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Actor Files PIL In Bengaluru Tunnel Project, BJP MP Tejaswi Surya Argues Case
The Tunnel Road Project in Bengaluru has come under judicial scrutiny after actor Prakash Belawadi filed a Public Interest Litigation in the Karnataka High Court.
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Less Harmful, But Not Harmless: Delhi Divided Over Green Crackers Ruling
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (October 15) allowed bursting green crackers in Delhi between October 20 and 21. With this, the top court tried to strike a balance between the interests of the industry and public health, it said.
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Madras High Court Notice To Centre, Tamil Nadu On Plea To Add TVK's Vijay As Accused In Stampede Case
The Madras High Court today sent notices to the Election Commission of India, Tamil Nadu government, and the state top cop on a Public Interest Litigation seeking to alter the FIR in the Karur stampede case.
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Kerala High Court Dismisses Plea Against Arundhati Roy's Book Cover
The Kerala High Court on Monday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed against author Arundhati Roy's book 'Mother Mary Comes To Me' over its cover image showing the writer smoking.
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Calcutta High Court Accepts Plea For Central Probe Over Attack On BJP MP
The Calcutta High Court has permitted the filing of a PIL, a public interest litigation, seeking an NIA investigation into the alleged attack on two Bharatiya Janata Party leaders - MP Khagen Murmu and MLA Sankar Ghosh.
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Bungie Shares an Update on Marathon, Announces Closed Playtests for Later This Month
Bungie has announced closed technical playtests from its extraction shooter, Marathon. The playtests will be invite-only and will be available to players in North America and Europe between October 22 and October 28. Application for the playtest is now open to interested players.
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Lawyer Who Threw Shoe At Chief Justice Has No Regrets, Makes Bizarre Claims
A day after he made national headlines by throwing a shoe at the Chief Justice of India, BR Gavai, inside the Supreme Court, advocate Rajesh Kishore said he does not regret what he did and accused the Chief Justice of mocking Sanatan Dharma.
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After Trump's Big Praise, Pak Says It Backed Different Version Of Gaza Plan
Days after US President Donald Trump praised Pakistani leadership for supporting the Gaza peace deal, Islamabad has denied backing Washington's '20-point' proposal to end the war between Israel and Hamas.
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"12 Years Since He Was Buried. Why Now?" High Court On Afzal Guru, Maqbool Bhat Grave Plea
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a public interest litigation seeking removal of graves of Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhat, both executed for terror-related offences, from Delhi's Tihar Jail.
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Madras High Junks Plea On Voter List 'Manipulation', Imposes Rs 1 Lakh Fine
The Madras High Court dismissed a Public Interest Litigation on Tuesday. The petition sought directions for the Election Commission of India to clarify allegations of widespread manipulation of electoral rolls in the 2024 Lok Sabha election.
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Stray Dogs In Meghalaya Are "Dangerous" In Nature: High Court To Supreme Court
In a significant development, the Meghalaya High Court has requested the Supreme Court to allow it to retain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on the stray dogs menace.
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OpenAI Partners With Anthropic to Find Safety Flaws in Each Other’s AI Models
OpenAI partnered with Anthropic for a first-of-its-kind alignment evaluation exercise, with the aim of finding gaps in the other company's internal safety measures. The findings from this collaboration were shared publicly on Wednesday, highlighting interesting behavioural insights about their popular artificial intelligence (AI) models. OpenAI fou...
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Bengal Willing To Hold Union Polls, Colleges Not Making Efforts, Court Told
The West Bengal government on Tuesday informed Calcutta High Court that it is willing to conduct student union elections in universities across the state. However, claimed that the institutions themselves have not shown any initiative in this regard.
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Delhi High Court Sets Aside Panel's Order To Disclose Smriti Irani's Degree
The Delhi High Court on Monday set aside an order of the Central Information Commission (CIC) directing CBSE to provide copies of the Class X and XII records of BJP leader Smriti Irani.
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Evicted People Should Not Be Given Shelter: Assam CM
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said people should not give shelter to evicted persons, else the "position of our people", which has improved through evictions and other measures, will become "bad again".
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Actor Files PIL In Bengaluru Tunnel Project, BJP MP Tejaswi Surya Argues Case
The Tunnel Road Project in Bengaluru has come under judicial scrutiny after actor Prakash Belawadi filed a Public Interest Litigation in the Karnataka High Court.
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Less Harmful, But Not Harmless: Delhi Divided Over Green Crackers Ruling
The Supreme Court on Wednesday (October 15) allowed bursting green crackers in Delhi between October 20 and 21. With this, the top court tried to strike a balance between the interests of the industry and public health, it said.
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Madras High Court Notice To Centre, Tamil Nadu On Plea To Add TVK's Vijay As Accused In Stampede Case
The Madras High Court today sent notices to the Election Commission of India, Tamil Nadu government, and the state top cop on a Public Interest Litigation seeking to alter the FIR in the Karur stampede case.
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Kerala High Court Dismisses Plea Against Arundhati Roy's Book Cover
The Kerala High Court on Monday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed against author Arundhati Roy's book 'Mother Mary Comes To Me' over its cover image showing the writer smoking.
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Calcutta High Court Accepts Plea For Central Probe Over Attack On BJP MP
The Calcutta High Court has permitted the filing of a PIL, a public interest litigation, seeking an NIA investigation into the alleged attack on two Bharatiya Janata Party leaders - MP Khagen Murmu and MLA Sankar Ghosh.
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Bungie Shares an Update on Marathon, Announces Closed Playtests for Later This Month
Bungie has announced closed technical playtests from its extraction shooter, Marathon. The playtests will be invite-only and will be available to players in North America and Europe between October 22 and October 28. Application for the playtest is now open to interested players.
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Lawyer Who Threw Shoe At Chief Justice Has No Regrets, Makes Bizarre Claims
A day after he made national headlines by throwing a shoe at the Chief Justice of India, BR Gavai, inside the Supreme Court, advocate Rajesh Kishore said he does not regret what he did and accused the Chief Justice of mocking Sanatan Dharma.
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After Trump's Big Praise, Pak Says It Backed Different Version Of Gaza Plan
Days after US President Donald Trump praised Pakistani leadership for supporting the Gaza peace deal, Islamabad has denied backing Washington's '20-point' proposal to end the war between Israel and Hamas.
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"12 Years Since He Was Buried. Why Now?" High Court On Afzal Guru, Maqbool Bhat Grave Plea
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a public interest litigation seeking removal of graves of Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhat, both executed for terror-related offences, from Delhi's Tihar Jail.
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Madras High Junks Plea On Voter List 'Manipulation', Imposes Rs 1 Lakh Fine
The Madras High Court dismissed a Public Interest Litigation on Tuesday. The petition sought directions for the Election Commission of India to clarify allegations of widespread manipulation of electoral rolls in the 2024 Lok Sabha election.
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Stray Dogs In Meghalaya Are "Dangerous" In Nature: High Court To Supreme Court
In a significant development, the Meghalaya High Court has requested the Supreme Court to allow it to retain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on the stray dogs menace.
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OpenAI Partners With Anthropic to Find Safety Flaws in Each Other’s AI Models
OpenAI partnered with Anthropic for a first-of-its-kind alignment evaluation exercise, with the aim of finding gaps in the other company's internal safety measures. The findings from this collaboration were shared publicly on Wednesday, highlighting interesting behavioural insights about their popular artificial intelligence (AI) models. OpenAI fou...
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Bengal Willing To Hold Union Polls, Colleges Not Making Efforts, Court Told
The West Bengal government on Tuesday informed Calcutta High Court that it is willing to conduct student union elections in universities across the state. However, claimed that the institutions themselves have not shown any initiative in this regard.
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Delhi High Court Sets Aside Panel's Order To Disclose Smriti Irani's Degree
The Delhi High Court on Monday set aside an order of the Central Information Commission (CIC) directing CBSE to provide copies of the Class X and XII records of BJP leader Smriti Irani.
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Evicted People Should Not Be Given Shelter: Assam CM
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said people should not give shelter to evicted persons, else the "position of our people", which has improved through evictions and other measures, will become "bad again".
