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[00:00:08] Hello, this is your daily dose of news from Onmanorama. I'm your host, Kanan, and these are the major news stories of Wednesday, December 11, 2024.
[00:00:20] The opposition India blog parties in the Rajya Sabha have decided to issue a notice to move a motion to impeach Allahabad High Court Judge Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav following his controversial remarks at an event organised by the Vishwa Hindu Parishat last week.
[00:00:37] The petition initiated by independent Rajya Sabha MP and lawyer Kapil Sibyl carried the signature of 36 people.
[00:00:47] U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will testify to a Republican-led House of Representatives committee on the country's August 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan, ending a long dispute with the panel weeks before the end of his term.
[00:01:04] The U.S. chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years of war became intensely politicised during the 2024 presidential campaign, beating President-elect Donald Trump against Vice President Kamala Harris.
[00:01:20] The survivor of the 2017 actor assault case has filed a contempt of court petition against former Director General of Police, R. Shrilekha.
[00:01:31] The plea accuses the ex-corp of making statements favouring actor Dilib, one of the accused in the case.
[00:01:37] The complaint in earlier also alleged that Shrilekha publicly supported Dilib on various platforms, including her personal YouTube channel, thereby undermining the judicial process.
[00:01:51] Several opposition parties on Wednesday said the partisan conduct of Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankar prompted them to move a notice for his removal as Vice President and alleged that politics has taken precedence over rules in the upper house of parliament.
[00:02:07] Addressing a press conference at the Constitution Club in Delhi, Congress President Malikarjun Gharge alleged that Dhankar was working as a government spokesperson and acting like a school headmaster, often sermonising experienced opposition leaders and preventing them from speaking in the House.
[00:02:28] Gharge also claimed that Dhankar himself was responsible for the disruptions in the House.
[00:02:36] Directing that there must not be any change in the scheduled daily pujas at the Shri Krishna temple at Guru Vahir, the Supreme Court has issued notices in a plea challenging the temple administration's decision not to conduct Udayasthamana puja on Vrstigam Ekadashi day citing public inconvenience.
[00:02:58] Justice Maheshwari observed that puja has been stopped on the pretext of causing inconvenience to the public.
[00:03:04] Puja is for the deity, for increasing the divinity of the deity.
[00:03:09] So this cannot be asked for the public.
[00:03:12] Management may find a way to manage things.
[00:03:15] How far this reason is justified, we have to examine this point.
[00:03:20] He observed.
[00:03:22] That brings us to the end of this episode.
[00:03:25] Thanks for listening to Daily News Doors hosted by me, Kandan, and produced by Vishnu Muruletharan.
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