The Delhi High Court has sought greater legal clarity on the scope and protection of personality rights in a case involving actor Kriti Sanon, asking her legal team to submit relevant judicial precedents and research material on the evolving area of law. Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, while hearing Sanon’s plea, indicated that the matter raised...
A nine-year-old boy died in Rajasthan’s Phalodi district after falling into a 1,050-foot-deep borewell, bringing a nearly 39-hour rescue operation to a tragic end early Saturday. Despite sustained efforts by disaster-response teams and the local administration, rescuers were unable to save the child. The boy was finally brought out of the borewell at around 3:30...
The Union government has sought detailed reports from the Punjab government on three recent deaths allegedly connected to opposition to the state’s drug trade, intensifying an already heated political dispute over the handling of narcotics and organised crime in the state. The Union home ministry has asked Punjab’s chief secretary to provide information on three...
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has formed an 80-member internal working group aimed at understanding the concerns, political preferences and communication habits of Generation Z, as the party looks to strengthen its engagement with younger voters. The initiative, described within the party as a form of “yuva samvad” or youth dialogue, is examining how the...
The Union Territory of Ladakh has added a new district to its administrative map with the creation of Sankoo as its eighth district, a move aimed at bringing government administration closer to residents and improving the delivery of public services in the region. Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena announced the creation of Sankoo on Friday,...
Uttarakhand Women and Child Development Minister Rekha Arya’s husband, Girdhari Lal Sahu, has rejected allegations that he conspired to kill her, while accusing the minister of corruption and administrative neglect. The developments came a day after Uttarakhand Police registered a case following Arya’s complaint against her husband. Police said the allegations are being investigated and...
Seven people were killed and 10 others injured after a Tempo Traveller carrying pilgrims plunged into a drain along the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway in Rajasthan’s Kota district on Saturday morning. The accident took place at around 7 am in the Simliya police station area. The vehicle was reportedly carrying around 20 passengers who were travelling from...
Anthropic has announced a significant update to its artificial intelligence usage policy, introducing a prohibition on sustained and unnecessary abusive behaviour directed at its Claude AI models. The revised rules, scheduled to take effect on November 12, 2026, are intended to address extreme cases in which users repeatedly subject AI systems to cruelty without any...
A deadly prison disturbance in Mexico’s northwestern state of Sinaloa has left 10 people dead and 16 inmates injured, prompting a major security response and an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the violence. The incident occurred on Thursday morning, October 8, at the El Castillo Penitentiary in the coastal city of Mazatlán, during scheduled family...
The Kerala High Court has cleared the way for the registration of a First Information Report (FIR) under anti-corruption laws against former Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and others in connection with the alleged Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited (CMRL) bribery case. The order follows a petition seeking criminal proceedings based on findings shared by...