Technology, Mobiles tabs, 2nd Aug 2019, News & Stories from India

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Technology, Mobiles tabs, 02 Aug 2019

A religious organisation of Sunni Muslim scholars and clerics in Kerala, has moved the top court seeking to declare it as unconstitutional. (Photo: File)

New law on Triple Talaq challenged in SC

'Samastha Kerala Jamiathul Ulema' has moved the top court seeking to declare it as unconstitutional.

02 Aug 2019 9:13 PM

'The Congress backstabbed democracy. They betrayed the minorities. They betrayed the people of India by voting in favour of the draconian UAPA Bill in the Rajya Sabha,' Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Elamaram Kareem said. (Photo: File)

'They betrayed people': Left parties on Cong support for UAPA Amendment Bill

In a big boost to the government, Parliament approved a crucial amendment to the UAPA Bill on Friday.

02 Aug 2019 8:49 PM

A 23-year-old woman from Jaipur was not allowed to breastfeed her eight-month-old baby by college authorities during an examination on Friday. (Representational Image)

Jaipur college disallows mother to breastfeed her 8-month-old child during exam

Her husband, Kaul Ram Bairwa said that their daughter started crying out of hunger while he was waiting for his wife.

02 Aug 2019 8:38 PM

India's Chandrayaan-2 continued its voyage to the Moon with the spacecraft's orbit around the Earth being raised on Friday for the fourth time since its launch last month and all its parameters are normal, space agency ISRO said. (Photo: File)

4th orbit raising manoeuvre of Chandrayaan-2 successful, confirms ISRO

The next orbit raising operation is scheduled on August 6.

02 Aug 2019 8:25 PM

A Madurai restaurant has apologised for naming a chicken dish after a Brahmin community after they raised a strong objection over it. (Representational Image)

Will change it: TN hotel apologises for naming chicken dish after Brahmin community

Hotel Milagu named its chicken dish- Kumbakonam Iyer Chicken - which did not go down well with the Hindu community.

02 Aug 2019 8:15 PM

Aditi Rao Hydari to star opposite Vijay Sethupathi in Tamil film 'Tughlaq Durbar'

The film, directed by Delhi Prasad Deenadayalan, will also feature actor R Parthiban.

02 Aug 2019 8:03 PM

'Seriously? You think an official order telling tourists to leave immediately will not cause them to run from the valley as fast as they can? Which tourist will hang around after seeing this order. The airport & highway will be choked with people leaving,' Omar Abdullah said. (Photo: File)

NC, PDP detest Centre's advice to Amarnath tourists, say it will cause panic

The comments come after J&K administration asked Amarnath pilgrims to cut short their stay in wake of 'specific terror threats'

02 Aug 2019 7:53 PM

'No third person is the reason for Sahil and I to part ways': Dia Mirza

Dia Mirza cleared that Kanika Dhillon is not a reason behind her and Sahil's separation.

02 Aug 2019 7:52 PM

Ganguly said he's definitely interested in the India coach's job but not at the moment as his plate is full. (Photo: File)

'Definitely one day I want to become India's coach': Sourav Ganguly

The hunt is on for the new India coach with incumbent Ravi Shastri's tenure coming to an end with the conclusion of the tour of the Windies.

02 Aug 2019 7:51 PM

Anurag Kashyap and Shekhar Kapur. (Photo: ANI)

Anurag Kashyap supports Shekhar Kapur after fans' backlash on 'Masoom'; read tweet

The director's recent tweet on his 1983 directorial 'Masoom' faced the heat from users.

02 Aug 2019 7:36 PM

First Ashes Test, which commenced on August 1, marked the launch of the ICC World Test Championship (Photo: File)

'Should sweaters have numbers on them', asks Ravichandran Ashwin

The identification on the Test jersey is an initiative by the ICC to help fans connect with the players.

02 Aug 2019 7:25 PM

A man from Uttar Pradesh, who was addicted to gambling and alcohol, bet his wife after running out of money and allowed a friend and relative to gangrape her after losing his stake, reported news agency IANS. (Representational Image)

Modern-day Mahabharat: UP man bets wife in gamble, lets his friends rape her twice

After the incident, the survivor went to court when police refused to take action on her complaint.

02 Aug 2019 7:22 PM

MNS to oppose Marathi-dubbed version of Akshay Kumar's 'Mission Mangal'

MNS Chitrapat Sena in a statement said that the dubbed-version of the film will lead to unfair competition for the regional films.

02 Aug 2019 7:20 PM

The wall collapse took place in Mumbai's Chandivali area on Friday afternoon. (Photo: File I Representational)

Wall collapse in Mumbai suburb claims life of 1, leaves 2 injured

While Shetty succumbed to his injuries, 2 others were rescued by a team of Mumbai's fire brigade.

02 Aug 2019 7:08 PM

Earlier, former Australian wicket-keeper batsman Adam Gilchrist on Thursday opined that the names and numbers printed on the back of Test jerseys are "rubbish". (Photo: File)

Brett Lee thinks names and numbers on Test jerseys look ridiculous

The identification on the Test jersey is an initiative by the ICC to help fans connect with the players.

02 Aug 2019 7:06 PM

Indonesian authorities on Friday urged people living near the coast to move to higher ground, after issuing a tsunami warning in the wake of a magnitude 7 earthquake off the islands of Sumatra and Java. (Representational Image)

Tsunami warning after 7 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia

There were no immediate reports of casualties, but strong tremors were felt in Jakarta prompting people to run out of office buildings.

02 Aug 2019 6:59 PM

All you need to know about Ayodhya land dispute case

The following is chronology of events Ayodhya land dispute case in which SC decided to hold day-to-day hearing from August 6.

02 Aug 2019 6:52 PM

A special court here on Friday reserved its order on anticipatory bail plea of businessman Ratul Puri in connection with the AgustaWestland money laundering case. (Photo: ANI)

VVIP chopper case: Delhi court reserves order on anticipatory bail plea of Ratul Puri

The court will pass the order on August 6. Puri's interim protection has also been extended till August 6 (Tuesday).

02 Aug 2019 6:31 PM

The name seems apt because the content seems to fall off the screen when you scroll across horizontally.

Chinese smartphones will soon have screen-to-body ratio of 100%

Oppo's recently revealed waterfall displays paved the way for truly bezel-less displays.

02 Aug 2019 6:24 PM

Telangana Congress working president Ponnam Prabhakar Goud on Friday claimed that state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was largely controlled by Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao. (Photo: File)

‘KCR controls BJP in Telangana,’ says state Congress chief

Reacting on recent trend of Opposition parties' leaders joining BJP, he said no Cong party leader from state would join BJP.

02 Aug 2019 6:17 PM

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