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It recommended that Justices A.A. Nakkiran, Nidumolu Mala, S. Sounthar, Sunder Mohan, and Kabali Kumaresh Babu be appointed as permanent Judges of the Madras High Court.On 20 June, the Collegium of the Madras High Court unanimously recommended the names of these five Additional Judges for appointment as permanent judges in the high court.The SC Collegium said that it had consulted other judges of the Supreme Court who are conversant with the affairs of the Madras High Court in terms of the Memorandum of Procedure.“The Committee of two judges of the Supreme Court constituted by the Chief Justice of India in…

Manoj Yadav of Clifton in New Jersey, defrauded victims — consisting mainly of small business owners and the elderly — of more than $13 million, US Attorney Philip R Sellinger announced on Thursday. He was charged by complaint with one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and appeared before US Magistrate Judge Jose R. Almonte in Newark federal court on Thursday. “The defendant and his conspirators are alleged to have misled their numerous victims into thinking that they were a legitimate technology support company affiliated with a major software company,” Sellinger said. “After claiming to provide technical support for…

They allegedly “took part in take-over style armed robberies meant to terrify and overwhelm store owners and employees”, James Dennehy, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Special Agent in Newark said on Wednesday.”Many of the victim businesses are family owned and operated,” he said.FBI Assistant Director David Sundberg said that the items stolen were worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.”Taliban Glizzy” was the alias used by one of the alleged robbers, Trevor Wright, who was charged in four of the robberies and with money laundering.The nine jewellery shops listed in the chargesheet filed in a Washington federal court ranged from…

The American, identified as Stephen Troll, was shot dead by a group of armed kidnappers while driving with his family in central Baghdad last November, Xinhua news agency reported.The attackers were later arrested and prosecuted after they confessed to committing the crime, said the statement issued on Thursday.It added that the intelligence team is still looking for four other suspects.According to media reports, Troll, once an English teacher in Baghdad, was also a member of a relief organization affiliated with the United States Agency for International Development.The statement stressed that the Iraqi security forces are capable of maintaining the country’s…

Wednesday’s military takeover in Gabon came on the heels of Niger last month, Burkina Faso in 2022, and Chad, Guinea, Sudan and Mali in the years prior to that.The Gabonese military takeover was announced not long after the electoral authorities declared that President Ali Bongo had secured another term, even though there were allegations of electoral irregularities, Xinhua news agency reported.During a media briefing at the UN headquarters in New York on Thursday, Guterres said, “Many countries face deep-seated governance challenges. But military governments are not the solution.””They aggravate problems. They cannot resolve a crisis; they can only make it…

Police after a preliminary investigation said that 63-year-old Munanjinappa had fallen while “walking on the terrace of the residence of his third wife in an inebriated state”.Munanjinappa’s first wife had suspected foul play and filed a murder complaint at Bengaluru’s Annapoorneshwari Nagar police station. She alleged that Munanjinappa’s third wife Geetha had killed him.The deceased owned land worth crores in and around Bengaluru and had married thrice. He was living with his first wife Umadevi in Bagalagunte.Munanjinappa had married Geetha seven years ago.The police are tracking down the details of the second wife.He had the habit of getting drunk till…

There are 156 schools in England that have reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) in their buildings, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the Department for Education (DfE) data.The RAAC is a lightweight concrete that was used in roofs, floors and walls between the 1950s and 1990s, the DfE said. It is considered less durable than traditional concrete and engineers have warned that the material is at risk of cracking, spalling and crumbling.British Secretary of State for Education Gillian Keegan said that “the vast majority of schools will be unaffected” and support was in place to “ensure that any disruption to education…

Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), the country’s rail network operator, has confirmed reports of the incident that took place late on Wednesday, Xinhua news agency reported, citing a statement.An RFI spokesman told the news agency that the workers were conducting routine maintenance work on the tracks when they were struck by a cargo train reportedly travelling at around 160 km (100 miles) per hour.The identities of the victims were not revealed, though news reports said the youngest of them was 22 years old.Local press reported that the train was pulling 12 carriages, but they were not loaded.Prosecutors from Turin opened a…

“A total of 74 people perished when the flat they were staying in caught fire and left over 200 families homeless,” said Floyd Blink, Johannesburg city manager, at a media briefing on Thursday afternoon.The occupants of the five-story building that caught fire had connected water and electricity illegally, he was quoted by Xinhua news agency as saying.”At this stage, we can confirm that as of 2:00 p.m. Thursday, 61 people were treated at various medical facilities in and around the city. And 16 have been discharged and 17 remain admitted, with the rest still receiving care at the casualty units,”…

“As evidenced by my signature below, I do hereby waive formal arraignment and enter my plea of NOT GUILTY to the Indictment in this case,” Trump said in a court filing on Thursday in Fulton County Superior Court, Xinhua news agency reported.Trump and 18 others were indicted on August 14 over alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.Trump was charged with 13 counts, including violating the state’s racketeering act, soliciting a public officer to violate his oath, conspiring to impersonate a public officer, conspiring to commit forgery in the first degree, and conspiring to…