Social media giant Facebook has agreed to "significantly enhance" its oversight practices and will pay a whopping USD 5 billion to the Federal Trade Commission as penalty for privacy violations, in the largest ever security fine imposed on any company for disregarding consumer information.

London: Boris Johnson officially became Britain's new Prime Minister on Wednesday and promised to leave the European Union on October 31 "no ifs, no buts" under a "new deal" with the 28-member economic bloc.

New Delhi: Bharatiya Janata Party MP in Lok Sabha Vishnu Dayal Ram on Wednesday, in a slip of the tongue, added "ji" after the name of dreaded terrorist Masood Azhar while participating in a discussion on a bill to amend Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.

Mangaluru: Leading Kannada news website varthabharati.in website had published the news of declaring a holiday for schools and colleges in Udupi district on July 24 in view of heavy rains. But some miscreants were spreading false news using the screen shot of the website after altering the date as July 25. Now, Varthabharati has decided to take legal action against them.

Mangaluru: The Principal District and Sessions Court on Wednesday convicted two persons for five years rigorous imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs 1 lakh each on charges of smuggling ganja.

Chennai: Opposition parties, including DMK, on Wednesday came out against lower cut-off mark for economically weaker sections (EWS) than BCs and SC/STs in a recent SBI recruitment examination and demanded repeal of the new quota, alleging it went against social justice.

Bhopal: In a rude jolt to the opposition BJP in Madhya Pradesh, two of its MLAs backed the seven-month- old Congress-led government during voting on a bill in the Assembly on Wednesday.

Bengaluru: BJP's Karnataka president B S Yeddyurappa said Wednesday he was awaiting instructions from his party central leadership on staking claim to form an alternative government in the state.