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New Delhi, Aug 18: The Congress on Tuesday wrote to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, accusing Facebook India of "interfering" with the country's electoral democracy, and demanded a time-bound high level inquiry into the conduct of Facebook India leadership team, and their operations. In a letter to Zuckerberg, Congress general secretary KC Venugopal also demanded that pending the internal

Dubai, Aug 18: Residents and visitors with expired UAE visas have hailed the latest government decision that gave them three more months to legalise their status or leave the country. Authorities have confirmed that the short-term amnesty for visa violators, whose papers have expired before March 1, will be extended. Major General Saeed Rakan Al Rashidi, director-general of the Federal Authority

New Delhi, Aug 18: Fantasy sports platform Dream11 has bagged the title sponsorship rights for the upcoming edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), the tournament's chairman Brijesh Patel confirmed on Tuesday. "Dream 11 has won the title sponsorship for INR 222 crore," IPL chairman Patel said. On August 10, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) had sent out invitations to third

New Delhi, Aug 18: Home Minister Amit Shah was admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi in the wee hours of Tuesday. According to a medical bulletin issued by AIIMS, Shah has been complaining of “fatigue and body ache for last 3 to 4 days”. The bulletin also said he tested negative for Covid-19 after admission. “He has been admitted to AIIMS for post-Covid care

Kasaragod, Aug 18: The bodies of two youths found hanging from a tree in a forest area near Kumble in Kasaragod district today. It is suspected to be a suicide case. The deceased have been identified as Naikapu Vin Roshan (21) and Manikantha (19) resident of Kuntamgeradka near Kumble, Badiyadka. They were reported to be missing since Tuesday evening. On reaching the spot, Kumble police shifted the

Jeddah: As part of the 74th Indian Independence Day celebrations, India Fraternity Forum has launched a plasma donation campaign in Jeddah. In a ceremony at Indian Consulate Auditorium, Acting Consul General Y. Sabir officially inaugurated the campaign. He said that plasma donation is the best gift we can give back to this country, which has shown great examples of humanitarianism by placing great

Mangaluru, Aug 18: In a gruesome incident, an elderly man was hacked to death by his own son in a remote village in Dakshina Kannada district. The murder took place following a quarrel between the father and the son near Thingalady in Kedambady village of Puttur taluk. The victim is Gangadhar Nayak and the accused is his son Shashidhar Nayak. They have a house in Puttur’s Kirshina Nagar and

Dehradun, Aug 18: A woman has filed a police complaint against an Uttarakhand BJP MLA accusing him of raping her several times between 2016 and 2018, and she has been charged for allegedly blackmailing him following a complaint by the legislator's wife, police said on Monday. "The woman who is married levelled the allegations against the BJP's Dwarahat MLA Mahesh Negi. A complaint was lodged at

Kasargod, Aug 18: A 38-year-old man was hacked to death by a gang at Naykap near Kumble in Kasaragod district last night. Harish, a local resident, was found lying in a pool of blood on the road about a hundred metres away from his home. A pedestrian who noticed him, immediately passed on information to the Kumble police. The police took the critically injured Harish to Kumble hospital and then to

Bengaluru, Aug 18: Expelled Congress leader R Roshan Baig has alleged that the party in Karnataka had patronised "extreme radical" organisations for over a decade and that MLA R Akhanda Srinivasa Murthy, targeted in recent mob fury, was a victim of SDPI's "violence". A former state minister, he also claimed the "tacit understanding" was now backfiring on the Congress. "The Karnataka Congress