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Former vice president Dhankhar greets his successor Radhakrishnan

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Former vice president Dhankhar greets his successor Radhakrishnan

New Delhi: Former vice president Jagdeep Dhankhar on Tuesday extended greetings to his successor C P Radhakrishnan, saying that the office of the vice president will attain greater glory with his vast experience.

This was Dhankhar’s first public statement since demitting office in July.

On Tuesday, NDA nominee Radhakrishnan won the vice presidential election by bagging 452 votes, while Opposition candidate B Sudershan Reddy polled 300 votes.

In a letter to Radhakrishnan, Dhankhar said Your elevation to this august office reflects the trust and confidence by the representatives of our nation.

He said given Radhakrishnan’s vast experience in public life, under his stewardship, the office would “certainly attain greater veneration and glory.

In a surprise move, Dhankhar had quit as the vice president on July 21 citing health issues. His sudden resignation led to the fresh vice presidential polls.

Actor Aishwarya Rai urges Delhi HC to restrain illegal use of name image

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Actor Aishwarya Rai urges Delhi HC to restrain illegal use of name, image
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan

New Delhi: Bollywood actor Aishwarya Rai Bachchan on Tuesday urged the Delhi High Court to protect her personality rights and restrain online platforms from illegally using her name, images and AI-generated pornographic content.

Justice Tejas Karia orally hinted that he would pass an ad-interim order cautioning the defendants.

The suit related to misappropriation of various aspects of her personality, including her name, image, likeness, persona and voice, and the defendants are using them for their own commercial gain without obtaining her consent.

The defendants including several unidentified parties are making use of artificial intelligence and deepfake technology by morphing/superimposing the face of plaintiff to create distasteful videos and images of the plaintiff which are sexually explicit the plea said.

Senior advocate Sandeep Sethi, appearing for Rai, said the actor wanted to enforce her publicity and personality rights, pointing out some completely unreal intimate photographs were being circulated online.

There can be no right in their favour to use her images, likeness or persona. A gentleman is collecting money merely by putting my name and face Sethi argued.

Sethi claimed T-shirts and mugs with his client’s pictures were being sold illegally.

Rai was also represented through advocates Pravin Anand, Ameet Naik and Dhruv Anand.

The high court then posted the matter on November 7 before the court’s joint registrar and the court on January 15, 2026, for further proceedings.

The right to publicity, popularly known as personality rights, is the right to protect, control, and profit from one’s image, name, or likeness.

The different aspects of Rai’s personality which she sought to be protected include her name, voice, image, unique style of dialogue delivery and signature.

The plea said misappropriation of any attribute of the plaintiff’s persona without her express permission for a commercial purpose is liable to be restrained on the basis of the traditional conception of publicity rights.

Villagers lock forest officials inside cage set for Tiger capture in Gundlupet

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Chamrajnagar: An unusual incident was reported from Bommalapura village in Gundlupet taluk, where angry villagers locked forest officials inside an iron cage that had been set up to trap a tiger.

For the past few days, people living in Bommalapura and other villages along the Bandipur forest boundary have been troubled by the presence of a tiger in the area. Villagers had repeatedly appealed to the Bandipur National Park authorities and tiger reserve staff to capture the animal, citing safety concerns.

Acting on these complaints, the forest department had placed a cage in Bommalapura to capture the tiger. However, the big cat did not fall into the trap, leaving the villagers frustrated.

On Friday, when forest officials visited the village again, the angry residents decided to lock them inside the very cage meant for the tiger. Reports say the officials were taken aback and pleaded with the villagers to release them. 

K’taka Cong MLA family purchased foreign travel tickets using betting funds: ED

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K'taka Cong MLA, family purchased foreign travel tickets using betting funds: ED

New Delhi: Arrested Karnataka Congress MLA K C Veerendra, his family members and associates booked international travel tickets worth crores of rupees and these were financed through a network of mule accounts linked to proceeds from online betting websites, the Enforcement Directorate alleged on Tuesday.

The evidence suggests that the funds used for these high-value transactions were diverted from illicit online activities and funnelled through multiple intermediary accounts to obscure their origin the federal probe agency claimed in a statement.

Veerendra is being investigated as the prime accused” in a money laundering case linked to alleged cheating of public through illegal online betting.

The 50-year-old Chitradurga legislator was arrested late last month by the ED from Sikkim where he had gone on a business trip to lease a casino.

His legal team has told the courts that the charges made by the ED against him were baseless.

The ED also conducted fresh searches in this case on September 6 at Challakere (Chitradurga district) and seized a variety of gold articles worth a total Rs 24 crore.

This included 24-carat gold bullion weighing 21.43 kg, 11 units of gold coated silver bars weighing 10.98 kg and about 1 kg gold jewellery.

The agency did not specify from whose premises these gold items were seized by it under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

“After considering this seizure, cumulative seizure of proceeds of crime in this case has crossed Rs 100 crore as on date,” the agency said.

The ED has accused the MLA of “running” several online betting sites in the name of King567, Raja567, Lion567, Play567, Playwin567, etc. It has been claimed that several payment gateways were used for routing payments collected through these websites.

“ED investigation revealed that K C Veerendra his family members and associates have booked several international travel tickets worth crores of rupees, financed through a network of mule accounts linked to proceeds from online betting websites,” it alleged.

A number of luxury vehicles, allegedly used by Veerendra and his family, have been found by the ED during the multiple rounds of searches conducted by it in this case.

A Mercedes Benz registered in the name of ABH Infrastructures of Anil Gowda and a Range Rover funded” by a person named Gulshan Khattar of Fonepaisa were also found, the ED said.

Gowda has challenged the ED summons issued to him in this case before the Karnataka High Court stating the notice was a violation of his rights as a professional advocate of Veerendra.

The ED had contended before the high court that it summoned Gowda not in his capacity as a lawyer but because of his business involvement in the case.

The court has reserved its order while grating interim protection to Gowda– brother of Kusuma H, the losing Congress candidate from the R R Nagar assembly seat during the 2023 assembly polls– from any coercive ED action against him.

PM Modi says he looks forward to speaking with Trump

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PM Modi says he looks forward to speaking with Trump

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday reacted warmly to US President Donald Trump’s positive assessment of trade talks between the two countries, expressing confidence that the ongoing negotiations will pave the way for unlocking the limitless potential of the partnership between them.

I am also looking forward to speaking with President Trump. We will work together to secure a brighter, more prosperous future for both our people.

Modi’s comments came hours after Trump said he feels certain that there will be no difficulty for the two countries to come to a successful conclusion in trade talks and he looks forward to speaking with his very good friend Modi in the coming weeks.

After weeks of strain in ties over Trump’s tough rhetoric following his decision to impose 50 per cent tariff on India the relations between the two countries have shown signs of a thaw of late.

This is the second time of late when Trump has spoken highly of his country’s ties with India and mixed it with his praise of Modi who has positively reacted to his comments.

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