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SMS '1' to wish your Facebook friends 'Happy Birthday!'
The new feature works for those who have Facebook notifications pushed to their text messaging programmes, Tech Times reported.
Tripura Governor sparks row, says many of those who were at Yakub Memon's funeral could be terrorists
As the tweet sparked off a controversy, the Governor clarified himself saying that he is only concerned about the security of people.
Australian police may widen probe into techie's murder to India
Australian police on Friday said they may expand their probe to India in search of clues on the brutal murder of a 41-year-old Indian woman in Sydney as they released a new video of a person they want to question in connection with the killing of the IT p...
Coal scam: Madhu Koda, eight others put on trial
Former Jharkhand CM Madhu Koda, former coal secretary H C Gupta and seven others, on Friday were put on trial by a special court here in connection with a case pertaining to alleged irregularities in allocation of a coal block.
Plans afoot to transform Maharashtra into educational hub: Vinod Tawde
Maharashtra government is working on a proposal to make the state an "educational hub" by encouraging setting up of private universities.
'Drishyam' tweet review: First day, first show
As a remake of popular Malayalam film which featured Mohanlal in the lead, expectations are bound to be high from Ajay Devgn’s ‘Drishyam’.
Uber to invest $1 billion in India
Uber said that this move would help its service reach 1 million daily rides by March 2016.
Uttar Pradesh: Two held for hunting animals of reserve forest area
Forest department officials said acting on tip off, they raided Kohli farm on Baijar Marg and arrested Sahdev and Safal Haldar, while three other persons fled from the spot. Carcass of a swamp deer, knives and weighing machine were recovered from their po...
Michel Platini's FIFA candidacy fails to excite Africa
Platini's bid for the FIFA presidency has garnered no immediate enthusiasm from Africa despite France's strong footballing ties with the continent.
India's assertion on Gurdaspur terrorists 'baseless': Pakistan
Pakistan believes that Home Minister's provocative comments are a threat to peace and security of the region.
Evict Race Course Club, Swaraj Abhiyan demands
Swaraj Abhiyan asked the Centre to evict Delhi Race Course Club from the site within August 9 and set up a farmers' memorial there acknowledging the "historical wrongs" against the agrarian community.
Odisha on alert over cyclone Komen, heavy to very heavy rains expected
The Met department warned fishermen not to venture into the sea during the period.
36 new Additional Secretaries appointed in major reshuffle
36 officers have been promoted as Additional Secretaries as part of a major senior level bureaucratic reshuffle.
Kuwait breaks up new IS cell: Ministry
Kuwait has broken up a new five-member cell of alleged members of the Islamic State jihadist group one month after a deadly bombing at a Shiite mosque, the interior ministry said on Thursday.
50% of world's online population uses Facebook
The number of people who use Facebook at least once in a month grew 13 per cent to 1.49 billion in the three months to the end of June this year.
