Wednesday, July 29, 2026

INDIA

YouTube testing new lock screen feature

Google-owned YouTube has announced that it is testing a new lock screen feature, which will allow users to disable touch input while...

Meta’s Twitter rival ‘Threads’ crosses 95 mn posts, 50 mn profiles

Meta's Twitter rival, Threads, has reached over 95 million posts and more than 50 million accounts. Users have already posted more than...

Madras HC terms OPS son’s Lok Sabha polls win ‘invalid’

The Madras High Court has declared the victory of O.P. Ravindranath in the Lok Sabha elections of 2019 from Theni parliamentary seat ...

UP prepares to repeal 138 ‘unwanted’ laws of British era

The Uttar Pradesh government is preparing to repeal 138 laws of the British Era, which it says are no longer relevant. The legislative department...

CLOSE-IN: The cricketing spirit evaporated many moons ago (IANS column)

The words of Sherlock Holmes, the famous detective come to mind - “Elementary My Dear Watson” - when one reviews the Jonny Bairstow...

K’taka shocker: Minor boys gang-rape 9-yr-old girl, 4 detained

In a shocking case, a group of minor boys gang-raped a nine-year-old girl in Kalaburgi district of Karnataka, police said on Friday, adding...

Reservations followed Indians to US, now they may get reprieve (IANS Column: Out of...

Some Indian immigrants to the US used to say that a reason for coming here was the reservations policy in university admissions and...

Over 84,000 perform Amarnath Yatra in six days

Over 84,000 pilgrims have performed the Amarnath Yatra during the last six days as another batch of 7,010 Yatris left Jammu for the...

Two UP jail warders suspended for assaulting Bhim Army chief’s attackers

Two warders of Saharanpur district jail in Uttar Pradesh have been suspended for alleged manhandling and misbehaving with the four jail inmates arrested...

Mastodon back after brief server outage

Decentralised social media platform Mastodon on Friday announced that its server is now back online after an outage caused due to domain suspension. According...