New Delhi: India today 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.

Amid probe by US privacy watchdog over a potential breach of user confidentiality by Facebook, IT and Law Ministe

Washington: It was one of hundreds of cute questionnaires that were shared widely on Facebook and other social media, like "Which Pokemon Are You?" and "What Are Your Most Used Words?"

This one, an app called "thisismydigitallife", was a personality quiz, asking questions about how ou

Kabul:  An Afghan official says a suicide bomber has struck on the road to a Shiite shrine in the capital, killing at least 26 people as Afghans celebrated the Persian new year.

Nasrat Rahimi, the deputy spokesman for the Interior Ministry, says another 18 people were wounded in Wednesday's attack. He say

New York: Amid rising speculations of social media giant Facebook’s involvement in the alleged misuse of users' private data, WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton took to Twitter asking everyone to delete Facebook.

Acton, whose product was bought by Facebook in 2014 for a whopping USD 16 billion, took to

Washington: The Trump Administration has decided to slap an anti-dumping duty on the stainless steel flanges imported from China and India after it found in its preliminary probe that both the countries had provided subsidies to the exporters.

In January, the US had slapped anti-dumping duty on finer denier polyes

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court today issued a notice to former telecom minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and others on a plea of the Enforcement Directorate challenging their acquittal in a money laundering case arising out of the 2G scam.

Justice S P Garg also issued another notice to Raja, Kanimozhi and others

Washington: 

Petitions for H1-B visas, popular among Indian IT professionals, will be accepted from April 2, a federal agency announced today.

The US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) also announced the suspension of premium processing of all H-1B petitions which are subject to the annual caps.

The H

New Delhi: The University Grants Commission (UGC) today approved full autonomy for 62 higher educational institutions, including JNU, BHU, AMU, TERI and University of Hyderabad, which have maintained high standards of excellence.

The decision was taken at a UGC meeting today where five central universities, 21 sta

Mosscow: US President Donald Trump congratulated Vladimir Putin Tuesday on his re-election, as the leaders raised the prospect of a summit in the near future -- while sidestepping both the issue of election meddling and a spy attack that has rocked Moscow's relations with the West.

Trump told reporters at the

Patna: Giving voice to his growing discomfort with ally BJP for the second consecutive day, Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) national president Nitish Kumar made it clear on Tuesday that he would not compromise with “divisive forces” even as the main Opposition RJD has accused the BJP of trying to spark communal t