Kolkata: The introduction of a new feature — BLO-BLA MOM (Minutes of meeting) — on the BLO app just 24 hours before the completion of the SIR exercise in the state left booth-level officers confused on Wednesday. This is the 10th addition to the mobile application ever since its rollout. Multiple BLOs and voters have questioned the Election Commission's flip-flop on the functioning of the SIR...
Chennai: India needs an ethical AI (artificial intelligence) alliance with all states, industries minister T R B Rajaa said here on Wednesday. "All the states need to be involved and consulted. What is acceptable to Tamil Nadu may not be acceptable to Assam or Gujarat, so every single state needs to be involved. Academia, civil society, state govts, and independent experts need to be consulted....
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has termed the police investigation in a case of mob attack during the 2020 North East Delhi riots as "poor," but has also refused the plea of a gunshot victim to probe his case as a standalone offence.Justice Neena Bansal Krishna recently said that it was "evident" the investigation in FIR No 64/2020 was "selective and poor". However, complainant Mohammad Nasir's grievance...
Mumbai: A mandate in law to conduct an investigation and file a chargesheet must be respected by court but, at the same time, the investigating agency cannot be permitted to act in a manner which frustrates the mandate under Article 21 of the Constitution for right to life and liberty, said the Bombay high court on Tuesday. The HC made the observation while dismissing the state's plea to permit the...
An intriguing number puzzle is making waves on X, inviting challenge-seekers to identify a missing digit from a handwritten list ranging from 1 to 100. Shared by the ever-creative @elonmuskelry, this straightforward yet thought-provoking exercise underscores our instinct to find patterns amidst chaos. A fun new challenge is making rounds on X, and people can’t stop testing their eyes with it. A user...
A 25-year-old Brampton man was killed while he was sitting inside his car in what cops think was a targeted shooting att a parking lot. The name of the victim has not been released but according to social media chatter, the person is possibly of Indian-origin and fell victim to a gang war. Peel police responded to the intersection of Hurontario Street and Bartley Bull Parkway in Brampton shortly after...
US Fed chair Jerome Powell (File photo by AP) The US Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), led by Fed Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday cut the key rate by 25 basis points. The rate now stands between 3.5 percent and 3.75 percent, the lowest level in nearly three years. "In support of its goals and in light of the shift in the balance of risks, the Committee decided to lower the...
Kolkata: The Workers' Association of the Indian Statistical Institute has urged the Centre not to replace the council structure with the board of governors in the ISI Bill 2025. It is also wary of the efforts to shift the headquarters of the institute from Kolkata. The draft bill proposes to replace the 33-member council with an 11-member board. While the members of the council are elected and...
Chennai: Customers of state-owned Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) complained of disruptions in services on Wednesday. While UPI payments were affected, some customers flagged problems over withdrawing cash from ATMs. They took to social media to highlight their plight, which includes issues over accessing the bank's app for transactions. When contacted, a senior IOB official said, "We faced technical...
New Delhi: Four people have been arrested for duping a man of Rs 16 lakh in an investment scam. The men were identified as Manish Dilip Bhai Koshti (37), Mohammad Zaid A. Sidi (28), Mohammad Aezaz Khimani (35), and Shaikh Abrar (27), all residents of Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The complainant, a resident of Palam Colony, reported that he was added to a WhatsApp group whose members posed as representatives of...
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