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POLITICSSep 25Congress demands removal of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over ‘electoral irregularities’Calling for immediate halt to SIR exercise, APCC vice-president Kolanukonda Shivaji says courts should take suo motu cognisance of the ‘vote theft’ and order a judicial inquiry to establish facts and fix responsibilityThe Hindu
POLITICSSep 25Pakistan’s Sharif warns any diversion of Indus waters will be ‘treated as an act of war’UN News
POLITICSSep 25Andhra to sell super-fine rice at ₹50 a kg, onions at ₹35, and pay MSP to move farmers off paddyFull MSP procurement promised for ragi, red gram and black gram, and up to 30% of green gram, chickpea, groundnut and sunflower, to move 8.81 lakh hectares out of paddy and chilli this rabiThe Hindu
POLITICSSep 25By-election: Local holiday declared at Kuttichira in KeralamEmployees seeking permission will have to produce documents establishing that they are registered voters in the constituencyThe Hindu
POLITICSSep 25SC’s revised order leaves quashing of Delhi University student’s NSA detention intactAn earlier version of the top court’s order had directed an interim stay of the entire Allahabad High Court judgment; the quietly updated one shows the freeze is restricted to only certain strictures passed in a few paragraphs against Medha Roopam and award of costs of ₹5 lakhThe Hindu
POLITICSSep 25LDF threatens stir against Kochi Corporation as street lights fail and ads stayAt the Corporation council meeting held on September 10, the LDF raised the issue, specifically pointing to non-functional street lights on the Venduruthy Bridge, Alexander Parambithara Bridge, stretches of the Kundannoor Bridge falling under the Corporation limits, and M.G. RoadThe Hindu
POLITICSSep 25Delhi High Court rejects anticipatory bail plea of YouTuber Ajeet Bharti in SC/ST Act caseDelhi High Court said a prima facie case under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was made out against YouTuber Ajeet Bharti and noted that the legislation imposes a statutory bar on granting pre-arrest bail in such casesThe Hindu
POLITICSBREAKINGSep 25UN General Assembly live: Leaders from Lebanon, Iraq, Pakistan to speakThe US-Israel war on Iran will continue to be a focus as the UNGA enters its fourth day.Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICSSep 25ED summons Serilingampally MLA Arekapudi Gandhi in Sahiti Infratec money-laundering probeAn Enforcement Directorate (ED) summons has been issued to Serilingampally MLA Arekapudi Gandhi in connection with a money-laundering investigation involving Sahiti Infratec. This indicates a legal probe into a public official and a company.The Hindu
POLITICSSep 254 women wrestlers challenge acquittal of Brij Bhushan in sexual harassment caseIn their appeal, the four women wrestlers argue that the acquittal rests on 'archaic and stereotypical assumptions' about the expected behaviour of victims of sexual harassment and assaultThe Hindu
POLITICSSep 25India’s ‘cockroach’ movement targets election chief in political pivotIndia’s “cockroach” youth movement is testing whether it can turn anger over education and jobs into a broader challenge to the country’s political establishment, two months after its protests helped force an education minister to resign over alleged entrance exam leaks. Its latest target is another powerful institution: the country’s election watchdog. The shift marks a transition for the movement from high-profile demonstrations in New Delhi to a more diffuse campaign of school audits,...South China Morning Post
POLITICSSep 25Journalism and resistance under Taliban ruleFrance 24 [en]
POLITICSSep 25Patnaik blames Odisha BJP MPs for mines law passage in Parliament, warns of revenue loss for the StateThe Monsoon Session of the Odisha Assembly has been facing disruptions for four days now, as the opposition BJD and Congress MLAs, sporting black scarves, raised slogans in the House on Friday, demanding repeal of the law. The proceedings had to be adjourned till 4 p.m.The Hindu
POLITICSSep 254 women wrestlers challenge Brij Bhushan's sexual harassment case acquittalIn a significant legal move, four female wrestlers are appealing a magistrate's acquittal of Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, challenging the ruling from August 3 by Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Ashwini Panwar. They assert that the acquittal lacks legal grounding and is fundamentally flawed.economictimes_indiatimes · india
POLITICSSep 25Pact with Saudi and Pakistan could expand to Muslim world, Iran, Turkish speaker says - ReutersPact with Saudi and Pakistan could expand to Muslim world, Iran, Turkish speaker says ReutersReuters World
POLITICSSep 25BJP urges ECI to act against TVK functionaries for ‘involving children in bypoll campaign’Nainar Nagenthran shared a video clip on his social media handle, and asked whether CM Vijay was not aware that engaging children in an election campaign was an offenceThe Hindu
POLITICSSep 25UPI MDR decision completely professional, no external pressure: FM SitharamanSitharaman rubbished the Opposition's allegations that the government had yielded to foreign pressure, saying the MDR was not a tax and would not accrue to the governmentThe Hindu
POLITICSSep 25Veeramani case: CPI(M) seeks suspension of police officers, demands High Court-monitored SIT probeHe said former CM M.K. Stalin cannot simply distance himself from the issue and should accept moral responsibility and explain why the officers concerned had not brought the matter to his noticeThe Hindu
POLITICSSep 25India elections rigged , claim Gandhi and Cockroach partyTwo political entities, Gandhi and the Cockroach party, claim that India's elections were rigged. Such claims raise questions about the fairness of the electoral process.dw.com · Germany
POLITICSSep 25Supreme Court rejects PIL for setting up panel to examine use of Hindi as official language of apex courtA Bench comprising Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana said language-related reforms were already being considered administratively and could not be brought about through judicial orders.The Hindu
POLITICSSep 25Greens take on Church, political leaderships over ‘threats’ to Idukki Collector for enforcing court orders on environmental protectionEnvironmental organisations point out that the Collector was 'only carrying out' directives of Supreme Court and High CourtThe Hindu
POLITICSSep 25Nepal PM says global order is broken in fighting climate crisisNepal’s Prime Minister Balendra Shah was applauded at the UN General Assembly after his speech on climate crisis.Al Jazeera [en]
POLITICSSep 25Plea in Supreme Court says CEC Gyanesh Kumar can be probed and tried like an ‘ordinary accused’“Intentionally manipulating records, committing forgery, or subverting the constitutional electoral process in the course of discharging official duties can under no circumstances be treated as an integral part of those duties,” the petition saidThe Hindu
POLITICSSep 25DVAC searches premises linked to DMK’s Tiruvannamalai MP C.N. AnnaduraiThe DVAC has conducted searches on premises associated with C.N. Annadurai, a Member of Parliament for DMK in Tiruvannamalai.The Hindu