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TOI reported. After the Gyanvapi judgment, Judge Ravi Kumar Diwakar had received a hand-written threat letter, after which nine police personnel were deployed. The Allahabad High Court had sanctioned Y-category security for the judge and his family after he raised similar concerns, which was later downgraded to X-category.

Delhi liquor policy. While the AAP has time and again alleged that a controversy was being hatched to “kill Arvind Kejriwal", the recent claims sprout after a alleged scuffle between two groups in Tihar jail.

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ethanol to be used in the next cycle, the official added. This decision underscores the government's comfort with the current level of sugar production relative to domestic consumption needs, said the official who did not want to be identified. The directive comes at a crucial time as it aligns with the end of the sugarcane crushing season and supports India's ambitious ethanol-blending targets—E15 by 2023-24 and E20 by 2025-26.

Is there anything that Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan doesn’t think she can do? Apparently not. On Tuesday she and her fellow Democratic commissioners effectively invalidated tens of millions of employment contracts without authority from Congress. The FTC’s 570-page rule outlaws so-called non-compete agreements across the economy.

NDTV. She further hit out at the BJP, Banerjee said that the BJP has bought the court, CBI, NIA, BSF, and CAPF. The Bengal government who moved the Supreme Court against the Calcutta HC's decision said, "I still hope for justice from the Supreme Court". The Bengal CM added, "They (the BJP) have bought the High Court.

Anne Heche said his mother’s estate is unable to pay its outstanding debts, totalling more than US$6 million (over C$8.2 million).According to new court documents obtained by People magazine, Heche’s 22-year-old son Homer Laffoon said the estate is insolvent and “not yet in a condition to be closed.”Heche, who was 53, died in Los Angeles, Calif. after she crashed her car into a residential home in August 2022.

Jay Mazini " who swindled millions of dollars from online followers and a network of Muslims during the pandemic was sentenced to seven years in prison on Wednesday, prosecutors said. Jebara Igbara, 28, of New Jersey, had pleaded guilty to fraud charges, admitting that he created a Ponzi scheme that involved cryptocurrency frauds netting around $8 million. Prosecutors say the money funded a decadent lifestyle that included luxury cars and a lot of gambling.

Narendra Modi is in Uttar Pradesh to hold rallies in Aonla, Bareilly and Shahjahanpur ahead of the Phase 3 of the Lok Sabha elections 2024. In his recent rallies, PM Modi has lately doubled down on the Congress alleging the party's “appeasement policy". It is likely that the showdown continues between the prime minister and the Congress.

Arizona fake elector scheme to re-elect then-U.S. President Donald Trump in 2020, the state's attorney general said on Wednesday. The court papers list a «former U.S. president,» Trump, as an unindicted co-conspirator.

A Russian court sided with state-run lender VTB Bank in its efforts to recoup $439.5 million from JPMorgan Chase that the American lender froze in U.S. accounts after the Ukraine invasion.

A Tesla driver has been charged with vehicular homicide after a motorcyclist was struck and killed in Washington April 19, 2024, FOX 13 Seattle reports. 

Supreme Court on Wednesday made it clear that EVM source codes «should never be disclosed» as the same can be misused. A bench comprising justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta made the verbal observation during the resumed hearing of a batch of pleas seeking directions to tally voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) slips with votes cast through EVMs during elections. Justice Datta questioned the counsel for one of the petitioners as to whether SC can issue directions regarding electronic voting machines (EVMs) «merely on the basis of suspicion» of hacking and manipulating though there is no concrete proof to prove the same. The petitioner raised doubts about whether EVMs are hack proof. The bench assembled on Wednesday to seek a slew of clarifications from the Election Commission of India on the technical functioning of EVMs, flash memory, VVPATs etc.

For millions of American workers, the federal government took two actions this week that could bestow potentially far-reaching benefits

The Port of Baltimore is preparing to open a deeper channel for commercial ships to get in and out for a few days

The Biden administration has finalized a new rule set to make millions of more salaried workers eligible for overtime pay in the U.S. The move marks the largest expansion in federal overtime eligibility in decades

Calcutta High Court's cancellation of jobs of 25,753 candidates has become a major political flashpoint between BJP and Trinamool in 2024 Lok Sabha polls, with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee urged teachers and school staff not to cast a single vote to BJP, Congress & CPI-M, holding them responsible for their job loss. Meanwhile, BJP assured legal assistance to the eligible candidates who lost their jobs due to the Bengal government not giving a list of ineligible candidates to HC. Banerjee lashed out on the day the Education department of the state government moved to the Supreme Court opposing the verdict. Calling the Court «a pilgrimage for the BJP», Banerjee said. «I will not talk about judges but will discuss the judgements. If there were any faults, this could have been subjected to scrutiny but how are the 26,000 jobs cancelled?»

In California’s Ventura County, there’s a well-dressed regular at the local courthouse who always lays down on the job. Comet, a 3-year-old black lab, wears a vest and bow tie to court and settles into the witness box before a trial starts. Jurors, who could be biased by the dog’s presence, are none the wiser.

The Federal Trade Commission on April 23 banned employers from using noncompete clauses, which the agency said suppress wages, stall new business formation and stifle companies from hiring the workers they need to grow. The measure, approved by the agency’s Democratic majority on a 3-2 vote, prohibits companies from enforcing existing noncompete agreements on anyone other than senior executives. It also bans employers from imposing new noncompete contracts on senior executives in the future.

WASHINGTON—Creating a conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court was perhaps the crowning achievement of Donald Trump’s presidency, with three appointees who delivered generational victories, including the elimination of abortion rights and the abolition of affirmative action. But the court has been no balm when it comes to Trump’s personal interests, leaving the former president fuming in several past cases after his appointees rejected his expansive claims of executive power or unfounded allegations of election irregularities.

Howard Levitt and Rob Lilly