CJI on panel to pick CEC not statutory need: Govt

Govt, in an affidavit, said the issue is not what the appointment process should be, but whether SC can examine Parliament’s chosen mechanism at all NEW DELHI: Justifying the decision to drop the CJI from the appointment panel for the chief election commissioner and election commissioners (ECs), Centre has told Supreme Court that the Constitution…

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US Education Department begins dismantling itself through major grant transfers

US Department of EducationImage credit: Getty In a quiet but consequential move, the US Department of Education (DOE) on Tuesday initiated the most significant restructuring of its modern history, signalling the first administrative steps toward its own dismantling. The announcement, delivered with matter-of-fact precision, outlined six new interagency agreements that effectively hand over major federal…

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‘Fact, fiction and WhatsApp forwards’: Karti Chidambaram on his ‘cameo’ in Dhurandhar | India News

Karti Chidambaram (File photo) NEW DELHI: Congress MP Karti Chidambaram dismissed social media claims linking him and his father, former Union minister P Chidambaram, to a scene in the recently released film Dhurandhar, calling the allegations a blend of “fact, fiction and WhatsApp forwards”.In an interview to ANI, the Sivaganga MP talked about his “cameo”…

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Kerala assembly polls: Telangana CM Revanth Reddy unveils UDF manifesto, calls it the beginning of a ‘golden era’ | India News

Revanth Reddy (ANI image) NEW DELHI: Telangana chief minister Revanth Reddy on Thursday unveiled United Democratic Front (UDF) manifesto ahead of the Kerala assembly elections.He also launched a scathing attack on the Pinarayi Vijayan-led government and declared that the ‘dark era’ in the state was coming to an end and a ‘golden era’ was beginning.The…

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