Accused of helping to spur violence in countries like Myanmar, Sri Lanka and India, Facebook has said it will begin removing misinformation that leads to violence and physical harm.

Currently, Facebook bans content that directly calls for violence but the new policy will cover fake news that has the potential to stir up physical harm, CNET reported late on Wednesday.

Shiroor Mutt seer Lakshmivara Tirtha Swamiji passed away on Thursday morning at Manipal KMC Hospital. He was 66.

KMC doctors announced that the Swamiji, who was admitted to Manipal’s KMC Hospital following a brief illness on Wednesday, did not respond to treatment and breathed his last on Thursday morning.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani received eight requests from his US counterpart for a meeting, presidential chief of staff Mahmoud Vaezi announced on Wednesday.

Vaezi said US President Donald Trump's requests were made during Rouhani's visit to New York for a United Nations General Assembly meeting in September 2017, according to Xinhua.

The death toll in the twin-building collapse here in Uttar Pradesh climbed to nine on Thursday, with five more bodies pulled out from the rubble of the residential apartments early in the day.

Lakshmivara Theertha Swamiji of Shiroor Mutt who was suffering from illness admitted to the Manipal hospital on Wednesday morning. After the religious programme at Shiroor Mutt, Swamiji complained of stomach pain and vomited.

In a gruesome incident, a woman threw her one-and-half year old child to a well and killed it at Erial on the outskirts of the city on Wednesday evening.

The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday acquitted five of the Dandupalya gang who were sentenced to life imprisonment on charges of murdering a youth at Kalyan Nagar in Bengaluru.

The Karnataka State Examination Board has informed that it would send the result of the SSLC supplementary exams -2018 to the students through SMS to their registered mobile numbers after 12 noon of July 19.