Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday said that the Sanchar Saathi app is another version of Pegasus spyware and accused the BJP-led government of trying to spy on the people who voted it to power.
Dakshina Kannada District In-charge Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao, who inaugurated a state-of-the-art AstroTurf football stadium near Nehru Maidan in the city on Wednesday, said that greater facilities would be provided to sportspersons at the stadium in the days to come.
Two researchers from an astrophysics institute in Pune have discovered one of the most distant spiral galaxies ever observed - a massive, well-formed system that existed when the universe was just 1.5 billion years old.
The rupee plummeted to a new low of 90.25 against the greenback in the intra-day session on Wednesday, falling 29 paise from its previous close, amid FII outflows and sustained buying of dollars by banks.
Communications Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Wednesday said snooping is neither possible nor will it happen with the Sanchar Saathi safety app, amid a row over his ministry's order asking smartphone makers to preload the state-run cybersecurity app on all new devices.
Custom sleuths at the Kempegowda international airport have arrested a passenger who arrived here from Malaysia for smuggling hydroponic ganja worth Rs 1.71 crores, officials said on Wednesday.
Two Delhi university colleges received bomb threat emails on Wednesday, prompting multiple agencies to rush for security checks, an official said.
The government's cyber security and safety app Sanchar Saathi recorded a 10-fold jump in downloads on Tuesday, rising from a daily average of around 60,000 to nearly 6 lakh, DoT sources said on Wednesday.
BJP and AAP won two wards each, while Congress and All India Forward Bloc emerged victorious in one ward each, even as counting for the remaining wards was underway.
Malaysia's transport ministry said Wednesday that the deep-sea hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 will resume Dec 30, renewing hopes of finally locating the jet that vanished without a trace more than a decade ago.
