Shooter Manu Bhaker’s query angers Haryana min

Bhaker got support from Indian Olympic Association chief Narinder Batra who asked Vij to stop 'intimidating and threatening' the shooter.

06 Jan 2019 9:31 AM

Tejashwi Yadav greeted his elder brother by touching his feet and Tej Pratap responded by placing a hand on his younger brother's head. (Photo: Twitter | @TejYadav14)

Tejashwi Yadav meets Tej Pratap, touches feet amid rift rumours

Tej Pratap Yadav reiterated that he saw Tejashwi as 'Arjuna', whom he would assist in winning electoral battle in Bihar.

06 Jan 2019 8:51 AM

Pluralism, education and intellectual competition: These were once Muslim values, and they could be so again.

Muslims in time warp: Into enlightenment from blind following

Instead of the dominant blind, unquestioning obedience to religious dogma, we should teach critical thinking to our children in schools.

06 Jan 2019 8:23 AM

As the post-truth age is increasingly becoming anti-intellectual all over the world, only a sustainable critical learning of Islam would enable Muslim societies in the world to challenge the issues that they face, within and outside.

Muslims in the post-truth world are caught between extremes

It is interesting to know how Islamic societies across the world encounter three extreme situations simultaneously.

06 Jan 2019 8:20 AM

Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba (Photo: AP)

Dilli Ka Babu: Surveillance state?

The Centre’s new cadre allocation policy has created resentment among the recruits in the IAS, IPS and IFS services.

06 Jan 2019 8:13 AM

Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala (Photo: PTI/File)

‘What is in that Rafale file that the Prime Minister is so scared of?’

This government is gradually becoming a scam-a-day-government with wrong-doing becoming the DNA of Modi rule, says Surjewala.

06 Jan 2019 8:10 AM

People inspect the damaged house where four militants and one policeman were killed during an encounter, at Srigafwara in Anantnag district of south Kashmir on Friday, June 22, 2018. Police killed four militants, including chief of the banned Islamic State Jammu and Kashmir (ISJK) Dawood Ahmed Sofi, in a remote mountain village in south Kashmir's Anantnag district. (Photo: PTI)

Jammu & Kashmir: elected government, new strategy needed

The Pakistan Army is hamstrung by the state of the economy but will not openly hold out an olive branch.

06 Jan 2019 8:03 AM

United we stand: A galaxy of opposition leaders across the country had converged at the swearing-in ceremony of Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy after the Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) successfully thwarted alleged attempts by the BJP to poach their legislators to reach the majority mark in the state.

Regional parties have their limitations

The inference is clear: An alliance with the TD holds good only in Andhra Pradesh, where it has a good hold.

06 Jan 2019 8:01 AM

Regional leaders, caste and state parties represent a constituency of voters who have participated in fleshing out the vision of the federal structure in the Constitution.

Regional satraps have the last laugh

Not all voters are comfortable with the idea of one party one nation.

06 Jan 2019 7:58 AM

The liberals claim with proof that the Hindu Right started it all, but the liberals also need to introspect.

It’s about time two warring Indias unite

The divide between the secular and believer has always been simmering in India. For decades the believer who was quiet has now come out.

06 Jan 2019 7:56 AM

‘Gaganyaan’ will be smaller in size (3Mx2.70M in diameter) when compared with the Russian Soyuz capsule (7.2Mx2.7M in diameter), Chinese Shenzhou (9.25Mx2.8M in diameter) and NASA’s proposed Orion spacecraft (3.3Mx5M).

Mission 2022: Gaganyaan Time to claim India’s space

‘Gaganyaan’ is a crewed orbital spacecraft being designed to ferry three Indians o outer space on a seven-day mission.

06 Jan 2019 7:53 AM

It’s Mission 2021, says ISRO chief

France and Russia are among the countries which have offered to help train our crew, says Sivan.

06 Jan 2019 7:47 AM

India captain Virat Kohli greets former Australian bowler Glenn McGrath. (Photo: AFP)

The whiff of ‘achhe din’ is unmistakable

Winning away from home has always posed the severest challenge for India’s cricketers.

06 Jan 2019 7:40 AM

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis

Oppn attacks government for calendar ‘oversight’

The clarification said that it had been decided to observe the birth anniversary of the great men at the government level in 2013.

06 Jan 2019 7:37 AM

KGF strikes GOLD

A film that has taken the world by storm, the Yash-starrer is the rage among non-Kannadigas thanks to its promotions.

06 Jan 2019 7:33 AM

The show begins with G.R. Iranna’s Roots Under the Carpet done in mixed media on paper.

Unique Auction for a noble cause

The preview exhibition of Art Rises for Kerala auction by biennale foundation to raise funds for CM’s Distress Relief Fund is open.

06 Jan 2019 7:27 AM

Social Media responsible for depression in youth, feels Katrina Kaif

Katrina feels it is difficult to debate or talk on depression.

06 Jan 2019 7:22 AM

In the National Capital Region, Ghaziabad and Noida recorded ‘severe’ air quality while Gurgaon recorded ‘very poor’ air quality. (Representational image)

Delhi’s air quality improves a little, still at ‘very poor’ level

Twenty-four areas in Delhi recorded “severe” air quality, while it was “very poor” in eight areas, the CPCB said.

06 Jan 2019 7:16 AM

The officials said that the note seemed to have been written on the intervening night following which, she took the drastic step.

Medical student jumps to death over stress of exam

The officials are investigating the incident based on a suicide note that has been found from the spot.

06 Jan 2019 6:13 AM

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