Patna, 7/11: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Tuesday announced his intent to raise quotas for Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the state, saying a legislation to the effect is likely in the ongoing assembly session. The announcement, which was much anticipated in the wake of his government’s ambitious caste survey,…
New Delhi, 7/11: The Centre has asked all social media platforms, including X, Instagram and Facebook to remove morphed images within 24 hours of receiving a complaint under the IT rules, an official source said on Tuesday A deepfake video of actress Rashmika Mandanna has been circulating on social media platforms. Netizens claimed the video…
Pulwama, 7/11: Mobile internet has been suspended in parts of Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir for security reasons, officials said on Tuesday. Directions to the Telecom Service Providers to suspend mobile data services in Wampora and Hunipora areas of the south Kashmir district were issued by Vijay Kumar, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP),…
New Delhi, 7/11: Amid a spike in pollution levels in Delhi-NCR, the Supreme Court on Tuesday directed Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan to ensure that crop residue burning was stopped “forthwith”. A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan kaul and Sudhanshu Dhulia said Delhi can’t be made to go through this year after year. “There…
Mumbai, 7/11: Billionaire Binny Bansal is launching an AI-as-a-service startup that will target global customers, expanding to the fast-growing segment after making a fortune in Indian e-commerce. Bansal, who co-founded online retailer Flipkart and sold it to Walmart Inc., has hired 15 experts for the venture — mostly artificial intelligence scientists — and plans to…
Bhubaneswar, 7/11: In a sad piece of news, BJD heavyweight from Puri and former speaker Maheswar Mohanty passed away in the early hours of Tuesday during treatment at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar, where he was admitted last week following a brain stroke.
New Delhi, 6/11: The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the proceedings in a criminal defamation complaint filed in Gujarat against RJD leader and Bihar deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav over his alleged ‘only Gujaratis can be thugs’ remark. A bench of Justices A S Oka and Pankaj Mithal agreed to hear Yadav’s plea seeking transfer…
Kanker, 6/11: A BSF constable and 2 polling team members were injured in an IED blast that took place in Chhattisgarh’s Kanker on Monday. A joint party of BSF and District Force was going from Camp Marbeda to Rengaghati Rengagondi polling station with 4 polling teams from Chhotebetiya police station of district Kanker when the…
New Delhi, 6/11: Strong earthquake tremors were felt in Delhi on Monday, according to media reports. This comes just a few days after tremors from 6.4 magnitude quake in Nepal were felt in the national capital.
New Delhi, 6/11: Environment Minister Gopal Rai announced on Monday that the odd-even car rationing scheme will be enforced in Delhi from November 13 to 20 as a measure to combat air pollution. Rai also said that to safeguard the health of schoolchildren, the government has decided to suspend in-person classes in all schools, except…
