BJP most popular party among Indian diaspora in US: Survey

New York (IANS) While the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is the most popular Indian political party among the Indian diaspora in the US, a majority is critical of government policies despite showing overall strong support for the country, according…

Google updates Search algorithms to curb online harassment

New Delhi (IANS) Google has updated its Search algorithms to protect people who are dealing with extraordinary cases of repeated harassment online.

Now, once someone has requested a removal from one site with predatory practices, Google will…

Door open for Manjhi to join Mahagathbandhan: Tej Pratap

Patna (IANS) With the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) celebrating the 74th birthday of party supremo Lalu Prasad on Friday, his elder son Tej Pratap called on former Bihar Chief Minister and Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi at the latters…

Sensex, Nifty climb new highs, end at record closing levels

Mumbai (IANS) The Indian stock market continued its bull run on Friday and again settled at record closing highs.

Both the BSE Sensex and Nifty50 on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) touched their all-time intra-day highs of 52,641.53 and 15,835.55…

Mukul Roy returns to Trinamool, Mamata says 'more to follow'

Kolkata (IANS) In a big blow to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal, its all-India Vice President and MLA Mukul Roy joined the Trinamool Congress on Friday along with his son Subhrangshu Roy, almost four years after deserting the Trinamool…

Chennai EOW arrests Ravi Parthasarathy, kingpin of Rs 1 lakh cr IL&FS scam

Chennai (IANS) The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Chennai Police said on Friday that it has arrested Ravi Parthasarathy, the former Chairman of IL&FS Group, in the Rs 1 lakh crore scam, which triggered a liquidity crisis in the financial services…

Efforts on to comply with new norms, details in a week: Twitter to govt

New Delhi (IANS) Days after the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) sent its final notice to Twitter over the microblogging platforms compliance to the new IT norms, the US-headquartered company has told the government…

Illegal telephone exchange used for spying unearthed in B'luru

Bengaluru (IANS) Karnataka Police, and Military Intelligence (Southern Command), have together busted an illegal network, comprising six telephone exchanges, that were converting international calls to local calls, and also ferreting out information…

Dominica declares Mehul Choksi as 'prohibited immigrant'

New Delhi (IANS) In a massive setback for the Indian fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi, wanted in India in Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case, the Dominican government declared him as a "prohibited immigrant" in their country.

China-based hackers luring Indians into fake Tata Motors scam

New Delhi (IANS) Cyber-security researchers in India on Thursday said they have discovered a malicious free gift campaign pretending to be an offer from Tata Motors that is collecting users' data, and the campaign has been traced to China-based…