Technology, Mobiles tabs, 8th Jul 2018, News & Stories from India

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Technology Mobiles & Tabs 08 Jul 2018

Technology, Mobiles tabs, 08 Jul 2018

In April, the Law Commission had stated that simultaneous polls to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies could be held in 2 phases from 2019, provided that at least two provisions of the Constitution are amended and ratified by a majority of the states. (Photo: File)

One nation, one poll: TRS, Samajwadi party back concept, DMK, AAP oppose

Meanwhile, the BJP and the Congress have stayed from consultation organised by the Law Commission on the subject.

08 Jul 2018 9:28 PM

'Netam's wife followed him and raised an alarm when she saw the accused undressing the girl,' police said.(Photo: Representational)

MP woman raises alarm after finding husband trying to rape 10-yr-old girl

The accused, who is known to the girl's family, fled from the spot and a hunt was currently underway for him.

08 Jul 2018 9:24 PM

The 24-year-old activist, who shot to prominence in 2015 with his agitation over the quota issue, vowed to continue his fast till his demand for reservation was met. (Photo: File)

‘Will give life or get reservation’: Hardik Patel to go on indefinite fast from August 25

Calling it his 'last fight' for the demand for quota, Hardik Patel posted a video message on Facebook announcing his indefinite fast.

08 Jul 2018 9:11 PM

(Right) Paresh Rawal as Sunil Dutt in ‘Sanju.’

Did you know? Sunil Dutt died just hours after writing to actor who’d play him in Sanju

There’s a strange coincidence involving the two actor-politicians, with a letter playing a major part in the story.

08 Jul 2018 9:02 PM

Women in the compartment didn't protest as the train was about to leave but a woman in her 20s pulled out her phone and went live on Facebook.(Photo: File | Representational)

Woman goes live on Facebook as man masturbates at Bengal station

The incident happened around 1.15 pm on Sunday when the Howrah-bound train arrived at the Bandel station.

08 Jul 2018 8:58 PM

Govinda and Sunita Ahuja; Krushna Abhishek and Kashmera Shah.

Krushna hassled by unreasonable couple: Kashmera lashes out at Govinda, wife

The actress reacted to her actor-comedian husband and Sunita’s comments regarding the two families' rift.

08 Jul 2018 8:52 PM

The pumps led to the rapid infusion into the bloodstream of dangerous doses of drugs (Photo: AFP)

Unsafe syringes from UK have ended up in Indian hospitals according to reports

The syringe pumps have been implicated in NHS deaths over a 30-year period, the newspaper had recently revealed.

08 Jul 2018 8:34 PM

Main accused of Dhule lynching incident (at centre in picture) has been arrested by Local crime branch (LCB) squad. (Photo: Twitter/ANI)

Key accused in mob lynching in Maharastra's Dhule arrested

On July 1, five men of a nomadic tribe were lynched by a mob in Dhule's Rainpada village on the suspicion of being child-lifters.

08 Jul 2018 8:29 PM

Fire Brigade personnel rushed to the spot to douse the fire. (Photo: File | Representational)

Manipur University campus set on fire by unknown men

The incident happened at the university campus at Canchipur at around 11.20 pm on Saturday night.

08 Jul 2018 8:26 PM

India wants to extradite the 62-year-old former liquor baron from Britain to face charges of fraud as a group of Indian banks seek to recover more than USD 1 billion of loans granted to his defunct Kingfisher Airlines. (Photo: File)

Vijay Mallya shrugs off threat of British asset seizures

A verdict is expected by early September, with July 31 the final date for closing oral submissions and appeals likely whatever the outcome.

08 Jul 2018 8:20 PM

Two persons have been arrested in this connection, police said. (Photo: PTI | Representational)

Prostitution racket busted in Hyderabad, police rescue actress

Acting on a tip-off, police conducted raid at hotel on Saturday night and held brothel manager along with customer, who is a govt employee.

08 Jul 2018 7:35 PM

Addressing a function in Sagar on Saturday, the chief minister, who has led the state since 2005, also said that the cities in the central state would emerge as the 'cleanest, prettiest and developed cities,' in the country in the next five years.(Photo: File)

Will make cities in Madhya Pradesh better than US: Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Chouhan had also claimed that India and Madhya Pradesh were way ahead of the US in terms of women empowerment.

08 Jul 2018 7:25 PM

In its RTI response to Commodore Lokesh Batra (retd), the IAF said it has billed the government-owned Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India and the Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran Private Ltd to the tune of Rs 29.41 crore for its services. (Photo:PTI | Representational)

Indian Air Force spent Rs 29 crore to ferry currency after demonetisation: RTI

Post-demonetisation, the RBI had spent Rs 7,965 crore in 2016-17 on printing the new Rs 500 and Rs 2,000 notes.

08 Jul 2018 7:07 PM

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen was speaking in Delhi at the launch of the Hindi edition of his book 'An Uncertain Glory: India and its Contradiction' that he co-authored with Jean Dreze. (Photo: File)

India has taken ‘quantum jump in wrong direction’ since 2014: Amartya Sen

The economist also said the govt has also deflected from issues of inequalities, caste system and scheduled tribes have been kept out.

08 Jul 2018 7:06 PM

Shahid and Mira Kapoor are among the most popular celebrity couples today.

On 3rd anniversary, Mira reveals reason for loving Shahid and it's hilarious, cute

Mira took to Instagram to wish her hubby for their special occasion, which perhaps might embarrass the actor a bit.

08 Jul 2018 6:36 PM

BMW, India’s second biggest luxury car maker by sales, on Thursday set another record with best ever half-yearly sales and clocking a double digit growth in Asia’s third largest car market.

BMW posts record sales growth

Its sales jumped 13 per cent at 5,171 cars in India during January to June period, up from the same period last year.

08 Jul 2018 6:27 PM

Tolerance to the negative effects of shift work varies between individuals and is partially linked to intrinsic genetic factors (Photo: Pixabay)

Risk of Alzheimer's disease may increase due to gene linked to exhaustion at work

Lack of sleep and disruption of the circadian rhythm are common among shift workers.

08 Jul 2018 6:25 PM

IndiGo, GoAir induct 8 A320 Neos after Airbus resumes delivery

Both IndiGo and GoAir have taken deliveries of four aircraft each between May and June.

08 Jul 2018 6:16 PM

Lexie is being hailed as a hero for saving his life and was also honoured by the mayor on social media (Photo: Twitter)

9-year-old with cerebral palsy honoured for saving baby brother's life

The baby had wandered out of the house and was drowning when his grandmother pulled him out right on time.

08 Jul 2018 6:14 PM

In a bid to increase its portfolio, SBI Card plans to introduce four new products in the market during the three quarter of the current fiscal.

SBI Cards plans to launch 4 new products this fiscal

Last year, the card issuer launched four products, including a Doctor's SBI Card.

08 Jul 2018 6:10 PM

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