Latest Ashok News & Updates

Vijayawada, July 2 (IANS) A city court on Thursday sent suspended Circle Inspector S.S.V.V. Nagaraju, the main accused in Gade Sai Krishna’s custodial death case, to police custody for eight days. The court directed the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to interrogate Nagaraju in Rajamahendravaram Jail, where he is under judicial custody. The court allowed questioning of the accused from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day in the presence of his lawyer. It directed that the questioning be audio and video…

Vijayawada, July 1 (IANS) The Special Investigation Team (SIT) has arrested two more police constables in the alleged custodial death of Gade Sai Krishna.The SIT arrested Babu Rao and Sambaiah, taking the number of arrests in the case to five.Babu Rao and Sambaiah, who are accused numbers five and six, respectively, were produced before a Second ACM Court, which remanded them to judicial custody for 14 days. The magistrate directed that Babu Rao be lodged in Avanigadda jail and Sambaiah in Ganna…

Vijayawada, June 29 (IANS) In a key development in the alleged custodial death of 25-year-old Gade Sai Krishna, two head constables on Monday surrendered before police. Ashok and Nani surrendered at the Suryaraopet ACP office.The duo, serving as head constables at Krishnalanka police station, had allegedly gone into hiding after the arrest of suspended Circle Inspector (Station House Officer) S.S.V.V. Nagaraju.The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is probing the case, had found during the …

Chennai, June 19 (IANS) Director Ashok’s film ‘Lover Boy’, which will mark the acting debut of Arjith Shankar, the son of ace director Shankar, has now officially gone on floors with a grand pooja ceremony. “Lover Boy” was launched with a grand pooja ceremony in Chennai. The event was graced by eminent personalities from the film industry including filmmakers Shankar, AR Murugadoss, H Vinoth, Madhan of ‘With Love’ fame. Producers and distributors Lalith Kumar, 5 Star Senthil, distributors Az…

Mumbai, June 13 (IANS) Veteran actress Poonam Dhillon reveals she had very strict parents and that she was not allowed to date people. She agrees that a strict upbringing is good, but today I children should be given an opportunity. The actress was on the show Tum Ho Naa hosted by Rajeev Khandelwal.Asking about her struggles, Rajeev asked: “It feels like all the girls must be inspired by you. But whenever a public figure comes here, I try to ensure that people understand at least this much, th…

Hyderabad, May 26 (IANS) In the wake of the row over the action of Telangana State Road Transport Corporation to remove a driver of a hired private bus for allegedly criticising leaders of the ruling Congress holding a protest, state Transport Minister Ponnam Prabhakar said on Tuesday that he has advised the management to change its decision and let him continue.Prabhakar stated that driver Ashok spoke on behalf of the farmers, and the government welcomes it.The minister said that despite the Ce…

Hyderabad, May 26 (IANS) The Telangana State Road Transport Corporation has dismissed a bus driver of a private hire bus after he allegedly criticised the leaders of the ruling Congress staging a protest over the hike in petrol and diesel prices. The TGSRTC has written to the owner of the private hire bus (PHB) to withdraw the driver from PHB services with immediate effect.The driver, Ashok, while driving the bus from Jagtial to Dharmapuri on Monday, had made certain remarks criticising the Cong…

Mandya (Karnataka), May 25 (IANS) The Karnataka Police have arrested three persons in connection with the murder of a newly married man following a bar brawl in Maddur taluk of Mandya district, officials said on Monday. The accused have been remanded to judicial custody, and further investigation is underway, according to Mandya Superintendent of Police V.J. Shobharani.The incident had taken place on May 19, at K. Honnalagere village in Maddur taluk, where 29-year-old Sunil was hacked to death f…

Dharamshala, Jan 3 (IANS) After the death of a 19-year-old female student, who was allegedly subjected to ragging and sexual harassment at her college, triggered widespread outrage across Himachal Pradesh, the college administration has come out in support of the accused professor and said that the woman was not enrolled as a student after she failed 3 subjects in the first year. The deeply disturbing case came to light on Friday from Dharamshala, where Pallavi, who was allegedly subjected to ra…