Leila Seth, first woman judge of Delhi High Court, dies at age of 86
New Delhi: Justice Leila Seth, the first woman judge of Delhi High Court who played a major role in the making of the tough anti-rape law five years ago, died at the age of 86 in Noida on Friday night. “Justice Leila Seth passed away at around 2230 hours, on Friday, after suffering a cardio respiratory …
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USA Today wants Federal Bureau of Investigation to probe Facebook spammers
San Francisco: The parent company of the USA Today daily has asked the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to probe the increase of spammers on its official Facebook page that accounts for half of the newspaper’s followers on the social media giant. According to a report in USA Today on Friday, Facebook removed millions of fake …
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Russia blocks Chinese instant messaging app ‘Wechat’
Moscow: Russia has banned Chinese instant messaging app WeChat, saying its operator failed to register with the appropriate authorities. Vadim Ampelonsky, spokesman of Russian telecommunication watchdog Roskomnadzor, on Friday, said, “WeChat did not provide the contact information necessary for registration with authorities.” WeChat is the most popular messenger app in China and is widely used …
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Char Dham Yatra: President Pranab Mukherjee visits Badrinath temple
Dehradun: President Pranab Mukherjee, On Saturday morning, offered prayers at the Badrinath temple in Uttarakhand. With this, the annual pilgrimage of the Char Dham Yatra became fully operational. Mukherjee prayed before the deity at the sanctum sanctorum amid chanting of hymns and high security. He earlier went to the Gujarati Dharmshala and had a bath before heading …
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Armed with broom, Yogi Adityanath vows to make UP clean by 2018
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Saturday, wielded the broom and undertook a cleanliness drive here. He also vowed to make the state clean by 2018. Yogi’s cleaning mission in Balu Adda area came a day after 52 cities and towns of the state figured in the “most dirty” list in a survey …
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