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Following her courtroom outburst, the judge moved her competency hearing from Tuesday to March 6. The judge also proposed a May 15 trial date. Taylor Schabusiness sits on the floor of a Brown County courtroom after attacking her attorney, Quinn Jolly, during a court hearing in Green Bay, Wis., on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. GREEN BAY, Wisconsin: A woman accused in a grisly killing and dismemberment case in Wisconsin attacked her attorney Tuesday during a court hearing, moments after a judge agreed to delay her trial. Taylor Schabusiness, 25, was seated in a Brown County circuit court when her attorney, Quinn Jolly, asked the judge for an additional two weeks for a defense expert to review his client’s competency to stand trial. Moments after Judge Thomas Walsh reluctantly agreed to postpone her March 6 trial, Schabusiness attacked Jolly and was wrestled to the courtroom floor by a deputy, WLUK-TV reported. The courtroom was then cleared before the hearing resumed. Schabusiness...

Reacting to Shah's reported remarks, Ramesh said, "If they do not have anything to hide, why are they running away from a Joint Parliamentary Committee (probe)." Congress leader Jairam Ramesh. NEW DELHI: The Congress on Tuesday alleged that the Centre was "running away" from a JPC probe into the Adani-Hindenburg issue and said such an investigation be allowed if the government has nothing to hide in the matter. The Congress' attack on the government came after Union Home Minister Amit Shah's reported remarks that there is nothing for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to hide or be afraid of in the matter. Addressing a press conference at the AICC headquarters here, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said he has written to RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das and SEBI chief Madhabi Puri Buch for an impartial probe into the Adani issue. Reacting to Shah's reported remarks, Ramesh said, "If they do not have anything to hide, why are they r...

 Police said Kerala is now facing a situation that the Punjab had unsuccessfully fought for the past several years. Image used for representational purpose only. THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Few months ago, a shocking video surfaced on social media in which a young woman was seen screaming loudly under the influence of drugs after being caught by police from a lodge in a central Kerala town during a raid. The investigation into the incident later revealed that the woman, once a bright student, was lured into the trap of drugs by the deadly mafia and was being used as a carrier to run their lucrative business. It was one of such several incidents that shook the collective consciousness of Kerala society, prompting the government to crack down on those engaged in the dirty business in the southern state. A new survey conducted by Kerala police among youths below 21 years of age, who were victims of substance abuse, has revealed another shocking fact that 40 percent of them were children below...

Guaranteed pension of 50% last-drawn salary  Currently, under the NPS, also called new pension scheme, 60% of the accumulated corpus from contributions during a person’s working years is allowed to be withdrawn at the time of retirement With demand growing for the old pension system (OPS) with assured benefits, the Centre and some state governments are exploring ways to salvage pension reforms, by treading a middle path between the fiscally-expensive OPS and the reform-oriented National Pension System (NPS). One option being considered is to offer guaranteed pension to government staff at around 50% of the last pay drawn under the NPS by tweaking the existing scheme without burdening the exchequer too much. While OPS is based on the concept of defined benefits, the principle that underlie NPS is defined contribution. Currently, under the NPS, also called new pension scheme, 60% of the accumulated corpus from contributions during a person’s working years is allowed to be withdra...

 At least 913 Chinese-made security cameras have been installed across more than 250 Australian government buildings.  The CCTV cameras were not connected to the internet. Sydney: Australian officials said Tuesday dozens of Chinese-made security cameras would be ripped out of politicians' offices, days after the country's defence minister announced his department would remove the devices from its buildings due to security concerns. At least 913 Chinese-made security cameras have been installed across more than 250 Australian government buildings, including the Department of Defence's facilities, according to figures released last week. Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles told national broadcaster ABC last week that all these cameras within his department's buildings would be removed, saying it was to "make sure that our facilities are completely secure". Officials from the Department of Finance on Tuesday confirmed a further 65 closed-circuit televisio...

 The police said the woman was killed two-three days ago and her body was kept inside the dhaba's freezer  Police said the woman's body was found inside a freezer (Representational) New Delhi: The body of a 25-year-old woman was found inside a freezer at a dhaba in southwest Delhi's Najafgarh today, the police said. The police said the woman was killed two-three days ago and her body was kept inside the dhaba's freezer. The dhaba owner, Sahil Gahlot, has been arrested. The woman was a resident of Delhi's Uttam Nagar, the police said. "The dhaba owner, Sahil Gahlot, has been apprehended on suspicion," a police officer said. Police officer Vikram Singh said Gahlot and the woman were in a relationship. "Gahlot was to marry another woman. When his girlfriend came to know about it, she confronted him and insisted that he marry her instead," the police officer told ANI. Enraged by this, Gahlot killed her and hid the body inside the freezer of his dhab...

 Despite being acquitted by the local court in the sensational case, Mr Mulakkal has not got any new responsibilities in the Church.  The Vatican had earlier accepted the court's decision, acquitting him of rape charges. Thiruvananthapuram:  Former Jalandhar bishop Franco Mulakkal, who was acquitted by a local court in Kerala last year over rape charges by a nun, met Pope Francis in Vatican last week, a church source said here on Tuesday. Mr Mulakkal met the Pope on February 8, and it was his first meeting with the pontiff after being acquitted by the Additional District and Sessions Court I, Kottayam in the rape case, the source close to Mr Mulakkal told PTI. "The Pope was happy to see him, was glad to hear that we won the case and consoled him for his suffering by encouraging him to join his (Pope's) suffering with that of the Lord," he said. The pontiff requested him to pray for him too, the source said. In September 2018, the bishop was temporarily rel...

Of the scheduled 125 fishing vessels set for sail on Monday, half of them stayed on shore condemning the ban on their colleagues.  For representational purpose THOOTHUKUDI: The fisheries department and fishing vessel owners banned over 15 labourers citing an FIR pending against six of them for allegedly attacking the owners and others for their participation in the strike. The fishing labourers had gone on a week-long strike over the deduction of 10% of wage towards repayment of Vattam, a capital borrowed by the owners. They had agreed to go fishing from Monday at a consultative meeting chaired by collector Dr K Senthil Raj, who had formed a committee to submit a detailed report about the demands of the labourers and the vessel's owners to find a solution for their issues. Of the scheduled 125 fishing vessels set for a sail on Monday, half of them stayed on shore condemning the ban on their colleagues. Condemning the ban, Dharmapichai, president of the Thoothuku...

 Darshan Solanki, a BTech student, died apparently after he jumped off the seventh floor of the hostel building on Sunday.  A candle-light march was held at IIT Bombay on Sunday in the memory of the student. Mumbai: A day after an 18-year-old student of IIT Bombay allegedly died by suicide due to discrimination, the institute said that they are investigating the case and it would be wrong to make accusations of discrimination on campus. "IIT Bombay strongly refutes claims in some news articles about the tragic death of a 1st year BTech student, that imply that the cause was discrimination, and say it amounted to "institutional murder"," the educational institute said in a statement today. Police registered a case of accidental death after Darshan Solanki , a BTech student, died apparently after he jumped off the seventh floor of the hostel building on Sunday. Cops haven't found a suicide note yet, but a student group is alleging that Solanki was driven to suici...