A family in Portland, Oregon, received a nightmarish phone call two weeks ago. “Unplug your Alexa devices right now,” a voice on the other line said. “You’re being hacked.” Apparently, one of Amazon.com’s Alexa-powered Echo devices in their house had silently sent recordings to the caller without the family’s permission, according to KIRO 7, a news station […]
New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi has an oil problem. And it’s set to worsen with Saudi Arabia rooting for the commodity to push through the $80 (Rs. 5,468) barrier. PM Modi’s government made the most of cheap oil by substituting any fall in prices with taxes that kept retail fuel rates unchanged for consumers and […]
Karnataka A JD(S)-Congress coalition government headed by HD Kumaraswamy was sworn-in on Wednesday in Karnataka at a ceremony attended by a galaxy of opposition leaders and chief ministers. Kumaraswamy, the third son of JD(S) supremo and former PM HD Deve Gowda, was administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Vajubhai Vala at 4:30 […]
New Delhi With an aim to check nuisance in posh areas of New Delhi such as Hauz Khas village, Defense Colony, Khan Market etc, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government has issued a diktat asking bars, pubs and restro-bars not to play recorded songs, music. In stringent warning, the Delhi government said establishments, which would […]
Bengaluru With the BJP having failed to induce the support of the requisite number of legislators from the Congress or Janata Dal (Secular), Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa chose not to subject himself to a floor test in the Karnataka assembly and instead announced his resignation. Though Yeddyurappa moved the motion seeking the confidence of […]
Pune Pune now has a weird distinction. It has 36.2 lakh vehicles, but only 35 lakh humans. Officials say this may just be the first time this has happened in an urban area of India. The Regional Transport Office (RTO) MH-12 has said it has exceeded its revenue target by a significant level two years […]
Windsor (England) US actress Meghan Markle confirmed today her father would not be attending her wedding to Britain’s Prince Harry, the grandson of Queen Elizabeth, putting an end to days of speculation. Markle’s father, Thomas, had been due to walk his daughter down the aisle at the glittering ceremony at St George’s Chapel at Windsor […]
Bengaluru BS Yeddyurappa has taken oath as the 23rd Chief Minister of Karnataka, after the Supreme Court said it will not intervene in the decision of the governor to invite the BJP to form government. In a midnight meeting on Wednesday night, the apex court decided that Yeddyurappa’s swearing-in ceremony will go ahead as planned, […]
New Delhi The BJP-led NDA’s courtroom victory in the Bihar President’s rule case in 2006 may come back to haunt it in Karnataka as a constitution bench of the Supreme Court had ruled that the governor has no option but to invite any party or alliance, either prepoll or post-poll, to form the government once […]