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Beneficiaries of the Karnataka Government’s Gruha Lakshmi scheme, which provides women heads of families with Rs 2,000 monthly, will soon be able to secure low-interest loans from the Gruha Lakshmi Multipurpose Cooperative Society, to be launched on November 19, officials said on Tuesday. The society will provide loans of up to Rs 3 lakh, which, according to Women and Child Development Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar will further improve the financial strength of women. The low-interest loans are meant for pursuing self-employment or meeting emergencies and other requirements. “The objective is to ensure security and financial independence for women,” Hebbalkar said. Story…

Days after videos of an alleged alcohol party inside Bengaluru’s Parappana Agrahara central prison went viral, the police on Monday registered a case against four prisoners based on a complaint filed by Imaamasaab Myageri, who has been suspended as the assistant superintendent of prisons. However, there is no mention in the complaint of any officer who allegedly allowed the event to happen inside the prison. In the FIR, the police have named Karthik, alias Jitre Patrick, Dhananjay, alias Renukaprasad, Manjunath V, alias Koli Manja and Charan Rao B for dancing inside barrack-8 in Room-7 of the prison. The incident came…

Bihar recorded its highest ever voter turnout of 67.14% in the second and final phase of polling for the Assembly elections Tuesday, even as all the exit polls predicted a comfortable victory for the incumbent NDA.The turnout figure, registered till 5 pm, surpassed all previous polling records in Bihar since 1951, according to the office of the state’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Vinod Gunjiyal. The exit polls, which declared their projections after the completion of voting, unanimously gave the NDA coalition, led by the BJP and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s JD(U), a tally well above the majority mark of 122…

Inspired by Steve Jobs’ famous quote about embedding Aristotle in a computer, Bartnik set out to create a self-contained robot that runs independently from cloud services. The robot’s lifelike features, from its animated eyes to its synthesized voice, combine cutting-edge technology with philosophical inquiry. The project not only showcases technical ingenuity but also raises intriguing questions about AI’s potential to emulate historical figures and engage in deep intellectual conversations. Aristotle’s Digital Doppelgänger Bartnik’s vision for the robot was to build a system that didn’t rely on cloud computing, a decision motivated by both cost and the desire for greater independence.…

PatnaNovember 11, 2025 08:57 PM IST First published on: Nov 11, 2025 at 08:57 PM IST In January-February 2007, the top leaders of the CPI (Maoist) gathered in the village of Chormara in Bihar’s Jamui district for the party’s 9th Congress, the first meeting since it was formed three years earlier following the merger of the Maoist Communist Centre (MCC) and the People’s War Group. On Tuesday, the people of Chormara, a newly christened “model booth”, voted in their village for the first time in over three decades. Chormara, located on a hilly terrain, was one of the 768 polling…

New Delhi: Citing his disagreement “with some of the individuals currently in positions of power in the party”, senior Bihar Congress leader Shakeel Ahmed resigned from the party hours after polling in the state was concluded.In a letter addressed to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge, the former health minister of Bihar said he had taken this decision with “a very heavy heart” earlier, but had decided to wait until the polling was complete because he did not wish that “any wrong message be sent before polling, or that the party lose even a single vote because of me”. Ahmad has also…

Show Quick Read Key points generated by AI, verified by newsroom New Delhi [India], November 11 (ANI): As exit polls projected a clear majority for the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in Bihar, Congress MP Tariq Anwar on Tuesday dismissed the predictions as speculative, saying they “cannot be considered accurate. Speaking to ANI, Anwar said, “Exit Polls are not accurate. They are only a speculation. It indicates what might happen. It would not be right to think that they are accurate.” The exit polls suggested the NDA is likely to return to power in the 243-member Bihar assembly, while the…

Paramount Pictures Seth Rogen and Martin Short are among the biggest comedians working today. Many recognize Rogen and Short for their recent work on Apple TV’s “The Studio” and Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building” respectively, with both earning 2025 Emmy nominations for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series (Rogen took home the statuette). Rewind the clock back to 2008, and the two stars were joining forces in “The Spiderwick Chronicles,” a charming family film currently available on Paramount Plus. “The Spiderwick Chronicles” was one of many fantasy children’s book adaptations released in the…

In a surprising twist to the Bihar Assembly Election 2025 projections, the latest exit poll by Journo Mirror has kept hopes alive for the opposition Mahagathbandhan. While most exit polls have predicted a comfortable victory for the ruling NDA, Journo Mirror’s survey paints a different picture, one that places the Tejashwi Yadav-led alliance ahead of the Nitish Kumar-led coalition. According to the poll data, the Mahagathbandhan is projected to win between 130 and 140 seats, comfortably crossing the majority mark of 122 in the 243-member assembly. Journo Mirror Exit Poll Offers Hope To Mahagathbandhan The Journo Mirror exit poll has…

The Bhajan Lal Sharma-led BJP government in Rajasthan is set to bring in an ordinance to amend the Rajasthan Panchayati Raj Act and the Rajasthan Municipalities Act to drop the provisions that disqualify individuals having more than two children from contesting panchayat and urban local body polls.The amendment is likely to come into effect before the coming local polls in the state. Here is why the government decided to do away with the policy and the likely implications of the move: Story continues below this ad What is the two-child policy?On November 27, 1995, the Rajasthan Assembly amended Section 19…