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thefederal.com > category > international > trump-pledges-5000-to-adult-americans-if-republicans-win-midterm-polls-256232

Trump pledges $5,000 to adult Americans if Republicans win midterm polls

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (494+ words) In a promise, perhaps the first made by an American president, Donald Trump, while addressing the opening night of the Republican midterm convention on Wednesday (September 9), said that every adult American will get $5,000 if his party retains control of both…...


thefederal.com > the-federal-focus > cauvery-water-release-order-karnataka-to-move-sc-256166

Cauvery water release order: Karnataka to move SC on Sept 10, says minister

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (400+ words) Karnataka Water Resources Minister N Chaluvarayaswamy on Wednesday (September 9) said that the state government will move the Supreme Court on Thursday challenging the orders directing the state to release 6,000 cusecs of Cauvery water daily to Tamil Nadu. On Tuesday, the…...


thefederal.com > category > news > all-are-treated-equally-says-sc-as-early-hearing-sought-in-defamation-case-against-rahul-256167

‘All are treated equally’, says SC as early hearing sought in defamation case against Rahul

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (445+ words) The Supreme Court on Wednesday (September 9) said that "all are treated equally," after counsel for the complainant in a defamation case against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi questioned why the matter had not been listed for hearing for a long time....


thefederal.com > category > states > south > keralam > dr-aysha-case-keralam-doctors-protest-against-husband-raises-questions-over-polygamy-256160

Dr. Aysha case: Keralam doctor’s protest against husband raises questions over polygamy

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (890+ words) Dr Aysha Mohammed, a 33-year-old postgraduate dental surgeon working in Doha, Qatar, spent more than three weeks sitting in protest outside her estranged husband’s parental house at Edakkazhiyur in Chavakkad, Thrissur, Keralam. She came to the house demanding what she…...


thefederal.com > category > states > south > karnataka > karnataka-mulls-moving-sc-against-cauvery-water-release-order-256091

Karnataka mulls moving SC against Cauvery water release order

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (296+ words) Bengaluru, Sep 8 (PTI) The Karnataka government is seriously considering approaching the Supreme Court against the CWRC direction to release 6,000 cusecs of Cauvery river water daily to Tamil Nadu, the state's Water Resources Minister N Chaluvarayaswamy said on Tuesday. Describing the…...


thefederal.com > category > news > sc-rejects-6-month-extension-for-aravalli-hills-panel-seeks-report-by-november-30-256044

SC rejects 6-month extension for Aravalli Hills panel, seeks report by November 30

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (378+ words) The Supreme Court has rejected a request by the High-Powered Committee tasked with examining the definition and protection of the Aravalli Hills for an extension of six months to submit its report, with Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant…...


thefederal.com > category > opinion > mmdr-amendment-amendment-act-erodes-state-powers-trust-in-federal-ties-255994

MMDR Amendment Amendment Act erodes state powers, trust in federal ties

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (573+ words) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been quoted as saying that “federalism is no longer the fault line of Centre-state relations but the definition of a new partnership of Team India”. This was in the aftermath of the launch of the…...


thefederal.com > category > states > east > west-bengal > calcutta-hc-sets-aside-arrest-warrant-mahua-moitra-shifts-case-mp-mla-court-255991

Calcutta HC sets aside arrest warrant against Mahua Moitra, shifts case to MP/MLA court

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (277+ words) Kolkata, Sep 7 (PTI) The Calcutta High Court on Monday set aside an arrest warrant issued against TMC MP Mahua Moitra by a Krishnanagar court, and ordered transfer of the case against her over alleged hate speech to the special MP…...


thefederal.com > category > news > sc-seeks-centres-reply-on-pil-against-perks-to-judges-who-resign-to-avoid-removal-255891

SC seeks Centre's reply on PIL against perks to judges who resign to avoid removal

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (336+ words) The Supreme Court has issued a notice seeking the Centre’s response on a PIL against granting perks and amenities to constitutional functionaries like judges who choose to resign as a means to avoid removal proceedings. The notice was recently issued…...


thefederal.com > category > politics > cjp-jantar-mantar-protests-neet-up-paper-leak-255931

WATCH: SC junks 129 FIRs against student protesters; who got the upper hand?

1+ week, 8+ hour ago   (171+ words) The Federal A total of 129 FIRs lodged against agitators who took part in the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP)-led protests across Bihar, Maharashtra, West Bengal, and Assam were quashed by the Supreme Court, invoking its extraordinary powers under Article 142 when…...