Is this LS polls or local election, Annamalai asks, commenting on DMK, AIADMK campaigns
Chennai: BJP Tamil Nadu unit chief K Annamalai on Friday said the election campaign of the ruling DMK appeared to be one for state-level polls and that of the main opposition AIADMK looked like an election for civil polls. The BJP leader blamed the DMK regime for the state’s “huge borrowings” and appealed to the…
PM cautions ‘significant risk of misuse’ of AI and other powerful tech
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday cautioned that a powerful technology like AI in unskilled, untrained hands holds significant risk of misuse, as he advocated the need for clear ‘dos and don’ts’ and use of watermarks on AI-generated content to curb misinformation and deepfake-related harms in the society. In a candid, free-wheeling chat…
Beijing may repeat ‘baseless claims’, Arunachal Pradesh will remain integral part of India: MEA
New Delhi: India on Thursday said Beijing may “repeat its baseless claims” as many times as it wants but that is not going to change New Delhi’s position that Arunachal Pradesh “was, is and will always remain” an integral and inalienable part of the country. MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said this during his weekly press…
UK’s Labour Party uses Holi message to connect with Indian diaspora
London: The UK’s Opposition Labour Party used Holi to reach out to the Indian diaspora, with party leader Keir Starmer tapping into the spring festival’s message of ushering in the new in an election year. During an event organised by British-Indian think-tank 1928 Institute in London this week, Starmer was joined by London Mayor Sadiq…
Dhankhar slams ‘people in world’ lecturing India on its judicial behaviour
New Delhi: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday took exception to people in the world trying to lecture India on its judicial mechanism, a remark that came in the wake of the US and Germany commenting on the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the Enforcement Directorate. Without referring to the case linked…
Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari dies of cardiac arrest; Section 144 imposed in UP
Banda/Lucknow: Jailed gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari died of cardiac arrest at a hospital in Banda in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday. Prohibitory orders under section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code, which bars large gatherings, were imposed across the state and additional security personnel were deployed in the Banda, Mau, Ghazipur and Varanasi districts of the state….
Arvind Kejriwal’s ED custody extended till April 1
New Delhi: A court here Thursday extended the Enforcement Directorate custody of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal till April 1 in the excise policy case. The agency sought seven-day custody of the AAP chief, but the court said he has to be produced before it on April 1 at 11 am. The ED had produced him…
AFSPA extended for 6 month in Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland districts
New Delhi: The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, under which an area is declared as “disturbed” for the convenience of security forces, has been extended in three districts of Arunachal Pradesh, eight districts of Nagaland and some other areas for six more months after a review of the law and order situation in these two…
International whisky day beckons Kadamba Best Indian Single-malt
Panaji: Scotch is one of the oldest whisky styles on the planet, it has earned a spot in the hearts of many whisky enthusiasts. First distilled in the early 15th century, it helped introduce whisky to the global market. Its DNA can be found in bourbon, Japanese whiskey, and a myriad of other styles like…
1991 reforms brought by Narasimha Rao, Manmohan, not Cong: Gurcharan Das
New Delhi: It was former prime minister PV Narasimha Rao and the then finance minister Manmohan Singh who brought the economic reforms in 1991, not the Congress party, argued author and commentator Gurcharan Das. Speaking at the launch of his book, “The Dilemma of an Indian Liberal”, on Wednesday, Das said the mistake that India…