New Delhi: A new study by IIT Delhi has uncovered how Android apps with precise location permissions can extract far more information than users might imagine.By analysing subtle variations in GPS signals, such as changes in strength, noise and frequency shifts, the research shows it is possible to infer a user’s surroundings, activities, and even…
Pune: Allocation of funds for newly proposed roads under the Pune Metropolitan Region Development Authority (PMRDA) is likely to be delayed as the model code of conduct for the upcoming local body polls is expected to come into force next week, officials said on Saturday.Deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Friday said that approvals for…
Mumbai: To check the spread of the infectious bacterial disease leprosy, state govt on Saturday declared it a notifiable disease. Doctors and hospitals treating leprosy patients will now have to notify any fresh cases to the local health department within two weeks.State directive follows a central one issued roughly six months ago. India eliminated leprosy…
New Delhi: Four people were arrested for allegedly attempting to rob the maternal uncle of one of them with toy pistols in central Delhi’s Turkman Gate area in the early hours of Saturday.The incident came to light when officers who were patrolling found a crowd gathered on the main road around 11.45 pm on Friday….
Pune: Two people were arrested and their two minor accomplices were detained within seven hours after a 30-year-old autorickshaw driver, Ganesh Kale from Yewalewadi, was shot dead outside a petrol pump near Khadi Machine Chowk around 3.30pm on Saturday.Police said the assailants arrived on two motorcycles and chased Ganesh — brother of Samir Kale, one…
Mumbai: While negotiating with the captor in Thursday’s ‘hostage crisis’ at a Powai studio, a senior Mumbai police officer offered to be bound and confined in exchange for the 17 captive minors to be released unharmed. However, the captor, Rohit Aarrya, refused the offer.Aarrya also wanted to speak to former school education minister Deepak Kesarkar….
New Delhi: PWD has started setting up compost pits across Delhi for the seasonal surge in green waste after post-monsoon pruning because trimmed branches and leaves have to be managed sustainably, officials said.The initiative comes as the department sets off on a large-scale cleanup following numerous complaints from residents about overgrown and unkempt trees.“Late Oct…
Mumbai: Citizens can soon expect made-in-Mumbai passenger transport boats and cruises to take you across the oceans. Maharashtra will soon have ship design, ship building, shipyard and manpower training facilities in order to promote waterways around Mumbai region and Konkan coast besides on international routes. Among Rs 55719 crore worth of MoUs signed at the…
In the turquoise middle of the Indian Ocean, on a remote cluster of atolls once called the Cocos-Keeling Islands, a self-styled king printed his own money. His realm was tiny, his court eccentric, but his choice of currency was telling. Of all denominations circulating across the seas in the late 19th century, he chose —…
Mumbai: With the chemical analysis report missing and key witnesses dead, in a nearly four-decade-old narcotics case, a special NDPS court on Friday acquitted a 61-year-old Worli-based man in connection with the seizure of 137 kilograms of hashish valued at Rs 5.48 lakh back in 1986. The court was informed that the records of the…
