Facebook Back Into Politics; EC Trusts Them As Partner For Kar...Last year, Election Commission and Facebook had ‘partnered’ for Karnataka Assembly Elections, which are due to happen again in May this year. After the controversy erupted regarding data harvesting of Facebook users by some firms and using that to ... Trak.in, 3 weeks agoMore from: DNA, Business Standard...and 1 other sources
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Zuckerberg apologises for 'major breach of trust' with Facebook usersMark Zuckerberg today apologised for a "major breach of trust" with two billion users of Facebook and vowed to take steps to protect user data, as the social media giant was rocked by a data breach scandal. In his first public comments on the uproar over ... Deccan Herald, 1 month ago
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Things are never easy in Sri Lanka'Sirisena will keep both Rajapaksa and Wickremesinghe on tenterhooks till the next general election due in 2020,' says Aditi Phadnis. IMAGE: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, right, with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. Photograph: Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters Opposition leader and former Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa must be laughing his head off. Despite all the cases of corruption against him and his family, despite the harassment and the jail terms that members of his ... Rediff.com, 1 month ago
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When regional parties start off a no-trust move against CentreIt is possibly the first time that a regional party with not even enough numbers to move a no-trust motion has taken the lead, and others are following it. The hints of a no-trust move first came from the YSR Congress, and the ruling TDP could not have stayed on when the question is another version of ‘Telugu atma gouravam’ – an issue that led N T Rama Rao to found the TDP in the 1980s, says N Sathiya Moorthy. Image: TRS members hold placards during a protest ... Rediff.com, 1 month ago
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Despite complex electoral politics, BJP eyes gains in the north-east after Nagaland and Meghalaya pollsThe focus of electoral politics were fixed on the north east; particularly on Nagaland and Meghalaya where voting for assembly elections took place on Tuesday. Early exit polls suggest an expansion for the BJP and its allies. In Nagaland, the two main parties ... Sify, 1 month ago
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Siddaramaiah's great Lingayat gamble: Will it workThe writing is clearly on the wall. Generally, no single issue can substantially alter the outcome of an election. But, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s great gamble in splitting the Lingayat community could either make or break the Congress ... catchnews.com, 4 weeks ago
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Why no-trust motion barred, but Finance Bill passed, asks TDPHow the Finance Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha when the no-confidence motion could not be taken up due to disruptions in Parliament, a Telugu Desam Party MP asked on Thursday. "Today is the fifth day that we have given a no-confidence motion to the ... catchnews.com, 4 weeks ago
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Tripura elections 2018: Three factors that led to BJP's victory in TripuraTwenty five years of Left Front rule in Tripura has come to an end, with the Bharatiya Janata Party -Indigenous People's Front of Tripura (IPFT) alliance winning a two-thirds majority in the North Eastern state. The alliance won 43 out of 59 seats whose ... catchnews.com, 1 month ago
Lal Salaam to Vande Mataram: Twitter reacts to BJP storming Left's bastion in Tripura
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Young GunsThe BJP and Congress have blooded a select group of aggressive and articulate young leaders to drive their party agenda ahead of the big face-off in 2019. Who are they? Gautam Datt reports The wheel of Indian politics is spinning perhaps faster than at ... The Financial Chronicle, 1 week ago
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What has Nitish Kumar done to stop communal violence?'Nitish is now a helpless junior ally of Hindutva.''He just cannot think of reining in the hoodlums raging, marauding and killing in the mohallas,' argues Mohammad Sajjad. IMAGE: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, flanked by Deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi and assembly Speaker Vijay Chaudhary, leads a human chain against child marriage and dowry in Patna, January 21, 2017. Photograph: PTI Photo Bihar, and many parts of West Bengal, close to Bihar, has been engulfed in communal tension and violence. Rediff.com, 3 weeks ago
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