The contemporary left is increasingly comfortable with deploying the state to punish and destroy political enemies. For many liberals, the legal system isn’t merely a tool for criminal justice (if that) but a way to exact poetic political justice.
In a move expected to decongest the prisons, the Centre has decided to launch a special scheme to provide financial support to poor people languishing in jails as they are unable to afford the penalty or the bail amount. "This will enable poor prisoners, majority of whom belong to socially disadvantaged or marginalised groups with lower education and income level, to get out of prison, the Home Ministry said in a statement on Friday. The broad contours of the scheme - Support for Poor Prisoners -... Читать дальше...
Six-time world championship finalist Jimmy White hoped to make his first appearance at the Crucible in 17 years after showing some vintage form this season heading into the qualifiers
The corporations that run Medicare Advantage plans are engaged in widespread waste, fraud and abuse, resulting in tens of billions of dollars of overpayments to them every year. The advocates and government agencies overseeing Medicare Advantage have spent nearly two decades reporting on this fraud and waste and urging Congress to overhaul the program. Few in Congress or the administration were listening. Now, the Biden administration is finally taking action, but it’s only a first step.
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Professional interior decorator Hildi Santo-Tomas ‘likes to be original’ – and sometimes that just means creating a self-portrait on somebody else’s walls or gluing on some hay
The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea of the West Bengal government challenging a Calcutta High Court order which protected Soumendu Adhikari, brother of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, from arrest in a corruption case, saying the petition did not warrant interference now as the charge sheet has been filed. Soumendu, also a BJP leader, was protected by the Calcutta High Court against any probable coercive action by the West Bengal police on January 31, 2023 in a case of alleged misappropriation of... Читать дальше...
As the Champions Cup approaches the business end of the competition with the quarter-finals this weekend, Stormers centre Ruhan Nel is looking forward to his side's away clash against the Exeter Chiefs.
Unite said oil and gas platforms would be brought to a "standstill" by the walkout from April 24
Nicholas Trimble and John Hume Jr both said their late fathers would be frustrated with the current political deadlock.
‘Jackass’ star previously claimed the ‘wildly explicit’ stage show contains stunts that are ‘flagrantly illegal’ and ‘super life-threatening’
Former US intelligence officer Scott Ritter said that Russia works “not on the calendar, but for results” and called Vladimir Putin a “master of winning”. businessinsider.com Retired US Marine Corps intelligence officer Scott Ritter, during an interview with YouTube channel Judging Freedom, called Russian President Vladimir Putin a master of winning. “Putin is a master […]
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Israel’s military hit sites in Lebanon and Gaza early on Friday, in retaliation for rocket attacks it blamed on Hamas, as tensions following police raids this week on the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem threatened to spiral out of control.
Читать дальше...BROOKLYN (PIX11) — An 18-year-old man was fatally stabbed aboard a subway train rolling through Brooklyn late Thursday, according to authorities. The victim and another man got into an argument aboard a northbound D train approaching the Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center hub around 11:30 p.m., police said. As the dispute escalated, the assailant stabbed the teen [...]
Infertility is a major health challenge globally with one in six people worldwide experiencing it at some point throughout their lifetime. But the EU’s action to address the issue remains limited.
G League Ignite's Scoot Henderson has long been considered the second pick, but Alabama's Brandon Miller had the kind of season that puts him in mix.
Mushfiqur Rahim shrugged off Bangladesh's mid-innings jitters to hit a quickfire half-century Friday and seal a seven-wicket victory over Ireland in their one-off Dhaka Test
Boy travels with his bicycle on Mumbai Metro daily His story is going viral
The Premier League leaders have not won a league game at Anfield for 11 years - will that change on Sunday?
Cheetahs released into the wild are exploring their habitat and it's a very good sign, a senior environment ministry official has said after a spotted feline strayed out of Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National Park recently. State forest officials on Friday said that Oban, one of the eight cheetahs brought from Namibia in September last year, had strayed out of the Kuno National Park on April 2. It was rescued from a forest area in a neighbouring Shivpuri district on Thursday evening and released into the national park again, they said. Читать дальше...
YouTube star Logan Paul is currently competing in the WWE having fought Seth Rollins at Wrestlemania 39, and has also fought in the boxing ring - now he wants to target MMA
Renowned scholar Walter K Andersen, known for his authoritative scholarship on contemporary Indian politics, has said that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has misinterpreted the Rashtriya Swayamsevak...
The self-professed "CEO of Cougar Watch" Tara, 48, has taken to social media to offer young men advice on how to have a "natural, easy connection" with an older woman
Legal commentator Marcy Wheeler predicted former President Donald Trump will likely be charged with obstruction or the Espionage Act after he took classified documents to his home at Mar-a-Lago.
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Chloe-Elizabeth Elliott, 19, from Pontefract, revealed her daughter Elizabeth-Hope is raised on the same vegan diet she follows and doesn't miss out on anything.