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Inside the Dubai jail where British teenager will be locked up for ‘holiday romance’
1 week, 4 days ago

Inside the Dubai jail where British teenager will be locked up for ‘holiday romance’

The Independent  

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1997 Custodial Torture Case | Gujarat Court Acquits Ex-IPS Officer Sanjiv Bhatt
2 weeks, 2 days ago

1997 Custodial Torture Case | Gujarat Court Acquits Ex-IPS Officer Sanjiv Bhatt

Live Law  

A court in Gujarat's Porbandar District last week acquitted former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in connection with a 1997 custodial torture case. Acquitting Bhatt, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Mukesh Pandya observed that the prosecution could not "prove the case beyond reasonable doubt" and that appropriate sanction to prosecuted Bhatt, the then superintendent of police. Acquitting Bhatt, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate …

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1997 Custodial Torture Case | Gujarat Court Acquits Ex-IPS Officer Sanjiv Bhatt
2 weeks, 2 days ago

1997 Custodial Torture Case | Gujarat Court Acquits Ex-IPS Officer Sanjiv Bhatt

Live Law  

A court in Gujarat's Porbandar District last week acquitted former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in connection with a 1997 custodial torture case. Acquitting Bhatt, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Mukesh Pandya observed that the prosecution could not "prove the case beyond reasonable doubt" and that appropriate sanction to prosecuted Bhatt, the then superintendent of police. Acquitting Bhatt, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate …

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Madras HC confirms punishment against professor for sexually harassing research scholar
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Madras HC confirms punishment against professor for sexually harassing research scholar

New Indian Express  

MADURAI: A PhD research scholar who was mentally, emotionally and sexually harassed by her research guide six years ago, finally received justice as the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court recently upheld the decision made by the university to discharge the professor from service on compulsory retirement and further ordered the professor to pay Rs 50,000 cost to the …

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'Shocked': Ex-FBI official details 'possible effect' of Biden pardon on Cabinet hearings
3 weeks, 1 day ago

'Shocked': Ex-FBI official details 'possible effect' of Biden pardon on Cabinet hearings

Raw Story  

Andrew McCabe, the former deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, on Monday detailed the potential fallout of President Joe Biden’s decision to pardon his son, Hunter Biden, telling CNN he was “a little shocked” by the president’s move. And I think it's potentially a destructive thing for his party.” McCabe argued the move “creates the appearance of hypocrisy” …

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'Toolbox Killers' made a tape so evil it's used to train FBI agents - I have a map of where the victims are buried
1 month, 2 weeks ago

'Toolbox Killers' made a tape so evil it's used to train FBI agents - I have a map of where the victims are buried

Daily Mail  

A respected criminologist may have uncovered bombshell evidence in the horrific case of the notorious 'Toolbox Killers'. Now forensic criminologist Laura Brand, who interviewed Bittaker while he was on San Quentin's Death Row, has revealed she may have found Hall's remains. Forensic Criminologist Laura Brand sits next to murderer Lawrence Bittaker in San Quentin's Death Row as he shows her …

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This Chinese city is offering 'exile routes' to visitors to boost tourism
1 month, 2 weeks ago

This Chinese city is offering 'exile routes' to visitors to boost tourism

India Today  

China’s Heilongjiang province has launched a rather unusual tourism experience: it allows visitors to walk in the footsteps of ancient exiles — quite literally. According to a report by the South China Morning Post, the new package invites tourists to trek the gruelling routes taken by Qing dynasty prisoner uniforms. "A city government in China will offer a unique immersive …

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‘Torturous’ indefinite jail term robbed son of whole adult life before he died in a cell at 34, mother says
1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘Torturous’ indefinite jail term robbed son of whole adult life before he died in a cell at 34, mother says

The Independent  

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A Word, Please: The torturous difference between ‘rack’ and ‘wrack’
2 months, 2 weeks ago

A Word, Please: The torturous difference between ‘rack’ and ‘wrack’

LA Times  

Diane Oppenheimer, from Detroit, balances on rocks to walk over a small creek while her friend Charity Kahn, from Oakland, stands next to the Inverness Shipwreck in Inverness, Calif., in April 2024. “Wrack” was born as a nautical term meaning, essentially, “wreck.” “This etymology explains why the word is ‘nerve-racking’ rather than ‘nerve-wracking,’” insists Theodore Bernstein’s 1965 guide “The Careful …

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Some help is finally set for residents in Palos Verdes’ landslide crisis. They hope it’s not too late
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Some help is finally set for residents in Palos Verdes’ landslide crisis. They hope it’s not too late

LA Times  

The home of Patty Perkinson, one of the people whose gas and electricity were shut off because of the landslides in Rancho Palos Verdes. The Rancho Palos Verdes City Council on Tuesday allocated $2.8 million — more than half of a $5-million grant from Los Angeles County — for direct relief to residents in the Portuguese Bend area facing landslide …

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Biden's migrant 'super-highway' revealed: Millions in US taxpayer cash turned the world's deadliest smuggling route into a 'safe' passage... how TODD BENSMAN was threatened for exposing it
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Biden's migrant 'super-highway' revealed: Millions in US taxpayer cash turned the world's deadliest smuggling route into a 'safe' passage... how TODD BENSMAN was threatened for exposing it

Daily Mail  

CAPURGANA, Colombia – 'Hey! I'd come to Capurgana, a dusty seaside village on the northwest coast of Colombia to investigate international efforts to shut down one of the world's most notorious human smuggling routes – the Darien Gap. They're met on the docks by foot soldiers of the Gaitanist Self-Defense Forces of Colombia, a powerful paramilitary drug-trafficking cartel that rules …

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MP: Innovative measures make Kuno cheetahs beat summer heat, lead to zero-casualty among felines
5 months ago

MP: Innovative measures make Kuno cheetahs beat summer heat, lead to zero-casualty among felines

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal: A series of innovative measures undertaken in the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh has made cheetahs in the wildlife sanctuary beat the searing heat in the outgoing summer, leading the KNP management to achieve the rare feat of ensuring zero-casualty among the felines in the season. A mechanism was put in place in form of innovative measures to …

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Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein claims Biden's staffers have witnessed up to 20 'marked incidence of cognitive decline and physical infirmity' in the ailing president in the last 18 months
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein claims Biden's staffers have witnessed up to 20 'marked incidence of cognitive decline and physical infirmity' in the ailing president in the last 18 months

Daily Mail  

Carl Bernstein claims Biden White House insiders have told him that the president's visibly ailing health at the first debate Thursday has been seen on numerous occasions in the past 18 months. Legendary journalist Carl Bernstein revealed Biden White House insiders have told him the president's visibly ailing health at the first debate Thursday has been seen on numerous occasions …

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Tamil Nadu cautions aspirants against taking up 'fraudulent' job offers abroad
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu cautions aspirants against taking up 'fraudulent' job offers abroad

India Today  

The Tamil Nadu government has cautioned state citizens not to get enticed and entrapped by taking up fraudulent and exploitative job offers from abroad, especially from southeast Asian countries like Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar and Laos. Additionally, the state government has also warned it would take strict legal action against agents or agencies in Tamil Nadu, who are found to be …

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Terry Anderson, AP reporter who was held captive for years, dies at 76
8 months ago

Terry Anderson, AP reporter who was held captive for years, dies at 76

LA Times  

Terry Anderson grins alongside daughter Sulome as they leave the U.S. ambassador’s residence in Damascus, Syria, following his release in 1991. “The word ‘hero’ gets tossed around a lot but applying it to Terry Anderson just enhances it,” Boccardi said. “His 6½-year ordeal as a hostage of terrorists was as unimaginable as it was real — chains, being transported from …

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Election In Pincodes: Ballia’s oppressive heat takes toll on lives, livelihoods
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Election In Pincodes: Ballia’s oppressive heat takes toll on lives, livelihoods

Hindustan Times  

Kiran Paswan has worked for as long as she can remember. About 40km from her village of Chitouni is Ballia’s district hospital, where in three days in June 2023, 70 people lost their lives from extreme heat. HT Graphics In Ballia’s district hospital, chief medical officer Dr Vijaypati Dwivedi has seen the number of patients suffering from heat exhaustion and …

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10 best cookbooks you’ll return to time and again
8 months, 3 weeks ago

10 best cookbooks you’ll return to time and again

The Independent  

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Origins of Caste System As We Know Today Are Less Than A Century Old: Madras High Court
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Origins of Caste System As We Know Today Are Less Than A Century Old: Madras High Court

Live Law  

Update on March 9 - Madras High Court Removes Observation In Judgment That Origin Of Caste System Is Less Than A Century Old While making strong criticism against TN Minister Udayanidhi Stalin, Minister Sekar Babu and MP A Raja for their recent remarks against the Sanatana Dharma, the Madras High Court observed that Sanatana Dharma connotes an uplifting, noble, and …

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State benefits doled on caste lines are also leading to ‘caste ferocity’ in society: Madras High Court
9 months, 2 weeks ago

State benefits doled on caste lines are also leading to ‘caste ferocity’ in society: Madras High Court

The Hindu  

In a key observation, Justice Anita Sumanth of the Madras High Court has contended that the ferocity shown by people on grounds of caste, is also because of the benefits accorded by the State to different caste groups and therefore, the blame cannot be laid entirely upon the ancient Varna Dharma propounded by the Rig Veda. Lamenting that divisions based …

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Inside Mitch McConnell’s Season of Losses
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Inside Mitch McConnell’s Season of Losses

Politico  

Yet McConnell’s political thunderbolt less than three months into the year was hardly just the decision of an old man recognizing it was time to go. Donald Trump, a person he despises and wrongly concluded was finished after the January 6 riot, is about to reclaim the nomination of the party McConnell loves for the third straight election; that same …

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Myleene Klass breaks down in tears as she discusses her four heartbreaking miscarriages following the new baby loss certificate scheme
10 months ago

Myleene Klass breaks down in tears as she discusses her four heartbreaking miscarriages following the new baby loss certificate scheme

Daily Mail  

Myleene Klass broke down in tears as she detailed her four heartbreaking miscarriages on Friday's Loose Women panel. The former Hear'Say star, 45, who has continued to campaign for a change in UK miscarriage laws, became visibly emotional as she discussed the new baby loss certificate scheme. Myleene, who has two daughters Ava, 16, and Hero, 12, and a son …

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Delhi Man Strangles Dog With Wire In Shocking Video
10 months ago

Delhi Man Strangles Dog With Wire In Shocking Video

News 18  

The cruelty against animals is on the rise in the country. The clip was shared on platform X and captures the moment when a man cruelly binds a wire tightly around the dog’s neck and drags it around before callously throwing it away. Many social media users have expressed their outrage towards the Delhi Police for their apparent lack of …

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Editorial: Applying for financial aid to college shouldn’t be this torturous
10 months, 1 week ago

Editorial: Applying for financial aid to college shouldn’t be this torturous

LA Times  

Getting help paying for college starts with filling out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, but this year there’s major glitch. The U.S. Education Department, which is responsible for the FAFSA, has set up help lines, but the lines are swamped with calls and many students can’t get through. This week, U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said the department …

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Torturous path to the Maratha split
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Torturous path to the Maratha split

New Indian Express  

On the other hand, despite supporting reservations for their community in general, the Maratha leaders themselves have not always seen eye to eye on the kind of reservation they are happy with—those like Sharad and Ajit Pawar have refrained from being very vocal in their support for the OBC tag. Whereas Manoj Jarange Patil continues to support the claim that …

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