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Kabul, Mar 21: A suicide bomber blew himself up near a shrine in Kabul on Wednesday, killing at least 26 people and wounding 18, officials said, as the Afghan capital celebrated the Nawruz holiday marking the start of the new year. The explosion underlined the threat to the city from militant attacks, despite government promises to tighten security in the wake of an attack in January that killed

New Delhi, Mar 21: India on Wednesday warned social media platforms like Facebook of 'strong action' if any attempt was made by them to influence the country's electoral process through undesirable means. IT and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad alleged that Congress party had links with Cambridge Analytica. "My question to Congress party is whether to win elections, Congress will depend on data

Business magnet and India’s wealthiest man Mukesh Ambani is reportedly set to bankroll intellectual superstar Aamir Khan’s dream project ‘Maharabharata’. According to a report in Mid-day, the franchise is likely to feature three to five installments. It’ll be helmed by multiple directors and Aamir himself could take on the mantle for one or more from it. Though there has not been any confirmation

Kabul, Mar 21: A suicide bomber struck on the road to a Shiite shrine in Afghanistan’s capital on Wednesday, killing at least 26 people as Afghans celebrated the Persian new year, an official said. Nasrat Rahimi, the deputy spokesman for the Interior Ministry, said another 18 people were wounded in the attack. He said the attacker was on foot. The Persian new year, known in Afghanistan as Nauruz

San Francisco, Mar 21: Brian Acton, a co-founder of WhatsApp, which Facebook bought in 2014, on Tuesday (March 20) urged people to delete their accounts on the giant social network, USA Today reported. "It's time," tweeted Acton, who quit Facebook earlier this year to start a foundation. He added the hashtag #DeleteFacebook. WhatsApp declined to comment. According to The Verge, it was unclear

Coimbatore, Mar 21: Miscreants hurled a petrol bomb at the residence of a BJP functionary in Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu early today but no one was injured, police said. They said a car parked outside the house of BJP district president C R Nandakumar was damaged in the incident. The bomb was hurled around 3 am when Nandakumar was sleeping in the house, police said. BJP state president Tamilisai

New Delhi, Mar 21: The proceedings of the Lok Sabha were disrupted for the 13th day today as the TDP, YSR Congress, TRS and AIADMK continued their noisy protests over various issues including special status for Andhra Pradesh and Cauvery dispute. Even before Speaker Sumitra Mahajan took up the Question Hour, members from these parties trooped into the well holding placards. While members from the

After Congress president Rahul Gandhi asked the party veterans to step aside to pave the way for the youngsters, they have started leaving their positions on their own. Following Shantaram Naik's resignation from the post of Goa Congress chief, saying that he did so on Rahul’s advice, UP Congress chief Raj Babbar announced his resignation late on Tuesday. With speculation swirling that Gujarat PCC

New Delhi, Mar 20: Opposition leaders on Tuesday took the Modi government to task for misleading the families of 39 Indians who went missing in Iraq more than three years back by giving them false hopes of they being alive. The angry Opposition attack came soon after External Affairs Sushma Swaraj told the Rajya Sabha that the 39 Indian nationals, mostly from Punjab, were dead and that their

New Delhi, Mar 20: Opposition leaders on Tuesday took the Modi government to task for misleading the families of 39 Indians who went missing in Iraq more than three years back by giving them false hopes of they being alive. The angry Opposition attack came soon after External Affairs Sushma Swaraj told the Rajya Sabha that the 39 Indian nationals, mostly from Punjab, were dead and that their