The Trinamool Congress has filed a police complaint against BJP IT Cell chief Amit Malviya over a social media post in which he compared recent unrest in Bangladesh with the political situation in West Bengal, party leaders said on Friday. The complaint filed by TMC state general secretary Tanmoy Ghosh alleges that Malviya’s remarks were...

US President Donald Trump introduced a new US visa scheme aimed at wealthy foreigners willing to pay at least $1 million to gain permanent residency in the country. The programme is called the Trump Gold Card, and it is designed for high-level professionals who can prove they will provide a “substantial benefit” to the United...

The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT-M), in association with Google and Digital Futures Lab, an independent, interdisciplinary research studio, will be launching a capacity building programme for officials on building, procuring, and scaling responsible artificial intelligence (AI) systems. This was announced during a conclave on Strengthening Human Capital in AI Era held at IIT-M on...

An attempt to secure anticipatory bail by submitting forged documents in court has landed Ludhiana resident Ghanshyam Jaiswal in deeper legal trouble. Acting on the directions of the court of the Additional District and Sessions Judge, SAS Nagar (Mohali), a fresh case has been registered against the accused at Sohana police station under serious charges...

The Federation of India Pilots (FIP) has written to Union Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu, seeking the immediate withdrawal of exemptions and dispensations granted to airlines such as IndiGo and Air India, citing serious safety concerns. In its letter to the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), the pilots’ body questioned why exemptions were extended...

NEW DELHI: India Under-19 booked a place in the Asia Cup final after beating Sri Lanka U19 by eight wickets in a rain-shortened semi-final on Friday. Vice-captain Vihaan Malhotra and Aaron George shared an unbroken partnership to complete the chase after India’s bowlers restricted Sri Lanka to 138 for 8 in a 20-overs-a-side contest.After rain...

Six years have passed since the erstwhile Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) planned an underpass at Jalahalli Cross in north Bengaluru, but the project has remained stalled due to land acquisition and compensation issues. Similarly, the underpass project at Kanteerava Studio Junction had been stalled for the past nine years. However, fresh hope has emerged...

More than a decade after a National Security Guard (NSG) commando was gunned down for opposing cheating during an intermediate examination, a local court in Aligarh sentenced seven accused to life imprisonment on Friday. The incident took place in March 2013 in Murwar village. Tejveer Singh (26), who was posted in Delhi, had come home...

The Codeine-based cough syrup trafficking case is currently a major topic of discussion in Uttar Pradesh. It is becoming a major election issue amid the approaching 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. The Uttar Pradesh government is calling it a “campaign” to make the state drug-free, while the Samajwadi Party (SP) is terming it a “political...

NEW DELHI: Tamil Nadu chief electoral officer Archana Patnaik on Friday said the draft electoral roll, after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), for the state now includes 5,43,76,755 voters, comprising 2.66 crore women and 2.77 crore men.She said that prior to the SIR, the poll-bound state had around 6.41 crore registered voters, and the exercise...