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People aghast to find UIDAI Helpline Number in their Phonebooks
Thousands of smartphone users in India woke up puzzled on Friday as a toll-free helpline number of UIDAI was saved in their phonebooks by default.
"This is no joke as it is on my phone too. I didn't save this number. Check your phone…
Centre scraps plan to set up Social Media Hub, SC told
The Centre on Friday told the Supreme Court that it has abandoned its plan to set up a Social Media Communication Hub (SMCH) to track and monitor these platforms to identify "buzz creators".
Attorney General K.K.Venugopal informed a…
Two Militants killed, two Security men injured in Kashmir
Two militants were killed and two security men injured on Friday in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district.
Police said that bodies of two militants were recovered from the site in Behrampora village and that the gunfight…
Lok Sabha passes amendment bill on OBC Commission
The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed an amendment bill to give constitutional status to the OBC Commission negating the amendments approved by the Rajya Sabha and adopting alternate amendments.
The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-third…
Polls for 105 Karnataka Urban Local Bodies on August 29
Elections to 105 urban local bodies in Karnataka will be held on August 29 and vote counting taken up on September 1, State Election Commissioner (SEC) P.N. Srinivasachari said on Thursday.
"Polling will be held in 29 municipal…
Bihar: Don’t reveal identity of Rape victims, SC to Media
The Supreme Court on Thursday told the electronic and print media not to publish or telecast any image of the rape victims from Bihar's Muzaffarpur shelter home.
A bench of Justice Madan B. Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta, taking suo motu…
3-year-old girl rescued from Munger Borewell to be shifted to Patna
ONI Bureau: The three-year-old girl who had fallen into a 110 feet-deep borewell in Munger district of Bihar have been rescued successfully last night and since she has been undergoing treatment at Munger's Sadar Hospital.
After a…
Shutdown against Bihar Shelter Home Rape hit rail, road traffic
A shutdown called by the Left parties in Bihar on Thursday against the rape of 34 minor girls at a shelter home in Muzaffarpur district has hit rail and road traffic, police said.
The state-wide shutdown is backed by opposition parties…
Buzz says Narendra Modi to contest 2019 Lok Sabha Polls from Varanasi & Puri
ONI Bureau: For the last few weeks, there has been a buzz about PM Modi contesting Lok Sabha polls from Puri in Odisha with an eye on Eastern part of India. The buzz has now gained momentum amidst reports that several teams from BJP and…
RBI hikes key lending rate by 25 basis points to 6.5%
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday raised its key benchmark lending rate by 25 basis point to 6.5 per cent in its third monetary policy review of 2018-19.
"On the basis of an assessment of the current and evolving macroeconomic…