Day: June 18, 2019

India tightens regulatory grip on Facebook, WhatsApp with new rules

With ‘Libra,’ Facebook takes on the world of cryptocurrency

10:32 pm June 18, 2019

San Francisco: Facebook is leaping into the world of cryptocurrency with its own digital money, designed to let people save, send or spend money as easily as firing off text messages. “Libra” — described as “a new global currency” — was unveiled Tuesday in a new initiative in payments for the world’s biggest social network […]

TTD floats trust to build Lord Balaji temples across the

10:29 pm June 18, 2019

Tirupati(AP): A trust formed by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) to build temples of Lord Venkateswara across the country, held a special review meeting here Tuesday and appealed to devotees to contribute generously to it. The TTD, which governs the famous Lord Venkateswara temple at Tirumala near here, has plans to build shrines in cities […]

Police: 13-year-old girl dragged by stolen vehicle dies

Cops on night duty caught napping, suspended

9:09 pm June 18, 2019

Indore: Three policemen were suspended here Tuesday, two of them for sleeping while on night duty. Surprise inspections were carried out at various police stations last night to check police personnel’s level of alertness, said superintendent of police Mohammed Yousuf Qureshi. An Assistant Sub Inspector at Vijay Nagar police station was found to be asleep. […]

Partly cloudy skies keep mercury in check in Delhi

Light rains, cloud cover pave way for pleasant weather

9:04 pm June 18, 2019

New Delhi: A cloudy sky, gusty winds and light rainfall made the weather on Tuesday pleasant in the national capital, which recorded a maximum temperature of 35 degrees Celsius, four notches below the normal. The city recorded a low of 20.6 degrees Celsius, seven notches below the normal, and humidity levels were between 43 and […]

Serial killer convicted in 20th murder case

Rice mill owner, wife murdered in UP’s Maharajganj

9:02 pm June 18, 2019

Gorakhpur (UP): A rice mill owner and his wife were found dead with their throats slit at their residence in Maharajganj’s Barwa Faheem locality Tuesday, police said. Police found Jyoti Rice Mill owner Vishwanath Sharma and her wife Lalti lying in a pool of blood. When Vishwanath didn’t reach his mill, his accountant Ram Milan […]