Kerala local body polls: State Election Commission to keep a tab on use of AI

Kerala local body polls: State Election Commission to keep a tab on use of AI

In an age when Artificial Intelligence (AI)-generated content is flooding social media, the State Election Commission is planning to keep its eyes peeled to make sure that such materials do not ‘contaminate’ the election scene in the upcoming 2025 local body polls in Kerala.  State Election Commissioner A. Shajahan told The Hindu that the commission is … Read more

Women indispensable for sustainable peace, says P. Wilson at UN Peacebuilding Commission

Women indispensable for sustainable peace, says P. Wilson at UN Peacebuilding Commission

DMK MP P. Wilson representing India at the UN Peacebuilding Commission, on October 27, 2025 | Photo Credit: X/@PWilsonDMK India was among the first countries to recognise the role of women in building “sustainable peace”, said Rajya Sabha member P. Wilson at the UN Peacebuilding Commission on Monday. Presenting the India Statement, Mr. Wilson, who … Read more

Chief executive of Care Quality Commission resigns

Chief executive of Care Quality Commission resigns

Sir Julian Hartley, Chief Executive the Care Quality Commission which is the independent regulator of all health and adult social care services in England, has resigned. The announcement comes just days after an independent inquiry into maternity care at the Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust was announced. Mr Hartley had previously spent a decade leading … Read more

Andhra Pradesh Governor launches live streaming of State Information Commission case hearings

Andhra Pradesh Governor launches live streaming of State Information Commission case hearings

To ensure transparency and accountability in the service delivery mechanism of the State Information Commission, which functions under the Right to Information Act, Andhra Pradesh Governor Syed Abdul Nazeer on Monday virtually launched the live streaming of case hearings. After launching the initiative at the court hall of Chief Information Commissioner R. Mahaboob Basha, the … Read more

We demand accountability, answers and justice from Election Commission, says Karnataka Chief Minister

We demand accountability, answers and justice from Election Commission, says Karnataka Chief Minister

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, referring to The Hindu story on alleged voter fraud in Aland ahead of the Assembly polls in 2023 published on Sunday, said they demand “accountability, answers and justice” from Election Commission of India (ECI).  “In Aland, a systematic conspiracy to steal democracy was exposed in 2023 when 5,994 forged … Read more

Second report of Nagamohan Das Commission focuses on Smart City Project works in Bengaluru; finds significant irregularities

Second report of Nagamohan Das Commission focuses on Smart City Project works in Bengaluru; finds significant irregularities

Justice Nagamohan Das submitting the probe report to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Bengaluru on Saturday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Over ₹3,500 crore worth of works carried out between 2019–20 and 2022–23 under the Smart City Project (SCP) in Bengaluru, when the BJP was in power, is the main focus of the second investigation report … Read more

Mahajan Commission report on Karnataka-Maharashtra border row is final, asserts H.K. Patil

Mahajan Commission report on Karnataka-Maharashtra border row is final, asserts H.K. Patil

Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.K. Patil at a meeting of Kannada organisations in Belagavi on Saturday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT HUBBALLI Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.K. Patil has said that there was no reason for Kannadigas to be concerned over cases pertaining to the Karnataka-Maharashtra border row before the Supreme Court, as … Read more

Tamil Nadu Police Commission calls for firm action on wrongful, brutal handling of suspects

Tamil Nadu Police Commission calls for firm action on wrongful, brutal handling of suspects

Representative images | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Fifth Tamil Nadu Police Commission has called for stringent disciplinary action against abuse of authority, especially brutal handling of suspects. In its final report submitted to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K Stalin, recently the Commission called for quick internal investigation and immediate disciplinary action when police personnel … Read more

7th Pay Commission: DA में 2% का इजाफा… केंद्रीय कर्मचारियों की कितनी बढ़ेगी सैलरी? समझें पूरा गणित

7th Pay Commission:  DA में 2% का इजाफा… केंद्रीय कर्मचारियों की कितनी बढ़ेगी सैलरी? समझें पूरा गणित

सातवें वेतन आयोग (7th Pay Commission) के तहत केंद्र सरकार ने कर्मचारियों और पेंशनर्स के लिए महंगाई भत्ता और महंगाई राहत में 2 फीसदी बढ़ोतरी का ऐलान किया है. इस बढ़ोतरी के साथ ही अब कर्मचारियों का महंगाई भत्ता 53 फीसदी से बढ़कर 55 फीसदी हो जाएगा. ऐसे में आइए जानते हैं कर्मचारियों की सैलरी … Read more

PM Modi hails Election Commission, says global community should study its working

PM Modi hails Election Commission, says global community should study its working

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a podcast with renowned computer scientist and podcaster Lex Fridman, in New Delhi on Sunday. | Photo Credit: ANI Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised India’s “neutral and independent” Election Commission and said that its management of the world’s largest democratic exercise should be studied by the global community. Speaking … Read more