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Under fire, EC orders special drive to add genuine electors ‘left out’ during SIR | India News
An EC official said an average 10% of 800-900 electors per booth were deleted through SIR. Thus, each BLO will have to verify enrolment eligibility of less than 100 ‘deleted’ voters. NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Thursday ordered a special drive to identify and add back genuine electors who may have been “left out”…
An 1840s Brooklyn Heights townhouse was bought for $5.35 million in 2023 and completely restored; three years later, the 6,000-sq-ft home with preserved Greek Revival details is asking $12.75 million
25-foot-wide Brooklyn Heights townhouse is spread across five levels, giving it considerable height. An 1840s townhouse in Brooklyn Heights that sold for $5.35 million in 2023 is back on the market after an extensive renovation, with an asking price of $12.75 million. According to Realtor, the 6,000-square-foot property has five levels and six bedrooms and…
Prison room, bed, newspaper — That is ‘baron’ Veeramani’s world now | Chennai News
CHENNAI: The world of a granite baron, who had his corporate footprint in about 22 countries, has now shrunk to a 10X15 feet prison room, a bed, a chair, an English business newspaper and brief walks along a CCTV-monitored corridor at Puzhal prison in Chennai. First arrested on Aug 29 in connection with a child…
A Maryland homeowner received an unsolicited $234,368.25 check tied to an offer for her property; a state law that took effect on October 1 now bans sending such checks with unsolicited purchase offers
A homeowner in Parkville, a suburb of Baltimore, opened her mail one day to find an unexpected check for $234,368.25 (£176,000) made out to her. It was not a lottery prize or a bank mistake. Instead, it was a tactic used by a potential buyer who wanted to purchase her home without putting it on…
From Shiv-on to off: Musk’s half-Indian partner goes into ex space
Shivon Zilis, the Indian-origin, Canada-born Neuralink executive and mother of four of Musk’s children, announced on Thursday that her romantic relationship with the billionaire was over — and suggested that the separation came rather suddenly. TOI Correspondent from Washington: Elon Musk has apparently discovered that even a man trying to repopulate civilisation can run into…
Fires, clashes and mass arrests as student protests turn violent in France: Video
Fire, mass arrests as France student protests turn violent France’s student protests turned violent on Friday, with fires burning across cities, clashes between protesters and riot police and hundreds of schools disrupted as a movement over education conditions spread nationwide. The ministry of national education said 564 schools were affected on Friday, while nearly 400…
SIR under review: Former SC, HC judges to examine ‘constitutional & statutory validity’ of voter roll revision | India News
The panel will assess the SIR’s impact on eligible voters and hold public hearings to record the views of affected citizens. A panel of five former Supreme Court and high court judges has been set up by a lawyers’ body to examine the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, as the poll…
Anthropic: AI and the monk: Anthropic goes for swami and friends to tame Claude
Anthropic brings Indian monk into debate over AI consciousness and ethics TOI correspondent from Washington: When Silicon Valley runs into a problem it cannot solve with computing power, it usually hires more engineers and programmers, usually from India. Anthropic went one better: it convened a gathering of religious scholars, philosophers, and theologians, including a monk…
Father got 3 bigha of land from Himachal government, but patta was never signed; why HC allowed married daughter’s inheritance appeal & what role Hindu Succession Act plays
The Hindu Succession Act, 1956, does not distinguish between married and unmarried Hindu daughters when determining inheritance rights. (Image for representative purpose only) You are allotted land by the state government under Nautor rules, but what happens after your death? Can your married daughter inherit it? In one such case, the court has ruled in…
In 2024, Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife MacKenzie Scott gave $30 million to a Silicon Valley housing nonprofit; a year later, it unveiled a 10-year plan to widen access to affordable homes in the Bay Area
In October 2024, Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott, through her Yield Giving fund, donated $30 million to Housing Trust Silicon Valley, providing the largest individual gift in the nonprofit’s history. The unrestricted donation was aimed at helping the organisation expand affordable housing opportunities across the 14-county Bay Area, one of the most expensive…
