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BENGALURU: Karnataka’s government introduced a bill in the assembly on Wednesday that is intended to regulate public gatherings and punish violations. The move comes in wake of the stampede outside the Chinnaswamy Stadium on June 4, during RCB’s IPL victory celebrations, that resulted in 11 deaths.The Karnataka Crowd Control (Managing Crowd at Events and Places…

HYDERABAD: A seemingly harmless post on X recounting a 1998 plane hijacking in Pakistan with references to “Hyderabad airport”, “Delhi” and “Bhuj” was picked up by an AI-powered social media listening tool in India and flagged by a senior vigilance specialist on Aug 14 as a “threat mail”, triggering a security charade involving aviation officials…

Savannah James opened up about being pregnant at 16.(Image via Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) LeBron James and his wife, Savannah James, enjoy a life of luxury now but the two went through pretty tough times in their lives. LeBron James met his now wife, Savannah James, when the two were pretty young and were just finishing school….

Hailee Steinfeld makes a huge career move.(Image via TheImageDirect.com) Hailee Steinfeld, the BAFTA nominated actress, has been enjoying one of the happiest phases of her lives after she tied the knot with the Buffalo Bills’ star player, Josh Allen, a few weeks ago. The power couple have had a great start to the year and…

NEW DELHI: The Centre has proposed exempting life and health insurance policies for individuals from the ambit of GST, the head of a panel of ministers set up by the GST council said on Wednesday, a move that is expected to provide relief to large sections of consumers.Bihar deputy chief minister and convenor of the…

NEW DELHI: India successfully tested its most formidable nuclear-capable Agni-5 ballistic missile, which has a strike range of over 5,000-km to reach even the northernmost parts of China, from the integrated test range at Chandipur in Odisha on Wednesday.“The launch validated all operational and technical parameters. It was carried out under the aegis of the…

NEW DELHI: Much against the arguments put forth by gaming companies against the ban on real-money gaming, the government estimates that around 45 crore people lose close to Rs 20,000 crore every year in online real-money gaming, according to data provided by an official source on Wednesday.The source said the government believes that online real-money…

NEW DELHI: NDA nominee for the vice-presidential poll C P Radhakrishnan filed his nomination papers Wednesday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi being the first proposer for his candidature.Accompanied by PM Modi, defence minister Rajnath Singh, home minister Amit Shah and other senior netas from the BJP-led alliance, Radhakrishnan filed his papers after offering floral tributes…

AI-generated image (For representative purposes only) NEW DELHI: In a twin blow, the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) on Wednesday issued a show cause notice to the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), asking it to disclose the source of funding for its studies on the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision…