Meghalaya
Capital: Shillong
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RBI data centre and cyber training institute to open in Bhubaneswar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate the RBI's new data centre and Cybersecurity Training Institute in Bhubaneswar on October 25. The facility is certified to the Uptime Institute Tier IV standard, the highest tier for data centre resilience.
Centre to begin consultation on an AI law, says Vaishnaw
The government will start a consultation process in the coming weeks to frame legislation on artificial intelligence, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Friday. IT Secretary S. Krishnan said the Centre recognises that AI needs more regulation, pointing to cyber incidents in which AI agents escaped their sandboxes.
BREAKINGNo more brooms: Mumbai's air plan wants vacuum cleaners and sealed debris trucks
Environment and Climate Change Minister Pankaja Munde has announced a Clean Air Action Programme for the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, with vacuum cleaning machines for roads and a mandatory full cover for debris trucks. Guidelines will be ready in 15 to 20 days.
Forensic probe ordered into Jarange audio alleging Rs 500 crore paid via Shrikant Shinde
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has ordered a forensic examination of an audio clip released by Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange. One clip purportedly claims Rs 500 crore was delivered to him through Shiv Sena MP Shrikant Shinde.
An AI agent that works while you're away: Anthropic's Claude Duet hooks into 6,000+ apps
Anthropic has unveiled Claude Duet, a proactive AI agent built on Claude Opus 5.5 that keeps working in the background when the user steps away. It connects to more than 6,000 apps, seeks approval before payments, and is in limited US preview.
Threat email names Mumbai Mayor's office, Bachchan's home and Diljit concert
The Mumbai Mayor's office received a bomb threat email on Friday that also named actor Amitabh Bachchan's Juhu home and the venue of singer Diljit Dosanjh's November 27 concert. Searches found nothing suspicious, and police are investigating the email's origin.
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SIR screened 10 crore voters and found 1,600 'foreigners'. Congress wants the CEC out
The Congress on Thursday called the Special Intensive Revision a conspiracy run by the PM and home minister, and demanded Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's removal. Jairam Ramesh said just 1,600 suspected foreign nationals were detected across six states after nearly 10 crore people were screened. The Election Commission has defended the exercise in a 248-page affidavit to the Supreme Court.
Three more MLAs set to join ruling NPP in Meghalaya
Three of the UDP's four remaining MLAs are set to join Chief Minister Conrad Sangma's NPP in Meghalaya, lifting the ruling party's strength in the 60-member Assembly from 33 to 36.
From kingmaker to one MLA: Meghalaya's UDP all but wiped out as three more defect to NPP
Three of the four remaining United Democratic Party MLAs in Meghalaya have applied to merge with the ruling National People's Party. The UDP expelled all three, shrinking a 12-MLA party to a single legislator in under a month.
Three more UDP MLAs set to join NPP as Meghalaya ruling bloc tightens grip
Three more UDP MLAs in Meghalaya have applied to merge with the ruling NPP, weeks after eight of the party's 12 legislators joined the BJP. The UDP expelled the three. The Speaker said he would seek legal opinion. BJP leader A.L. Hek ruled out a cabinet berth.
UDP down to one: three more MLAs seek to merge with Meghalaya's ruling NPP
Three of the four remaining UDP MLAs in Meghalaya have applied to merge with the ruling National People's Party, which would lift the NPP's strength in the 60-member House from 33 to 36. The UDP has expelled all three.
Eight MLAs gone, three more going: Meghalaya's UDP shrinks to a single MLA
Three of the four remaining UDP MLAs in Meghalaya have applied to the Assembly Speaker to merge with the ruling NPP. Eight of the party's 12 MLAs had joined the BJP less than a month ago, leaving president Metbah Lyngdoh as its lone legislator.
Three UDP MLAs move to merge with ruling NPP, Speaker to decide
Three of the four remaining UDP MLAs have applied to Speaker Thomas A. Sangma to merge with the ruling National People's Party, days after eight of their colleagues crossed over to the BJP. The move would lift the NPP's strength to 36 in the 60-member House and leave the UDP with a single legislator.
Three of four remaining UDP MLAs likely to join ruling NPP in Meghalaya
Three of the four remaining legislators of the United Democratic Party in Meghalaya are likely to join the ruling National People's Party, in a shift that would further alter the balance in the state's ruling alliance.