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The Federal Communications Commission has leveraged nearly $200 million in fines against wireless carriers AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon for illegally sharing customers’ location data without their consent

Bomb scare in Delhi-NCR schools: Over 50 schools send children home; here's all that we know Delhi LG VK Saxena who inspected one of the schools, said, "Delhi Police has found out from where these emails are coming. Investigation is underway. All I would like to say is that the culprits will not be spared and will be given strict punishment..." "I want to assure the people of Delhi that Delhi Police is fully prepared and we will try to prevent any untoward incident from happening," he added.

National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested another key accused in the Rs 700 crore Attari border drugs seizure case, taking the total number of arrests in the matter to eight. An official statement issued on Wednesday said the accused, Athar Saeed alias Chacha, had handled the proceeds of the drugs on the directions of the kingpin, Shahid Ahmed. Saeed was arrested on Tuesday after the NIA teams searched his premises in Delhi's Daryaganj and seized incriminating documents. The documents are being examined by the anti-terror agency to unravel the complete conspiracy behind the massive drugs racket, the statement said.

Prajwal Revanna, has sent shockwaves through the state. The genesis of this controversy traces back to a simmering dispute within the inner circle of former PM H D Deve Gowda's son H D Revanna's family. It all began to unfold in June 2023 when Karthik, a trusted aide who played various roles within the Revanna family, decided to challenge the established order, a TOI report stated. As per TOI report, at the heart of the issue lies a 16-acre piece of land situated in the ancestral village of the Deve Gowda clan in Holenarsipura. This land, a symbol of familial heritage and political stronghold, became the focal point of contention between Karthik and the Revanna family.

Dehradun, a 4-year-old girl underwent a 3-hour surgery following an attack by a neighbour's German Shepherd. The dog had attacked the girl on March 18, following which the girl's father lodged a complaint at the local police station on Sunday evening. Recounting the event, the girl's father told TOI that his daughter, accompanied by her mother and elder sister, was heading to a shop around noon when the dog attacked her. Her father said that unleashed dog lunged at his daughter as she passed by, biting the left side of her face in an unprovoked manner. Fortunately, her mother intervened, pulling the dog away by its nape, after which it was taken inside by its owner. The girl was immediately rushed to the hospital, where she underwent a 3-hour surgery to address the facial wound. The father expressed concern, mentioning previous instances of the dog attacking others and highlighting the potential danger. Following the incident, the family had to make daily visits to the hospital for 15 days for follow-up treatments. Doctors informed them that the treatment would continue for six months, noting that the girl was still deeply affected by the incident.

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schools in the capital Delhi and Noida have received bomb threats. The threat has come through email. As a precaution, dozens of schools in Delhi-Noida have been evacuated. Police, bomb squad, dog squad and fire brigade team have reached the spot. Police is sending all the children to their homes with the help of school staff. The schools which have received bomb threats are the famous schools of the city, where thousands of children study. After receiving such news of bombs in schools in the capital, there is panic in the entire police department, reported Navbharat Times. Children sent back from schools According to the information, the children have been sent back from the three schools in Delhi where bomb threats were received. These schools are in Mayur Vihar, Dwarka and Chanakyapuri. Search operations are going on in all the three places. Nothing has been found from anywhere so far. In Mother Mary in Mayur Vihar also, the students were sent back home after the information of bomb. It is being told that tests of children are also going on in Mother Mary School. But today when parents brought their children to school, they were sent back saying that it was an emergency holiday. Apart from this, school has been closed in DPS Dwarka and Sanskriti Chanakyapuri also after the bomb call.

Bomb Threat In Delhi Schools LIVE: Multiple schools in Delhi-NCR received bomb threats via email on Monday, warning them of bombs on their premises, news agency ANI reported. Police have initiated search operations following the alerts. Initial investigations suggest multiple Delhi schools have received similar emails of bomb threats.

PTI reported. The Karnataka government ordered the formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe a series of obscene videos circulating in Hassan district of Karnataka. These videos allegedly involve Prajwal Revanna of the Janata Dal (Secular) party, with some depicting acts of sexual assault.

The Worldcoin operator Tools for Humanity is expanding its services in Mexico, the firm announced, in spite of lawmakers’ calls for a government probe into its iris-scanning drive.

employees, the company said in its financial statements. Investigation into the complaints is ongoing and till now no instance of financial impropriety has been found, chief executive and managing director Angan Guha said.

Gurpatwant Singh Pannun, as per a PTI report. The remarks by US State Department Principal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel came in response to claims made by The Washington Post, attributing unnamed sources, regarding a Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) officer's involvement in the alleged plot on American soil last year, it added.

Netflix, Prime Video are offering new movies for their viewers. Cinephiles will be able to enjoy films on the OTT streaming giants. These movie are 'Unfrosted', and 'The Holdovers'. Jerry Seinfeld has been very picky about his post-'Seinfeld' projects, but the comedian stars in, co-writes and directs the new Netflix comedy 'Unfrosted' (streaming Friday). The film, an origin story for the Pop-Tart, is as stocked with comic talent as it is ridiculousness. Melissa McCarthy, Jim Gaffigan, Amy Schumer, Hugh Grant and many others co-star in Seinfeld’s satire of Kellogg’s and Post in a heated raced to create a new breakfast treat.

medical examiner's report into the death of Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona injected uncertainty Monday into the criminal negligence case brought against eight medical workers involved in his case a month before they are set to stand trial for homicide. A forensic expert conducted the study at the behest of one of the main defendants, Maradona's neurosurgeon Leopoldo Luque, in an effort to challenge the 2021 medical examination that held Luque and other doctors responsible for what it described as the soccer star's otherwise avoidable death. The defendants have denied any violations or irregularities in Maradona's treatment. Maradona, famous for leading Argentina to victory in the 1986 World Cup and back to the final four years later, died from a heart attack in 2020 while recovering from brain surgery.

Serum Institute of India (SII), a day after AstraZeneca, which sold the vaccine in India, admitted in court that their Covid shot can cause a rare side effect. The parents are hopeful of justice after the AstraZeneca's admission surfaced. The pharmaceutical giant is being sued in a class-action suit over claims that its Covid-19 vaccine, developed with the University of Oxford, caused death and serious injury, including TTS — thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome — a serious adverse event that causes blood clots and a low blood platelet count. Venugopalan Govindan, father of Karunya, who died after taking the vaccine, said the admission by AstraZeneca is «too late» and has come after so many lives have been lost. «AstraZeneca and SII should have stopped the manufacture and supply of these vaccines when 15 European countries either suspended or age-limited these due to deaths from blood clots that happened in March 2021, within a couple of months of the rollout of the vaccine itself.»

The European Union says it’s investigating Facebook and Instagram for suspected violations of the bloc’s digital rulebook, including not doing enough to protect users from foreign disinformation ahead of EU-wide elections

McKinsey & Company, known as a "CEO factory," is facing scrutiny from the Department of Justice (DOJ) for its past advice to opioid companies on sales strategies, as reported by The Wall Street Journal. Notable alumni include Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google's parent company Alphabet, Sheryl Sandberg, former COO of Meta Platforms, John Malone, chairman of Liberty Media, James Gorman, ex-CEO of Morgan Stanley, and Delphine Arnault, an executive at Louis Vuitton. Other prominent figures, such as Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Tom Cotton, also had stints at the firm.

Highway 401 that started with a robbery call in Clarington, Ont. and a wrong-way pursuit with officers onto the highway.The SIU, known as Ontario’s police watchdog, has been called in to investigate the fatal incident.Durham Regional Police said at around 7:50 p.m.

Manish Sisodia will approach the high court against a city court's Tuesday order, refusing bail to him in the alleged excise policy scam case, AAP said. In a statement, the party said that Sisodia's bail plea was rejected by the Rouse Avenue Court. The court dismissed Sisodia's bail pleas in corruption and money-laundering cases lodged by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with alleged irregularities in the formulation and execution of the excise policy of 2021-22. Special judge Kaveri Baweja denied the relief, saying the stage is not right to grant bail to Sisodia.

Prajwal Revanna, who is an alleged accused of sexual assault video case, has been suspended from Janata Dal (Secular) on Tuesday. The decision was taken in JDS core committee meeting held in Hubbali.

Deve Gowda's grandson Prajwal Revanna has been suspended from the party temporarily until allegations against him over sexual abuse are probed. Revanna and his father HD Revanna, also a JD(S) MLA, were booked on Sunday by the police for sexual harassment and criminal intimidation based on a complaint from a woman, who worked in their household. «We welcome SIT against Prajwal Revanna. We've taken a decision to recommend our party's national president to suspend him from the party till the SIT investigation is completed, » JD(S) core committee president GT Devegowda said.