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New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) Samsung maintained the leading position in the global smartphone market with a 21 per cent market share, while Apple held second place with a 17 per cent share in the second quarter (Q2) this year, according to a new report.The global smartphone market declined by 11 per cent (year-on-year) in Q2 as gloomy demand started to impact market leaders like Samsung and Apple which had to reduce their sell-in the same quarter, according to Canalys.Outside of the top two, the decline in smartphone shipments reveals signs of improvement as most vendors’ inventory returns to healthier…

This expo is the world’s first event solely dedicated to the management of temples across the globe.Bhagwat’s tour is seen as a move by the RSS to mobilise temple managements and seek support for the BJP ahead of the next year’s Lok Sabha elections.Though the RSS has not put out any official statement on Bhagwat’s visit, a senior functionary said that it was “routine” for the RSS chief to keep up interaction with saints and seers – more so when the “threat to Hindu religion is getting pronounced”.On Wednesday, the RSS chief visited Siddhapeeth Hathiaram, ashram in Ghazipur and met…

The Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) has decided to construct 72 flats on the land seized from Ansari, his sons and other family members in the city’s Dalibagh area. The construction will be done under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. Senior LDA officials have written a letter to Lucknow District Magistrate Surya Pal Gangwar to provide the land . “We are planning to construct 72 flats under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana in Dalibagh. A letter has been sent to district magistrate to make the land available for the project,” said an LDA official. The LDA had identified 2.321.54 sq.metres of land…

Shocking visuals of the incident that occurred in Ongole town of Prakasam district about a month ago surfaced on Wednesday.The incident was the fallout of a rivalry between the accused and the victim. Both the accused and the victim were having a criminal background.Coming close on the heels of an incident in Madhya Pradesh where a man urinated on a tribal labourer, the Ongole incident triggered an outrage with tribal groups demanding an action.A group of nine youths attacked one Naveen and assaulted him. In the video clip circulated on social media, a profusely bleeding victim is seen pleading the…

A video of the actor sitting in the metro has been obtained. Vidyut is seen undistinguished as he covered half his face, sporting a navy blue baseball cap. He is seen sitting in the general compartment dressed in gray shorts, paired with gray sweatshirt and blue sneakers.Vidyut, a people’s person, managed to perfectly go undercover as the person next to him doesn’t seem to recognise the actor, who has worked in films such as ‘Commando’, ‘Khuda Haafiz’, ‘Sanak’ and ‘Junglee’. The actor was travelling from his shoot in Borivali. The ‘IB71’ star is currently busy shooting for his upcoming film…

An analysis by market intelligence firm PrivateCircle claimed that the key investors overall invested in only 27 of the 65 pledges shown on the TV show, reports TechCrunch.”The ‘sharks’ committed $4.87 million to the startups, but had only invested about $2 million as of last week,” according to the report, citing PrivateCircle analysis.Sony Network India, the broadcaster of Shark Tank in the country, was yetto comment on the report.However, investors including former BharatPe Co-founder Ashneer Grover whowas the Shark Tank India judge/investor in season 1, came out on socialmedia to defend themselves.”I, Ashneer Grover, invested Rs 2.95 crore in 11…

During a conversation with IANS at the trailer launch of ‘Bawaal’ in Dubai, when asked about the prerequisites of working in an intense theme, he said: “There’s no comparison, when I did ‘October’, people would ask me how I did it but again it was surrendering to Shoojit dada’s vision at that time and in ‘Bawaal’ the paper had everything.””There in ‘October’ I did not get the script because dada did not want me to know about the ending.”Varun shared in ‘Bawaal’ he was guided by Nitesh Tiwari while prepping for ‘Bawaal’, which has been shot in Paris, Berlin, Poland,…

The incident occurred on Tuesday and the deceased was identified as Sanjay Mishra, (35), a resident of Shahbad Dairy.According to police, around 9 a.m., a police control room call was received that the body was lying in a jungle near Sanskriti Apartment which had stab injuries.”On reaching the spot, the caller was identified as Suman, who is a Civil Defence Volunteer and he with his friend Sudhir showed the body lying in the vacant space near Mahadev chowk ,” said a senior police official.A case under section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) was registered at Shahbad Dairy…

Khan was arrested late Tuesday night from Chakia block and is currently being interrogated at the Chakia police station.Confirming the arrest, East Champaran SP Kantesh Kumar Mishra said Khan is connected to the Phulwari Sharif terror module and had been absconding since it was busted on July 11, 2022.The module was busted just a day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi was scheduled to arrive in Patna for the centenary celebration of the Bihar Vidhan Sabha.Sources said the module was targeting the event.Following the release of a viral viral where Khan was seen giving combat training to som youths at the…

The committee has already met national presidents of various political parties and have now sought an appointment with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.Maulana Mohammad Suleman of Kanpur, who is a member of the board’s executive committee and a part of the seven-member team, said, “We are in touch with the chief minister’s office for a response on the delegation’s request for the meeting.”Maulana Suleman claimed that over 100 Muslim organisations and other outfits opposing UCC will gather at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on July 26 and 27 to publicly denounce Centre’s move to bring in UCC.Maulana Suleman further said that…