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US Plans To Unveil Criminal Charges Against Cuba's Raul Castro Next Week
Castro is the brother of the late Fidel Castro, the revolutionary and longtime foil of the United States who led the island's communist government for decades.
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Opinion | How The Bill To Sack Jailed Ministers Turns Justice Into Performance Art
In effect, the Bill creates a special class of litigants, of our elected Ministers, whose detention, if more than 39 days, will automatically trigger disqualification - inevitably guaranteeing that such cases will be treated as urgent matters.
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"To Blackmail, Torture Nitish Kumar": Tejashwi Yadav On Bill To Sack Ministers
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav has criticised a set of bills to sack ministers in the federal or any state or union territory government - including chief ministers - if they have been jailed (not necessarily convicted) of 'criminal charges'.
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'Back To Medieval Times': Rahul Gandhi On Bill To Sack Arrested Ministers
Rahul Gandhi has ripped into three new bills that allow senior members of the government - including the Prime Minister and the chief ministers - to be sacked if they have been jailed (but not necessarily convicted) on 'serious criminal charges'.
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Shashi Tharoor Differs With Congress Again On 'Bill To Remove PM, Chief Ministers'
Shashi Tharoor - at a crossroads in his relationship with the Congress after statements praising PM Modi - differed from the party line again Wednesday, this time over a bill proposing the forcible removal of ministers facing criminal charges.
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Right to Life, Liberty Of Person Facing Criminal Charges Can't Be Overlooked: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the right to life and liberty under Article 21 of the Constitution couldn't be overlooked only because a person faced criminal charges as it quashed a case against three people under the stringent UP Gangsters Act.
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Congress, JJP's Gurugram Candidates Have Criminal History, Not So For BJP
Two of the three prominent candidates contesting from the Gurugram Lok Sabha constituency are facing criminal charges.
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Criminal Charges Against Alec Baldwin To Be Dropped: Lawyers
Criminal charges against Alec Baldwin in the October 2021 killing of 'Rust' cinematographer Halyna Hutchins are anticipated to be dropped.
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Russia Detains Kremlin Critic's Lawyer On Criminal Charges
Russian police on Friday detained prominent rights lawyer Ivan Pavlov -- who is representing jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny -- on criminal charges, his organisation said.
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Delhi High Court Seeks Manish Sisodia's Stand On Plea Challenging His Election
The Delhi High Court Friday sought response from Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on a plea challenging his election from the Patparganj constituency in the Delhi Assembly polls.
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Can Netas With Criminal Charges Contest Polls? Verdict Shortly: 10 Points
Whether lawmakers facing criminal charges be barred from contesting elections or should they be disqualified only after conviction, the Supreme Court will decide today. The top court is hearing a batch of petitions seeking disqualification of lawmakers even before their conviction in criminal cases to curb "criminalisation of politics" in the count...
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No Passport For Officials Facing Crime, Corruption Charges, Says Government
Government officers facing criminal or corruption charges will be denied vigilance clearance for the grant of passport, according to new guidelines finalised by the Personnel ministry.
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47 Newly-Elected Lawmakers In Gujarat Face Criminal Cases: Study
As many as 47 newly-elected members of the Gujarat Assembly have criminal cases pending against them as per their election affidavits, according to a study conducted by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Gujarat Election Watch.
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Driver Charged As Death Toll Climbs Among Texas Truck Migrants
US authorities on Monday filed a criminal charge against the driver of an overheated truck found in Texas packed with migrants, prosecutors said, as the death toll rose to 10.
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UP Assembly Witnesses Rise In Crorepatis, 1 in 4 Legislators Face Serious Criminal Cases
An average of one in four newly elected legislators in Uttar Pradesh is named in a serious criminal case like murder or rape, while eight out of 10 are a Crorepatis, a study showed today.
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US Plans To Unveil Criminal Charges Against Cuba's Raul Castro Next Week
Castro is the brother of the late Fidel Castro, the revolutionary and longtime foil of the United States who led the island's communist government for decades.
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Opinion | How The Bill To Sack Jailed Ministers Turns Justice Into Performance Art
In effect, the Bill creates a special class of litigants, of our elected Ministers, whose detention, if more than 39 days, will automatically trigger disqualification - inevitably guaranteeing that such cases will be treated as urgent matters.
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"To Blackmail, Torture Nitish Kumar": Tejashwi Yadav On Bill To Sack Ministers
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav has criticised a set of bills to sack ministers in the federal or any state or union territory government - including chief ministers - if they have been jailed (not necessarily convicted) of 'criminal charges'.
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'Back To Medieval Times': Rahul Gandhi On Bill To Sack Arrested Ministers
Rahul Gandhi has ripped into three new bills that allow senior members of the government - including the Prime Minister and the chief ministers - to be sacked if they have been jailed (but not necessarily convicted) on 'serious criminal charges'.
-
Shashi Tharoor Differs With Congress Again On 'Bill To Remove PM, Chief Ministers'
Shashi Tharoor - at a crossroads in his relationship with the Congress after statements praising PM Modi - differed from the party line again Wednesday, this time over a bill proposing the forcible removal of ministers facing criminal charges.
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Right to Life, Liberty Of Person Facing Criminal Charges Can't Be Overlooked: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the right to life and liberty under Article 21 of the Constitution couldn't be overlooked only because a person faced criminal charges as it quashed a case against three people under the stringent UP Gangsters Act.
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Congress, JJP's Gurugram Candidates Have Criminal History, Not So For BJP
Two of the three prominent candidates contesting from the Gurugram Lok Sabha constituency are facing criminal charges.
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Criminal Charges Against Alec Baldwin To Be Dropped: Lawyers
Criminal charges against Alec Baldwin in the October 2021 killing of 'Rust' cinematographer Halyna Hutchins are anticipated to be dropped.
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Russia Detains Kremlin Critic's Lawyer On Criminal Charges
Russian police on Friday detained prominent rights lawyer Ivan Pavlov -- who is representing jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny -- on criminal charges, his organisation said.
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Delhi High Court Seeks Manish Sisodia's Stand On Plea Challenging His Election
The Delhi High Court Friday sought response from Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on a plea challenging his election from the Patparganj constituency in the Delhi Assembly polls.
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Can Netas With Criminal Charges Contest Polls? Verdict Shortly: 10 Points
Whether lawmakers facing criminal charges be barred from contesting elections or should they be disqualified only after conviction, the Supreme Court will decide today. The top court is hearing a batch of petitions seeking disqualification of lawmakers even before their conviction in criminal cases to curb "criminalisation of politics" in the count...
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No Passport For Officials Facing Crime, Corruption Charges, Says Government
Government officers facing criminal or corruption charges will be denied vigilance clearance for the grant of passport, according to new guidelines finalised by the Personnel ministry.
-
47 Newly-Elected Lawmakers In Gujarat Face Criminal Cases: Study
As many as 47 newly-elected members of the Gujarat Assembly have criminal cases pending against them as per their election affidavits, according to a study conducted by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Gujarat Election Watch.
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Driver Charged As Death Toll Climbs Among Texas Truck Migrants
US authorities on Monday filed a criminal charge against the driver of an overheated truck found in Texas packed with migrants, prosecutors said, as the death toll rose to 10.
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UP Assembly Witnesses Rise In Crorepatis, 1 in 4 Legislators Face Serious Criminal Cases
An average of one in four newly elected legislators in Uttar Pradesh is named in a serious criminal case like murder or rape, while eight out of 10 are a Crorepatis, a study showed today.
