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Kolar, Mar 23: Two students and a motorbike rider were killed and another student was injured in an accident at Vadagur Gate off NH 75 on the outskirts of Kolar on Thursday evening. According to the police, Narayanaswamy, 13, Sudarshan, 14, and Vijaykumar, 14, were walking home from Janata High School in Kembodi when they were knocked down by a biker who had allegedly been hit by a car around 5 p

Howrah (WB), Mar 22: More than 400 people were taken ill after eating 'bhog prasad' of a religious ceremony at Kakrai village in Howrah district, a health official said today. About 125 affected people were admitted to two hospitals at Debipur and Jangalpara, Chief Medical Officer (Health) Bhabani Das said. About 300 others have been affected and they are being treated at their residences, she

Washington, Mar 22: Mark Zuckerberg has said Facebook is enhancing its security features to ensure the integrity of upcoming key elections in countries like India on its platform, as the social media giant faced flak over a major data breach scandal by a British firm linked to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. Zuckerberg, in an interview with The New York Times, referred to the artificial

Barcelona (Spain), Mar 22: The Congress today decided to move a privilege motion against External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj in the Rajya Sabha for "misleading" the House on the issue of the death of 39 Indians who were kidnapped in Iraq's Mosul town in 2014. Congress MPs Ambika Soni, Pratap Bajwa and Shamsher Singh Dullo said they would move a motion against Swaraj in the Upper House after

Jodhpur, Mar 22: A special SC/ST court on Wednesday directed the police here to register an FIR against Indian cricketer Hardik Pandya for his alleged comment on Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar. According to petitioner D R Meghwal, Pandya, on December 26, 2017, posted a comment on his twitter account, which insulted Ambedkar and hurt the sentiments of the people of his community. “Which Ambedkar ??? The one

New Delhi, Mar 22: The AAP government today presented its Rs 53,000 crore budget for 2018-19 in the Assembly, which laid emphasis on environment, health, education and water. Presenting the budget Deputy CM Manish Sisodia said that the budget follows "trickle up" economics aiming to benefit poor and middle-class people in Delhi. "The budget estimates for 2018-19 are pegged at Rs 53,000 crore which

New Delhi, Mar 22: Launching a stinging attack against the government, Congress president Rahul Gandhi today said it invented a story on data theft by the Congress to divert attention from the death of 39 Indians in Iraq. The Congress president also accused the government of baiting the media. Problem: 39 Indians dead; Government on the mat, caught lying. Solution: Invent story on Congress and

Chitradurga, Mar 22: The mutilated dead body of a four-year-old boy, who had gone missing since March 16, was found at Chikkajajur in Chitradurga district of Karnataka on Wednesday. The victim, C Abhilash, son of U M Chandrashekharappa and Shilpa of Kadur village near Chikkaraju, is suspected to be murdered for black magic. The child did not return home from the anganwadi on March 16. Abhilash's

Eleven cow vigilantes, including a BJP leader, accused of lynching a Muslim meat trader in Jharkhand in June last year were convicted by a fast track court in Ramgarh on Wednesday and awarded life terms. The court is yet to decide on a twelfth accused, who is a juvenile. Judge Om Prakash had found them guilty on March 16 under IPC sections 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting with deadly weapons), 149

New Delhi, Mar 22: The CBI has registered a case of alleged loan fraud of Rs 824.15 crore committed by Chennai-based Kanishk Gold Pvt Ltd on a consortium of 14 banks led by the State Bank of India and carried out searches on Wednesday, officials said. The case has been registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on a complaint from the SBI on behalf of the 14-bank consortium, they said