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Tamil Nadu: Amid the tug of war for the Chief Ministerial post in Tamil Nadu between VK Sasikala and Panneerselvam, the Supreme Court on Tuesday pronounced a historic judgment and convicted VK Sasikala in the disproportionate assets case, and sentenced her a jail term of four years. Taking a fresh twist in Tamil Nadu politics, the party sacked O. Pannerselvam and elected Edapadi K.Palanisamy as the new party leader. As per reports, 120 MLAs were present in the meeting which decided removal of OPS. Here is all you need to know about the SC order on Sasikala’s DA case: O. Pannerselvam removed from AIADMK after SC verdict, Edapadi K.Palanisamy elected as new legislature party leader   Sasikala would have to serve three years and six months of term in jail, as she has already served 6 months in the past   SC quashes Karnataka HC verdict acquitting AIADMK General Secretary Sasikala Natarajan in the disproportionate assets case.   She cannot hold … [Read more...] about Panneerselvam removed from AIADMK, Edapadi K.Palanisamy elected as new party leader

By Michael Hurley, CBS Boston BOSTON (CBS) — We’re into December, 12 games deep into the NFL season. The playoffs are just a few weeks away. It is very much this season. Yet … still … it’s very challenging to look at this weekend’s Chiefs-Patriots matchup without looking back to last year. That’s in part due to human nature, but it also because both of last year’s games between these two teams were just so massively memorable. We all remember how the Tom Brady-Rob Gronkowski deep connection led to the game-winning field goal in the regular-season meeting at Gillette, but a whole smorgasbord of action took place before that. Patrick Mahomes missed an easy touchdown pass to Kareem Hunt. Dont’a Hightower tricked Mahomes into an interception. (Trey Flowers destroyed Eric Fisher on the INT return.) Julian Edelman had time to adjust his gloves before hauling in a touchdown pass. Mahomes threw an awful end-zone pick … [Read more...] about What To Watch For When Patriots Host Chiefs In AFC Championship Rematch

INT. A HOUSE IN YORKSHIRE. DAY. I'm a boy of about eight, in a striped jumper, sitting by a window while my mother checks the contents of her doctor's bag. Outside, my father is getting his Alvis ready - it's a Thursday, his day off, and the weather looks good, so while my mother visits patients, he will be taking my sister Gillian and me for a drive up the Dales, along with Auntie Beaty and her daughter Josephine. "Why does Auntie Beaty always have to come?" I complain to my mother. "Because Auntie Beaty gets a bit blue," she says, "and your dad likes cheering her up. Besides, someone's got to stay behind and run the place while your dad's off gadding about." The answer doesn't appease me. I know Auntie Beaty isn't my real aunt, and I can sense there's something odd about her relationship with my father. "I'd still prefer it if you came," I persist. "For goodness sake, stop grizzling, will you," my mother snaps, then, instantly remorseful, hugs me, pets me and sends me on my way. CUT. … [Read more...] about This is your life

The Kaulong people of New Britain used to have an extreme way of dealing with families in mourning. Until the 1950s, newly widowed women on the island off New Guinea were strangled by their husband's brothers or, in their absence, by one of their own sons. Custom dictated no other course of action. Failure to comply meant dishonour, and widows would make a point of demanding strangulation as soon as their husbands had expired. The impact on families was emotionally shattering, as Jared Diamond makes clear in his latest book, The World Until Yesterday. "In one case, a widow – whose brothers-in-law were absent – ordered her own son to strangle her," he says. "But he could not bring himself to do it. It was too horrible. So, in order to shame him into killing her, the widow marched through her village shouting that her son did not want to strangle her because he wanted to have sex with her instead." Humiliated, the son eventually killed his mother. Widow-strangling occurred … [Read more...] about Jared Diamond: what we can learn from tribal life

HENDERSON, Nev. — A sign on the site of the practice facility and headquarters being built here for an NFL team reads: “Future Home of the Las Vegas Raiders.” Not that Teddy Clifton needs the reminder. Clifton, a Raiders fan from their time in Los Angeles, manages a storage facility just up the road. He also lives on site, which makes it easy to keep tabs on the construction. “I can see it right off my balcony,” Clifton said. “I’m like, ‘What up?!’ every day.” While the Raiders’ new $2 billion stadium goes up near the Las Vegas Strip, their headquarters, where the team will practice and base operations, is taking shape in nearby Henderson. Features of the Henderson facility include three outdoor practice fields, one and a half indoor practice fields, a performance center with amenities for players, and office space. Construction began in January and is projected to be completed by next July. Unlike the Raiders’ new … [Read more...] about In Henderson, Raiders’ future headquarters reflects a fast-growing city