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The government had cautioned X’s Al application Grok to ensure it does not generate, promote or facilitate sexually explicit content The government on Tuesday gave X (formerly Twitter) additional time till January 7 (Wednesday) evening to submit a detailed action taken report (ATR) after the platform was warned over indecent and sexually-explicit content being generated through misuse of artificial intelligence (AI)-based services like ‘Grok’ and other tools.On January 2, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) had cautioned X’s Al application Grok, to ensure it does not generate, promote or facilitate content which contains nudity, sexualisation, sexually explicit or…
Kolkata: In the backdrop of Special Intensive Revision in West Bengal, Samajwadi Party leader and Member of Parliament Akhilesh Yadav will meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Baneerjee at state secretariat Nabanna on Tuesday afternoon.Yadav, reaching Kolkata, said, “The BJP will not be successful in Bengal against Didi.”Yadav and Banerjee’s meeting is especially significant, in the backdrop of the ongoing Bengal SIR and upcoming assembly polls in Bengal and SIR in Uttar Pradesh and future of INDIA alliance. Notably, SIR is underway in Uttar Pradesh, where names of around 2 crore people have been deleted while names of 58 lakh…
Thane: The Anti-Narcotics Cell of Thane City Crime Branch arrested a 20-year-old man with four country-made pistols and live ammunition worth over Rs 4 lakh near Bhiwandi, officials said.Acting on a tip-off from police hawaldar Amol Desai, a team intercepted Sohil Beg Shorab Beg Mirza, a resident of Alampur in Bhind district of Madhya Pradesh, near Dev Chowk on Dombivli Bypass Road on Feb 2. The operation was part of a special drive initiated by the police commissioner against illegal possession of weapons. “This is a significant breakthrough in our ongoing campaign against illegal arms,” said a senior crime branch…
NEW DELHI: A 25-year-old man working at a private bank’s call centre was killed in the early hours of Friday after his motorcycle fell into a 14-foot-deep open construction pit in west Delhi’s Janakpuri. The victim, Kamal Dhyani, was returning home from work when the accident happened.The incident, which comes just a few days after the death of a Noida-based techie in similar circumstances, sparked massive outrage over civic negligence. Delhi Police filed an FIR for culpable homicide against the project contractor and Delhi Jal Board officials. Weeks After Noida Techie’s Death, Delhi Biker Dies After Falling Into Pit Dug…
Bengaluru: Granting interim protection to activist Puneeth Kerehalli in two criminal cases, Karnataka high court has directed the govt to place on record the measures taken to identify and act against illegal immigrants in Bengaluru. Justice M Nagaprasanna issued the directions while hearing petitions filed by Kerehalli challenging the cases booked by Soladevanahalli police in Bengaluru Rural district. The court ordered that no coercive action should be taken against the petitioner until the next date of hearing.The additional special public prosecutor informed the court that the actions of Kerehalli and his associates during the incident in question were recorded on…
Hyderabad: Senior BRS leader T Harish Rao on Friday said that the Congress govt owed Rs 60,000 to every woman, as it had promised to provide Rs 2,500 a month as financial assistance under the Maha Laxmi scheme during the assembly elections. Over the past two years, the govt had failed to pay this amount, he said, adding that when KCR was in power, every woman received a saree for Bathukamma.Speaking at various meetings at Jinnaram in Medak, Naspur in Mancherial, and other areas as part of municipal elections campaigning, the former minister said that Andhra Pradesh chief minister N…
Chennai: Living next to politicians may not guarantee access to power, but it can certainly cost your peace, say residents of Panaiyur. People of the coastal neighbourhood along Chennai’s East Coast Road say their quiet lives are increasingly disrupted by the presence of political heavyweights.What was once a serene locality on the city outskirts now sees frequently crowded streets and barricaded roads. Morning walks are interrupted by a maze of vehicles: cars of residents struggle to enter and exit homes, as police bandobusts appear without notice. Panaiyur houses the headquarters of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), led by actor-politician Vijay, besides…
Ahmedabad: More than two years after his mobile phone was allegedly stolen from a busy vegetable market in the Jodhpur area, a 72-year-old retired man lodged a formal complaint with Anandnagar police this week, highlighting delays that often mark minor theft cases.According to the FIR filed on Feb 5, Arvind Shah, a resident of Jodhpur, stated that the incident took place on the evening of Jan 16, 2024. Shah told police that he went to the Jodhpur village vegetable market around 7pm to buy groceries when his mobile phone, kept in his shirt pocket, was stolen.Shah said he immediately searched…
BHUBANESWAR: Nearly a month after anonymous emails warned of attacks on several courts, similar messages were sent to multiple courts in the state, putting Odisha Police in a bind. The fresh threats come just a day after the consulates of Italy and Japan in Bengaluru received hoax bomb threats via email. According to the police, district and sessions courts in Cuttack, Puri, Phulbani, Sambalpur, Bargarh and Jajpur received emails threatening to detonate RDX bombs on court premises. The messages triggered panic among lawyers, litigants and judges, forcing police to launch a fresh round of investigation. Although the emails closely resembled…
Coimbatore: S Kalidas, 34, of Kempatty Colony, says working at a gold manufacturing unit is like a life or death situation now. “I quit the industry as I was under severe mental distress,” he opens up to TOI.Like Kalidas, several others have quit their jobs in the gold manufacturing units in the district owing to the mounting uncertainty in gold and silver prices. “Though I love the job of making ornaments, I had to give it up 10 months ago as the earnings from it weren’t sufficient to look after my family. Now, I am driving a rental auto and…