The US Supreme Court has paved the way for the extradition of the 2008 Mumbai terror attack accused, Tahawwur Rana, as
it turned down the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative’s review petition, officials aware of the matter said on Saturday.
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THE BIG STORY
26/11 plotter Rana to be extradited as US top court rejects plea
A Canadian national of Pakistani origin, Rana had already lost legal battles in several federal courts, including the US
Court of Appeals for the North Circuit in San Francisco, against his extradition. This was his last legal challenge to
India’s attempt to bring him to justice in the country over the deadly 26/11 strike, which killed 166 people, including
24 foreign nationals.
On November 13 last year, he filed a “petition for a writ of certiorari” before the US apex court to review the lower
court’s ruling, which greenlit his extradition to India.
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THE BIG QUESTION
What did BJP’s final part of manifesto for Delhi Polls mention?
Union home minister and BJP leader Amit Shah on Saturday released the final part of the party’s manifesto for the
upcoming Delhi Assembly polls, promising, 350,000 pucca houses for slum-dwellers, and ₹10 lakh life and ₹5 lakh accident
insurances for gig workers among an array of other things.
Among the key promises made on Saturday were 50,000 government jobs, two million self-employment opportunities, 13,000
e-buses for Delhi, free bus rides for women, free scooters and laptops for meritorious students, 350,000 pucca houses
for slum-dwellers, regularisation of unauthorised colonies, financial aid for weddings of young women from economically
weaker families, free Metro travel for students, allowances for Hindu and Sikh priests, improvement in air quality,
welfare boards for various types of workers and Yamuna clean-up.
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