New Delhi: A Delhi-based singer allegedly received a series of extortion and threat calls for Rs 5 crore from foreign-based gangster Deepak Nandal.According to police, the singer’s manager first received an extortion call from a Portugal-based number, followed by multiple threatening voice notes and another call from a different international number. The caller identified himself…
The deepfakes, carrying Preity Zinta’s trademark smile, “is depleting her joy”, her lawyers contended Mumbai: Yet another Bollywood personality, Preity Zinta, approached the Bombay High Court to have her personality rights protected against deepfake Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated images and content. The deepfakes, carrying her trademark smile, “is depleting her joy”, her lawyers contended as…
Bengaluru: A bomb threat email sent to the department of space and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) headquarters triggered a high-alert security response before police investigations revealed it to be a hoax. Investigation led officers to Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, where the accused behind the email was traced.The accused, Nishant Tyagi, 36, is an SSLC…
Chennai: Madras high court has imposed ₹50,000 cost on joint secretaries of Union ministry of external affairs and home affairs for failing to assist the court in connection with a habeas corpus plea moved by the son of an Indian who was convicted in a narcotics case in Sri Lanka and later repatriated to India.A…
Hyderabad: Roads and buildings minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy on Friday said the construction of the new high court building, judges’ residential quarters and Osmania General Hospital construction should be completed and the projects kept ready for inauguration by Dec 2027. Reviewing the progress of various HAM and CRF roads and hospital buildings, the minister said…
Kolkata: Diamond Harbour Police has lodged an FIR over alleged large-scale irregularities in Sebashray health camps, implicating Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee under 27 penal sections.These include charges of cheating and forgery under BNS, as well as violations of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, the Atomic Energy Act, the National Medical Commission Act, the…
A 13-year-old girl in Ahmedabad’s Vatva area was allegedly sexually assaulted by a 34-year-old neighbour on Tuesday AHMEDABAD: A 13-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted in the Chaar Maliya locality of Vatva on Tuesday.Vatva police inspector A A Vachheta said the accused was arrested shortly after a complaint was lodged by the girl’s mother on…
File photo used for representational purpose. प्रतीकात्मक तस्वीर (फोटो- NBT) File photo used for representational purpose. प्रतीकात्मक तस्वीर (फोटो- NBT) File photo used for representational purpose. LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) on Friday said it will refund excess smart meter charges to only 93,138 consumers, even though its own records allegedly showed that…
Flight services between Jaipur and Dubai are set to resume this month Jaipur: After a gap of nearly four months, direct flight services between Jaipur and Dubai are set to resume this month. SpiceJet will restart its daily Jaipur-Dubai service from July 20.The route was suspended following the West Asia crisis. For passengers travelling from…
TMC draws battle lines after rival faction seizes party office (Image/PTI) NEW DELHI: The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday accused the rival faction led by expelled MLA Ritabrata Banerjee of illegally taking control of the party’s organisational headquarters in Kolkata, calling its members ‘criminal trespassers’ and warning of legal action.The party also said it had…
