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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Ain't no party like an East L.A. Dodgers party

LA Times

They celebrated in Highland Park and the San Fernando Valley, across Sunset Boulevard and at Chavez Ravine and anywhere Dodgers fans exist on this big blue marble called Earth. “Mexicans will get crazy,” he said, “but they’re not going to be stupid.” Paradise bartender Johanna Duque, 48, cracked open a Negra Modelo for me and a Coke for my dad, …

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2 months, 1 week ago

Massive mandates to losing deposits, big names meet contrasting fates in J&K polls

Hindustan Times

With the dust settling on the big winner and losers in the assembly elections, much can be read into the performance of four names who were being keenly watched in the run-up – Iltija Mufti and Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra of the Peoples Democratic Party, Engineer Abdul Rashid’s brother and Awami Ittehad Party’s Langate candidate Khurshid Ahmad Sheikh, and Aijaz Guru, the …

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3 months ago

Independents’ day in Kashmir

The Hindu

Autumn has arrived in Kashmir and the sun has grown milder. “When Mr. Rashid’s son campaigned for his father in the Lok Sabha elections, people of Kashmir overwhelmingly supported him, to get him out of jail. “Voters are connecting with the slogans like ‘Jail ka badla vote se.” A United Nations report alleged that Parra was subjected to “abusive interrogations …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

Vatican chief of staff testifies in UK finance trial, admits to false invoice and blames a deputy

Associated Press

ROME — Pope Francis’ chief of staff became one of the highest-ranking Holy See officials to testify in a foreign court Thursday, telling a British tribunal about the negotiations at the heart of the Vatican’s so-called “trial of the century,” admitting he filed a false invoice and pointing a finger at his one-time deputy who escaped the scandal unscathed. Archbishop …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Yes, I did’ — New Jersey businessman tells jury he bribed Sen. Menendez

Raw Story

A failed insurance broker from New Jersey told jurors in Manhattan Friday that he bribed Sen. Bob Menendez and his wife in exchange for the senator killing the prosecution of a friend and stopping an expanding criminal investigation that threatened to ensnare his own company. He also wanted to derail the expanding investigations into the company, Prestige Trucking Express, that …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

World Bicycle Day 2024: Best cycling routes in India to explore for a beautiful experience

Hindustan Times

World Bicycle Day 2024: Cycling is an extremely fun and low-impact workout routine. Every year, World Bicycle Day is observed to urge people to shift to the sustainable mode of transportation. World Bicycle Day also raises awareness about the many benefits of cycling every day. As we celebrate World Bicycle Day today, here is a list of the most scenic …

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7 months, 1 week ago

California state auditor to examine Huntington Beach’s $7M air show settlement

LA Times

Kevin Elliott, the CEO of Code Four, speaks at a news conference about the Pacific Airshow in 2023. The California Joint Legislative Audit Committee voted Tuesday in Sacramento to examine Huntington Beach’s multimillion-dollar settlement with Pacific Airshow operator Code Four. “Like hundreds of businesses along the Huntington Beach coastline, there is no doubt that the Pacific Airshow lost revenue during …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Srinagar Lok Sabha seat sees highest ever number of 24 candidates in fray in 30 years

The Hindu

The Srinagar Lok Sabha election, to be held on May 13, has already created history by registering the highest number of candidates in the fray in the past 30 years. A record number of 24 candidates are contesting from the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat, including one woman candidate, Waheeda Tabasum Shah; cancer surgeon Ashraf Qazi; and social media influencer Jibran …

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7 months, 1 week ago

PDP and NC allege crackdown on party workers, write to EC

The Hindu

Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti and National Conference candidate Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi on Sunday wrote to the Election Commission about the alleged police crackdown and pointed out “police summoning and detention of hundreds of their workers” in the past 24 hours in the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat, where polls will be held on May 13. I am deeply …

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7 months, 1 week ago

High-octane campaigning for Srinagar Lok Sabha seat ends

Hindustan Times

The campaigning for the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat came to an end on Saturday evening with all the top leaders making a last attempt to woo the voters. Supporters of the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference party during an election campaign rally addressed by candidate Aga Syed Ruhullah in Srinagar on Saturday. “Concluding campaign trail for JKNC parliamentary candidate Agha …

Pdp Parra Srinagar

7 months, 1 week ago

Mehbooba, Farooq allege ‘police harassment, detention of workers’ ahead of Srinagar polling

The Hindu

Just two days ahead of the Srinagar Lok Sabha election, J&K’s two regional parties, the Peoples Democratic Party and the National Conference, on Saturday accused the administration of “ bias” and “unjust crackdown on party activists”. “Sad to see police arresting and unlawfully detaining polling agents of the J&K Peoples Democratic Party in the central Kashmir parliament constituency,” Mr. Parra …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Srinagar sways to the sights and sounds of campaign

The Hindu

The Srinagar Lok Sabha seat will vote on May 13 amid a poll fever in the once ‘boycott capital’ of Jammu & Kashmir, which saw less than 14% voting in 2019. The NC’s Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi and the PDP’s Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra emerged as the main voices to represent their respective political parties’ ideological opposition to the BJP’s move to …

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7 months, 1 week ago

‘Referendum’ mentioned only to highlight importance of elections: PDP

The Hindu

Peoples Democratic Party candidate Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra responding to a notice from the Election Commission of India, clarified on Friday that the reference to a “referendum” was to highlight the “importance of the election and nothing else”. Legitimate issues Mr. Parra, however, defended the use of phrases like “people’s silence” and “people of Kashmir are not happy with New Delhi.” “These …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Peoples Democratic Party on revival mode after losing its senior leaders

Hindustan Times

The Peoples Democratic Party led by Mehbooba Mufti is on a revival mode after losing most of its senior leaders post the abrogation of Article 370-- courtesy vigorous poll campaigning, symbolism and messaging of being left alone for Lok Sabha elections and also wooing of the youth, women and tribal voters with an appeal that they shouldn’t boycott this time. …

Kashmir Party Lok Sabha Pdp Mufti Parra Srinagar

7 months, 2 weeks ago

PDP candidate Waheed Parra reaches out to families with incarcerated relatives, promises ‘jail-free Kashmir’

The Hindu

Peoples Democratic Party candidate Waheed ur Rehman Parra, contesting from the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat, on Thursday reached out to families that have relatives in jails and pledged to fight for a “jail-free and cases-free” Kashmir. Mr. Parra faced jail for 19 months under Sections of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, and was released on bail by the Jammu and …

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7 months, 4 weeks ago

Lok Sabha election 2024: PDP’s Parra files nomination papers for Srinagar seat, says ‘will resist democratically’

The Hindu

Peoples Democratic Party’s Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra and J&K Apni Party’s Muhammad Ashraf Mir on Wednesday filed nomination papers for the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat, taking the number of candidates to 17. Mr. Parra, who was arrested in 2020 and jailed for 19 months under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act, was accompanied by senior party leaders to file the …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

PDP candidate Waheed Parra’s rare trajectory into politics resonates with young Kashmiris

The Hindu

A door-to-door campaign and open-field canvassing by Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra, 34-year-old Peoples Democratic Party candidate for the Srinagar-Budgam Lok Sabha seat, has kicked off an unusual bustle in the once militancy-dominated pockets of Pulwama, where residents still prefer to stay indoors before sunset due to heightened security measures. Mr. Parra’s rare trajectory in Kashmir’s politics strikes a chord with many younger …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Displaced and Queer: These Venezuelans find community despite the obstacles

NPR

Displaced and Queer: These Venezuelans find community despite the obstacles Enlarge this image toggle caption Lexi Parra for NPR Lexi Parra for NPR For more than a year, Venezuelans have been making the dangerous trek to the United States through the Darién Gap, in unprecedented numbers. In practice, as told by nonprofit coordinators and migrants themselves, it's little more than …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Jarome Luai is spotted clutching a VAPE in Nathan Cleary photo with Penrith Panthers star at risk of landing himself in hot water again for his grand final party antics

Daily Mail

Panthers star Jarome Luai could find himself in hot water after being pictured holding a vape during Penrith's grand final celebrations. Luai, 26, and his Panthers teammates have spent the past two days toasting their side's third-successive premiership, after they overturned a 16-point deficit to defeat Brisbane in stunning fashion in Sunday's grand final. Ivan Cleary's stars copped criticism for …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Mehbooba attacks BJP for not allowing Parra to accompany his ailing father to Mumbai

Hindustan Times

Former chief minister and Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti has attacked the Bharatiya Janata party for not allowing youth leader Waheed Parra to accompany his ailing father to Mumbai. Recently, NIA special judge Sandeep Gandotra rejected Parra’s request for travel to Delhi and Mumbai for an year, stating that it could hinder a trail against the leader. “After spending …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Court denies permission to PDP leader Parra to accompany ailing father outside J&K

The Hindu

A court in Jammu & Kashmir has denied permission to Peoples Democratic Party youth president Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra to accompany his ailing father outside the Union Territory for treatment. “A blanket permission for one year cannot be granted to the applicant to go outside the UT of J&K because not only the trial of the case will be hampered by the …

Pdp Parra Denies Permission

1 year, 4 months ago

Maui confronts challenge of finding those unaccounted for after deadly fire

The Independent

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1 year, 4 months ago

Unlike BJP, Nehru would unfurl Tricolour in Srinagar without security cover: Mehbooba Mufti

The Hindu

Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on July 31, 2023 said the achievement of the current dispensation can be gauged from the fact that former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru would unfurl the Tricolour in Srinagar without any security cover in 1949 but this regime needs elaborate security arrangements for it. Elaborating on the ideology of party founder Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, …

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1 year, 6 months ago

A Photographer Captured Venezuela's Rising LGBTQ+ Ballroom Scene And These Photos Give Us Hope

Huff Post

Phone cameras flash as neon colors dance across concrete walls. Lexi Parra House of Fantasy members take a break during a shoot for a trans rights video campaign in Caracas. Lexi Parra House of Fantasy members dance during a shoot for the trans rights video campaign in Caracas. Lexi Parra House of Fantasy members prep for the trans rights video …

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Ain't no party like an East L.A. Dodgers party

Massive mandates to losing deposits, big names meet contrasting fates in J&K polls

Independents’ day in Kashmir

Vatican chief of staff testifies in UK finance trial, admits to false invoice and blames a deputy

‘Yes, I did’ — New Jersey businessman tells jury he bribed Sen. Menendez

World Bicycle Day 2024: Best cycling routes in India to explore for a beautiful experience

California state auditor to examine Huntington Beach’s $7M air show settlement

Srinagar Lok Sabha seat sees highest ever number of 24 candidates in fray in 30 years

PDP and NC allege crackdown on party workers, write to EC

High-octane campaigning for Srinagar Lok Sabha seat ends

Mehbooba, Farooq allege ‘police harassment, detention of workers’ ahead of Srinagar polling

Srinagar sways to the sights and sounds of campaign

‘Referendum’ mentioned only to highlight importance of elections: PDP

Peoples Democratic Party on revival mode after losing its senior leaders

PDP candidate Waheed Parra reaches out to families with incarcerated relatives, promises ‘jail-free Kashmir’

Lok Sabha election 2024: PDP’s Parra files nomination papers for Srinagar seat, says ‘will resist democratically’

PDP candidate Waheed Parra’s rare trajectory into politics resonates with young Kashmiris

Displaced and Queer: These Venezuelans find community despite the obstacles

Jarome Luai is spotted clutching a VAPE in Nathan Cleary photo with Penrith Panthers star at risk of landing himself in hot water again for his grand final party antics

Mehbooba attacks BJP for not allowing Parra to accompany his ailing father to Mumbai

Court denies permission to PDP leader Parra to accompany ailing father outside J&K

Maui confronts challenge of finding those unaccounted for after deadly fire

Unlike BJP, Nehru would unfurl Tricolour in Srinagar without security cover: Mehbooba Mufti

A Photographer Captured Venezuela's Rising LGBTQ+ Ballroom Scene And These Photos Give Us Hope