Former CM of Jammu & Kashmir Omar Abdullah has asked why “Karni Sena goons” aren’t being tied to jeeps and paraded in front of school buses and cinema halls as human shields. Abdullah’s remarks came a day after a school bus carrying children in Gurugram was attacked by hooligans who are against the release of …

BSF Jawan Dara Singh, who first put his foot on the historic road in the national capital on January 26, 1996, is addressed as “Chacha” and “Sir” by the greenhorn troopers of various marching contingents from the paramilitary and defence forces. For the 47-year-old, who marched for a record 18th time today, this is just as small tribute to his …

The terror attacks on Pathankot Air Base brought the Indian Air Force’s elite Garud Commandos into focus. A team of highly skilled commando operatives, they have been quietly fighting in the counter-insurgency operations in the Kashmir valley. This year, two martyrs of the elite fighting unit were awarded gallantry awards on Republic Day. Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala was awarded the …

Days after three cops were charged with culpable homicide for refusing to carry two injured teens to hospital in the police vehicle in Saharanpur, another video has gone viral in the city in which cops are seen angrily throwing a 70-year-old farmer Sardara Singh to the ground apart from abusing his son who is with Border Security Force (BSF). The …

As tensions rise between India and Pakistan over ceasefire violations, the Border Security Force (BSF) on Friday refused to exchange sweets and greetings with their Pakistani counterparts – the Pakistan Rangers, on the occasion of the 69th Republic Day. The move by the BSF came following the heightened tension between both countries along the International Border (IB) and Line of …

Apple wants to get you reading on your iPhone again — but with its own app.  The company is working on a redesigned version of its iBooks app — potentially called just Books — that’s supposed to be simpler to use and feature an updated digital bookstore, according to Bloomberg, which cited unnamed sources. Apple has hired an Amazon executive …

Have you ever visited an online store only to have ads for that very store follow you around? Google will help you shut those ads down now.  The online search giant said on Thursday in a blog post that it will let users “mute” reminder ads that show up in apps and sites that partner to show its ads. It’s …

The reality of a 5G phone is closer than you think. Mobile chip giant Qualcomm on Thursday announced a partnership with several of the largest Chinese phone manufacturers, including Lenovo (Motorola’s parent), Xiaomi, ZTE, Oppo (OnePlus’ owner) and Vivo, to build 5G phones as early as 2019.  Under the “5G Pioneer” initiative, Qualcomm will help create a platform for the …

Every year when I attend the annual CES technology trade show, held each January in Las Vegas, I expect to see plenty of the “unexpected.” TVs that curl like snakes, potentially life-saving health tech, talking toilets, maybe a cool dog-robot. But what I didn’t anticipate was leaving Las Vegas most impressed by a slick, high-tech space-vape that looked like something …

Even if you’ve never dropped a phone in your life, putting a case on it is almost non-negotiable. Especially if it has glass on either side, like the iPhone X, the Galaxy Note 8 or just about every other major flagship phone from LG to Samsung. Need convincing? Just take a look at some of our drop tests. The iPhone X cracked on the first drop, …

The Galaxy S9 is coming on Feb. 25 and we’ve heard plenty of rumors about what to expect next month. So now comes another question: what will our color choices be? Samsung typically sticks to safe, neutral tones like arctic silver, orchid gray and midnight black.  Poetic Cases, which makes cases for Samsung phones, has made its cases for the Galaxy …

Apple’s Siri-connected speaker, the HomePod, is arriving Feb. 9, and details on how it works have emerged this week. Whether or not you find the idea of Apple’s take on the smart speaker appealing, its control scheme shows a lot of promise… for AirPods. Here are the basic controls. It’s not a big shock: There’s a short language of taps and …

Clues about the next iPad may be hiding in Apple’s latest mobile software.  Filipe Esposito, editor in chief of iHelpBR, tweeted that he found a reference to an “iPad_Modern” in the code for the developer preview of iOS 11.3. Apple used “Modern iPhone” as a placeholder to describe the iPhone X before its release, suggesting that this iPad could get …

On Thursday’s podcast, we talk about: What to expect with the Samsung Galaxy S9 on Feb. 25. If Facebook’s issues are enough to drive people off the social network. The 3:59 gives you bite-size news and analysis about the top stories of the day, brought to you by the CNET News team in New York and producer Bryan VanGelder. Now …

Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives     Tiffany Haddish. Helping Groupon defend your neighborhood. Ray Tamarra Look around you. Things aren’t the same, are they? The online world has changed the atmosphere in the neighborhood. People are ordering in. They’re Netflixing. They’re chilling. And they’re unwilling to mix. They’re even shopping …