2023

NEW YORK: John Grisham, Jodi Picoult and George R R Martin are among 17 authors suing OpenAI for "systematic theft on a mass scale", the latest in a wave of legal action by writers concerned that artificial intelligence programs are using their copyrighted works without permission.In papers filed Tuesday in federal court in New York, the authors alleged "flagrant and harmful infringements of plaintiffs'...

NEW DELHI: The AAP government in Delhi has constructed roads with a cumulative length of 3,500 km and laid 2,500-km-long sewer and water pipelines in unauthorised colonies, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday. Earlier those living in unauthorised colonies of Delhi were victims of politics and they were short-changed by politicians who made promises to them but did not do anything, Kejriwal...

WASHINGTON: Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continued to back down from the scorching crisis he has precipitated with India over the murder of a Khalistani extremist after being cornered over lack of evidence and international support for his allegations that New Delhi was behind the killing. At a press conference on Thursday, Trudeau was asked repeatedly if he had evidence, and its quality, to...

THANE: Immersion rituals during Ganeshotsav continued to remain a noisy affair in Thane with sound levels during visarjan processions hitting 100 decibels (dB), anti-noise activist Dr Mahesh Bedekar said on Thursday.Dr Bedekar, who measured the noise levels in various parts of the city, said though the number of processions was lesser this year, the use of amplifiers and speaker walls caused the maximum...

BHUBANESWAR: A few hours after Khandapada MLA Soumya Ranjan Patnaik was ousted from the BJD for his alleged involvement in a loan scam, the EOW of the Odisha crime branch on Thursday searched the office of the media group run by him.The EOW had conducted a search operation at Patnaik’s media organization in Rasulgarh area on September 18 as well. A cheating and forgery case was registered against...

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin on Thursday announced compensation of Rs 560 crore to six lakh farmers affected by natural disasters like drought, flood, cyclone and unseasonal rains under the crop insurance scheme during last fiscal.The crop insurance scheme is implemented in 14 clusters comprising 37 districts by the identified insurance companies. “An area of 24.45 lakh acres was...

NEW DELHI: A Delhi Police head constable has been booked for allegedly raping a woman on the pretext of marriage in Laxmi Nagar area, police said on Thursday. "We got a complaint from the victim, a 22-year-old woman, against Head Constable Nafees Ahmed of Delhi Police, presently posted in PCR in the northeast district," a senior police official said. The complainant alleged that she came in contact...

THANE: A man was held on Thursday from North Dinajpur area of West Bengal for allegedly murdering a woman in Bhiwandi in Maharashtra's Thane district, a police official said. The decomposed body of the 36-year-old woman, identified as Madhu Prajapati, was found in Ganesh Nagar and a murder case was filed due to the presence of multiple wounds, Senior Inspector Rajendra Pawar of Kongaon police station...

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NEW DELHI: Ever since Mohammed Siraj claimed a six-wicket haul against Sri Lanka in the Asia Cup final, accolades for the Indian pacer continue to pour in with AB de Villiers also lavishing praise on the top-ranked ODI bowler.Former South African captain de Villiers emphasised that Siraj's attitude makes him stands apart and it is one thing that can really uplift you."He's still young even though we've...