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Photo: IANS The BJP All India General Secretary Arun Singh on Friday announced that the senior BJP leader H. Raja will lead the Tamil Nadu unit of the BJP for the next three months in the absence of K Annamalai. The change has been announced following K. Annamalai’s three-month educational sojourn to Oxford University in the UK. “A six-member coordination committee has also been appointed for running the party activities in the state,” Singh said. He also announced that M.

Photo: IANS Quick e-commerce platform Zepto on Friday said it has secured $340 million in a follow-on financing round, taking the company’s valuation to $5 billion after its previous fundraise in June. General Catalyst led the round, with Dragon Fund, and Epiq Capital joining as new investors. Existing investors such as StepStone, Lightspeed, DST, and Contrary also increased their stakes, the company said in a statement.

Bengaluru Photo: IANS Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar on Thursday welcomed the Karnataka High Court dismissing the petitions filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal in the disproportionate assets case, saying "justice had been granted to him" and it was not only a victory for him but for the Congress-led state government as well as the people. "As I believed, justice and protection have been granted to me by the court.