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Premier Ben Carroll vows to legislate new form of manslaughter and increase maximum penalty for rape to life imprisonmentGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastA re-elected Victorian Labor government will create two new Australian-first offences aimed at closi...
A political controversy erupted in Maharashtra on Saturday after dry fruits were served at a government meeting to review the drought situation in Nanded, prompting criticism from the Opposition and an unusual protest by a farmer, who later offered Agriculture Minister Dattatray ...
West Bengal's October 6 Assembly bypolls have been thrown into fresh uncertainty after Rabiul Alam Chowdhury, the Trinamool Congress candidate aligned with the Mamata Banerjee faction, withdrew from the Rejinagar contest. The development came amid a rapidly changing political sit...
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Israel's President Isaac Herzog on Saturday pardoned Elor Azaria, the combat medic convicted of manslaughter for shooting dead at close range a badly wounded Palestinian attacker in the occupied West Bank a decade ago.
Criticising the TVK government, Stalin alleged that Tamil Nadu was witnessing deterioration in law and order, frequent power cuts and a rise in prices.
A unified front - the 11 BRICS member states unanimously condemn unilateral economic measures in a breakthrough joint declaration in New Delhi. At the18th BRICS summit Vladimir Putin and other world leaders are deep into sessions dedicated to multilateralism and the changing glob...
Sept 19 - Some Western politicians are seeking conflict between NATO and Russia after a \"failed\" strategy to defeat Moscow in its war with Ukraine, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Saturday.
Accord Party presidential candidate and Co-Chairman of the Movement for Democratic Renewal (MDR), Gbenga Hashim, has called for the disbandment and reconstitution of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), accusing it of disregarding a Court of Appeal judgment on pr...
Gender Strategy Advancement International (GSAI), other women’s groups and civil society organisations have expressed concern over the fact that only 443 women are among the 4,408 candidates cleared to contest the 469 seats in the Senate and House of Representatives in the 2027 g...
Households are facing yet another squeeze as the price of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) rose to N1,600 per kilogramme in Lagos yesterday, with consumers in other parts of the Southwest region paying up to N1,500, adding a fresh burden to families already grappling with a spike in...
The Presidency has weighed in on the ongoing dispute between former Anambra State Governor and presidential candidate of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, and the state government over the state’s debts and financial liabilities.
Nigeria’s long-running quest for State Police has entered a decisive phase, with the National Assembly transmitting the Constitution (Sixth Alteration) Bill, 2026, to all 36 State Houses of Assembly for concurrence.
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President Cyril Ramaphosa has extended the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry's deadline to allow for critical expert testimony.