Chinese video app TikTok said that it would not allow paid political ads on its platform as they do not fit into the experience it aims to provide to millions of its users. Created by Beijing Bytedance Technology Co, TikTok allows users to create and share short videos with special effects, and is hugely popular […]
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Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp have agreed to follow the “voluntary code of ethics” in all future elections, including the upcoming Maharashtra and Haryana assembly polls, the Election Commission said on September 26. The code, which was derived to act against paid advertisements that violate norms set by the Election Commission, came […]
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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday proposed the idea of a multipurpose identity card for citizens with all utilities like passport, Aadhaar, driving licence and bank accounts. “Why can’t we have just one card for all utilities like Aadhaar, passport, bank account, driving licence, voter card. There should be a system that all data should […]
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In front of a Houston stadium filled with Indian-Americans, US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi patted each other’s backs in a set of speeches that endorsed each leader’s claim that they had made great strides in transforming their respective countries. With Trump and a group of Congress representatives looking on, Modi […]
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Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana will take place in a single phase on October 21 while counting of votes will be held on October 24, Election Commission chief Sunil Arora said on Saturday. Both Maharashtra and Haryana are the first states to go to polls after the Lok Sabha elections earlier this year. […]
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former union minister Chinmayanand, accused of rape by a law student, has been arrested. He has been taken to a hospital by the police for medical tests, five days after the woman detailed what she said was a year of sexual assault and blackmail before a court. The police […]
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A CBI special court has sent veteran Congress leader and former Finance Minister P Chidambaram to Tihar jail in connection with the INX Media corruption case. Chidambaram will remain under judicial custody there for 14 days, till September 19. Special Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar pronounced the order on Thursday. Following the pleas of Chidambaram’s counsels, […]
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Russia has extended full support to India on the issue of Kashmir. During the India-Russia Annual Summit on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Vladimir Putin discussed a range of issues, including ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation in trade and investment, oil and […]
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A Delhi court on Monday reserved for September 5 its order on the anticipatory bail pleas of Congress leader P Chidambaram and his son Karti in the Aircel-Maxis cases lodged by the CBI and the ED. Special Judge O P Saini listed the matter after hearing the submissions from the agencies and Chidambarams. Earlier, the […]
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On a day of twin setbacks for P Chidambaram in the INX Media case, a special court allowed the CBI to keep the former finance minister for four more days in its custody while the Supreme Court turned down his plea for bail Earlier in the day, Chidambaram suffered disappointment in the SC which dismissed […]
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