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Disrobing of women a blot on constitutional spirit, says Supreme Court

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday decried the disrobing and public humiliation of two women in Bihar on accusations of witchcraft, describing the incident as a “blot on the constitutional spirit” and a grave affront to human dignity. The court referenced landmark rulings, including Kesavananda Bharati Vs State of Kerala and Francis Coralie Mullin Vs Union Territory of Delhi, …

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'Blot On Constitutional Spirit' : Supreme Court Aghast At Attack & Disrobing Of Woman Over Witchcraft Allegations

Live Law

The Supreme Court today expressed its shock at a case where a woman was physically abused and disrobed in public over allegations of witchcraft. A bench comprising Justice CT Ravikumar and Justice Sanjay Karol was hearing a petition challenging the Patna High Court's order staying the investigation in the case. Although the quashing petition filed in the High Court was …

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'Blot On Constitutional Spirit' : Supreme Court Aghast At Attack & Disrobing Of Woman Over Witchcraft Allegations

Live Law

The Supreme Court today expressed its shock at a case where a woman was physically abused and disrobed in public over allegations of witchcraft. A bench comprising Justice CT Ravikumar and Justice Sanjay Karol was hearing a petition challenging the Patna High Court's order staying the investigation in the case. Although the quashing petition filed in the High Court was …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Biden apologizes for Native American boarding school policy he calls ‘blot’ on US history

The Independent

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

I have no blot in 40-year political career: Siddaramaiah

The Hindu

Amid din created by BJP and Janata Dal members over being denied permission to discuss the alleged irregularities in MUDA, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said in the Legislative Council that the Opposition was jealous that he had become the Chief Minister for the second time, and that he had no black spot in his 40 years of political life. Accusing the …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Summer spills and stain solutions for busy households

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

BRS claimed Medigadda was a boon, but it has turned into a blot: Telangana CM Revanth Reddy

New Indian Express

HYDERABAD: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Saturday asked BRS leaders to tender an apology for the mistakes that occurred in the construction of the Medigadda barrage and give confessional statements when the state government-ordered probe by a retired judge gets underway. The chief minister said that even the five-member committee of retired engineers constituted by the then BRS government …

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1 year, 2 months ago

DC Edit | Kerala blast a blot on model state of communal harmony

Deccan Chronicle

The explosion in a prayer meeting of Jehovah’s Witnesses, a Christian sect, in Kochi in Kerala that led to the loss of life of three people, and the instantaneous launch of a vicious campaign against a community point to the communal tinder box that the southern state has perched itself on. The more serious issue that the state which hosts …

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1 year, 5 months ago

‘Death penalty, blot on…’: Anna Hazare on Manipur women paraded naked video case

Hindustan Times

Activist Anna Hazare on Saturday demanded death penalty for the perpetrators of the sexual violence against the Kuki women in the viral video from Manipur that has sparked massive outrage. Referring to women as mothers and sisters, Hazare said that such heinous crimes were unacceptable. Hazare was referring to the husband of one of the two women molested by the …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Collapse of Bihar's education system biggest blot on Nitish Kumar tenure: Prashant Kishor

India Today

In a scathing attack on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, poll strategist Prashant Kishor said the education system in Bihar has got derailed and gone for a toss. "But in the last 5-6 years, the entire education system, which has been created on the basis of upgraded schools and employed teachers, has become completely useless. In Bihar, the education system …

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1 year, 9 months ago

DC Edit | Ram Navami clashes a blot; Bengal, Bihar must act firm

Deccan Chronicle

The communal clashes which marred Ram Navami processions in West Bengal’s Howrah district and Sasaram in Bihar, with some incidents of violence continuing the following day as well, are a shameful reflection of the failure of the police in both states to ensure the maintenance of law and order on a day that is meant for prayer, reflection, introspection and …

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1 year, 11 months ago

DC Edit | Nepal air crash: Blot on aviation safety

Deccan Chronicle

Every crash is a blot on aviation safety. The leading one is aircraft maintenance and the other is technical failure like the one that may have caused the worst aviation disaster in at least three decades in Nepal, leading to the loss of the lives of all passengers on board, including five Indians who were heading to the resort city …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Why post-delivery deaths of two women in Hyderabad is a blot on public healthcare in Telangana

India Today

The death of two women—both in their twenties—who had undergone caesarean deliveries at the state-run Malakpet Area hospital in east Hyderabad on January 11 has put under the spotlight the shocking condition of public health services in Telangana. Apprehensive health authorities moved eight other women, who had undergone similar surgeries on January 11 to deliver babies, from Malakpet to the …

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2 years, 1 month ago

FIFA’s cynical Qatar experiment is a blot on football

Live Mint

Let’s face it, the only truly global sport is football. Football and the World Cup are offering you and the world a unique platform of unity and peace all over the world.” Infantino’s immense sense of self-importance is touching, and quite ironic. “We have always said that Qatar will deliver the best-ever edition of the FIFA World Cup—and, as you …

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2 years, 8 months ago

Why Deoghar ropeway accident is a blot on Hemant Soren government

India Today

Rakesh Mandal, 36, plunged 900 feet to his death on a rocky terrain, on April 11, after his harness snapped and he failed to hold on to the helicopter during the botched-up rescue mission following the cable ropeway accident in Trikut Hills in Jharkhand’s Deoghar district. On April 12, another cable car passenger, 60-year-old Shobha Devi, fell to her death …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Manual scavenging is a blot on society

Hindustan Times

The appalling spectacle of human beings dying inside sewer lines was repeated on the outskirts of the national Capital after four people died in the Samaypur Badli area on Tuesday evening. The victims – private contractor Suraj Sahni, labourers Bachhu Singh and Pintu Raut, and e-rickshaw driver Satish Kumar, who jumped into the manhole to try and save the others …

Manual Scavenging

3 years, 2 months ago

Stop being polite – Colin Powell was a killer

Al Jazeera

Throughout his career, Powell did a swell job of rallying and maintaining bipartisan support for imperial killing – and putting as ‘polite’ a face as possible on it. It is anyone’s guess, of course, how the term “honest” might apply to the person whose 76-minute lie in front of the United Nations Security Council in 2003 directly set the stage …

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3 years, 2 months ago

‘Blot’ on Powell’s record: Lies to the UN about Iraq’s weapons

Al Jazeera

Powell used his reputation for credibility to help convince the world Saddam Hussein was an imminent threat, but the US intel was false. “Saddam Hussein and his regime will stop a nothing until something stops him,” Powell told the UN Security Council, arguing that Iraq was deceiving UN weapons inspectors. “This was a typical American show, complete with stunts and …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Opinion: Murder of Makhan Lal Bindroo is a Blot on Kashmiriyat

News 18

The brutal killing of three innocent civilians including a Kashmiri Pundit, a Kashmiri Muslim and a Dalit Hindu Bihari migrant worker by Pakistan-backed militants has not only broken the long spell of violence-free atmosphere in Kashmir valley since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019, but has once again brought shame to Kashmir’s secular and syncretic culture of Kashmiriyat. The …

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4 years, 6 months ago

Boris Johnson said colonialism in Africa should never have ended and dismissed Britain’s role in slavery

The Independent

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4 years, 8 months ago

Opinion | Grossly inhuman: Hoarders of food meant for poor, are a blot on humanity

India TV News

In my prime time show 'Aaj Ki Baat' on Thursday night, we showed visuals of meal packets rotting inside a house in Meerut, and people making prank calls to police in Punjab, Rajasthan and UP to say that they have been starving for several days. Millions of poor people are struggling to get two morsels of food every day, standing …

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4 years, 10 months ago

Congress accuses BJP of trying to bring down Madhya Pradesh govt, says such conspiracies are ‘blot on democracy’

Firstpost

The Congress on Wednesday accused the BJP of attempting to bring down its government in Madhya Pradesh by ‘poaching’ MLAs using money and power, and said such conspiracies were a “blot on democracy”. New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday accused the BJP of attempting to bring down its government in Madhya Pradesh by “poaching” MLAs using money and power, and …

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5 years, 1 month ago

Encounter killings a blot on our system: Karti Chidambaram

India TV News

Congress MP from Sivaganga constituency in Tamil Nadu Karti P Chidambaram on Friday criticised Telangana Police over the encounter killing of four accused in the brutal gang rape and murder of a young veterinarian in Hyderabad. The Telangana Police shot dead all the four accused in an alleged "encounter" near Shadnagar town of Telangana's Ranga Reddy district on Friday. The …

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5 years, 5 months ago

‘Blot on all legislators’: Smriti Irani condemns Azam Khan’s remarks against BJP MP Rama Devi

Hindustan Times

Women members in Lok Sabha on Friday spoke in one voice condemning the sexist remarks by SP member Azam Khan against Bihar MP Rama Devi and demanded that he apologise or else he should be suspended from the House. During the Zero Hour, Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani said the remarks of Khan in Lok Sabha on Thursday during the …

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Disrobing of women a blot on constitutional spirit, says Supreme Court

'Blot On Constitutional Spirit' : Supreme Court Aghast At Attack & Disrobing Of Woman Over Witchcraft Allegations

'Blot On Constitutional Spirit' : Supreme Court Aghast At Attack & Disrobing Of Woman Over Witchcraft Allegations

Biden apologizes for Native American boarding school policy he calls ‘blot’ on US history

I have no blot in 40-year political career: Siddaramaiah

Summer spills and stain solutions for busy households

BRS claimed Medigadda was a boon, but it has turned into a blot: Telangana CM Revanth Reddy

DC Edit | Kerala blast a blot on model state of communal harmony

‘Death penalty, blot on…’: Anna Hazare on Manipur women paraded naked video case

Collapse of Bihar's education system biggest blot on Nitish Kumar tenure: Prashant Kishor

DC Edit | Ram Navami clashes a blot; Bengal, Bihar must act firm

DC Edit | Nepal air crash: Blot on aviation safety

Why post-delivery deaths of two women in Hyderabad is a blot on public healthcare in Telangana

FIFA’s cynical Qatar experiment is a blot on football

Why Deoghar ropeway accident is a blot on Hemant Soren government

Manual scavenging is a blot on society

Stop being polite – Colin Powell was a killer

‘Blot’ on Powell’s record: Lies to the UN about Iraq’s weapons

Opinion: Murder of Makhan Lal Bindroo is a Blot on Kashmiriyat

Boris Johnson said colonialism in Africa should never have ended and dismissed Britain’s role in slavery

Opinion | Grossly inhuman: Hoarders of food meant for poor, are a blot on humanity

Congress accuses BJP of trying to bring down Madhya Pradesh govt, says such conspiracies are ‘blot on democracy’

Encounter killings a blot on our system: Karti Chidambaram

‘Blot on all legislators’: Smriti Irani condemns Azam Khan’s remarks against BJP MP Rama Devi