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2 weeks, 2 days ago

PIL in SC seeks abolition of TDS system, cites constitutional violations

A PIL filed in the Supreme Court on Thursday sought to scrap the TDS system calling it "arbitrary and irrational" and violative of various fundamental rights, including equality. It sought a direction to "declare the TDS system manifestly arbitrary, irrational and against Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution, hence void and inoperative". The TDS system imposes significant administrative …

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Ruling, Opposition leaders join protesters outside CM Omar Abdullah’s residence over J&K reservation policy

The Hindu

Cutting across party lines, several mainstream leaders, including ruling National Conference Member of Parliament Aga Syed Ruhullah and Opposition Peoples Democratic Party leader Iltija Mufti, on Monday joined hundreds of general category students to protest outside the residence of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in Srinagar to seek rationalisation of reservation in the Union Territory. At present, the …

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3 weeks ago

'Wholly irrational': Columnist says GOP shutdown 'love affair' sets them up for failure

Raw Story

After days of upheaval following tech billionaire Elon Musk strong-arming the House GOP into killing a bipartisan budget agreement and setting the stage for a government shutdown, a compromise was salvaged at the last minute with the passage of a slightly pared-down spending agreement — with the backing of House Democrats. As for using a shutdown as a political bargaining …

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TikTok gets big boost from US Supreme Court

China Daily

The US Supreme Court has thrown a significant roadblock in the path of a new law that would ban the wildly popular TikTok app throughout the United States. By now, you may likely know the backstory about TikTok: Earlier this year, members of the US Congress authored and passed legislation that was quickly signed by US President Joe Biden, which …

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4 weeks, 2 days ago

Crime: I was attacked. It made the news. Then came the Law and Order episode.

Slate

Until 2010, I had never watched a full episode of Law & Order. As the episode progressed, I watched Sarah walk through a messy crime scene and wonder aloud why her apartment had been trashed by CSI, like I had; put on a performative face to fulfill her commitments, like I had; kiss her older boyfriend who was a musician …

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1 month ago

Tejasvi Surya slams Aaditya Thackeray for his demand to make Belagavi a Union Territory

Hindustan Times

Bengaluru South MP and BJP leader Tejasvi Surya took a swipe at Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray for demanding that Belagavi be made a union territory. Speaking to reporters, Tejasvi Surya said, “It is sad that young leaders like Aaditya Thackery are resorting to divisional politics. On Monday, Thackeray wrote to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, urging the state assembly …

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1 month ago

'No data' on action against doctors who failed to prescribe generic drugs legibly: Centre to Parliament

New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: The Union government said on Tuesday it has no data on disciplinary actions taken against registered medical practitioners who failed to prescribe drugs with generic names legibly or ensure rational use of drugs. In a written response, Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Anupriya Patel said, “No data related to the number of disciplinary proceedings and …

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1 month ago

Telangana High Court Dismisses Ex-MLA Patnam Narender Reddy's Plea Against Remand In Lagerchala Collector "Attack" Case

Live Law

The Telangana High Court has dismissed a plea by former MLA of BRS party Patnam Narender Reddy for quashing an order remanding him to judicial custody in connection with the alleged attack on the District Collector, Kodangal Urban Development Authority by the residents of the Lagcherla village last month. “Section 48 of BNSS also says that the Investigating Officer shall …

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1 month ago

Foreign Law Degree Holders Have To Pass BCI's Qualifying Exam To Practice In India, Even If They Have Cleared Bridge Course: Delhi HC

Live Law

The Delhi High Court has rejected a challenge to the Bar Council of India's 2024 notification requiring Indian citizens with foreign law degrees to take a qualifying examination to be eligible for enrolment in India. The petitioner challenged the notification issued by BCI on November 11, scheduling the '21st Qualifying Examination for Indian Nationals Holding Foreign Law Degrees'.The petitioner's grievance …

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1 month ago

Duke of Sussex says security, privacy and family freedom keep him in the US

Hindustan Times

The Duke of Sussex said he has no plans to take his family back to Britain following his 2020 relocation to the US. “I very much enjoy living here and bringing my kids up here.” The duke then added that his American life, free of royal responsibilities, feels “as though it’s the life my mum wanted” for him. He said …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Trump to face less internal pushback in new term: ex-commerce chief

Raw Story

by Beiyi SEOW Donald Trump's staff choices will ensure he faces less internal pushback on his aggressive economic policies, such as tariff hikes, than during his first term, former commerce secretary Wilbur Ross told AFP Monday. It is unclear if Trump's former USTR Robert Lighthizer would return to the same role, but Ross said he expects him to remain influential …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Stop giving largesse to privileged few, says SC

Hindustan Times

NEW DELHI The Supreme Court on Monday invalidated the preferential allotment of land to judges, lawmakers, bureaucrats, police officers and journalists in Telangana, ruling that such policies are arbitrary and violative of the constitutional right to equality, and emphasising that state largesse to these “privileged groups” comes at the expense of the marginalised and socially disadvantaged. A bench comprising Chief …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Beware of the return of McCarthyist politics

China Daily

Luo Jie/China Daily The anti-Chinese sentiment is shown by the recent directive from Texas Governor Greg Abbott to state agencies to divest from China-related operations, which is deeply concerning. Governor Abbott, the highest elected official in a state whose economy would rank as the eighth-largest in the world if Texas were an independent nation, wields considerable influence in not just …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Beware of the return of McCarthyist politics

China Daily

Luo Jie/China Daily The anti-Chinese sentiment is shown by the recent directive from Texas Governor Greg Abbott to state agencies to divest from China-related operations, which is deeply concerning. Governor Abbott, the highest elected official in a state whose economy would rank as the eighth-largest in the world if Texas were an independent nation, wields considerable influence in not just …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Susan Smith, mother jailed for killing her sons in 1994, faces South Carolina Parole Board after 30 years behind bars

ABC

On November 3, 1994, David Smith and his wife Susan appeared on national television to plead for the return of their missing sons. Police had also received a copy of a "Dear John" letter from Tom Findlay, a man Susan Smith had been seeing romantically up until a week before the children disappeared. Retired FBI agent Pete Logan told the …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Delhi High Court Orders Release Of Life Convict 26 Years After Incarceration, Calls For 'Deeper Consideration' In SRB Decisions

Live Law

The Delhi High Court has ordered release of a murder convict serving life imprisonment 26 years after his incarceration by quashing the decision of Sentence Review Board rejecting his plea for premature release by calling it arbitrary, irrational and illogical.Referring to various scholars, Justice Anish Dayal underscored that SRB procedures require “better compliance and. The Delhi High Court has ordered …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

ROSS CLARK: This Net Zero crusade makes Britain a world beater - in pure lunacy

Daily Mail

The election of Donald Trump has given Britain the chance to 'lead the world' at the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan, according to Ed Miliband. When Britain became the first major country to commit to a legally binding obligation to achieve Net Zero, as it did in 2019, politicians of all colours deluded themselves that we would inspire other countries …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Mike Huckabee once said that ‘there’s really no such thing as a Palestinian’

CNN

CNN — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday was his pick to serve as US ambassador to Israel, previously argued that there was “no such thing as a Palestinian.” Huckabee, who has been a strong defender of Israel throughout his career, made the statement during his 2008 presidential campaign, asserting that Palestinian identity was “a …

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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Mike Huckabee once said that ‘there’s really no such thing as a Palestinian’

CNN

CNN — Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday was his pick to serve as US ambassador to Israel, previously argued that there was “no such thing as a Palestinian.” Huckabee, who has been a strong defender of Israel throughout his career, made the statement during his 2008 presidential campaign, asserting that Palestinian identity was “a …

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2 months ago

Call to review ‘cancel culture’ in universities after ‘ostracised’ Oxford student takes own life

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Dr Dominique Thompson, an independent consultant tasked by Oxford with …

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2 months ago

Coroner warns about cancel culture after Oxford student killed himself

The Telegraph

She said the allegation caused a “pile-on” effect of students siding against Mr Rogers because of an “unwritten” moral imperative to “do the right thing”. A statement from Rogers’ family, read out by the coroner, said that for the student “the rational became the irrational, and he ended what could have been a beautiful life”. A joint spokesman for the …

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2 months ago

Everyone Is Sharing Their Election Snacks, And Some Food Superstitions Are... Particular

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING It’s Election Day, and voters are stressed out. “On Election Day 2020, I made beef stew and Trump lost,” one person wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Monday. “I’ll make beef stew again tomorrow night.” On Election Day 2020, I made beef stew and Trump lost. — Brannon Ingram November 5, 2024 Another X user announced their …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump's 'horror movie' attack ads are backfiring with voters in Pennsylvania: analyst

Raw Story

Former President Donald Trump has been slamming a crucial battleground state with "horror movie" attack ads that could butcher the Republican's presidential nominee's chances of making it to the White House, a local political analyst said Monday Salon's Amanda Marcotte reported her home state of Pennsylvania has been subjected to "ongoing psychic damage" inflicted by attack ads that threaten violence, …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

'He is degrading': Trump biographer explains how he thinks ex-president's 'mind is slower'

Raw Story

Donald Trump has always been ignorant and irrational, but over the last few years, it's clear that he is slowing down and becoming less coherent, according to the former president's own biographer. Tim O'Brien, who spent massive amounts of time with Trump before writing TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald, appeared on MSNBC on Saturday to discuss Trump's recently …

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PIL in SC seeks abolition of TDS system, cites constitutional violations

Ruling, Opposition leaders join protesters outside CM Omar Abdullah’s residence over J&K reservation policy

'Wholly irrational': Columnist says GOP shutdown 'love affair' sets them up for failure

TikTok gets big boost from US Supreme Court

Crime: I was attacked. It made the news. Then came the Law and Order episode.

Tejasvi Surya slams Aaditya Thackeray for his demand to make Belagavi a Union Territory

'No data' on action against doctors who failed to prescribe generic drugs legibly: Centre to Parliament

Telangana High Court Dismisses Ex-MLA Patnam Narender Reddy's Plea Against Remand In Lagerchala Collector "Attack" Case

Foreign Law Degree Holders Have To Pass BCI's Qualifying Exam To Practice In India, Even If They Have Cleared Bridge Course: Delhi HC

Duke of Sussex says security, privacy and family freedom keep him in the US

Trump to face less internal pushback in new term: ex-commerce chief

Stop giving largesse to privileged few, says SC

Beware of the return of McCarthyist politics

Beware of the return of McCarthyist politics

Susan Smith, mother jailed for killing her sons in 1994, faces South Carolina Parole Board after 30 years behind bars

Delhi High Court Orders Release Of Life Convict 26 Years After Incarceration, Calls For 'Deeper Consideration' In SRB Decisions

ROSS CLARK: This Net Zero crusade makes Britain a world beater - in pure lunacy

Mike Huckabee once said that ‘there’s really no such thing as a Palestinian’

Mike Huckabee once said that ‘there’s really no such thing as a Palestinian’

Call to review ‘cancel culture’ in universities after ‘ostracised’ Oxford student takes own life

Coroner warns about cancel culture after Oxford student killed himself

Everyone Is Sharing Their Election Snacks, And Some Food Superstitions Are... Particular

Trump's 'horror movie' attack ads are backfiring with voters in Pennsylvania: analyst

'He is degrading': Trump biographer explains how he thinks ex-president's 'mind is slower'