Daily Newsletter | Saturday, January 20, 2018
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| EC moots disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs who were parl secretaries |
| Under Article 102(1)(a) of the Constitution, holding any “office of profit”, which means a post with financial and other benefits, is ground for disqualification of an MP or MLA. Some big names that have been tripped by the rule include former Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Rajya Sabha MP Jaya Bachchan. |
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| EC’s touched a new low, says angry AAP |
| Aam Aadmi Party alleged on Friday that “the vindictive recommendation was made at the behest of the BJP-led central government”, adding chief election commissioner A K Joti was “repaying the debt” to Prime Minister Narendra Modi before his retirement. |
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| ‘Caste decided by birth, can’t change on marriage’ |
| “There cannot be any dispute that the caste is determined by birth and the caste cannot be changed by marriage with a person of Scheduled Caste,” the SC said. A woman is not entitled to the benefits of reservation if she was born in an upper caste family, and her caste remained so despite marrying into a Scheduled Caste family, the court clarified. |
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| We want to get a whitewash against India, says Rabada |
| Five days before the final Test on a pitch that bore an excessively green tinge, pacer Kagiso Rabada said South Africa are gunning for a whitewash of India, having trampled the visitors in the first two matches. |
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| IT industry urges US to keep work permits for H-1B spouses |
| Groups including the Information Technology Industry Council, the US Chamber of Commerce and BSA-The Software Alliance wrote to Citizenship and Immigration Services to urge the government to keep the H-4 programme which allows the spouses of H-1B holders with pending green cards to legally work in the US. |
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| ‘Padmaavat’ – ‘PadMan’ clash averted |
| In a sudden turn of events, the R Balki directorial, starring Akshay Kumar, Sonam Kapoor and Radhika Apte has bowed out of the box-office battle with Sajay Leela Bhansali’s ‘Padmaavat’ and will release on February 9, 2018. |
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| Then and now: Ranveer’s transformation |
| Taking to Instagram, Ranveer shared two pictures of his incredible transformation from his buff ‘Padmaavat’ physique to a much leaner build for ‘Gully Boy’. |
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