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'That may have backfired': Ex-GOP staffer says Mike Johnson's plan came back to bite him

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson tried to flex his political muscle, but instead got hit in the face, according to a former Republican staffer. Brendan Buck, a former key adviser to ex-House Speaker Paul Ryan, appeared on MSNBC Sunday.Buck, who was counselor to Ryan and press secretary to former speaker John A. Boehner, has previously defended Donald Trump against allegations …

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13 hours, 24 minutes ago

Defence Ministry forms committee to address shortages in Air Force

India Today

The Defence Ministry has set up a committee to address the capability development of the Indian Air Force amid critical shortage of fighter jets, weapons, and equipment, government officials told India Today. Chaired by the Defence Secretary, the committee includes senior ministry officials, Defence Research and Development Organisation chairman Dr Samir V Kamat, and IAF representatives. The IAF’s long-pending proposal …

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13 hours, 24 minutes ago

Obstinate Governor delays V-C appointment in TN universities: Teachers association

New Indian Express

CHENNAI: The Association of University Teachers on Sunday expressed serious concerns over the inordinate delay and the “unwarranted intervention” of Governor R N Ravi, who is also the chancellor of state universities, in the appointment of vice-chancellors. The association alleged that the constitution of the V-C search committee is hindered by the “adamancy of the Chancellor”, who has been compelling …

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'Who knows what trouble I may get into': Matt Gaetz teases Senate run amid ethics report

Raw Story

Former Rep. Matt Gaetz hinted that he could run for U.S. Senate just hours before a House Ethics Committee report was expected to suggest that he had sex with a 17-year-old girl. While speaking at Turning Point USA's AmFest conference on Sunday, Gaetz responded to speculation about his next move after backing out as President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be …

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18 hours, 56 minutes ago

Haj pilgrims trained on dos and donts

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: City residents intending to embark on the Haj pilgrimage next year got valuable lessons on religious practices at the holy places as well as on travel and accommodation procedures and processes. They were speaking to Deccan Chronicle at the Telangana Haj Committee’s first training camp for Haj 2025 pilgrims. Haj Committee chairman Biabani advised pilgrims to maintain good health …

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19 hours, 21 minutes ago

'We're not serious about passing a budget': GOP lawmaker trashes own party on CNN

Raw Story

One of the 38 Republican House members who voted no on the budget bill passed in the wee hours of Saturday with the help of Democrats expressed his displeasure with his own party on CNN Sunday morning. Appearing on "State of the Union" with host Dana Bash, Rep. Tim Burchett, a frequent guest on cable networks lately, claimed he came …

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1 day, 13 hours ago

Row after Bihar IAS officer puts father's books on panchayat library list

India Today

A senior IAS officer in Bihar, Mihir Kumar Singh, has come under fire following allegations that he used his position to include 36 books authored by his late father, Dr Jagdish Prasad Singh, on a government library list. The committee recommended 323 books, of which 36 were written by Dr Jagdish Prasad Singh, father of Mihir Kumar Singh, who served …

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1 day, 16 hours ago

'Bring it': Jan. 6 committee Republican threatens to tell all if Trump prosecutes him

Raw Story

A former Republican lawmaker who has been thought by some to be a target of Donald Trump has two words for the president elect: "Bring it." Former "Tea Party" Republican Rep. Denver Riggleman, a Trump-skeptic Republican who helped assist the House Select Committee on January 6 with its investigation, has previously sounded the alarm about purportedly dangerous Republicans rising to …

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US Court Finds NSO Liable For Hacking Of WhatsApp Using Pegasus Malware

Live Law

In a summary judgment, Judge Phyllis Hamilton of the US District Court in Oakland, Northern District of California has found Israeli-mercenary's surveillance firm NSO Group Technologies liable for the hacking of Meta's Whatsapp through its state-of-the-art military-grade malware Pegasus. The Court has found that NSO violated the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act, and Comprehensive Computer Data Access & Fraud Act …

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US Court Finds NSO Liable For Hacking Of WhatsApp Using Pegasus Malware

Live Law

In a summary judgment, Judge Phyllis Hamilton of the US District Court in Oakland, Northern District of California has found Israeli-mercenary's surveillance firm NSO Group Technologies liable for the hacking of Meta's Whatsapp through its state-of-the-art military-grade malware Pegasus. The Court has found that NSO violated the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act, and Comprehensive Computer Data Access & Fraud Act …

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2 days, 13 hours ago

Winners emerge as L.A. council members receive new assignments for 2025

LA Times

Los Angeles City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez, pictured at a rally last month in Lincoln Heights, came out a winner in this year’s batch of council committee assignments. She assailed the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, saying efforts to get information from that agency has been “the merry go round from hell.” In recent weeks, Rodriguez criticized Harris-Dawson over his push …

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2 days, 13 hours ago

Over 2,000 personnel searching for missing Manipur man: Army to court panel

India Today

The Army informed a committee appointed by the Manipur High Court that it had been conducting extensive searches and deploying around 2,000 people each week, to locate the man who had been missing since November 25. A two-judge bench of Justices D Krishnakumar and Golmei Gaiphulshillu, constituted a committee on December 3 to look into the disappearance of Laishram Kamal, …

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2 days, 23 hours ago

One Nation, One Election: 39-Member Panel Formed To Discuss Bills, This BJP MP To Be Chairperson

ABP News

BJP member PP Chaudhary was on Friday appointed chairman of the mega joint committee of Parliament set up to examine bills proposing simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies. Earlier, Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal had moved resolutions in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha to refer the Constitution Bill and the Union Territories Laws Bill …

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3 days, 1 hour ago

Punjab & Haryana HC Bar Association Undertakes Before Supreme Court To Abide By SC Judgment On Lawyers' Strikes

Live Law

The Supreme Court on Friday concluded proceedings against the Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association after a fresh undertaking was filed by its acting president, Shri Jasdev Singh Brar that the Association will abide by the Supreme Court's judgment in Ex-Captain Harish Uppal v. Union of India regarding lawyers' strikes. A bench of Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice …

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Farmers' Protest | Supreme Court Asks Punjab Authorities To Take Call On Shifting Jagjit Singh Dallewal To Temporary Hospital Amid Hunger Strike

Live Law

In the matter related to farmers' protest at the border between Punjab and Haryana, the Supreme Court today said in categorical terms that it is Punjab authorities' responsibility to ensure stable health condition of farmers' leader Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who is on a fast-unto-death since last 24 days at the Khanauri border.A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan …

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3 days, 7 hours ago

Shuttling Child Between Two Forums Causes Inconvenience And Is Detrimental To Child's Welfare: Kerala High Court In Custody Battle

Live Law

The Kerala High Court set aside an order issued by the Child Welfare Committee, which had directed the child to be produced before it without hearing the preliminary objections of the mother. The Court noted that the father filed a parallel petition before the Child Welfare Committee, while his original petition for custody was still pending before the Family Court. …

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One Nation One Election: Parliamentary panel on simultaneous polls to have 39 members

The Hindu

The government has moved to increase the strength of the joint committee of Parliament that will scrutinise the two bills proposing simultaneous elections from 31 MPs to 39, giving representation to more parties. The list of Lok Sabha MPs proposed by the government now includes one member each from the Shiv Sena, CPI and the Lok Janshakti Party, besides two …

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3 days, 10 hours ago

Testimony of Texas man whose execution was halted in shaken baby case is challenged again

Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas’ attorney general sought again on Thursday to stop a man on death row from testifying to lawmakers who have raised doubts about his guilt and successfully paused his execution at the last minute in October. Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said his office asked a court for an order blocking the subpoena, which he said …

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3 days, 10 hours ago

'Regretful Litigation' : Kerala High Court On Daughter Opposing Donation Of CPI(M) Leader's Body To Medical College

Live Law

The Kerala High while dismissing the appeals filed by daughters of M. M. Lawrence against the decision of Single Judge allowing the donation of CPI Veteran to Ernakulam Government Medical College observed that it is “preferable that quietus be reached in this case”. Background of the Case One of the daughters of M. M. Lawrence, Asha Lawrence had approached the …

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3 days, 11 hours ago

QUENTIN LETTS: Sadly Keir's joke about the Budget perking up the economy didn't get the long laugh it richly deserved

Daily Mail

His poll ratings are diving like a guillemot and the economy has stalled at the traffic lights but Sir Keir Starmer could not have been more delighted with himself. For Starmer KC, it seems, life’s ambition was to sit opposite the prosaic boobies of the liaison committee and be quizzed on the grinding minutiae of his government’s ‘delivery’. Prime Minister …

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3 days, 13 hours ago

Huawei, Kenya National Computer and Cybercrime Coordination Committee sign MoU

China Daily

By Edith Mutethya in Nairobi, Kenya | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2024-12-20 20:35 Huawei Technologies Kenya and the National Computer and Cybercrime Coordination Committee on Thursday signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at creating a framework for collaboration to improve Kenya's cyberspace including cybercrime prevention and other cybersecurity initiatives. Omollo said Kenya has already faced instances of critical service disruptions including …

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3 days, 13 hours ago

Fostering an awareness of 20th-century architectural heritage

China Daily

Part of the stepped garden residence complex on the North China University of Technology campus. Still in use, Lyu's project was inscribed on the fourth batch of Chinese 20th-century architectural heritage sites, co-presented by the Chinese Cultural Relics Society and the Architectural Society of China in 2019. To keep up with the international trend of studying and safeguarding 20th-century architectural …

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3 days, 13 hours ago

BJP to fight Delhi polls without Chief Minister face, candidate list expected soon: Sources

India Today

The BJP will not field any Chief Minister for the upcoming 2025 Delhi Assembly elections, party sources told India Today TV on Friday. The list of candidates for the saffron party is expected to be released after the BJP Central Election Committee meeting that is slated to meet soon, they added. All eyes will be on the BJP's pick for …

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3 days, 21 hours ago

Educational institutions refund excess fee after Fee Regulatory Commission crackdown

The Hindu

As the Fee Regulatory Committee issued stringent warnings to educational institutions collecting fees in excess of the government mandated structure, the Dr. Ambedkar Institute Of Technology refunded ₹2.12 lakh to a student from whom it had collected excess fee for a COMED-K seat. The committee then acted upon those complaints and ensured that all the students secured admissions without paying …

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'That may have backfired': Ex-GOP staffer says Mike Johnson's plan came back to bite him

Defence Ministry forms committee to address shortages in Air Force

Obstinate Governor delays V-C appointment in TN universities: Teachers association

'Who knows what trouble I may get into': Matt Gaetz teases Senate run amid ethics report

Haj pilgrims trained on dos and donts

'We're not serious about passing a budget': GOP lawmaker trashes own party on CNN

Row after Bihar IAS officer puts father's books on panchayat library list

'Bring it': Jan. 6 committee Republican threatens to tell all if Trump prosecutes him

US Court Finds NSO Liable For Hacking Of WhatsApp Using Pegasus Malware

US Court Finds NSO Liable For Hacking Of WhatsApp Using Pegasus Malware

Winners emerge as L.A. council members receive new assignments for 2025

Over 2,000 personnel searching for missing Manipur man: Army to court panel

One Nation, One Election: 39-Member Panel Formed To Discuss Bills, This BJP MP To Be Chairperson

Punjab & Haryana HC Bar Association Undertakes Before Supreme Court To Abide By SC Judgment On Lawyers' Strikes

Farmers' Protest | Supreme Court Asks Punjab Authorities To Take Call On Shifting Jagjit Singh Dallewal To Temporary Hospital Amid Hunger Strike

Shuttling Child Between Two Forums Causes Inconvenience And Is Detrimental To Child's Welfare: Kerala High Court In Custody Battle

One Nation One Election: Parliamentary panel on simultaneous polls to have 39 members

Testimony of Texas man whose execution was halted in shaken baby case is challenged again

'Regretful Litigation' : Kerala High Court On Daughter Opposing Donation Of CPI(M) Leader's Body To Medical College

QUENTIN LETTS: Sadly Keir's joke about the Budget perking up the economy didn't get the long laugh it richly deserved

Huawei, Kenya National Computer and Cybercrime Coordination Committee sign MoU

Fostering an awareness of 20th-century architectural heritage

BJP to fight Delhi polls without Chief Minister face, candidate list expected soon: Sources

Educational institutions refund excess fee after Fee Regulatory Commission crackdown