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Living in the Covid shadow

India, May 28 -- India now has 1,010 active Covid-19 cases nationwide, with Delhi reporting 104 cases as new variants circulate across the country. Similar upticks are emerging across Asia. Yet health... Read More


Revoke contracts of 5K e-buses: Maha minister

MUMBAI, May 28 -- State transport minister Pratap Sarnaik directed officials of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation (MSRTC) to cancel the contract for procuring 5,510 electric vehicles (E... Read More


Bank staff caught in Rs 1.93 crore cyber scam from dormant accounts

MEERUT, May 28 -- Four employees of a private bank, including a branch manager, have been arrested in Bulandshahr for allegedly collaborating with cybercriminals to siphon off Rs 1.93 crore from dorma... Read More


Recaptured after jumping bail, Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist gets 10 yrs, fine

Meerut, May 28 -- A court in Moradabad district sentenced Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Ulfat Hussain, alias Mohammad Saiful Islam, to 10 years in prison and imposed a fine of Rs.48,000 for his role in ... Read More


STF files FIR over illegal arms trade

Agra, May 28 -- The Special Task Force (STF) in Agra has booked seven individuals for irregularities related to the acquisition of arms licences, and the purchase and sale of firearms. A case has been... Read More


Meerut police cremate missing man's body; inquiry initiated

MEERUT, May 28 -- In a shocking case of alleged police negligence, a 38-year-old man reported missing by his family was cremated as an unidentified body by the police, leaving his relatives devastated... Read More


Man gets life term for setting teen girl on fire

MEERUT, May 28 -- A special POCSO court in Bareilly on Monday sentenced Shadab, a resident of Ramzanpur village in Budaun district, to life imprisonment for the abduction and murder of a 17-year-old g... Read More


Inside the plan to transform Asia's largest slum

Mumbai, May 28 -- "Dharavi is the Malabar Hill of Indian slums," said Kiran Dighavkar. He was the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) assistant commissioner of G-north ward - under which Dharavi ... Read More


Maoists claim Basvaraju was captured, killed; cops deny

Raipur, May 28 -- The Dandakaranya Special Zonal Committee (DKSZC) of the CPI (Maoist), in a statement, called the death of Nambala Keshavrao alias Basavaraj a "massacre" orchestrated by security forc... Read More


AI needs guardrails, not safety theatre

India, May 28 -- Last week, two AI models were in the news for being disobedient. OpenAI's o3 defied explicit shutdown commands in safety tests, rewriting computer scripts to avoid being turned off ev... Read More