By Arun Kumar
Washington, May 18 (IANS) Pricing its IPO at $38 a share, Facebook, the highly popular social networking site that has over 45 million users in India, is expected to raise $16 billion, making it the largest tech IPO in history.
London, May 15 (IANS) Rebekah Brooks, former editor of the News of the World (Now), and her husband Charlie were Tuesday formally charged with conspiracy to pervert the course of justice over the phone-hacking inquiry, BBC reported.
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) An NGO Tuesday moved the Supreme Court, seeking the quashing of the rules framed by the Allahabad High Court restricting access to information under the Right to Information Act and tagging a high fee for obtaining it.
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New Delhi, May 15 (IANS) A journalist, who took part in a sting operation conducted by Tehelka to expose wrongdoings in arms deal, Monday refused to testify as a witness in a court here against two former officials of the defence ministry facing trial for graft.
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Tehran, May 14 (IANS) Iran's intelligence ministry has said intelligence forces and police foiled a plot by the Jundullah group to assassinate President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2007, the Tehran Times reported.
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Mexico City, May 14 (IANS/EFE) The National Human Rights Commission, or CNDH, is investigating last week's attack on journalist Gerardo Ponce de Leon in Hermosillo, the capital of the northern Mexican state of Sonora, commission president Raul Plascencia said.
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London, May 12 (IANS) Facebook is considering to charge users for highlighting their important posts, as it is testing a new feature in New Zealand that would make comments more prominent on a user's newsfeed, The Sun reported.
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Patna, May 11 (IANS) A Right to Information (RTI) activist was shot and seriously wounded Friday by some assailants in Bihar's Muzaffarpur district, police said.
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Islamabad, May 11 (IANS) A TV reporter, his brother and a friend were gunned down in Pakistan's Sindh province Thursday night, a media report said Friday.
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New Delhi, May 10 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has directed Google to remove, within 36 hours, derogatory content posted by a blogger against Art of Living founder Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
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