Farooq Abdullah has been placed under house arrest at his Gupkar residence in Srinagar and his son Omar Abdullah has been detained at Hari Niwas, which has been converted into sub-jail. read more

Not sure if that late-night party you are attending is an illegal gathering or a rave? Here’s how to find out. read more

Apple has been hiring engineers for the project to build its own 5G chips that would work as key modems to connect iPhones to mobile networks. read more

The greatest challenge for information literacy in India is not the lack of verification methods — the Internet makes those especially easy to access — but the fact that it requires us to work against certain lifelong instincts. read more

Sociologists, psychologists, and teachers have warned of an emerging crisis stemming from a ‘fear of missing out,’ keeping up to date on social media, and breaking news coming to us round the clock. read more

A five-judge Supreme Court bench is hearing an appeal by the top court’s registry against a 2010 Delhi high court judgment that held that the Chief Justice of India’s (CJI) office is a “public authority”. read more

In a statement, the Pakistan foreign ministry said that Pakistan had sought “further evidence and information to take forward the process of cooperation on the Pulwama attack”. read more

Several groups have been demanding caste-based census to press for their demands of proportionate representation in government services. read more

The accused, working in Jalandhar Cantonment since 2013, was befriended by operatives from across the border on social media, says police intelligence wing read more

The directions came after an RTI reply from the State Information Commission (SIC) revealed that a number of HSVP officials had been fined for not sharing information and a large number of RTI applications were pending particularly in estate office 2... read more

The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said in a statement on its website the action was part of a clean-up of unacceptable and harmful information that started this month, adding that it had also shut down 733 websites. read more

There will be some exemptions to the expansion of the Canadian biometric programme, including for those below 14 years of age or above 79. read more

A team of the National Investigation Agency visited the blast site Sunday night along with their investigators and explosive experts.They also held  discussions with the top brass of the Punjab Police. read more

Families of those killed when a Buk missile blew Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 out of the sky above Ukraine in 2014 are calling on US President Donald Trump to press his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to provide answers about the downing. read more

In India, getting basic information in the pre-Google setup meant spending days at the library, calling in favours to meet experts, use of dictionaries, directories and globes, reading books and enclyopedias and watching quizzes read more