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special TADA court here on Tuesday rejected gangster Abu Salem's plea opposing his planned transfer from the Taloja prison in Navi Mumbai. Salem is undergoing life sentence at the Taloja prison in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case. The decision to shift him was a «conspiracy to kill him» as he was likely to be released in a few months, Salem's application claimed. The current prison was safe for him and he could be attacked by members of the rival gangs in other jails in Maharashtra, it said. The jail administration told the court it wanted to relocate Salem as his current cell needed reconstruction, and there was no other safe cell for him in Taloja. Special judge for cases under the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act B D Shelke, after hearing both the sides, rejected Salem's plea. The court, however, asked the inspector general (prisons), Pune, to issue appropriate directions to the Taloja jail superintendent to ensure the gangster's safety while shifting him to the central prison in Nashik, as planned. A direction should also be issued to the Nashik prison to ensure the safety and security of the convict, the judge said.

opposition bloc, has forced a contest for the post of the Lok Sabha speaker which has been decided with consensus for decades. While the NDA has fielded former Speaker Om Birla, INDIA has picked Congress leader and senior-most Lok Sabha MP Kodikunnil Suresh. As per the Lok Sabha Secretariat, the first such contest was in 1952 between GV Mavalankar and Shankar Shantaram. Mavalankar won with 394 votes whereas Shantaram got 55. The second such fight happened in 1976 between Baliram Bhagat and Jagannath Rao. Bhagat won with 344 votes while Jagannath Rao got 58. NDA candidate Birla was unanimously elected as the Speaker of the previous 17th Lok Sabha. Birla's name was proposed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and was supported by all major opposition parties, including Congress, TMC, DMK, and BJD. The YSRCP and TDP also supported Birla's candidature.

arrest warrants for Russia's chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov, and former defence minister Sergei Shoigu. Warrants were issued for the alleged war crimes of directing attacks at civilian objects and causing excessive incidental harm to civilians, as well as the crime against humanity of «inhumane acts» in Ukraine, the ICC said in a statement. ICC judges said there were «reasonable grounds to believe that the two suspects bear responsibility for missile strikes carried out by the Russian armed forces against the Ukrainian electric infrastructure from at least 10 October 2022 until at least 9 March 2023.»

TEL AVIV—Israel’s military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox Jewish students, the country’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, in a decision likely to put pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition as Israel fights its war in Gaza. A unanimous panel of judges ruled that there is no legal basis for exempting ultra-Orthodox religious scholars after a series of laws and government decisions carving out service exemptions were either struck down by the court or expired.

Mint. Members of the council may be directly appointed by the central government or based on the advice of a special search-cum-selection committee, the person said. “There is a definite push for mediation right now," the other person said.

Tamil Nadu Minister Udayanidhi Stalin was granted bail on Tuesday by a city court for his 'eradicate Sanatana Dharma' remark. The DMK leader appeared before the 42nd Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate following a notice to him based on a petition by social activist Paramesh for his remark. Udayanidhi Stalin, who holds sports and youth affairs portfolio, got the bail with a surety of Rs one lakh. The case has been posted to August 8.

INDIA bloc on Tuesday fielded Congress leader K Suresh as its candidate for the Speaker's position against Om Birla. Congress leader K C Venugopal and DMK's T R Baalu walked out of Defence Minister Rajnath Singh's office, refusing to endorse NDA candidate Birla without being offered the Deputy Speaker's position. Three sets of nominations were filed in support of Suresh, a Dalit leader and eight-term MP. Suresh, born on June 4, 1962, in Kodikunnil, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, is a notable figure in Indian politics. Affiliated with the Indian National Congress, he has served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for seven consecutive terms.

Indira Gandhi declared a state of Emergency on June 25, 1975, which lasted for 21 months. This decision, announced in a broadcast on All India Radio, came shortly after the Supreme Court granted a conditional stay on the Allahabad High Court verdict, declaring Gandhi's election to the Lok Sabha null and void. The Supreme Court also asked Gandhi to stay away from parliamentary proceedings.

assembly elections, Shiv Sena (UBT) MLC Anil Parab introduced a private member's bill proposing a 50 per cent reservation for Marathi-speaking residents in new Mumbai housing projects. The bill, pending the deputy chairperson's approval, suggests penalties up to Rs 10 lakh and/or six months' jail for developers who don't comply, TOI reported. Shiv Sena (UBT) holds 9 seats in the 78-member legislative council and 15 seats in the 288-member assembly. The opposition coalition, Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA), has 75 assembly members and 29 council members, while the ruling Mahayuti alliance controls 212 assembly seats and 28 council seats. The proposed bill may be presented during the monsoon session starting this Thursday. Parab introduced the bill after numerous cases where Marathi-speaking individuals were denied housing due to their food choices or religion. «Discrimination based on such grounds is unconstitutional,» he stated. Parab highlighted a Vile Parle incident where a builder refused to sell homes to Marathi people citing their food habits. Despite protests, government action was lacking, and the builder only apologized after media exposure. Parab emphasized that Marathi speakers are now a minority in Mumbai.

Catch all the LIVE updates on Arvind Kejriwal bail plea here, Senior Advocate Abhishek Singhvi, representing Arvind Kejriwal, requested lifting the interim stay on the bail order. Singhvi argued that CM Kejriwal poses no flight risk and urged the bench to suspend the high court's decision before it is finalised."I know what I am asking.

A U.S. bankruptcy court trustee is planning to shut down conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ Infowars media platform and liquidate its assets

California lawmakers have abandoned their attempt to repeal the nation's only law requiring voter approval for publicly funded affordable housing projects

Arkansas has sued two pharmacy benefit managers, accusing them of enabling the opioid crisis in the state

Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks, has agreed to plead guilty to a felony charge in a deal with the US Justice Department, according to court documents filed on Monday night. This plea deal aims to resolve a protracted legal battle involving multiple countries over the release of classified information. Assange will plead guilty to conspiring to unlawfully obtain and disseminate classified national defense information under the Espionage Act.

Netflix is all set to stream Pablo Escobar documentary in July this year. Titled as 500 Days of Escobar (Los 500 días de Escobar) will drop on OTT streaming giant on July 19. The film witnessed release in Colombia later part of the last year, as per a report on WhatsOnNetflix. The documentary delves into the life of Colombian drug lord, and the famous 500-day plot to hunt him down in 1990s. The film has testimony of Alonso Salazar, María Emma Mejía Vélez, Javier Peña, Óscar Naranjo, Gustavo Salazar Pineda, and Nicolas Escobar Urquijo.

Morgan Stanley is facing a class-action lawsuit alleging that it breached its fiduciary duty by offering unreasonably low interest rates on client cash sweep accounts.

The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to consider reviving a critical approval for a railroad project that would carry crude oil and boost fossil fuel production in rural eastern Utah. The justices will review an appeals court ruling that overturned the approval issued by the Surface Transportation Board for the Uinta Basin Railway, an 88-mile (142-kilometer) railroad line. Arguments will take place in the fall.

Darshan Thoogudeepa is Prisoner No. 6106. Darshan’s descent from one of the titans of Sandalwood to becoming a criminal who engineered the cold-blooded murder of a fan. The Majestic star, also known as ‘D Boss’ in Sandalwood, is now behind bars for murdering a 33-year-old youth named Renuka Swamy. Through detailed interrogation, the police uncovered the involvement of Darshan, leading to his arrest on June 11, along with 14 others, including his girlfriend Pavithra Gowda. As the investigation continues, Darshan now finds himself living as prisoner number 6106, marking a dramatic descent from superstardom to imprisonment. Here’s a timeline of the case.

National Testing Agency (NTA) and the Centre on Monday, asking them to respond to petitions seeking the cancellation of the medical entrance exam NEET-UG amid allegations of irregularities. The court scheduled the hearing in the matter on July 10, two days after the Supreme Court is set to hear similar petitions, including those seeking cancellation of the NEET-UG 2024 exam and a court-monitored investigation. Justice Ashok Kumar Jain of the high court issued the notices to the NTA and the central government and sought their response. The court considered the matter to be serious and scheduled the hearing on July 10, counsel for petitioners Rampratap Saini said. He said a hearing was held on four petitions in the high court during the day.

Jindal Steel’s capacity expansion will fuel growth, but beware the China factor Despite the settlement, the controversy resurfaced when Earlyman Films and Kondurkar Studio, which claimed credit for the campaign, entered it in the Cannes Lions awards and the Kyoorius Creative Awards 2024. While the Kyoorius committee, after reviewing the case with industry juries and a legal team, decided to disqualify all entries from Kondurkar Studio and Earlyman Films across categories, the campaign went on to win a Silver Lion and a Bronze Lion at the 2024 Cannes Lions in the Film Craft category. This was despite the ongoing legal and ethical questions about its origin, rekindling the debate over who rightfully owns the idea behind the campaign.