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NEW DELHI: Millions of citizens going online will have guaranteed control over their digital data while social media companies such as Facebook and Instagram will need verifiable parental consent before onboarding children, or those under 18 years, with the govt finally notifying rules to operationalise the digital personal data protection (DPDP) law that was originally…

NEW DELHI: Alinagar, a constituency in Bihar’s Darbhanga, was catapulted into limelight when BJP decided to field Maithili Thakur, a popular young folk singer, as its candidate. The high-profile candidature immediately ignited resistance from the grassroots, with old party faithfuls threatening to contest as rebels and jeopardise PM Narendra Modi’s experiment of bringing the young…

PATNA: National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won a stunning landslide in Bihar, with the governing coalition headed by chief minister Nitish Kumar bagging 202 of 243 assembly seats in a hugely one-sided outcome that underscores the JDU boss’s political resilience despite two decades in office, and PM Narendra Modi’s sway over voters, while deflating the Grand…

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday took serious view of an alleged attempt by a “revered member of the higher judiciary” to influence a judicial member of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), Chennai, and said the matter will be dealt with appropriately on the administrative side by CJI B R Gavai.Hours after the…

Jammu: J&K govt Friday suspended a DSP posted in Jammu’s Gandhi Nagar for assaulting a block development officer (BDO) and attached him to police headquarters, pending inquiry into the matter.After a video showing DSP Sunil Singh beating BDO Azhar Khan went viral on Monday, Jammu and Kashmir Administrative Service (JKAS) officers wrote to the Lieutenant…

SRINAGAR: Security forces triggered three controlled explosions early Friday to raze the family home of Delhi ‘suicide bomber’ Dr Umar un-Nabi in his native Koil village of south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, coinciding with the start of an operation by J&K Police to map potential sources of cars that could be “misused for unlawful activities”.The plan…