News18 Evening Digest: Thorns to be installed on India’s border with Myanmar, says Amit Shah and other top stories

After hundreds of soldiers entered India, Amit Shah said, thorns will be installed on India’s border with Myanmar.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday announced that India’s open borders with Myanmar and Bangladesh will be fenced. Speaking at the passing out parade of state police commandos in Assam, Shah said, “Our border with Myanmar is an open border. The Narendra Modi government has decided to guard the India-Myanmar border…and we will work towards fencing the entire border area (with Myanmar) similar to the border with Bangladesh. Read more

Look Elephant blesses PM Modi in Tamil Nadu temple, plays mouth organ in Tiruchirappalli

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who visited Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruchirappalli on Saturday, sought blessings from an elephant. The Tamil Nadu temple visit comes days before the consecration ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya on Monday. Read more

Man behind Rashmika Mandanna’s deepfake video arrested in Delhi

Delhi Police on Saturday claimed that it has arrested the person responsible for making a deep fake video of actress Rashmika Mandanna. The accused was identified as Imani Naveen, 24, of Guntur, Andhra Pradesh. This video went viral on social media last November, following which demands for regulation on social media started rising from various quarters. Read more

Karnataka: Congress embroiled in ‘caste’ issue, demands Center to give power to states to implement internal reservation for SCs

The Siddaramaiah-led government in Karnataka is now facing resentment from sections of the Scheduled Castes, with the already delayed caste census putting the grand old party in a tight spot. Read more

‘It was a revelation’: Sania Mirza’s father reacts after Shoaib Malik’s marriage to Sana Javed

Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik announced through a post on his social media handle on Saturday that he has married actress Sana Javed. Malik was first married to Indian tennis icon Sania Mirza and the couple has a son. Read more

Bengaluru’s warning against smartphone ‘zombie’ is the warning we needed

In a world where staying away from our mobile phones is rare, only a few brave souls resist the digital siren call. For the rest, the day opens and ends with the omnipresent glow of their smartphones, which subtly steals their ‘smartness’. You wonder how? As if you are not already aware of the fact that this distraction is not only stealing our peace but also claiming lives! And to drive the point home, a signboard in Bengaluru emerged as the city’s messenger to all those people walking around with their noses buried in their phones. Read more