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Biden team debates how to ‘Trump-proof’ foreign policy
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Biden team debates how to ‘Trump-proof’ foreign policy

Politico  

Trump is sure to quickly halt or reverse much of what Biden’s team manages to push through in these final months, multiple current and former U.S. officials said. “We could have overturned everything they did on day one.” The U.S. official, echoing others, said the Biden administration won’t sit around “twiddling its thumbs” the next few months. There’s also the …

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US report found that Israel blocked Gaza aid, but the Biden administration kept weapons flowing
3 months ago

US report found that Israel blocked Gaza aid, but the Biden administration kept weapons flowing

Salon  

ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Days later, on May 10, Blinken delivered a carefully worded statement to Congress that said, “We do not currently assess that the Israeli government is prohibiting or otherwise restricting the transport or delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance.” Prior to his report, USAID had sent Blinken a detailed 17-page memo on Israel’s conduct. USAID, …

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Trump says Biden is running a ‘Gestapo’ administration. It’s his latest reference to Nazi Germany
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump says Biden is running a ‘Gestapo’ administration. It’s his latest reference to Nazi Germany

LA Times  

Donald Trump told Republican donors at his Florida resort this weekend that President Joe Biden is running a “Gestapo administration,” the latest example of the former president employing the language of Nazi Germany in his campaign rhetoric. The “Gestapo” comment, one person said, came as Trump renewed his complaint that Biden’s White House is behind the multiple criminal prosecutions of …

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Haryana: Blatant lapses led to school bus crash in Mahendergarh
8 months, 1 week ago

Haryana: Blatant lapses led to school bus crash in Mahendergarh

Hindustan Times  

A drunk driver at the wheel and complete disregard for the roadworthiness of the vehicle were just the ingredients that made Thursday’s crash of a private school bus in Haryana’s Mahendergarh district a tragedy waiting to happen. Here are the five reasons which led to the unfortunate incident: Mahendragarh, April 11: Six schoolchildren were killed and several others injured after …

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Manipur Violence | Judges Committee Raises Concerns About Armed Protests By Weaponised Outfits, Supreme Court Seeks Union's View
9 months, 1 week ago

Manipur Violence | Judges Committee Raises Concerns About Armed Protests By Weaponised Outfits, Supreme Court Seeks Union's View

Live Law  

Senior Advocate Ms. Makhija, representing the Court-appointed Committee led by Justice Gita Mittal, today brought urgent concerns before the Supreme Court regarding recent spurt of violence in Manipur. The Committee, formed in August 2023 to address humanitarian issues arising from ethnic violence, sought specific directions from the court to restrain protesting organizations from. The Committee, formed in August 2023 to …

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Sandeshkhali case: HC takes suo motu cognisance of assault
10 months, 1 week ago

Sandeshkhali case: HC takes suo motu cognisance of assault

Hindustan Times  

The Calcutta high court on Tuesday took suo motu cognisance of the Sandeshkhali case and set aside the prohibitory orders clamped by the state administration in the area in North 24 Parganas district. The bench appointed Jayanta Narayan Chatterjee, a high court advocate, as amicus curiae in the case and directed the registrar general to issue notices to the state …

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'Can't Keep The Pot Boiling Over Dead Bodies' : Supreme Court Issues Directions For Dignified Cremation/Burial Of Manipur Violence Victims
1 year ago

'Can't Keep The Pot Boiling Over Dead Bodies' : Supreme Court Issues Directions For Dignified Cremation/Burial Of Manipur Violence Victims

Live Law  

On Tuesday, November 28, the Supreme Court issued directives regarding the burial or cremation of bodies of tribals who perished in the state's ethnic violence. As regards bodies identified but not claimed, state administration shall issue communication to the next of kin by next Monday. State administration shall take facilitative steps so that next of kins in relief camps or …

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Youngkin and NAACP spar over felony voting rights ahead of decisive Virginia elections
1 year, 1 month ago

Youngkin and NAACP spar over felony voting rights ahead of decisive Virginia elections

Associated Press  

RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia NAACP said Monday that Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration lacks clear standards for restoring voting rights to convicted felons who served their sentences, leaving many frustrated and unable to vote in Tuesday’s nationally watched state elections. Youngkin spokesperson Macaulay Porter said in a statement Monday that the administration has been “engaged in a multi-month process with …

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Pennsylvania state government will prepare to start using AI in its operations
1 year, 3 months ago

Pennsylvania state government will prepare to start using AI in its operations

The Independent  

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Manipur government let strife go out of control: INDIA
1 year, 4 months ago

Manipur government let strife go out of control: INDIA

The Hindu  

A team of 21 parliamentarians from the INDIA coalition landed in Imphal on July 29 morning on a two-day visit. It is clear that the State administration has no clear road map to restore peace or even to rehabilitate those who have been languishing in the refugee camps for nearly three months.” VIDEO | A delegation of 21 MPs from …

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Biden administration sues Texas governor over Rio Grande migrant barrier
1 year, 5 months ago

Biden administration sues Texas governor over Rio Grande migrant barrier

LA Times  

The Justice Department is suing Republican Gov. Greg Abbott over a newly installed floating barrier on the Rio Grande that is the Republican’s latest aggressive tactic to try to stop migrants from crossing into the U.S. from Mexico. The lawsuit asks a federal judge in Austin to force Texas to remove a roughly 1,000-foot line of bright orange, wrecking ball-sized …

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Kerala Bishop council president urges PM to restore peace in riot-hit Manipur
1 year, 5 months ago

Kerala Bishop council president urges PM to restore peace in riot-hit Manipur

Hindustan Times  

KOCHI: Cardinal Mar Baselios Cleemis, President of Kerala Catholic Bishops Council, asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to break his silence on the situation in riot-hit Manipur and intervene to bring peace to the state. Kerala Catholic Bishops Council president asks Prime Minister to break his silence on the situation in riot-hit Manipur and intervene to bring peace to the state. …

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Biden administration to launch global coalition to fight fentanyl
1 year, 5 months ago

Biden administration to launch global coalition to fight fentanyl

LA Times  

A display of the fentanyl and methamphetamine that was seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Nogales Port of Entry is shown during a news conference in 2019 in Nogales, Ariz. Robinson said the Biden administration believes that, despite poor relations between Washington and Beijing, it can continue to seek cooperation to “stop criminal diversion” of illicit …

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Fix Manipur’s law and order
1 year, 6 months ago

Fix Manipur’s law and order

Hindustan Times  

For around six weeks, a corner of India has been convulsed by wave upon wave of violence, stoked by decades of simmering tensions between two groups with a long history of acrimony and mistrust, and a raft of miscalculated political moves by a government that clearly underestimated the ethnic animus and the havoc its steps could wreak. The initial burst …

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Balloon ‘panic’ intensifies push against China in Washington
1 year, 10 months ago

Balloon ‘panic’ intensifies push against China in Washington

Al Jazeera  

The Biden administration faces growing calls from US Congress for tough policies against China after ‘spy’ balloon incident. “And because of that pressure coming in from the right, I think we often see them leaning further in the direction of confrontational politics.” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken postponed a previously scheduled trip to Beijing over the balloon incident, which …

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Tornado-relief payments come under scrutiny in Kentucky
1 year, 10 months ago

Tornado-relief payments come under scrutiny in Kentucky

Associated Press  

FRANKFORT, Ky. — Some people unaffected by tornadoes that ravaged Kentucky in late 2021 were mistakenly sent payments from a relief fund funneling private donations into the region, the state treasurer’s office said Wednesday. State Treasurer Allison Ball’s office said it canceled payment on 192 checks valued at $192,000 from the Team Western Kentucky Tornado Relief Fund after being notified …

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Turkey's top diplomat travels to US amid troubled ties
1 year, 11 months ago

Turkey's top diplomat travels to US amid troubled ties

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. U.S. President Joe Biden ’s administration has kept …

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Blinken warns Netanyahu on annexation of occupied West Bank
2 years ago

Blinken warns Netanyahu on annexation of occupied West Bank

Al Jazeera  

US diplomat Blinken said he will oppose settlements but stopped short of commenting on Netanyahu’s far-right cabinet. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has pledged to oppose Israeli settlements or annexation in the occupied West Bank, as former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to return to power. Palestinians fear more illegal settlements will likely be built in the occupied …

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From 'Modern Day Neros' To 'Mere State Inaction Not Conspiracy' : Supreme Court's Comments On Gujarat Govt In Riots Cases
2 years, 5 months ago

From 'Modern Day Neros' To 'Mere State Inaction Not Conspiracy' : Supreme Court's Comments On Gujarat Govt In Riots Cases

Live Law  

There is no evidence of larger conspiracy at the highest level of state functionaries behind the 2002 Gujarat riots, held the Supreme Court recently, dismissing a petition filed by Zakia Jafri. "In any case, inaction or failure of some officials of one section of the State administration cannot be the basis to infer a pre- planned criminal conspiracy by the …

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‘Larger conspiracy’ cannot be inferred merely on basis of inaction of State administration: Supreme Court
2 years, 5 months ago

‘Larger conspiracy’ cannot be inferred merely on basis of inaction of State administration: Supreme Court

The Hindu  

Instances which “overrun” a State administration like breakdown of law and order caused by “spontaneous mass violence” or the second wave of the pandemic cannot be called the results of a “larger conspiracy” hatched at the highest level of political dispensation, the Supreme Court judgment in the Zakia Jafri case has held. “The breakdown of law and order situation in …

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Gujarat Riots : Summary Of Supreme Court Judgment Dismissing Zakia Jafri's Plea To Probe "Larger Conspiracy"
2 years, 6 months ago

Gujarat Riots : Summary Of Supreme Court Judgment Dismissing Zakia Jafri's Plea To Probe "Larger Conspiracy"

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition filed by Zakia Ehsan Jafri challenging the closure report filed by SIT discarding the allegations of larger conspiracy by high state functionaries including the then Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and 63 others in the Gujarat riots of 2002 that ensued the Godhra train massacre. SIT's scope was thus limited to the …

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'Far-fetched, attempt to keep pot boiling': Supreme Court raps Gujarat riots case petitioner
2 years, 6 months ago

'Far-fetched, attempt to keep pot boiling': Supreme Court raps Gujarat riots case petitioner

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an appeal against clean chit given by a special investigation team to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and others in the 2002 Gujarat riots case. READ | SC confirms SIT clean chit to PM Modi in Gujarat riots case, rejects Zakia Jafri's plea "On such a false claim, the structure of a larger criminal conspiracy …

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Gujarat Riots - Mere Failure Or Inaction Of State Administration No Basis To Infer Conspiracy : Supreme Court In Zakia Jafri's Plea
2 years, 6 months ago

Gujarat Riots - Mere Failure Or Inaction Of State Administration No Basis To Infer Conspiracy : Supreme Court In Zakia Jafri's Plea

Live Law  

Dismissing the appeal filed by Zakia Jafri challenging the clean chit given by the SIT to Narendra Modi and 63 other state functionaries in the Gujarat riots case, the Supreme Court observed that conspiracy cannot be inferred on the basis of mere failure or inaction of the state administration. It added that "inaction or failure of some officials of one …

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BJP in Bihar accuses State administration for targeted vandalism
2 years, 6 months ago

BJP in Bihar accuses State administration for targeted vandalism

The Hindu  

As the anti-Agnipath stir continued for the fourth consecutive day in Bihar on Saturday, ruling alliance partner Bharatiya Janata Party accused the State administration for targeted vandalism and cautioned, “if it continues, it will not be good for anyone” to which ally JD reacted saying that Chief Minister Nitish Kumar knew how to run the administration. What isn’t happening in …

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