PANAJI/BELAGAVI: Former Goa MLA Lavoo Mamledar (68) died in Karnataka’s Belagavi on Saturday after being assaulted by an autorickshaw driver in an instance of road rage. The accused, Amirsuhil Shakilsab Sanadi (26), was arrested and sent to jail.Mamledar’s car brushed against an autorickshaw in Khade Bazaar area, leading to a heated argument between him and…
AMRITSAR/JALANDHAR: Leader of opposition in the Punjab assembly Partap Singh Bajwa criticised Punjab CM Bhagwant Singh Mann and the state’s AAP-led govt even as a US aircraft carrying Indian deportees was to land in Amritsar on Saturday, accusing Mann of failing to curb the human trafficking of Punjabis in the last three yearsThe Congress politician…
MEERUT: A court in UP’s Bulandshahr has pulled up police for failing to file a chargesheet in a 26-year-old murder case despite arresting the accused, recovering the alleged murder weapon and even filing a separate chargesheet against him in an arms Act case.The lapse, which allowed the accused to remain a free man for over…
NEW DELHI: With the threat from hostile drones and unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in both conventional and irregular warfare continuing to expand exponentially, armed forces are stepping up induction of a wide array of anti-drone systems but underline the urgent need for more advanced ones. Army this week floated the tender for procurement of nine…
AMRITSAR: An American aircraft carrying 116 illegal Indian immigrants deported from the US was delayed and arrived at Amritsar’s international airport a little past 11.30pm Saturday, the second such flight after a US military C-17 plane had brought back 104 deportees to the same airport on February 5.At a press conference earlier Saturday, Punjab chief…
NEW DELHI: “We didn’t stop teaching arithmetic just because we got calculators. We need to teach students what the machines can’t do and how to use machines (more efficiently).” That’s how the world’s leading universities are coping with AI, according to Michael Spence, University College London (UCL) president & provost. Speaking at the ET Now…
NEW DELHI: Having heralded one of the fastest rollouts of 5G telephony in the world, India will now take the lead in the development of next-gen 6G technology, with a target of contributing 10% to worldwide patents, said communications minister Jyotiraditya Scindia here on Saturday.Speaking at the ET Now Global Business Summit, Scindia said the…
Vineet Jain, MD, The Times Group, with PM Modi at the summit NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi on Saturday said the Centre would soon set up a deregulation commission to ease the compliance burden on society and minimise govt interference.“We have ended hundreds of compliances, and now with Jan Vishwas 2.0, we are further reducing…
Indian Navy women brave harsh conditions to conquer Cape Horn in South America PANAJI: Few places on this planet test a sailor’s mettle like Cape Horn, the southern tip of South America. It is where the might of the southern ocean meets the unyielding cliffs of Tierra del Fuego, waters feared and revered by mariners….
Amir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani (File photo) NEW DELHI: Qatar’s Amir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani will pay a state visit to India on February 17-18, govt announced Saturday. Al-Thani had last visited India in 2015.The Amir will be accompanied by a high-level delegation, including ministers and business leaders. PM Modi had travelled to…
