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San Francisco, Jan 25: Facebook co-founder and chief Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday renewed his defense of the social network's business, arguing that targeting ads based on interests was different from selling people's data. "If we're committed to serving everyone, then we need a service that is affordable to everyone," Zuckerberg said in an opinion piece published in the Wall Street Journal. "The

New Delhi, Jan 24: Union Minister Arun Jaitley has undergone surgery at a hospital in New York on Tuesday, sources said. He has been advised at least two weeks rest by the doctors, they added. Jaitley, who had unexpectedly left for the US on January 13, has undergone tests for soft tissue cancer, sources said. Even during this time, he has been active on social media writing Facebook posts and

Palghar, Jan 24: A man was arrested Wednesday for killing his 53-year-old friend and chopping him into 200 pieces before flushing down the body parts in the toilet of a building in Virar here, police said. Addressing a news conference, DySP Jayant Bajbale said the killing was the outcome of a dispute over financial dealings between the deceased, Ganesh Kolhatkar, 53, and the accused, Pintu Kisan

New Delhi, Jan 24: The CBI has registered an FIR in connection with alleged irregularities in the Rs 3,250 crore ICICI Bank-Videocon loan case and is carrying out searches Thursday at the group headquarters in Mumbai and offices in Aurangabad, officials said. The search operation started Thursday morning and also covered offices of Nupower, a company operated by ICICI Bank's former CEO Chanda

Aligarh, Jan 24: Ramdev, who has always expressed concern over controlling population in the country, has advised that the government should snatch away the voting rights of people who go for more than two children. Citing the rising population of India as reason for need of such actions, Ramdev at an event in Aligarh on Wednesday, said: "To control population of the country, voting rights, jobs

Aligarh, Jan 24: Ramdev, who has always expressed concern over controlling population in the country, has advised that the government should snatch away the voting rights of people who go for more than two children. Citing the rising population of India as reason for need of such actions, Ramdev at an event in Aligarh on Wednesday, said: "To control population of the country, voting rights, jobs

New Delhi/Lucknow, Jan 24: In a strategic move to bolster its prospects in upcoming Lok Sabha polls, the opposition Congress on Wednesday appointed Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, as party general secretary in-charge of east Uttar Pradesh. She is likely to address a public rally in Lucknow next month, marking the start of the Congress campaign. The development comes after the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan

Kolkata, Jan 24: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has alleged that the West Bengal government tried to obstruct the party chief Amit Shah's rally in Jhargram amid reports that Shah's chopper was not allowed to land in the district. "Mamata Banerjee has again tried to obstruct Amit Shah's rally in Jhargram," said BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya. Shah was scheduled to address a rally in

Mumbai, Jan 24: Following the arrest of nine suspected terrorists, including a minor, in separate raids at Mumbra and Aurangabad ahead of the Republic Day, the state Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) officials have learnt that they were likely to target events with heavy footfall by poisoning food and water supplies. The ATS officials said that the accused were trying mix and match and conducting

New Delhi, Jan 24: Piyush Goyal is likely to present the interim Budget on February 1 as he was on Wednesday given the additional charge of finance ministry as Arun Jaitley is in the US for medical treatment, sources said. Jaitley has undergone surgery at a hospital in New York on Tuesday and has been advised at least two weeks rest by the doctors, sources said. Jaitley, who had travelled to the