what is the cage in a casino Trump offers Hegseth a public show of supportChandigarh: In a major respite for Haryana bureaucracy, the Supreme Court (SC) has overruled the Punjab and Haryana high court’s Oct 4 order recalling the security provided to IAS officers dealing with civil administration responsibilities or quasi-judicial work. This means that the security provided to IAS officers working in different capacities would continue. The HC order had created uneasiness among IAS officers of the state, after which the Haryana govt approached the SC to challenge the order. “The high court, while dealing with petition for anticipatory bail under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, had no reason to go into the aspects of making provision for security to VIPs, VVIPs, and other citizens. In our view, the HC cannot go into all these questions while deciding the prayer for anticipatory bail... The orders passed by HC on aspects of security need not be acted upon. With the above directions, the appeal is disposed of,” the SC held in its order released last week. Justice Abhay S Oka and Justice Augustine George Masih passed these orders while hearing a special leave petition (criminal) filed by the Haryana govt. We also published the following articles recently SC frowns at 'stay and forget orders' in high courts The Supreme Court criticized the Allahabad High Court's practice of granting stays without scheduling hearings, highlighting a child custody case delayed for five years. A woman, separated from her husband since 2018, fought for custody of her son, initially granted by a single judge but stayed by a division bench. HC hears petition on mosque security in Uttarkashi The Uttarakhand High Court is addressing a petition to protect a mosque in Uttarkashi facing demolition threats after being declared 'illegal'. The petitioners assert the mosque's legal construction on land purchased in 1969 and approved by the Waqf Commissioner in 1986. Concerns over hate speeches made at a recent Mahapanchayat were also raised. Only court can order recount once results declared: Deputy poll officer Maharashtra's election officials clarified recounting procedures amidst opposition parties' EVM concerns. Candidates can object before results are declared, but final recounting decisions rest with officials and observers, prioritizing VVPAT slips. Mandatory recounts occur for close contests with significant postal ballots. Stay updated with the latest news on Times of India . Don't miss daily games like Crossword , Sudoku , and Mini Crossword .UL's Kamryn Jones (34) is coming off a 14-point, 12-rebound performance for the Cajuns heading into Tuesday's 6 p.m. home game against New Orleans. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The regular season may have started for UL women’s basketball team on Nov. 4 in DeKalb, Illinois, but the truth is coach Garry Brodhead’s club has only played one game over the last 17 days. So when the Ragin’ Cajuns take on New Orleans at 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Cajundome, it’ll almost be like starting over. “It’s good to start playing again,” Brodhead said. “I think we’re going to have a tough stretch, but we’re excited about it.” On one hand, the inactivity was good for the Cajuns because of a handful of key injuries. On the other hand, it’s hard to make much actual progress when practicing not at full strength. Brodhead is hoping Friday’s 60-55 home win over Nicholls to get to 2-1 was just the beginning. “My concern was that we had four or five kids that hadn’t played yet this year and we were able to bring them back (vs. Nicholls),” he said. “I was pleased how we played. We didn’t shoot the ball extremely well, but we did some really good things.” One of those returning players was Jaylyn James, who was a second-team preseason all-Sun Belt performer. James had a team-high 16 points – including a pair of 3-pointers – with four rebounds. Also, Houston transfer Kamryn Jones returned with 14 points, 12 rebounds, two assists and three steals. “The Jones kid is going to be really good for us, because of the style she plays,” Brodhead said. “She’s just a tough kid and I think she’s going to be able to not only score, but do some of the things you’re not really going to notice about her. She’s just so aggressive on the boards.” New Orleans comes into the game 0-5, but that includes losses to Alabama, TCU, South Alabama and most recently 78-70 at Texas Tech. “They’re a lot bigger,” Brodhead said. “They played Texas Tech down to the wire. They made a run at the end. They run that motion offense that’s a little harder to guard. “It took us almost 20 minutes to run one play (Sunday) to guard it and try to figure it out, because of how we were guarding it. Eventually, we got it.” Nubia Benedith was UL’s third double-figure scorer in the win with 13 points and four rebounds. “I was kind of pleased that we were able to play some of them more minutes than we though in the Nicholls game,” Brodhead said. “I would have rathered to play a few more games, but the circumstances didn’t work out.”

After President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived imposition of martial law on Dec. 3, South Koreans of all ages have poured into the streets to send a message: There is no going back to the military rule and repression of the 1980s. A noodle vendor calls the incident embarrassing. A taxi driver says he regrets voting for Mr. Yoon. An IT professional says the president’s apology on Saturday was too little, too late. Even Mr. Yoon’s backers – less than 20% of South Koreans now, polls show – stress he must protect democratic institutions. “These incidents tell us that people are internalizing democratic norms,” says Myunghee Lee, a political scientist focused on East Asia. But South Koreans are also expressing frustration over the political gridlock that preceded the martial law attempt. And the crisis of legitimacy unleashed by Mr. Yoon must still be resolved, with the president surviving an impeachment vote this weekend after members of his party walked out. Park Jung Min, a shipping company worker from the southern city of Geoje, traveled five hours to attend a rally Saturday calling for the president’s removal – her first political protest. She says she’ll make the trip to Seoul again this week. “Our national character is we never give up,” she says. At Seoul’s traditional Namdaemun market, vendor Jang Chang Suk closely guards her knife-cut noodle recipe – but freely dishes out her views on South Korea’s current political crisis. “It’s embarrassing,” she says of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived imposition of martial law Dec. 3, which has plunged the country into turmoil. But Ms. Jang’s dismay is matched by confidence that her fellow citizens will uphold South Korea’s democracy. “South Koreans are good people. They have it together – they’re on it,” she says, slicing fresh wheat dough with quick strokes of a cleaver and wiping her hands on her flower-print apron. In contrast, she says, “the government is lagging behind.” Indeed, across South Korea, people of all ages have poured into the streets in massive numbers in recent days to send the message that there is no going back to military rule and its dark legacy of repression from the 1980s. Even Mr. Yoon’s backers – less than 20% of South Koreans now, polls show – stress he must protect democratic institutions. “These incidents tell us that people are internalizing democratic norms,” says Myunghee Lee, an assistant professor at James Madison College of Michigan State University. “The absolute red line is using the military to suppress the opposition. That is not acceptable.” Still, Dr. Lee, a political scientist focused on East Asia, says the country’s democratic system has a long way to go. While buoyed by their success in drawing that line, many South Koreans are also expressing frustration over political gridlock that preceded the martial law attempt. And the crisis of legitimacy unleashed by Mr. Yoon must still be resolved, with the embattled president surviving an impeachment vote this weekend. “South Korean democracy is at a ceiling,” she says. So far, “it’s not breaking that ceiling.” In a bustling, concrete-and-glass coffee shop in downtown Seoul, IT professional Je Min Hwang pauses when asked who he’d favor to lead South Korea. He backs the opposition center-left Democratic Party, but its leader, Lee Jae-myung, is “not 100% clean” either, Mr. Hwang says. Mr. Lee was convicted last month by a Seoul court for violating election laws, a ruling he says he’ll appeal. An even bigger concern for Mr. Hwang is the polarizing, acrimonious campaign led by Mr. Lee since his party expanded its parliamentary majority in April to discredit Mr. Yoon and his ruling People Power Party (PPP). “They are butting heads,” Mr. Hwang says of South Korea’s two leading political parties. “There should be compromise.” The desire for less contentious politics is widespread among South Koreans. An Jung Min, a clothing importer, says he dislikes both Mr. Lee and Mr. Yoon, and voted for neither of them in the 2022 presidential election, which Mr. Yoon won by a razor-thin margin. “The current president doesn’t know how to negotiate or collaborate – he’s very stubborn,” says Mr. Min. As both sides dug in, Mr. Yoon drastically escalated the showdown on Dec. 3 by declaring martial law – banning all political activities and threatening violators with arrest, putting all media under military control, and prohibiting rallies. Mr. Lee immediately rushed to the National Assembly building – climbing a wall to get in as troops tried to seal off the parliament – and led a vote to oppose military rule. A few hours later, Mr. Yoon backed down and lifted the order. The public backlash and political fallout have been swift and catastrophic for Mr. Yoon. Last Thursday, then-Defense Minister Kim Jong-Hyun resigned, only to be arrested on Sunday for his role in the martial law decision. Military commanders distanced themselves from Mr. Yoon, testifying that the martial law attempt was rushed and disorganized, and military veterans – many of whom had supported the president – turned out to condemn him. South Korea’s stock market hit a one-year low, and its currency slid to a 15-year low against the dollar on Monday, matching the political fortunes of Mr. Yoon, whose popularity rating sank into the teens. “I voted for the wrong person,” says Seoul taxi driver Mr. Shin, withholding his first name to protect his privacy. Mr. Yoon’s martial law fiasco shocked him. “This is not the 1980s – it’s 2024!” he says, referring to the 1980-to-1987 dictatorship of Chun Doo-hwan, who imposed martial law and ordered the brutal crushing of a democratic uprising in May 1980. “In the old days, you could block the media and the roads. But these days, every citizen is a reporter. These days, if a soldier was ordered to shoot civilians, he would disobey.” On Saturday, facing an impeachment vote by parliament, Mr. Yoon offered a televised apology, followed by a deep bow. But many South Koreans rejected the mea culpa as too little, too late. “It lacked sincerity,” says Mr. Hwang. Ki-Soo Lee, a Seoul kindergarten staff person, was putting her 10-year-old son to bed last Tuesday when the phone rang. A friend frantically told her the president had declared martial law. “We were all asking, ‘What should we do?’” Ms. Lee recalls. Thoughts raced through her head. Her husband was in the hospital – should she leave her son at home? Overhearing, her son chimed in. “Umma,” he told her, “under the bed is the best place to hide!” Ms. Lee says she’s grateful the decree was overturned so quickly, amid large-scale protests. “I believe in the strength of the South Korean people,” she says, clasping her hands together in a sign of solidarity. Now, she says, Mr. Yoon should resign. “I want the president to realize what he did and step down. If that is not possible, the citizens of South Korea will help him step down,” she says. The next day, Ms. Lee joined more than 100,000 people from all over South Korea who thronged to the National Assembly to call for impeachment. Chanting and singing, they huddled together, lighting candles as dark descended and it grew bitterly cold. A few hundred Yoon supporters rallied nearby. As the vote neared, however, Mr. Yoon’s ruling PPP members stood up and filed out – their boycott making the vote impossible. “Go back,” the protesters chanted, calling the boycotting PPP members by name. Later, in what experts called a highly unorthodox arrangement, PPP leader Han Dong-hoon said the party, together with Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, were taking over responsibility for “state affairs.” Mr. Yoon would no longer be involved in governance or foreign affairs, essentially losing legitimacy while remaining president. On Monday, South Korea’s justice ministry reportedly barred Mr. Yoon from leaving the country. “The party should not be ruling, because that’s not what the Constitution says,” Dr. Lee says. “This is not great for South Korean democracy.” Many South Koreans like Park Jung Min believe Mr. Yoon must go. “Our national character is we never give up,” says Ms. Park, a shipping company worker from the southern city of Geoje who traveled by bus for five hours to come to Saturday’s rally – her first political protest. “It’s in our instinct and our blood,” she says. “I will come back [to protest] next week.”Shettima launches 2024 Nigeria economic report, assures on inclusive growth

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Republicans rally around Hegseth, Trump’s Pentagon pick, as Gaetz withdraws for attorney generalAfter a significant delay, the Trump transition team has signed a key agreement with the Biden White House to ease the transfer of power. "This engagement allows our intended cabinet nominees to begin critical preparations, including the deployment of landing teams to every department and agency, and complete the orderly transition of power," Susie Wiles, chief of staff to President-elect Donald Trump, said in a statement on Tuesday. The memorandum of understanding was supposed to have been signed by Oct. 1 — along with a second MOU with the General Services Administration (GSA) that would provide funding, office space and technology. The deadline and process is set out in a law called the Presidential Transition Act. The transition team said it has ruled out signing the GSA agreement, saying it would use "an existing ethics plan" for its team, and would post it on the GSA website. "The transition already has existing security and information protections built in, which means we will not require additional government and bureaucratic oversight," the Trump transition team said in a statement, noting it would disclose its donors publicly. Now that the MOU is signed, authorized members of the Trump transition team can have access to agency and White House employees, facilities and information because it has "agreed to important safeguards to protect non-public information and prevent conflicts of interest, including who has access to the information and how the information is shared," said Saloni Sharma, a spokeswoman for the White House. While the White House would have preferred that the Trump transition team sign the GSA agreement, it decided that a disruption in the transfer of power would be more risky. A third agreement, with the Department of Justice, is required for FBI background checks and security clearances. That agreement has not yet been signed. Those background checks are traditionally required by the Senate during the confirmation process, along with an ethics agreement with the Office of Government Ethics, and responses to a detailed questionnaire. Copyright 2024 NPRConsumer confidence, new home sales highlight Tuesday's economic calendar

Rays will play 13 of first 16 games at home and 47 of 59, then have 69 of last 103 on roadNEC Moves To End Grid Collapse, Sets Up Committee On National ElectrificationKarnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah (File photo) BELAGAVI: Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah hinted in the assembly Monday that Congress govt would restore the 4% Muslim quota that the erstwhile BJP-led coalition scrapped in March 2023, citing saffron party's subsequent affidavit in court that purportedly talks about maintaining status quo on the contentious issue. Siddaramaiah raised the opposition's hackles by saying BJP's move smacked of doublespeak -first transferring the Muslim quota to two other communities and then allegedly saying the opposite in its affidavit in SC. "The former ex-BJP govt did not include the Panchamasali Lingayats in the 2A quota. Instead, it snatched the 4% Muslim quota under 2B and redistributed it - 2% to Veerashaiva-Lingayats and 2% to Vokkaligas under 3A and 3B...This led to injustice," he said. CM's remarks came amid an uproar over the state govt clamping restrictions on the Panchamasali Lingayat community's proposed protest at the assembly complex. When BJP MLAs R Ashoka and CN Ashwathnarayan demanded proof of their party contradicting its decision to scrap the Muslim quota, Siddaramaiah said, "I shall table the affidavit filed by the previous govt tomorrow itself." BJP's Basangouda Patil Yatnal requested that he table a copy of the affidavit in the assembly Wednesday, pointing to the ongoing Panchamasali Lingayat protests for 2A reservation. Siddaramaiah agreed to it. The day's session saw more heated exchanges as BJP members alleged that the Congress govt was "stifling free speech" by barring the Panchamasali Lingayats from staging their planned gherao of the Suvarna Vidhan Soudha. "This is a blatant attack on democratic rights," BJP said. Belagavi DC Mohammad Roshan issued an order Sunday evening prohibiting the use of vehicles and tractors during the rally. Clarifying govt's stance, home minister G Parameshwara said, "We have not banned the protest by Panchamasali Lingayats. It is their democratic right to demand reservation. However, allowing vehicles, including over 5,000 tractors, could create a law-and-order crisis." BJP accepted the justification, but demanded that govt engage directly with the community. Siddaramaiah informed the assembly that he had already met representatives of the Panchamasali Lingayats twice. "I explained to them that the permanent backward classes commission needs to submit its report on the merits of reservation before we can provide reservation to the Panchamasalis." Stay updated with the latest news on Times of India . Don't miss daily games like Crossword , Sudoku , and Mini Crossword .

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NoneLiverpool leads as the class of the Champions League this season, dumping title holder Real Madrid into an almost unbelievable 24th place in the 36-team standings. No one felt the embarrassment of Madrid’s 2-0 loss at Anfield more than Kylian Mbappé, the superstar added in the offseason by the storied club that also was European champion against Liverpool in the finals of 2022 and 2018. Mbappé had a penalty saved in the second half and was earlier dumped on his behind by Conor Bradley’s perfect tackle in an instant viral moment. Monaco missed a chance to go second in the table, giving up a lead playing with 10 men from the 58th minute in a 3-2 loss at home to Benfica. Swiss forward Zeki Amdouni scored the winning goal in the 88th. Borussia Dortmund, the beaten finalist against Madrid in May, is up to fourth place after beating Dinamo Zagreb 3-0. Champions League standout Jamie Gittens now has four goals in five games, curling a rising shot in the 41st to open the scoring. The best comeback was at PSV Eindhoven, where the home team trailed Shakhtar Donetsk by two goals in the 87th minute before a 3-2 win was sealed by United States forward Ricardo Pepi’s goal deep in stoppage time. US defender Cameron Carter-Vickers scored an embarrassing own goal for Celtic — playing a no-look pass far beyond goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel — in a 1-1 draw with Club Brugge. Liverpool’s stand-in right back Bradley was a standout Wednesday, playing a key pass that set up Alexis Mac Allister to score the opening goal in the 52nd. After Mbappé’s penalty was pushed away by goalkeeper Caoimhín Kelleher in the 61st, Liverpool star Mo Salah missed with his spot-kick in the 70th, before substitute Cody Gakpo sealed the win with a header in the 77th. Madrid now has lost three of five games after defeats at Lille and at home to AC Milan. The record 15-time European champion has another tough trip next, at fifth-place Atalanta on Dec. 10. Congo teammates Ngal’Ayel Mukau and Silas impressed in wins for Lille and Red Star Belgrade. Mukau scored twice in 12th-place Lille’s 2-1 win at Bologna and Silas leveled for Red Star in a 5-1 rout of Stuttgart, though he barely celebrated his goal. Silas is on loan with the Serbian champion from Stuttgart. Aston Villa drew 0-0 with Juventus. ___ AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer Graham Dunbar, The Associated Press

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S. Illinois 81, Florida Tech 54Formula 1 expands grid to add General Motors' Cadillac brand and new American team for 2026 seasonHensley 6-9 0-0 14, Massey 1-2 1-2 3, Davis 6-13 2-2 15, Dibba 5-9 1-1 11, Mayo 2-5 0-0 6, Steffe 1-6 0-0 3, Sykes 4-7 2-3 10, Sharp 5-6 2-2 12, Moreno 3-4 1-1 7. Totals 33-61 9-11 81. Allen 0-2 0-0 0, Brown 5-18 5-5 17, Thiam 5-8 4-6 14, Ford-Belton 1-3 3-5 5, Polk 5-14 2-3 14, Murphy 1-3 0-0 2, Dimou 0-2 0-0 0, Lieuwen 0-1 0-0 0, Malekinusic 0-0 0-0 0, Edden 1-1 0-0 2, Turgut 0-0 0-0 0, Csernak 0-0 0-0 0, Olympios 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-52 14-19 54. Halftime_S. Illinois 33-25. 3-Point Goals_S. Illinois 6-18 (Mayo 2-3, Hensley 2-4, Davis 1-5, Steffe 1-5, Dibba 0-1), Florida Tech 4-17 (Brown 2-6, Polk 2-7, Ford-Belton 0-1, Thiam 0-1, Dimou 0-2). Rebounds_S. Illinois 39 (Sykes 9), Florida Tech 20 (Thiam, Murphy 6). Assists_S. Illinois 20 (Dibba 5), Florida Tech 4 (Thiam 2). Total Fouls_S. Illinois 16, Florida Tech 12.FBI warns iPhone Android text messages: 5 key facts you need to know