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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas moved Friday to shore up its brittle ceasefire agreement with Israel by reaffirming its commitment to the terms of the deal, including a pledge to hand over the remains of all dead Israeli hostages.The militant group’s statement released in the early hours Friday follows a dire warning from U.S. President Donald Trump that he would green-light Israel to resume the war if Hamas doesn’t live up to its end of the deal and return all of the hostages’ bodies. Hamas, however, maintains that some bodies were buried in tunnels that were later destroyed…

The Karnataka government on Thursday decided to issue notifications to exempt buildings built on properties measuring 1,200 square feet, and going up to three floors, from the mandate of occupancy certificates if the building plan has an approval in areas under state municipalities and municipal corporation laws.“Cabinet has decided to exempt from obtaining Occupancy Certificate (OCC) for buildings up to 1,200 sq ft in area constructed with the approval of the Government on plots up to 1,200 sq ft in area under the authority of the Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964,” the cabinet noted. The cabinet also decided to issue a…

Show Quick Read Key points generated by AI, verified by newsroom Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday exuded confidence that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will secure a resounding victory in Bihar, claiming it will be the “biggest majority in 20 years.” Campaigning in the poll-bound state, Shah said the people of Bihar have four reasons to celebrate “Diwali” this year, attributing it to both festival joy and the government’s achievements. His remarks came as the NDA, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, seeks to retain power in the upcoming Bihar assembly elections. Shah…

As a purely creative instrument, Sora, the new AI video app from OpenAI, is a game changer. Dream up any scenario and it appears in an instant. Freddy Krueger as a contestant on Dancing With the Stars. Mr. Rogers teaching Tupac Shakur the lyrics to the legendary rap diss “Hit Em Up.”But just as its innovations are remarkable, so is Sora’s potential for genuine harm.That’s been true of generative AI for as long as the tech has existed. The capacity for abuse is inseparable from the miracle of what genAI can create. Sora simply extends the visual medium’s long history…

The Karnataka Cabinet Thursday decided to consider clearances for a new cricket stadium after a Detailed Project Report (DPR) is prepared, following an in-principle approval by the Karnataka Housing Board (KHB) to facilitate the construction of a stadium for 80,000 spectators in rural Bengaluru. The new cricket stadium has been projected as being necessary for Bengaluru, as the existing M Chinnaswamy Stadium, operated by the Karnataka State Cricket Association, has a capacity of only 33,000 spectators. Story continues below this ad The Cabinet mentioned in a note on Thursday, “The Karnataka Housing Board has given in-principle approval to the implementation…

BRUSSELS (AP) — Europe’s main center-left political family on Friday kicked out the party of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, who is accused of cozying up to Russian President Vladimir Putin while undermining the rule of law in his own country.The Party of European Socialists voted unanimously to expel Fico’s Smer party for taking political positions in recent years that contradict “severely and deeply the values and principles our family stands for,” Secretary-General Giacomo Filibeck said.“This is a unanimous, clear message. If you belong to the PES family, you share the values that we all do,” Filibeck said after the…

Static Media/Getty Images The One Chicago shows have dominated NBC’s Wednesday night lineup for years, and after spawning a sprawling universe that connects to other portions of Dick Wolf’s panorama of crime and medical series it’s definitely difficult to figure out where to begin watching the whole shebang, especially if you want to watch it in the order in which it aired. On top of that, there are 36 crossover episodes between the four series, plus crossovers with other NBC procedurals like “Law and Order: Special Victim’s Unit.” But don’t worry:…

New Delhi: The BJP on Friday named Morpal Suman as its candidate for the upcoming bypoll in Rajasthan’s Anta assembly seat. Suman is currently the pradhan of the Baran Panchayat Samiti. “After a series of discussions, surveys and deliberations, the party has announced Morpal Suman as its candidate… He will definitely win the election,” BJP state president Madan Rathore said. The by-election was necessitated following the disqualification of sitting BJP MLA Kanwarlal Meena, who was found guilty of threatening a sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) with a pistol. The Congress party candidate, Pramod Jain, had filed his nomination papers earlier this week.…

Show Quick Read Key points generated by AI, verified by newsroom Patna: CPI(ML) Liberation general secretary Dipankar Bhattacharya has charged the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar with serving its people a “cocktail” of crime, corruption and communalism, the three “Cs” on which the Chief Minister had promised not to compromise. In an interview with PTI here, the Left leader described as “scary” the situation in the state, where the longest serving Chief Minister claims to have ended “jungle raj” that allegedly prevailed under the rule of RJD, an ally of the CPI(ML)-L. “Nitish ji used to say that he would…

Mumbai: A day after the entire Gujarat cabinet, except for Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, resigned from the cabinet, the state government Friday inducted a new council of ministers, expanding the cabinet numbers to 26 from the earlier 17.The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has won Gujarat seven straight terms, also re-introduced the post of a Deputy CM in Friday’s reshuffle, elevating Majura MLA Harsh Sanghavi to the post from a minister of state rank in the previous cabinet. On Friday, 21 ministers took oath at the Gujarat Raj Bhavan. On Thursday, while the entire cabinet was asked to tender their resignations,…