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Canberra Times
5 days ago
- Automotive
- Canberra Times
Lexus IS500 Climax Edition: V8 sedan bids farewell on a high
When production of the third-generation IS ceases in November, there will be no immediate successor as the fourth-generation all-electric IS is reportedly delayed until 2027. It will also mark the end of V8 engines in the Lexus sedan range, a tradition that dates back to the model that started it all, the 1989 LS.
Hindustan Times
5 days ago
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
No comments on judge's impeachment as matter not before Parliament yet: LS Speaker Om Birla
Mumbai, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday said the matter related to the impeachment of Justice Yashwant Varma is not before Parliament yet and there is no point commenting on the issue. No comments on judge's impeachment as matter not before Parliament yet: LS Speaker Om Birla "We can discuss the issue when it is brought before Parliament. There is no point talking about a matter that is not before the House," Birla told reporters on the sidelines of a conference here. The then Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna had written to the president and the prime minister to remove Justice Varma, who is mired in a cash-discovery row. Justice Khanna's report was based on the findings of a three-judge in-house panel that investigated the case. Justice Khanna had prodded Justice Varma to resign but the latter had refused. A motion for impeachment could be brought in either of the two Houses of Parliament. In the Rajya Sabha, at least 50 members have to sign the motion. In the Lok Sabha, 100 members have to support it. According to the Judges Act of 1968, once a motion to remove a judge is admitted in any of the Houses, the speaker or the chairman, as the case may be, will constitute a three-member committee to investigate the grounds on which the removal has been sought. The committee consists of the CJI or a Supreme Court judge, the chief justice of one of the 25 high courts and a "distinguished jurist". The monsoon session of Parliament is scheduled to begin from July 21 and conclude on August 12. A fire incident at Justice Varma's residence in the national capital in March, when he was a judge of the Delhi High Court, led to the discovery of several burnt sacks of cash at the outhouse. Though the judge claimed ignorance about the cash, the Supreme Court-appointed committee indicted him after speaking to a number of witnesses and recording his statement. The apex court has since transferred Justice Varma to his parent high court, the Allahabad High Court, where he has not been assigned any judicial work. This article was generated from an automated news agency feed without modifications to text.
Time of India
15-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Census, consensus
Census officially kicks in with notification. Many questions ahead Formal census operations are set to kick off any day now. Making March 1, 2027, the reference date for census 2027 – the freeze-frame date, which means a child born after this date will not be counted in this census even if fieldwork continues till after – made the census itself politically loaded. The argument has always been to hold the census speedily, and give delimitation enough time – the last commission needed five years. But it's the census that's still two years away, and in all likelihood delimitation will be earlier than expected given the condition that redistribution of Lok Sabha seats would be revisited after Census 2026. And in all likelihood, women's reservation too will kick in before LS 2029 elections. What's known for a long time is that for the delimitation commission, vote vs voice is the key wrangle. Ratio of MP/MLA to population is higher for densely populated northern states. So the value of a vote is lower for these states than for southern ones, where one MP represents fewer people. That, one argument goes, is unfair to the north. Conversely, awarding the north with more Parliament seats basis failed or patchy population control, is injustice to southern states that end up getting penalised for population stability. They lose seats, thereby losing voice. Add to that women's reservation that'll 'shrink' opportunity by a third for male candidates. The concern where political parties will find women with 'winnability', read crorepatis, is but a myth. The simple answer is they'll find women in the same places they find 'winning' male candidates. Why demand women politicians be polished diamonds when the worst male criminals get to contest? More and more women are rising from grassroots/panchayat politics to state-level positions, no less and no more than their male counterparts across party spectrum. It's always good to remember that even women from political families are fighting family's patriarchy – framing their participation in matriarchal terms is creative writing. Reality is, legislation is only the first step to greater women's participation in electoral contests. Taken together, the two will upend India's political make-up. The first issue has been known for years – so where are the public debates and intellectual discussions on ways to address it? Continue the freeze on seats till north's population stabilises? Increase LS seats by population and accommodate southern states with increase in RS numbers? Uniformly increase by a third all states' seats to accommodate women's quota? What are the possibilities? It's time to junk all-party political grandstanding and engage with rigour on fair and just solutions to what will decisively and for good change India's political future. Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email This piece appeared as an editorial opinion in the print edition of The Times of India.
Time of India
14-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
TMC ignores Sudip ‘requirement' remark
Kolkata: Trinamool Kolkata North MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay on Saturday said that he would convene the party's north Kolkata core committee meeting "whenever (he felt) it was required". Reacting to this, TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said, "I cannot speak on what has been said. The core committee members may speak on it." In May, TMC removed the MP from north Kolkata president's post and tasked decision-making to a nine-member core committee. Bandyopadhyay was made the party's north Kolkata chairperson. The core committee comprises Atin Ghosh, Jibon Saha, Nayana Bandyopadhyay, Paresh Paul, Shashi Panja, Supti Pandey, Swapan Samaddar, Swarna Kamal Saha and Vivek Gupta. Bandyopadhyay's reply was to a question as to when a meeting of the core committee would be called. In the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, TMC's north Kolkata unit was troubled by dissent against Bandyopadhyay. It led to the defection of then-MLA Tapas Roy. While TMC was successful in handling the dissent and scripting Bandyopadhyay's record fourth win from the LS seat, the veteran neta's role — or the lack of it — raised eyebrows as the party battled against the protests following the RG Kar rape and murder. Follow more information on Air India plane crash in Ahmedabad here . Get real-time live updates on rescue operations and check full list of passengers onboard AI 171 .
IOL News
11-06-2025
- Automotive
- IOL News
Kia Picanto now more affordable, but can it claw back sales ground lost to Grand i10, Swift?
The new Kia Picanto 1.0 LS brings the entry price of the range down by R24,000. Once a prime contender in the budget hatch space, the Kia Picanto has seen flagging sales in the past few years as prices gradually rose beyond the level of its key rivals. Consider that in the past three months Kia sold an average of 161 Picantos per month, while the Hyundai Grand i10 averaged 1,373 and the Suzuki Swift 1,834. Until now, the least expensive Picanto, the LX, cost R260,995, considerably more than the R224,900 starting price of both the Grand i10 and Swift. Now Kia South Africa has put its baby hatch back into contention with the launch of the 1.0 LS, which costs R236,995 in manual form and R256,995 as an auto, according to Duoporta and That makes the new, and quietly announced, base model a cool R24,000 less expensive than the LX. But it gets even better, with the Kia SA website now listing further discounts on some of its Picanto models, slashing the price of the new LS to R229,995 and the LX to R245,995.
