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Sajjan Kumar. Special Judge Kaveri Baweja, who was scheduled to pass the order on Monday, deferred the pronouncement. «January 8 is the next date,» the judge said. Kumar, who is currently lodged in Tihar central jail, appeared before the court through video conference.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The country’s principal manager of retirement savings for private-sector employees, the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), is working on a facility to let subscribers withdraw funds from their corpus through ATM cards, subject to a limit. While this would be welcome, the EPFO also finds itself being held responsible for a pension crisis that has put about 1.75 million retirees in dire straits, pushing many to despair.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The investment relationship between India and Switzerland has taken a blow, with the latter having withdrawn the most favoured nation (MFN) status it granted India as part of a double taxation avoidance agreement.

Bradley Dawson, has been found guilty of killing his wife, Christe Chen Dawson, during their honeymoon in Fiji. The court concluded he acted with intent after analyzing evidence and testimony.

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The premiere event held on December 4 witnessed an overwhelming turnout of fans, which led to a stampede. A 39-year-old woman, Revathi, lost her life in the chaos, and her son, Sri Tej, was severely injured. The minor remains in critical condition, undergoing constant medical care. Authorities arrested three individuals, including the theatre owner Sandeep, in connection with the incident. Allu Arjun himself was taken into custody by the Chikkadapalli police on December 13 for alleged negligence in handling the crowd. Though he was granted interim bail by the Telangana High Court, he had to spend a night in jail due to a delay in processing the bail order.

Allahabad High Court judge Shekhar Kumar Yadav had forsaken even the fig leaf of being above suspicion when he declared that India should function according to the wishes of the 'bahusankhyak' (majority) while attending a VHP event on the Uniform Civil Code. To boot, he even bandied a derogatory term to describe rigid Muslim clerics. While Supreme Court has sought a report on his actions, Yadav should be removed as judge.

Brijinder Singh was re-elected as the president of the Indian Golf Union (IGU) for a second consecutive term during the Annual General Meeting (AGM) here on Sunday. The elections for IGU office-bearers and the Governing Council for the 2024-2026 term were held unopposed as the number of candidates matched the available positions. Singh was the lone candidate for the president's post, while S K Sharma and Sanjiv Rattan were elected unopposed as secretary and treasurer, respectively. The nine members elected to the Governing Council are Farzan R Heerjee (Jharkhand), Harpuneet Singh Sandhu (Chandigarh), Harish Kumar (Uttarakhand), Nagesh Singh (Assam), Dr Param Navdeep Singh (Rajasthan), Sameer Sinha (Gujarat), Shashank Sandu (Maharashtra), Simarjeet Singh (Uttar Pradesh), and Viren Singh Ghumman (Punjab).

Atul Subhash suicide case, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Whitefield Shiv Kumar on Sunday said that all three accused have been remanded to judicial custody. He said that the accused Nikita Singhania was arrested in Haryana's Gurugram. According to DCP Kumar, the other accused including Nisha Singhania and Anurag Singhania were arrested near Hotel Rameshwaram in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj. «The accused Nikita Singhania was arrested near the Blossom Stayz pg in Gurugram. Accused Nisha Singhania and Anurag Singhania, were arrested near Hotel Rameshwaram in Prayagraj, UP. They were brought to Bengaluru and produced before the judge. They have been remanded to judicial custody...Multiple teams were sent to multiple places...» DCP Kumar told ANI.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The day of reckoning has arrived for Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea’s president. The country’s National Assembly voted on December 14th to impeach him for his short-lived attempt to impose martial law earlier this month.

Delhi Pollution Control Committee has directed cow shelters and dairy farms in the city to obtain pollution control consent within 15 days, warning of strict action in case of non-compliance. The Committee issued a public notice on Sunday directing all 'gaushalas' and dairy farms with 15 or more cattle, and all dairies operating in dairy colonies in Delhi to apply for mandatory consent under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974, and the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981. The directive has been issued in compliance with recent court orders and must be adhered to within 15 days of the notice, failing which legal action will be initiated. The notice follows the «Guidelines for Environmental Management of Dairy Farms and Gaushalas» issued by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) as per the National Green Tribunal's (NGT) order on May 20, 2020.

Karnataka Police confirmed on Sunday. Subhash, a 34-year-old deputy general manager at a private firm, died by suicide on December 9, leaving behind a 24-page note alleging harassment by his wife and her family. Nikita Singhania, Subhash’s wife, was arrested in Gurugram, Haryana, while her mother, Nisha Singhania, and brother, Anurag Singhania, were apprehended in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh. All three have been remanded to judicial custody, according to Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Shivakumar, White Field Division, Bengaluru, reported ANI.

Atul Subash's wife Nikita Singhania, her mother Nisha and brother Anurag were arrested for allegedly abetting the suicide, the Bengaluru techie's father, Pawan Kumar Modi has questioned where Atul's four-year-old son is and said the family was worried about him. Modi thanked the police for arresting the woman and her family members. However, he said, «We don't know where she has kept our grandson. Has he been killed or is he alive? We don't know anything about him. I want my grandson to be with us.»

Chanchalguda Central Prison in Telangana on Friday following a stampede incident during the premiere of his latest film, Pushpa 2. For dinner, he had a simple meal consisting of rice and vegetable curry, with no special requests made to prison authorities, according to a senior official from the Telangana prisons department. The official added that Arjun was housed in a separate section of the prison along with other accused individuals involved in the case. As per court directives, he was treated as a special-class prisoner, which entitled him to a cot, table, and chair for added comfort. “He appeared calm and did not seem distressed. Dinner is typically served at 5:30 PM, but food is provided for late arrivals as well. The actor had rice and curry and was treated in accordance with the court’s special class prisoner order,” the official told PTI.

Congress president in Telangana B Mahesh Kumar Goud on Saturday said law was taking its course in the arrest of top Telugu actor Allu Arjun and that his party would not have issues with any film hero. The cases filed against Arjun are within the purview of law and the court granted him bail, he said. Congress would only have love for any cinema hero but not ill feeling, he said. Goud pointed out that it was Congress chief ministers in undivided Andhra Pradesh who were instrumental in the Telugu film industry shifting from Chennai to Hyderabad (in the 1980s). Goud took exception to BJP leaders finding fault with the Congress government over the arrest of Allu Arjun on Friday over the death of a woman when fans jostled during the premier show of the actor's film 'Pushpa 2' earlier this month.

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Satterthwaite is requesting that court documents be unsealed and a «declaratory judgment» be issued to confirm that his rights, and those of his late mother, Wanda, were violated. He is also seeking compensation for the emotional distress caused by this long-running legal struggle. In his filing, Satterthwaite alleged that several judges, including Deborah Silverman Katz and Charles W. Dortch Jr., misrepresented facts and allowed false claims in favor of Jay-Z. The lawsuit also accuses the court of imposing non-existent gag orders and obstructing his attempts to compel Jay-Z to acknowledge paternity.

On Saturday morning, Allu Arjun shared a deeply emotional reunion with his family after being released on interim bail. The actor, who was taken into custody on Friday, faced charges related to a tragic fan death during the premiere of his film 'Pushpa 2: The Rule.' The heartfelt reunion, captured on video by the media, shows Arjun arriving at his home in Jubilee Hills. His brother, Allu Sirish, was the first to greet him with a tight hug, followed by his son, Ayaan. Moments later, his wife, Allu Sneha Reddy, embraced him tearfully and kissed him, overcome with emotion. The video resonated with fans and celebrities alike. Samantha Ruth Prabhu shared the clip on her Instagram stories, writing, “I am not crying, okay!” along with teary-eyed emojis, tagging both Arjun and Sneha while adding heart and sparkle emojis.

Speaking to ANI, Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Jaspal Singh said, «After hearing all the arguments, the court has granted us two more days of police remand.» Advocate Jagdeep Singh Randhawa, representing the accused, stated that Narain Singh Chaura will next be produced in court on December 16.

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