Jakarta: Indonesian villagers armed with knives, hammers and clubs slaughtered 292 crocodiles in revenge for the death of a man killed by a crocodile at a breeding farm, an official said. Photographs released by Antara news agency showed bloodied carcasses of the crocodiles in a large pile in the Sorong district of the eastern Indonesian […]
New Delhi In significant recommendations concerning privacy, Trai said today firms collecting user data don’t have a right over it and emphasised that consumers’ consent should be mandatory and they should also be given the ‘Right to be Forgotten’. Terming the existing data protection framework as inadequate, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) in […]
New Delhi More than 70,000 employees of associate banks of the State Bank of India are angry. Banking staff worked overtime post-demonetisation to meet the demands of long queues of people waiting to exchange old notes with the new ones and maintain working with bare minimum cash supply. The bank staff had been promised “overtime […]
Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu’s 2018 title drought continued as she lost to Japan’s Nozomi Okuhara in straight games in the Thailand Open final on Sunday. Second seed Sindhu lost the tie against the fourth-seeded Japanese 21-15 21-18 in 50 minutes. It was the Indians third loss in a final this year after India Open […]
Moscow If football is nothing but 22 men chasing the rawhide sphere, then art is the result of eccentric, observant men and women with a paintbrush and easel and much time to spare, while dance is all about limbs thrown around in random angles that serve no conceivable function. There is much that meets the […]
More than 20 people were injured on Monday after a section of a tent caved in during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech at a public rally in West Bengal’s Midnapore. The Prime Minister and the leaders of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on the dais were, however, safe. He rushed to see the injured at […]
Mumbai Hungry but unwilling to shell out big bucks for popcorn? Don’t. In a move that would surely be welcomed by movie-goers across Maharashtra, the state government announced on Friday that outside food – including home-cooked items – would now be permitted inside multiplexes here. Maharashtra Food Supplies Minister Ravindra Chavan announced the decision during […]
Aurangabad Sixty highly poisonous Russell’s viper snakes were found in the kitchen of a Zilla Parishad school in Hingoli district of Maharashtra, a school official said on Saturday. The spotting of so many snakes at one place created panic among students and staffers of the Zilla Parishad-run school located in Pangra Bokhare village of Hingoli […]
The Indian bank that saw its earnings wiped out by an unprecedented fraud aims to report the nation’s biggest bank profit by selling some assets, according to people familiar with the matter. Punjab National Bank is targeting net income of more than 50 billion rupees ($730 million) for the three months through Sept. 30, boosted […]
Many H-1B holders could face deportation if their application for extension or change of status is rejected and their tenure of stay granted by the US government has expired, according to the new US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) policy. Announced on June 28, the policy memorandum empowers USCIS to issue a “Notice to Appear” […]