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The Metropolitan Police’s rapid “unchecked” expansion of live facial-recognition (LFR) technology is taking place without clear legal authority and minimal public accountability, says Green London Assembly member Zoë Garbett in a call for the force to halt its deployments of the controversial technology. Made during an ongoing government consultation on a legal framework for the

Sixteen members of the Rivers State House of Assembly, led by the Speaker, Martin Amaewhule, on Friday, dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressive Congress (APC). The lawmakers’ decision, premised on what was termed ‘clear division’ within the PDP, was announced during the assembly’s plenary...

Panaji: The Goa assembly has passed a bill introducing stricter measures and heavier penalties against public nuisance and unauthorised activities at tourist spots across the state. State Tourism Minister Rohan Kahunte on Friday tabled the Goa Tourist Places (Protection and Maintenance) Amendment Bill, 2025, which aims to strengthen the 2001 Act by significantly expanding the

A debated plan to change a chunk of land near Citi Field into a casino and entertainment hub worth billions has made big progress, after the New York State Assembly voted in favor. Cohen’s Casino Plan Highlights Tensions Between Economic Growth and Public Land Use The bill, which passed with a vote of 138-7, opens

Story highlights Along with the legislative assembly elections in these two states, bypolls for 15 assembly seats across Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Kerala, and Uttarakhand were also conducted on Wednesday Voting ends in Maharashtra for all 288 Legislative Assembly seats, with a voter turnout of 62.05 per cent. Meanwhile, Jharkhand also went to polls on Wednesday

The house has adopted a business calendar of 49 sitting days for the fourth quarter of the fourth session of the seventh assembly. The post Edo Assembly summons Seplat Energy, community over land dispute appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria...

The California Assembly’s Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Tuesday approved a first-in-the-nation bill to ban five harmful chemicals from candy, cereals, and other processed food. That approval followed the Assembly’s Health Committee’s “do pass” recommendation earlier this month. The bill, AB 418, sponsored by Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, would end the use of brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben, Red Dye No. 3 and titanium dioxide in popular

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for Ogori Magongo local government in Kogi State, Bode Ogumola, has been declared the winner of the House of Assembly election held on Saturday in the state. The Independent National Electoral Commission’s Returning Officer for the election, Mr Ekundayo Mejebi...