Blog

Pakistani Man Breaks Into Dubai Villa

Pakistani Man Breaks Into Dubai Villa

Dubai:  An Indian businessman and his wife were brutally murdered by a Pakistani man inside their villa in Dubai during a break-in and robbery bid, according to a media report. Hiren Adhiya and Vidhi Adhiya, both in their 40s, were killed inside their villa at the Arabian Ranches. Dubai Police arrested the Pakistani man in less than 24 hours, Gulf News reported on Tuesday. Brigadier Jamal Al Jallaf, Director of Criminal Investigation Department at Dubai Police, said the daughter of the couple called the Dubai Police command room to report the incident. "Patrols and forensic experts went to the two-floors…
Read More
Bengal Extends Lockdown Till July 31

Bengal Extends Lockdown Till July 31

Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has extended the current lockdown with relaxations in the state from June 30 to July 31.  Announcing this at the end of a 3-hour all party meeting today, Ms Banerjee said, "The COVID-19 problem is spreading. Let is try and extend the lockdown with restrictions till July 31." Bengal recorded 370 new cases of coronavirus yesterday, which took the total to 14,728. Of these, the  number of active cases is 4,930. Besides, 11 deaths were recorded which brought the total to 580. Another key decision on the coronavirus crisis taken during today's meeting is to…
Read More
Complaint filed in Bihar court seeks FIR against Baba Ramdev over COVID-19 medicine claim.

Complaint filed in Bihar court seeks FIR against Baba Ramdev over COVID-19 medicine claim.

After the government asked Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurved to stop advertising about Ayurvedic medicines that allegedly cure Covid-19, until the Ayush Ministry examines the medicines, a complaint has been filed against the Company owners before a court in Muzaffarpur, Bihar.The complaint has been filed by social activist Tamanna Hashmi under Sections 420 (Cheating), 120B (Criminal Conspiracy), 270 (Malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life) and 504 (Intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace) of IPC. Hashmi has named Patanjali Research Institute convenor Ramdev and his aide Balkrishna, the chairman of the organisation, as accused.…
Read More
No cardiologist at Silchar Medical College despite efforts, people suffer

No cardiologist at Silchar Medical College despite efforts, people suffer

Many organizations in Silchar have taken expectations to the cardiology department of the Silchar Medical College and Hospitals (SMCH) not having a doctor till today. What has offended them more is the fact that despite the authorities at SMCH having selected a doctorfor the said department and sending a file in relation to his appointment to Dispur back in the month of March itself the appointment is yet to take place due to alleged red tape.Due to absence of a cardiologist, many patients, over a long time , have had to suffer. Some of them even had to face death…
Read More
Facebook to buy 9.99% stake in Jio Platform for ₹43,574 crore.

Facebook to buy 9.99% stake in Jio Platform for ₹43,574 crore.

The antitrust watchdog is reviewing Facebook’s purchase of a 10 per cent stake in Reliance Industries’ (RIL) digital assets, a deal that would give the US giant another foothold in one of the world’s fastest growing internet markets. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) looks to prevent misuse of data in all the deals it assesses, Chairman Ashok Kumar Gupta said in an email interview, declining to comment further on the Facebook-Jio transaction pending examination. The regulator is also considering whether new parameters should be included in its assessment criteria. “Currently, some mergers and acquisitions escape the threshold for scrutiny…
Read More
BS6 Honda Grazia 125 launched.

BS6 Honda Grazia 125 launched.

Honda Motorcycles and Scooters India on Wednesday launched the BS6 compliant version two-wheeler Grazia 124. The all-new Grazia 125 dispatches will commence starting this week. Grazia 125 BS6 will be available at a starting price of Rs. 73,336 (for Standard version, ex-showroom).There will be two variants - Standard & Deluxe in four bold colours – Mat Cyber Yellow, Pearl Spartan Red, Pearl Siren Blue and Mat Axis Grey.At the heart of Grazia 125 ticks BS6 compliant Honda's trusted 125cc PGM-FI HET (Honda Eco Technology) engine, boosted by Enhanced Smart Power (eSP). It also comes equipped with a unique multi-function switch…
Read More
In Guwahati petrol price stands at Rs. 83.98 and diesel at Rs. 78.56.

In Guwahati petrol price stands at Rs. 83.98 and diesel at Rs. 78.56.

GUWAHATI: With fuel prices constantly on the rise for the 18th successive day, a litre of diesel on June 24 is now more expensive than a litre of petrol after the price of the former was hiked by 48 paise.Petrol price however remained unchanged for the first time since June 7 even as diesel prices maintained its upward trend touching new highs. It may be mentioned that the daily price revision of the two fuels had been temporarily halted for 83 days till it was resumed on June 7.Notably, today's diesel rates are very sensitive to global crude prices. This…
Read More
“100% Success Rate”: Tamil Nadu Bats For Native Siddha Treatment For Coronavirus

“100% Success Rate”: Tamil Nadu Bats For Native Siddha Treatment For Coronavirus

In Tamil Nadu, after reporting successful recovery of 25 patients at a centre in Chennai, the state government is expanding the use of Siddha treatment at another centre. As Tamil Nadu's coronavirus tally crossed the 64,000-mark, the state government has claimed the native Siddha treatment for patients with no or mild symptoms has given 100 per cent recovery rate.  On Tuesday, Yoga teacher Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurved claimed that it has launched medicines that can cure the highly infectious illness within seven days. The company has been ordered by the government to stop advertising or publicising such claims until they have been examined.…
Read More
How Apple plans to take on WhatsApp with iOS 14.

How Apple plans to take on WhatsApp with iOS 14.

Back in 2018, during a regular quarterly earnings call with investors, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a rather startling admission. "Our biggest competitor by far is iMessage ," Zuckerberg told investors about Apple's default messaging app as a huge threat. Till yesterday, one might have felt that Apple — while making subtle changes — hadn't really upped the ante on Facebook and its family of apps like Messenger and WhatsApp . However, at WWDC 2020 , Apple with iOS 14 announced how Messages is set to change significantly with new features that are designed to take on other instant messaging…
Read More