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US: Shooting At Walmart Store In Virginia, Several People Dead

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Multiple people were killed and injured in a shooting incident reported from the US state of Virginia on Tuesday, officials said adding the shooter is believed to be dead too.

Virginia:  Multiple people were killed and injured in a shooting incident reported from the US state of Virginia on Tuesday, officials said adding the shooter is believed to be dead too.

The shooting was reported at a Walmart store in Virginiaโ€™s Chesapeake, CNN reported citing Chesapeake Police.

According to the American broadcaster, police responded to the store around 10:12 pm (local time) and found evidence of a shooting inside.

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Police officers entered the store and discovered multiple people dead and injured, Kosinski said. He added that police couldnโ€™t yet confirm a specific number of deaths, but they believe itโ€™s โ€œless than ten.โ€

Chesapeake Police public information officer Leo Kosinski told CNN that the shooter is believed to be among the dead.

Chesapeake city officials requested people to stay away from the store amid the investigation. โ€œChesapeake Police confirm an active shooter incident with fatalities at the Walmart on Samโ€™s Circle. The shooter is deceased,โ€ the city said in a tweet.

โ€œFollow us here for the only official updates. Our first responders are well-trained and prepared to respond; please give them space to do so,โ€ it added.

(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by HW News staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)

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SC Agrees To List Matter In Notifying Recommendations On Appointment Of Judges In Higher Judiciary

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The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to list for hearing a matter seeking direction to the Centre to immediately notify all recommendations for the appointment of judges that have been sent to it by the apex court Collegium.

New Delhi:  The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to list for hearing a matter seeking direction to the Centre to immediately notify all recommendations for the appointment of judges that have been sent to it by the apex court Collegium.

A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud and Justices Hima Kohli and JB Pardiwala said it will list the matter after advocate Prashant Bhushan mentioned the matter for the listing of the case. Bhushan, while mentioning the matter said, โ€œWe are seeking a mandamus to the government. This plea was filed in 2018 and nothing was listed.โ€

To this CJI said, โ€œThis will be listed. I will pass administrative orders.โ€ NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) had filed a plea alleging that the Centre has been โ€œindefinitely sittingโ€ on the names recommended by the Supreme Court Collegium for appointment of judges in the higher judiciary.

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The plea has sought a direction to the Centre to notify the appointment of judges for the Supreme Court and different High Courts whose names have already been unanimously reiterated by the Collegium and are pending with the government.

It had also sought a direction to the government to notify the recommendations for appointments of judges to various High Courts that have been sent by the Collegium and the Centre has not responded even though six weeks have passed since the recommendations were received.

The plea had also alleged that important constitutional positions cannot be left vacant merely because of the โ€œinactionโ€ of the government and its โ€œpolitically motivated interference in the judicial appointment processโ€.

The NGO highlighted many recommendations which were sent by the Collegium but not acted upon by the government.

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