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#Pegasus row: SC appoints expert committee to investigate spying allegations

The functioning of the committee will be monitored by the Supreme Court, the chief justice said.

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#Pegasus row: Supreme Court appoints expert committee to investigate spying allegations

The committee will be headed by former Supreme Court judge RV Raveendran.

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#Pegasus row: Supreme Court appoints three-member committee to investigate snooping allegations

Chief Justice NV Ramana said the Centre had not specifically denied allegations that it had used the spyware developed by an Israeli company.

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#PegasusSpyware

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta had said that filing an affidavit on whether the spyware was used will “not serve national interest”.

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#PegasusSpyware

Chief Justice NV Ramana noted that in a democratic country, “indiscriminate spying on individuals” cannot be allowed without following the procedures established by law.

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#PegasusSnoopgate

SC orders probe into #Pegasus allegations, says Centre can’t get a free pass citing national security

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#PegasusSnoopgate

Congress will push for a Parliament debate, says Rahul Gandhi after SC order

“Pegasus is an attempt to crush Indian democracy,” Gandhi said at a media briefing. “We are very happy that the Supreme Court has agreed to look into this.

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#PegasusSnoopgate

No ‘free pass’ for ‘national security concerns’: How SC rejected Centre’s arguments on Pegasus

The Supreme Court has now formed a technical committee to investigate the issues in the Pegasus case. ✍️@UmangPod writes

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@UmangPod No ‘free pass’ for ‘national security concerns’

“It is a settled position of law that in matters pertaining to national security, the scope of judicial review is limited.”✍️@UmangPod writes

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28 Oct
BJP is not going anywhere for decades, says poll strategist Prashant Kishor

“So, do not ever get into this trap that people are getting angry and they will throw away [Prime Minister Narendra] Modi," the political strategist said

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“That is where the problem lies with Rahul Gandhi probably,” Prashant Kishor said. “He thinks it’s just a matter of time that people will throw him [Modi] away. That is not happening.”

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“Once you secure 30% plus votes at the India level, you are not going away in a hurry"

BJP is not going anywhere for decades, says poll strategist Prashant Kishor

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28 Oct
#MumbaiDrugsCase

Bail is not a rule in drug cases, NCB tells Bombay High Court

Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh, appearing for the NCB, said #AryanKhan, who has been arrested in a drugs case, is not a first-time offender.

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#AryanKhan had been denied bail on two previous occasions despite his lawyers arguing before the court that no drugs were found in his possession during the raids.

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#AryanKhan gets bail in drugs case after three weeks in jail

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28 Oct
Does Samajwadi Party’s rally with a former BJP ally signal a realignment of OBC support in UP?

Smaller parties helped BJP win the support of non-Yadav OBC groups in 2017. As elections approach, these parties are making careful bets, @psychia90 reports.

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“If the wave was so strong, why bother with all the social engineering in UP and the caste-based alliances?”

Arun Rajbhar’s dismissal of the Modi wave may well be coloured by the party’s fallout with the BJP in 2019, @psychia90 reports. ✍️

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@psychia90 Baburam Pal heads the Rashtra Uday Party whose primary support base is the state’s Pal community, traditionally linked to animal rearing.

@psychia90 reports. ✍️

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27 Oct
#CommonGround | Your gourmet dinner is eating up the superfood of the poor

The dried fish trade declines, as fish meal and fish oil companies corner much of India's seafood, threatening the nutrition of millions, write @shamsheeryousaf & Monica Jha.✍️

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Fishmeal firms buy vast quantities of India’s marine catch to feed shrimp farms, threatening the livelihoods of smaller fishers and the nutrition of millions.

By @shamsheeryousaf & Monica Jha. ✍️

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24 Sep
#CrimeAndPunishment

“Forget justice, we are now scared something bad will happen to us”

Caste violence endures in #UttarPradesh – but escapes Adityanath government’s ‘crackdown’ on crime
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This is the fifth part in a series examining the BJP government’s claims of improving law and order in UP.

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“Everyday I come across some or the other episode of brutality,” says Arun Khote, a Dalit rights activist and journalist from Lucknow, who maintains a database of atrocities on Dalits across the country and in particular #UttarPradesh

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22 Sep
When Madras Army soldiers protested about the loss of extra pay

At the same time as an extra allowance was being taken away from native troops, it was given to European officers.

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In December 1841, the army discontinued the allowance paid to troops stationed at a distance from their home Presidency.

By Margaret Makepeace✍️

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European officers and Indian officers and NCOs tried in vain to persuade the men to accept their pay without batta.

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