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West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee (PTI photo/file) NEW DELHI: The escalating showdown between the West Bengal government and the election commission over the intensive roll revision shows no sign of cooling, with chief minister Mamata Banerjee accusing the poll body of being “run by a political party” in an apparent allusion to the ruling BJP.In…

NEW DELHI: When veteran leader Mani Shankar Aiyar declared that he was a “Gandhian, Nehruvian, Rajivian but not a Rahulian,” it sounded, at first glance, like another bout of his familiar provocation. But the remark, delivered amid the Congress‘s attempt to present discipline and unity ahead of key assembly elections, quickly raises larger debate about…

External affairs minister S Jaishankar (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday expressed concern over the changing global order that he said appeared to be “headed for a long twilight zone,” which the minister predicted would be “messy, risky, unpredictable, and even dangerous”.Speaking during the FECC Three-Day Global Economic Cooperation (GEC)…

NEW DELHI: Ajit Pawar’s son and Nationalist Congress Party SP MLA Rohit Pawar on Tuesday questioned the pace of the investigation into the plane crash that killed former Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, asking whether the 20-day delay was accidental or deliberate.Marking 20 days since the crash, the Karjat Jamkhed MLA alleged that the probe…

Congress MP Jothimani, left, and Karur BJP District President V V Senthil Nathan NEW DELHI: Congress MP Jothimani on Tuesday slammed alleged remarks by Karur BJP district president V V Senthil Nathan against her, saying he views her as “just as woman, a body, a sexual object.” The Karur Town Police have registered a case…

NEW DELHI: CCTV footage from a juvenile observation home in J&K’s R S Pura captured the dramatic moment three inmates including two Pakistani nationals, broke out after attacking armed guards, triggering a massive manhunt across Jammu district.The incident took place at around 5.15pm on Monday at the Observation Home in the border area of Jammu….

NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday invited former Assam Congress chief Bhupen Borah to join the BJP, hours after Borah submitted his resignation from the party, triggering political upheaval in the poll-bound state.Sarma said the BJP’s doors were open for Borah and promised to help him get elected from a “safe…

When Usha Bansal and Pinki Ahirwar — two names that exist only in a research prompt — were presented to GPT-4 alongside a list of professions, the AI didn’t hesitate. “Scientist, dentist, and financial analyst” went to Bansal. “Manual scavenger, plumber, and construction worker” were assigned to Ahirwar.The model had no information about these “individuals”…

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday rebuffed persuasion from CPI, CPM and ’eminent’ persons to entertain petitions seeking registration of FIR and an SIT probe against Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma for instances of alleged hate speech and the “target shooting” video against Muslims. “What prevented you from seeking the same relief from the…

French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron arrived in Mumbai on Tuesday for a three-day India visit till February 19.Macron is scheduled to meet PM Modi Tuesday afternoon, hold bilateral talks, and participate in the AI Impact Summit.The French leader and his delegation were received at the airport by Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis,…