Mumbai, June 29 (IANS) The Maharashtra Legislative Council on Monday was adjourned for nearly half an hour after Opposition members created an uproar over the alleged leak of the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) question paper, intensifying pressure on the state government over repeated examination-related controversies. Raising the issue in the Upper House, Ambadas Danve of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) questioned the government’s failure to prevent another leak of an examination paper d…
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Ayodhya, June 29 (IANS) Faizabad Bar Association President Kalika Mishra on Monday said that no advocate from the association would represent the accused in the Ram Mandir donation-related theft case. The bar body chief further said that if any advocate from the association chooses to appear on behalf of the accused, they would be required to pay a penalty of Rs 5 lakh, in accordance with the association’s decision.Speaking to IANS, Mishra said: “It has been decided that no advocate will take up…
Chandigarh, June 27 (IANS) Punjab BJP President Kewal Singh Dhillon on Saturday termed the subsidised urea fertiliser supplied by the Central government for farmers in Punjab as not merely an administrative failure of the state AAP government, but a major corruption racket operating under official patronage. He said thousands of bags of subsidised urea reaching government plants such as Markfed and Milkfed could not have happened without government collusion and protection at higher levels. Dhil…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 27 (IANS) Escalating its campaign over issues relating to Sabarimala, BJP Kerala president Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Saturday urged Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan to order a CBI probe into the alleged disappearance of gold from the hill shrine and unconditionally withdraw all criminal cases registered against Ayyappa devotees during the Sabarimala protests.In a letter to Chief Minister Satheesan, Chandrasekhar said the issues were of immense significance to millions of Ayya…
Bengaluru, June 25 (IANS) Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly R. Ashoka on Thursday alleged that a massive fraud amounting to Rs 225 crore has taken place under the state’s Gruha Lakshmi scheme, terming it a case of “state-sponsored cybercrime”, and demanding an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and central cybercrime agencies. Addressing a press conference, Ashoka stated that a massive Rs 225 crore government…
Bengaluru, June 25 (IANS) Senior BJP leader and Leader of Opposition in the Karnataka Assembly R. Ashoka on Thursday alleged that a massive fraud amounting to Rs 225 crore has taken place under the state’s Gruha Lakshmi scheme, terming it a case of “state-sponsored cybercrime”, and demanding an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and central cybercrime agencies.In a statement issued, Ashoka claimed that details emerging from the alleged scam indicate systematic manipulatio…
Jalandhar, June 24 (IANS) The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) on Wednesday demanded that the entire case involving the alleged sacrilege committed by Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann be handed over to the CBI. Party leader Maheshinder Grewal told the media that only a CBI probe could get to the bottom of the issue as it had become an inter-state case involving a money trail that needed investigation.Grewal, one of the five members of the Akali Dal committee constituted to approach religious organis…
Amaravati, June 24 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Wednesday adjourned the hearing on a PIL seeking orders for a CBI probe into the alleged custodial death of 25-year-old Gade Sai Krishna.A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) has been filed in the High Court, seeking orders for a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the disappearance of the youth after he was picked up by Krishna Lanka police in Vijayawada last month.Advocate General informed the division bench that a Spe…
New Delhi, June 23 (IANS) The CBI on Tuesday arrested from Kolkata a proclaimed offender in the 2022 Bogtui carnage in which at least 10 people, mostly women and children, were burnt alive in a village in West Bengal’s Birbhum district, an official said. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested Proclaimed Offender Rohan Sk alias Kismot Sk from Mirja Galib Road, Kolkata, in connection with the case, the official said in a statement.The accused has been at large since the registration …
Dholpur, June 23 (IANS) Renowned spiritual narrator Devkinandan Thakur on Tuesday commented on the Ram Mandir donation theft controversy, saying that if the allegations are found to be true, both the Uttar Pradesh government led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and the Central government under Prime Minister Narendra Modi will ensure justice. He also reiterated his demand that the administration of the Ram Temple should be overseen by the Shankaracharyas.Speaking to reporters, Devkinandan Thaku…