EC Holds First Meeting Amid SIR Row, Defends Unanimity; Hearing Rules Relaxed, Deadlines Extended

News18 - Sep 26, 2026

Amid the SIR row, the Election Commission has eased hearing rules, announced special help desks, ordered an ECINet review and extended claims deadlines in Delhi and Maharashtra.

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Delhi PWD Minister Parvesh Verma slapped a man during a road inspection in Tilak Nagar on Sunday. A video of the incident has gone viral on social media.

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Europe needs to view artificial intelligence with more optimism -- despite growing warnings about its dangers -- or risk falling further behind, the head of a leading European AI start-up warned. "I think the mindset in Europe needs to shift to one of optimism and to one of opportunity, and not to one of risk and fear," Robin Rombach, CEO of German AI image generation specialist Black Forest Labs, told AFP. Europe lags behind the United States and China when it comes to cutting-edge AI models.

OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs called to appear at Australian AI probe

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The agent, OpenAI said, bypassed the curbs through a gap in its Domain Name System (DNS) filtering and used it to send questions to a public chatbot service. According to a report by OpenAI, the pause will stay in place until OpenAI has confirmed that the gap is resolved and has carried out further security testing of its systems.

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Products already licensed or registered under the “Analogue in Dairy Context” category would have to discontinue use of term “Paneer” in nomenclature, labelling, and marketing

'May Allah Take Suvendu': Humayun Kabir Wishes Death For Bengal CM, Then Makes U-turn

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Tamil Nadu revoked its decision to exempt the Public (Law and Order) Department from the RTI Act, 2005, following criticism from opposition parties and transparency concerns.

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