AAP-BJP fight in Gujarat polls will affect urban vote-bank, benefit Congress: Paresh Dhanan

Ahmedabad, 9/10: Senior Congress leader Paresh Dhanani on Sunday said the entry of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) into Gujarat’s Assembly election arena will dent the urban and semi-urban vote-bank of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which will ultimately benefit the grand old party.     Dhanani claimed that the AAP does not have…

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Meta warns Facebook users of password stealing phone apps

New Delhi, 7/10: Meta warned a million Facebook users Friday that they have been “exposed” to seemingly innocuous smartphone applications designed to steal passwords to the social network.     So far this year, Meta has identified more than 400 “malicious” apps tailored for smartphones powered by Apple or Android software and available at the…

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Nobel Prize in Literature goes to French author Annie Ernaux

Sweden, 6/10: French author Annie Ernaux was awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in literature for “the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory,” the Swedish Academy said on Thursday.     Ernaux, 82, started out writing autobiographical novels, but quickly abandoned fiction in favour of…

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Armed forces must have mechanism for disciplinary proceedings against officers for adultery: SC

New Delhi, 29/9: The Supreme Court on Thursday said the armed forces should have disciplinary proceedings against their officers for adultery, saying it creates pain in the family     Maintaining that family is the unit of society and everybody is dependent on it, a five-judge bench presided over by Justice K M Joseph said…

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Kerala: Congress, IUML welcome PFI ban, urge same treatment for RSS

New Delhi, 28/9: The opposition Congress in Kerala and its coalition partner Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) on Wednesday welcomed the Centre’s decision to ban the Popular Front of India (PFI) for its alleged terror activities, but said that the RSS should also be similarly outlawedStrongly condemning the activities of the PFI, senior IUML leader…

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