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The family of an 80-year-old Canadian woman with Alzheimer’s disease is speaking out after their vacation in the Bahamas took a horrific turn.They allege she was sexually assaulted at the resort they were staying at by a guest they say is from Nova Scotia.The woman’s son, David Ahrens, says the family is shocked by everything that’s happened.“No one has the right to inflict this much pain and trauma on an 80-year-old great-grandmother who has Alzheimer’s disease,” he told Global News.Ahrens says he’s speaking out to warn others about the potential dangers when travelling with vulnerable loved ones.He says his mother, who he is not naming to protect her privacy, was on holiday with other family members at the Warwick Hotel and Resort on Paradise Island, Nassau last month.According to Ahrens, a Canadian man the group didn’t know introduced himself to the group on Jan. 28, and joined them for dinner.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief national spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar on Monday said the party respect the Hon’ble Supreme Court's order to vacate its (AAP) headquarters office in the Rouse Avenue area of the national capital as the land was allotted for the expansion of Delhi High Court's infrastructure. Kakkar said the Supreme Court has also directed that the Centre's Land and Development Office to allot an alternative land for AAP's office as soon as possible.

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) legislator Sita Soren had accepted bribe to vote in favour of independent candidate R K Agarwal but did not vote for him, an act that triggered a CBI probe under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act. Sita Soren, the daughter-in-law of JMM founder Shibu Soren, sought refuge in the Jharkhand High Court citing Article 194 (2) of the Constitution that grants immunity to legislators for whatever they speak or the votes they cast in the legislative assembly or committees. Sita Soren also argued that as a JMM MLA, she had voted for the party candidate Sanjiv Kumar, who won the Rajya Sabha election. In 2014, the Jharkhand High Court refused to quash the case filed against her by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), prompting her to move the Supreme Court.

Supreme Court's judgment on ‘immunity in bribery case’ and asserted that ‘it will clean politics’. Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court ruled that the members of parliament and state assemblies are not immune from prosecution in bribery cases.

A Supreme Court decision could come as soon as Monday in the case about whether former President Donald Trump can be kicked off the ballot over his efforts to undo his defeat in the 2020 election.Trump is challenging a groundbreaking decision by the Colorado Supreme Court that said he is disqualified from being president again and ineligible for the state’s primary, which is Tuesday.The resolution of the case on Monday, a day before Super Tuesday contests in 16 states, would remove uncertainty about whether votes for Trump, the leading Republican candidate for president, will ultimately count. Both sides had requested fast work by the court, which heard arguments less than a month ago, on Feb.

U.S. officials across the political spectrum have described Chinese corporate theft as a defining threat of our times. A Justice Department loss last week underscores the challenges in addressing it.

April 2024 approaches, Netflix users in the United States are gearing up to bid farewell to a slew of movies and series, including a significant portion of the DC movie library and all six seasons of the beloved series Community. Here's a detailed look at what's leaving the streaming platform next month, as per a What’s on Netflix report.

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav took to the stage on Sunday to highlight his father Lalu Prasad's accomplishments as the railway minister, a day after corruption allegations were leveled against him by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Yadav delivered his response to the prime minister at a massive rally in the Bihar capital, where prominent opposition figures such as Rahul Gandhi, AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, and CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury also addressed the crowd. Referring to Modi's speeches at back-to-back rallies in Aurangabad and Begusarai districts, Yadav said, «Modi ji had indirectly taunted me yesterday, saying I was wary of speaking about my father's deeds. I am responding to him. May he take note with eyes and ears open as I speak in front of the massive crowd (Jan sailab) out here». He added, «My father had turned the railways around in the UPA government. Earlier, it was making losses but under his stewardship, it made a profit of Rs 90,000 crore. He also gave permanent jobs to coolies and introduced kulhads (earthen pots) in catering services for the benefit of our potter brethren».

Bajrang Punia, Vinesh Phogat, Sakshi Malik and her husband Satyawart Kadian seeking to set aside and declare as illegal the elections held by the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI). The petition by the wrestlers, who were at the forefront of last year's protest at Jantar Mantar here demanding the arrest of former WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh for the alleged sexual harassment of seven women grapplers, is listed for hearing before Justice Sachin Datta. The plea contended that the WFI elections, held on December 21, were in blatant violation of Sports Code and sought a direction to the federation to «cease and desist» from undertaking any activity pertaining to the sport of wrestling. «The present Writ Petition is being filed by the Petitioners inter alia assailing, challenging, and seeking directions against the illegal action of the suspended Wrestling Federation of India conducting selection trials for the Senior Asian Wrestling Championships 2024 and Asian Olympic Games Qualifier Wrestling Tournament notified through its circular Dt. 26.02.2024 against the directives of the Ad-Hoc Committee for Wrestling Federation of India,» the petition said.

ANI. The BJP on Saturday announced 20 out of 42 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal. The candidates were announced in wake of PM Modi's mega development push in the TMC bastion.

BJP) announced his candidature from the Jaunpur constituency, Uttar Pradesh, in the upcoming Lok Sabha election, Kripashankar Singh expressed his confidence in winning the seat. «It is my belief that Jaunpur will be included in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 400-paar slogan» Singh said, referring to PM Modi's clarion call to the BJP cadre to work for the NDA and get 400+ seats in the Lok Sabha elections. Taking a swipe at Congress, he said that while leadership is with the BJP, «dealership» is with Congress.

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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said his party will provide Minimum Support Price (MSP) to farmers legally if it came to power at the Centre. He was speaking at a public meeting in Morena after his 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' entered Madhya Pradesh from Rajasthan.

Supreme Court has said that Article 21 is the soul of the Constitution as the liberty of a citizen is of paramount importance and the high court not expeditiously adjudicating matters related to it would deprive a person of this precious right. A bench of Justice B R Gavai and Justice Sandeep Mehta made the observation after noting that the Bombay High Court has granted bail to one Amol Vithal Vahile, a prime accused in the murder of a corporator in Maharashtra, after a nudge from the apex court on January 29. The bench, in its recent order, said it is thus clear that before the order was passed by this court on January 29, 2024, the high court instead of deciding the application for bail on merits shunted it on one or the other ground. «Needless to state that Article 21 of the Constitution of India is the soul of the Constitution as the liberty of a citizen is of paramount importance. Not deciding the matter pertaining to liberty of a citizen expeditiously and shunting away the matter on one or the other ground would deprive the party of their precious right guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India,» it said.

₹1 lakh, and News18 India ₹50,000. These penalties were based on complaints from activist Indrajeet Ghorpade. The term "love jihad" must be used with "great introspection as religious stereotyping amounts to violation of the Code of Ethics and can corrode the secular fabric of the country", PTI quoted the NBDSA as stating.

Mirwaiz Umer Farooq from addressing the congregation at historic Jama Masjid in Srinagar and didn’t allow him to leave his residence. The Anjuman Auqaf which runs the affairs of Jama Masjid termed it as an ‘unjustified move’ and ‘a restriction on the fundamental rights’ of Mirwaiz. They alleged that the authorities had informed them on Thursday that Mirwaiz would be allowed to come to Jama for the Friday prayers and sermon. “On Friday morning they reneged on their promise and again put him under house detention and regretfully once again Mirwaiz was prohibited from offering mandatory Friday prayers and delivering his sermons,” read the statement of Auqaf. They further said that Mirwaiz is being unjustly prevented from carrying out his religious duties at the Jama Masjid, which is a place of significant spiritual importance to the muslims. “This restriction not only impedes on his fundamental rights but also on the rights of the community members who benefit from his teachings. “Repeated appeals to authorities for his release from all quarters are falling on deaf ears,” Anjuman said.

(Reuters) — Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL)'s Google must face advertisers' proposed class action lawsuit claiming that it monopolizes the ad exchange market, a U.S. judge ruled on Friday.

'We got it wrong': Google CEO Sundar Pichai says 'Gemini AI responses show bias' Castel also said Gannett, the largest U.S. newspaper chain and publisher of USA Today, could try in a separate case to prove that Google fraudulently concealed anticompetitive effects of some technology. Gannett alleged that it sold some of its ad space directly to advertisers, but Google still made the inventory available for auction on its ad exchange in order to accrue transaction fees for its own benefit.

ALSO READ: LeT’s Tunda tells court he wasn’t arrested in India The central probe agency agency said 12 people have been convicted in the case so far. These 12 include Irfan and Hamir-Ul-Uddin who were sentenced to life imprisonment by the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities (Prevention) Act (TADA) court on Thursday. Abdul Karim Tunda, a key accused in the 1993 serial train blasts case, was acquitted on Thursday.

New Delhi, 1st March, 2024: The Indo-American Chamber of Commerce (IACC) announces the India-US Legal Services Summit, the first of its kind, scheduled to be held at The Lalit, New Delhi on 4th March 2024. Organized in collaboration with Bar and Bench, Society of India Law Firms (SILF), Services Export Promotion Council (SEPC), and Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), the summit aims to promote cooperation between legal professionals from India and the United States on corporate and legal issues. The Inaugural Session, set to be a distinguished gathering, will be graced by luminaries in the legal fraternity including the Attorney General, Mr.

The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday it is delaying planned rules for existing natural gas plants that emit harmful air pollutants and contribute to global warming