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BJP MLA Vishnu Kumar Raju backs Revanth Reddy's remarks on Allu Arjun in Assembly

Visakhapatnam: Icon star Allu Arjun was arrested in connection with a tragic stampede at Sandhya Theatre that resulted in the death of a woman. BJP MLA Vishnu Kumar Raju has now weighed in on the controversy surrounding Allu Arjun's arrest. Raju expressed his alignment with statements made by Telangana CM A. Revanth Reddy in the Assembly concerning the Allu Arjun …

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8 hours, 40 minutes ago

Rajasthan HC Directs Re-Examination Of Candidate Declared Unfit For Post Of Constable Without Prescribed Medical Test, Orders Post To Be Kept Vacant

Live Law

The bench of Justice Arun Monga at the Rajasthan High Court allowed petition by a candidate for the post of constable who was declared medically unfit on account of hypertension without conducting a 24-hours Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Test and directed the State to re-examine the candidate and till then keeping a post vacant for him. It was the case …

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14 hours, 38 minutes ago

Opinion: Who can claim Ambedkar as their own?

India Today

Various kinds of people could claim Dr BR Ambedkar as their own. Comparing the enormous difference between the monetary contributions made by white Americans for the betterment of blacks with the money collected by Gandhi for his Harijan Sevak Sangh, Ambedkar concluded in an unfinished work, “A People at Bay”, that “Americans have a social conscience while the Hindus have …

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14 hours, 38 minutes ago

Opinion: The fight for Ambedkar's legacy signifies a big churn in Dalit politics

India Today

The treasury benches and the Opposition have been engaged in a war of words over Dr BR Ambedkar’s legacy in Parliament and outside. Setback and recovery In the 2024 general elections, the BJP lost three per cent support of Dalits and its allies lost two per cent. On the other hand, the Congress lost one per cent support but its …

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1 day, 10 hours ago

Sunday View: The Best Weekend Opinion Reads, Curated Just for You

The Quint

"It is my view that the Home Minister spoke carelessly about Dr Ambedkar. But it is true that it had become fashionable to chant Ambedkar’s name by those who only sought to use it as a political tool at election time," says senior journalist Tavleen Singh in her weekly column for The Indian Express. "In the Home Minister’s speech in …

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1 day, 14 hours ago

Opinion: California and other states are rushing to regulate AI. This is what they’re missing

LA Times

Construction workers removing a six-story facade bearing the text of the 1st Amendment from the closed Newseum in Washington in 2021. The late Justice Antonin Scalia articulated it persuasively in 2011, noting that “whatever the challenges of applying the Constitution to ever-advancing technology, the basic principles of freedom of speech and the press … do not vary.” These principles should …

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1 day, 14 hours ago

Opinion: Football isn’t just violence. It’s democracy’s schoolhouse

LA Times

USC quarterback Jayden Maiava is congratulated by UCLA offensive lineman Alani Makihele after the rivals’ game at the Rose Bowl on Nov. 23. Sadly, the shoves and punches on the football field reflect a broader trend surging across America: a CEO was gunned down in the street, reporters and media personalities face increasing threats, a presidential candidate was nearly assassinated. …

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2 days, 7 hours ago

Protest Against Arunachal Dam Project Is Result Of Pema Khandu's Failure To Address Local Concerns | OPINION

ABP News

In the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, away from the BJP-versus-Congress tussles dominating national headlines, local indigenous communities in the Siang, Upper Siang, and East Siang districts are raising their voices against the proposed Siang Upper Multipurpose Dam Project. Why Locals Are Protesting Siang Upper Multipurpose Dam Project The residents of the Siang Valley oppose the project due to concerns …

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2 days, 21 hours ago

Opinion divided on Ennore thermal plant expansion at public hearing

The Hindu

The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board held a public hearing on Friday to discuss the proposed expansion of the Ennore Thermal Power Station. M. Karunakaran, a fisher leader from Kattukuppam, said Ennore’s industrial growth over the past 30 years had failed to create permanent jobs, while harming the livelihoods of fishers and farmers as well as the health of the …

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3 days ago

Scholz dismisses Musk’s assertion that only a far-right party can ‘save’ Germany

Associated Press

BERLIN — Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Friday dismissed an assertion by Elon Musk that only a far-right party can “save Germany,” but said that freedom of opinion “also goes for multibillionaires.” Germany is expected to vote in an early election on Feb. 23 after Scholz’s three-party governing coalition collapsed last month in a dispute over how to revitalize the country’s …

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3 days, 14 hours ago

OPINION | Parliament's fight should not have gone to Police

India TV News

The scuffle between Congress and BJP MPs outside the Makar Dwar gate of Parliament on Thursday was unprecedented and unfortunate. BJP MPs filed a police complaint against Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, alleging that he shoved Mukesh Rajput, who was standing next to him, and Rajput fell on Sarangi. Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan accused Rahul Gandhi of “behaving like …

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3 days, 14 hours ago

Opinion: Conflict in South Korea reopens the very wounds examined in this year’s Nobel laureate’s work

LA Times

When the Nobel committee recognized Han Kang in October for her body of work exploring “the fragility of human life,” it could not have known how relevant the theme would feel in South Korea just two months later. Han, the first Korean writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, has long been interested in the existence of the victims …

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3 days, 14 hours ago

Opinion: To give great gifts, stop thinking like a gift giver

LA Times

The idyllic holiday scene — piles of presents, smiles all around — rarely matches reality. I’ve researched these questions through the lens of social psychology, trying to understand the psychological science of gift giving in hopes of helping gift givers make better choices. The first thing to appreciate is that even though we all act as gift givers and gift …

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3 days, 16 hours ago

Kentucky attorney general finds no requirement to use tax dollars to pay for inmate gender surgeries

Associated Press

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky is under no legal requirement to use taxpayer money to cover the costs of gender-affirming surgeries for people incarcerated in state prisons, Attorney General Russell Coleman said Thursday. The Kentucky Department of Corrections requested the opinion from the state’s Republican attorney general as the agency amends its administrative regulations regarding medical care for people in prison. …

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Opinion: 3 strategies BJP may use to break into AAP citadel in Delhi elections

India Today

After historic mandates in Haryana and Maharashtra, the Bharatiya Janata Party has set its eye on Delhi, which is scheduled for elections in February 2025. Around 30 per cent of voters back the AAP in the Vidhan Sabha polls but back national parties — the BJP and the Congress — in the Lok Sabha polls. The AAP got 24 per …

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4 days, 9 hours ago

Oral Testimony Of General Witness About Nature Of Injury Sans Medical Evidence/ Expert Opinion Insufficient To Prove Homicidal Death: Patna HC

Live Law

The Patna High Court has recently upheld the acquittal of three women accused of murder, while ruling that oral testimony of general witnesses regarding nature of injury suffered by the deceased is insufficient to establish homicidal death. But there is no such medical evidence on record and hence, the prosecution has failed to prove beyond reasonable doubts the homicidal death …

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4 days, 14 hours ago

Opinion | Amit Shah on Ambedkar: Congress, Edited Video and Fake Narrative

India TV News

There was high-octane politics over a fake narrative created based on an 11-second video from Home Minister Amit Shah's speech in Rajya Sabha. Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray, Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal and AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi joined the fray and lashed out at Amit Shah. BJP chief J …

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4 days, 14 hours ago

Opinion: Reel gets Real - Pushpa Allu Arjun's stand-off with Hyderabad police goes from bad to worse

India Today

Even though Allu Arjun was granted interim bail by the Telangana High Court on December 13 and ordered to be released from judicial custody that he had been sent an hour before by a lower court, he had to spend the night inside Chanchalguda central prison in Hyderabad due to technical reasons. Hyderabad police officers wondered why no one was …

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4 days, 14 hours ago

Opinion - India is losing Bangladesh to China and Pakistan, and it could get worse

India Today

It is hard to be optimistic about the future of India-Bangladesh relations. India now harbours former prime minister Sheikh Hasina, who the new leader of Bangladesh, Nobel laureate Mohammad Yunus, says must be extradited to Dhaka. The problem, from Yunus’ perspective, is that New Delhi perceives “everybody is Islamist.and will make this country into Afghanistan.” India should also worry about …

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4 days, 14 hours ago

Opinion: A peaceful transfer of power — you can thank Harris and Biden

LA Times

Did you miss it? Gabriel Sterling, the top Georgia election officer who four years ago publicly and presciently warned Trump that “someone’s going to get killed” because of his provocations, and who endured death threats himself, said of the electors’ meeting this week, “To be honest, I forgot about it.” As Trump declared in last month’s victory speech, “It’s time …

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4 days, 14 hours ago

Opinion: My son has autism. His life tells a story RFK Jr. ignores

LA Times

Among President-elect Trump’s unconventional Cabinet choices, the potential appointment of one in particular worries me: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of Health and Human Services. He also caricatured persons with autism as “walking around … with helmets on … non-toilet-trained, nonverbal, stimming, toe-walking, hand-flapping.” With his inaccurate stance that vaccines should be avoided to prevent autism, Kennedy suggests that …

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4 days, 14 hours ago

Opinion: Weight-loss drugs are great, but real food still matters

LA Times

Salty and fatty manufactured foods, along with sweet ones, have been engineered to encourage snacking and excessive eating. Companies have reshaped the food system to produce ultraprocessed, hyperpalatable and highly profitable foods, leading people to snack more, eat larger portions and prepare fewer meals themselves. Just as health experts urge us to reduce our intake of salt, fat and sugar, …

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4 days, 19 hours ago

Lions keep Montgomery off IR, holding out hope another opinion on his knee injury clears him to play

Associated Press

ALLEN PARK, Mich. — The Detroit Lions are holding out hope that running back David Montgomery might be able to return from what was believed to be a season-ending knee injury. “That’s a positive.” Campbell said Montgomery is getting another opinion on his knee injury, which occurred Sunday during the Lions’ 48-42 loss to the Bills. “We’re in a waiting …

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5 days, 14 hours ago

Opinion: Understanding military deaths

India Today

In the narrow bylanes, a crowd of curious onlookers gathered, their eyes fixed on the unfolding scene. It is now the moment for the soldier's parents, widow, and children to bid their final farewell to their beloved hero. The military personnel, with solemn dedication, struggle to carve out space amidst the crowd to conduct the dignified ceremonies owed to every …

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BJP MLA Vishnu Kumar Raju backs Revanth Reddy's remarks on Allu Arjun in Assembly

Rajasthan HC Directs Re-Examination Of Candidate Declared Unfit For Post Of Constable Without Prescribed Medical Test, Orders Post To Be Kept Vacant

Opinion: Who can claim Ambedkar as their own?

Opinion: The fight for Ambedkar's legacy signifies a big churn in Dalit politics

Sunday View: The Best Weekend Opinion Reads, Curated Just for You

Opinion: California and other states are rushing to regulate AI. This is what they’re missing

Opinion: Football isn’t just violence. It’s democracy’s schoolhouse

Protest Against Arunachal Dam Project Is Result Of Pema Khandu's Failure To Address Local Concerns | OPINION

Opinion divided on Ennore thermal plant expansion at public hearing

Scholz dismisses Musk’s assertion that only a far-right party can ‘save’ Germany

OPINION | Parliament's fight should not have gone to Police

Opinion: Conflict in South Korea reopens the very wounds examined in this year’s Nobel laureate’s work

Opinion: To give great gifts, stop thinking like a gift giver

Kentucky attorney general finds no requirement to use tax dollars to pay for inmate gender surgeries

Opinion: 3 strategies BJP may use to break into AAP citadel in Delhi elections

Oral Testimony Of General Witness About Nature Of Injury Sans Medical Evidence/ Expert Opinion Insufficient To Prove Homicidal Death: Patna HC

Opinion | Amit Shah on Ambedkar: Congress, Edited Video and Fake Narrative

Opinion: Reel gets Real - Pushpa Allu Arjun's stand-off with Hyderabad police goes from bad to worse

Opinion - India is losing Bangladesh to China and Pakistan, and it could get worse

Opinion: A peaceful transfer of power — you can thank Harris and Biden

Opinion: My son has autism. His life tells a story RFK Jr. ignores

Opinion: Weight-loss drugs are great, but real food still matters

Lions keep Montgomery off IR, holding out hope another opinion on his knee injury clears him to play

Opinion: Understanding military deaths