Technology, Mobiles tabs, 26th May 2019, News & Stories from India

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Technology Mobiles & Tabs 26 May 2019

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The deaths came after police special forces intervened Friday to stop a 'massive prison break.' (Photo:AP)

Families look for answers after 29 prisoners die in Venezuela jail riot

"It seemed there was a massacre of these children in the police station," 50-year-old Zuleyma Ponte said.

26 May 2019 9:26 AM

Narendra Modi was Saturday appointed Prime Minister by President Ram Nath Kovind after he was unanimously elected NDA parliamentary party leader at a meeting in which he asked its members to work without discrimination, stressing on the need to win over the trust of minorities. (Photo: Twitter/ @BJP4India)

‘Oppn has fooled minorities’: PM Modi asks NDA lawmakers to win their trust

In a 75-minute speech, Modi said minorities were made to leave in an 'imaginary fear' and they have to break this 'deception'.

26 May 2019 9:21 AM

Netanyahu has until October to face a pre-trial hearing after Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced in February his intention to indict the leader. (Photo:AP)

Protestors gather in Tel Aviv to 'save democracy' from Netanyahu

Thousands of Israelis gathered here on night to protest against attempts to pass legislation that would grant protection to Netanyahu.

26 May 2019 9:14 AM

Zarif's visit came amid rising tensions between Washington and Tehran. (Photo:AP)

Iran foreign minister Javad Zarif visits Iraq to discuss tension with US

According to Iraq's state-run Iraqiya channel, Zarif held meetings with top Iraqi leaders, including Iraqi President Barham Salih.

26 May 2019 9:07 AM

The Japanese government has said that North Korea's recent test of short-range missiles violated the UN resolutions. (Photo:AP)

North Korea's weapon test did not disturb me: Trump

"North Korea fired off some small weapons, which disturbed some of my people, and others, but not me, Trump wrote on Twitter.

26 May 2019 9:01 AM

YSRCP leader YS Jaganmohan Reddy met Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao here on Saturday. (Photo: ANI)

Jagan Reddy meets KCR, bats for friendly relations between Andhra-T'gana

Reddy, after winning the Andhra Assembly elections, was elected as YSRCP Legislature Party leader, after which he called on KCR.

26 May 2019 9:00 AM

A missed tie-up here or there, and a wrong candidate in some or other constituency was not the reason this election ended in the way it did. (Representational image)

Assess, rectify, reflect on how far we strayed

The defeated leaders will not be short of advice, particularly from the media on what went wrong and what they should now do.

26 May 2019 6:51 AM

Royal delight

Whether blitzed over toast or blended into curries, the king of fruits makes for a lip-smacking treat.

26 May 2019 6:46 AM

This is higher than 2014 when out of 542 winners, 185 (34%) had declared criminal cases against themselves. (Photo: ANI)

Over 40 per cent new MPs have criminal cases

159 winners in 2019 have declared serious criminal cases, including rape and murder.

26 May 2019 6:41 AM

Hindustani Awami Morcha supremo Jitan Ram Manjhi (Photo: PTI)

Mahagathbandhan had no reply to NDA’s nationalism: Jitan Ram Manjhi

Congress managed only Kishanganj seat while RJD, HAM, RLSP, and VIP failed in saving their electoral space after the poll results on Thursday.

26 May 2019 6:40 AM

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and his sister, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, arrive for the Congress Working Committee meeting in New Delhi on Saturday. (Photo: AP)

Congress at a Crossroads: Surgical Strike Needed Ahead

Regional politics has taken a hit and non-Congress Opposition politics will find it tough to survive.

26 May 2019 6:37 AM

Shiv Sena is born of a sense of injustice to the ‘sons of the soil’.

Regional Parties: Hardly an existential problem!

Tamil Nadu has a very strong sense of an autonomous cultural identity and its people seem to despise the perceived hegemony of the Hindi North.

26 May 2019 6:32 AM

BJP workers welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he, along with BJP president Amit Shah, arrives at the party headquarters in New Delhi on Thursday. (Photo: PTI)

PM Modi’s foreign policy 2.0

India will look to partner with the US and Japan in infrastructure in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka as well as East Africa.

26 May 2019 6:25 AM

Article 324 (2) provides that the ECI shall consist of CEC and such number of other election commissioners (ECs), if any, as the President may, from time to time, fix. (Photo: File)

Election Commission of India and Democratic Deficit

Interestingly, the appointment of the CEC and other ECs are exclusively dependent on the will of the Executive.

26 May 2019 6:20 AM

Students hold placards and candles in Amritsar on Saturday as they pay tribute to victims of the Surat fire tragedy. (Photo: PTI)

Surat coaching centre operator held

All tuition centres forced shut till they get safety certificate.

26 May 2019 6:16 AM

Nanak Singh, Khooni Vaisakhi A Poem From The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre 1919, translated by Navdeep Suri HarperCollins, Rs 299.

Witness account of one crimson summer

The book under review is on one such major historical event that set the stage for the Independence movement to gather momentum in Punjab.

26 May 2019 6:03 AM

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath (Photo: PTI)

Kamal Nath busy fixing MP govt crisis, misses CWC meet

Nath however strongly backed Mr Gandhi to continue in his post, saying, the party badly needed Mr Gandhi’s leadership at the crucial juncture.

26 May 2019 6:02 AM

The incident took place at Mandla under Kanhiwada block in Seoni district on May 22. (Representational image)

Cow vigilantes beat up 3 in MP for possessing beef

The three victims were also arrested on charges of possessing beef, police said.

26 May 2019 6:01 AM

Journeys: A Poet’s Diary, edited by Krishna Ramanujan and Guillermo Rodriguez Penguin: Hamish Hamilton, Rs 599.

A memoir that mind maps a creative genius

But poets generally tend to have their own unique and unpredictable style, one that is both charming and disarming.

26 May 2019 5:59 AM

West Bengal Chief minister Mamata Banerjee (Photo: Asian Age)

Stunned by BJP, Mamata proposes to give up CM post

Mamata congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a sarcastic tone and dared the BJP to topple her government.

26 May 2019 5:57 AM

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