Twitter is making every effort to comply with new digital guidelines as it understands the “importance of these regulations”, said the micro-blogging site to the Government of India on Wednesday, while also promising to update within a week. In a statement, the social media giant said, “Twitter has been and remains deeply committed to India, and serving vital public conversation…
With the talks between the Centre and the agitating farmer unions stalled since January, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday expressed readiness to resume the dialogue to resolve their objections to the three new agri laws, but the unions remained adamant on their demands for a repeal of the legislations and a legal guarantee on the MSP. Amid the…
(Representational Photo: Shutterstock) Panchang: The Lord of Trayodashi Tithi is Kamadeva and those born on this tithi should worship Lord Kamadeva June 8 will mark the thirteenth day or the trayodashi in the Krishna Paksha (waning phase) of the Jyestha month in the Hindu calendar. The day will be Tuesday or Mangalvaar, dedicated to the Mars planet or Mangal grah.…
Most foreign news sites were showing error. Websites of foreign wires such as Bloomberg, Reuters, Associated Press are, however, running fine. Websites of major foreign news outlets such as The New York Times, The Guardian, CNN International, Vox and BBC went down after their cloud services provider, Fastly, suffered a crash. Websites of Amazon, UK government and Reddit also…
A powerful blast tore down the building of a madrassa here on Tuesday, killing the Imam of the adjacent mosque who was apparently the sole occupant of the premises locked from outside, a senior police officer said. Residents of the Nautola locality in Town police station area were rattled by the loud explosion that took place around 8 am, said…
At least 12 workers, many of them women, died and several others were missing after a major fire broke out at a chemical company located in an industrial area in Pune district on Monday, fire department officials said. The fire broke out at SVS Aqua Technologies, which manufactures chlorine dioxide and is located in the Pirangut MIDC area of Mulshi…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed grief over deaths of at least 26 persons due to lightning strikes in several districts of Bengal, and approved an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each from the PMNRF for the next of kin of those killed and Rs 50,000 to those injured. “My thoughts are with all those who lost their near…
As per Panchang, Monday, June 7, is Jyeshtha and will have Dwadashi tithi till 8:48 am after which Triyodashi will start. For followers of Hindu tradition of timekeeping and calendar, also known as Panchang or Vedic Calendar, knowing the auspicious timings for important work is a way of ensuring that whatever they proceed to do bears its fruits. Based on…
The Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda has started investigations into the alleged abduction of absconding diamantaire Mehul Choksi to neighbouring Dominica on a complaint filed by his lawyers, Prime Minister Gaston Browne told a local media outlet. Browne said that Choksi’s lawyers gave the names of people involved in the alleged abduction to the police commissioner in a…
