India

Ulfa-I commander killed in encounter, ‘high profile’ abduction foiled, says Assam police

GUWAHATI – A commander of Ulfa-independent, a banned militant group, was killed in an encounter with police in western Assam’s Bongaigaon district on the wee hours of Thursday, police said. Based on intelligence inputs that Dwipen Saud, who was newly appointed as the commander of Ulfa-I’s western command and was planning some “high profile” abduction, […]

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Facebook blocks #ResignModi posts for hours as India’s Covid crisis grows

NEW DELHI – Facebook blocked posts tagged #ResignModi before restoring them hours later, stoking a controversy that’s erupted over government requests to remove social media content as India grapples with an escalating Covid crisis. Facebook said it barred the hashtag by mistake and not at the behest of the government, without elaborating. Facebook periodically blocks […]