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December 29, 2025 3 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
This is a catch up on three things by the
Indian Express and I'm Flora swein today's the twenty ninth
of December and here are the headlines. A three member
Supreme Court bench headed by the Chief Justice of India
Suria Kant, today stayed its own twentieth of November order
that had accepted one hundred meters height definition for the

(00:25):
Ravalli Hills. The Court decided to constitute a high powered
expert committee comprising domains specialists to address unresolved ambiguities.

Speaker 2 (00:35):
The CGI said we.

Speaker 1 (00:36):
Deem it necessary that previous committee recommendations and directions of
this Court be kept in abeyance, adding that this dale
would remain until the new panel is formed. Notices were
issued in the Swomoto case a returnable on the twenty
first of January.

Speaker 2 (00:50):
With key issues outlined for expert review.

Speaker 1 (00:57):
In other major national news of the day, the Supreme
Court today they stayed a daily High Court order that
had suspended the life sentence of former BGPMLA coal Leap
Saying Sengar in the Annour rape case. Following a challenge
by the CBI, represented by Solicitor General de Charmetta. The
CBI termed the High Court's decision to suspend the sentence
and grant bail as.

Speaker 2 (01:18):
Contrary to law and perverse. The agency also.

Speaker 1 (01:21):
Disputed the finding that Sengar was not a public servant
at the time of the offense, arguing that this conclusion
was legally flawed and required urgent intervention. Moving on, Arel
Chakma was a twenty four year old final year MBA
student and early campus placement achiever.

Speaker 2 (01:42):
Had dreams of starting work.

Speaker 1 (01:44):
At a French multinational after graduating from Utra Khan. However,
on the ninth of December, those dreams were shattered when
he and his younger brother Michael were allegedly subjected to
a racially charged.

Speaker 2 (01:56):
Attack in the Radun.

Speaker 1 (01:58):
A group of six, including too Juvenis, reportedly abused them
that slurs like Chinese and momo before the situation escalated
into violence. Five accused have been arrested and remanded in
judicial custody, while one remains absconding as investigations continued.

Speaker 2 (02:17):
In other news of.

Speaker 1 (02:18):
The day, panic grip Piprol village in Uttar Pradesh's whether
Yo district as residents rushed to get anti raving shots
after a buffalo linked to a recent community feast died.
The animal, allegedly bitten by a stray dog, had supplied
milk used to prepare dishes for a Terai ceremony attended

(02:38):
by hundreds last week. The ceremony was held following the
death of a villager named Uransahu. Three days later, the
buffalo belonging to his cousin died, prompting fears.

Speaker 2 (02:47):
Of Rabi's exposure.

Speaker 1 (02:48):
Locals claimed the milk had been used to make Raitha
served at.

Speaker 2 (02:52):
The event and in international news of the day.

Speaker 1 (02:58):
Tari Krahman, the acting chairman of the Bangladesh National Party
that's a BNP and the son of former Prime Minister
Khalida Ziya, will contest Bangladesh's upcoming general elections from two constituencies,
according to the Dahaka Tribune. After returning to Bangladesh on
the twenty fifth of December following seventeen years in exile,
Rahiman applied for voting rights on the twenty seventh of December.

(03:20):
He signed nomination papers on Sunday to contest from Dhaka
seventeen and Bogra six on the BNP's sheef of party's symbol.
The signing took place at the BNP Chairperson's office in Gershen,
attended by party coordinators overseeing the constituencies.

Speaker 2 (03:39):
That's all for today.

Speaker 1 (03:40):
This was a cash up on three things by the
Indian Express.
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