Amaravati, April 15 (IANS) Police have arrested YSR Congress Party General Secretary (Media Wing) Pudi Srihari for the alleged social media posts against Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.Srihari, who had served as the Chief Public Relations Officer when Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy was the Chief Minister, was arrested on Wednesday morning at his residence in Vijayawada.The police have reportedly seized his mobile phone and laptop. A case was registered against Srihari in Chittoor for posting a cart…
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Ranchi, April 13 (IANS) Expressing strong displeasure over the continued vacancy of key constitutional posts in Jharkhand, including the Lokayukta and the Information Commissioner, the High Court on Monday issued a final 10-day ultimatum to the government.Hearing a PIL, the court made it clear that if notifications for these appointments are not issued within the stipulated period, the state government will have to face consequences.Adopting a stern stance, a bench led by Chief Justice M.S. Sona…
Shimla, April 10 (IANS) In a setback to the Congress-led Himachal Pradesh government, the High Court has directed the legislative Assembly to release pension and arrears of two former disqualified Congress MLAs — Rajinder Rana and Ravi Thakur — who later joined the BJP. Rana and Thakur, elected from Sujanpur and Lahaul-Spiti, respectively, were disqualified for violating the party whip during the voting for the lone Rajya Sabha seat in February 2024, in which Congress candidate Abhishek Manu S…
Bengaluru, April 10 (IANS) Bollywood star Ranveer Singh on Friday told the Karnataka High Court that he is willing to work with the complainant to revise the wording of his apology affidavit in a case related to his mimicry of a character from the film ‘Kantara: Chapter 1’.The statement came after the complainant argued that the actor’s affidavit did not show genuine remorse.The court was hearing Singh’s petition seeking to quash an FIR registered against him over the incident, which took pl…
Jabalpur, April 8 (IANS) Nearly a year after Gayasuddin Qureshi’s burial following the death, his body was exhumed on Wednesday in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur, bringing renewed focus on unanswered questions surrounding his death and his family’s prolonged fight for clarity. The exhumation was carried out under the supervision of the Adhartal Sub-Divisional Magistrate (SDM), following strict directions from the Madhya Pradesh High Court.Notably, a division bench comprising Justice Vivek Agarwal and…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The Supreme Court has ruled that a High Court cannot waive the statutory penalty payable on deficient stamp duty, holding that such power lies exclusively with the competent authority under the relevant Stamp Act. In a significant judgment, a bench of Justices Sanjay Kumar and K. Vinod Chandran set aside a Karnataka High Court order to the extent it had exempted payment of penalty while directing payment of deficient stamp duty on lease documents. The apex court was dea…
Raipur, April 6 (IANS) In a landmark verdict that has sent ripples across Chhattisgarh’s political landscape, the High Court has sentenced former MLA Amit Jogi, son of the state’s first Chief Minister, late Ajit Jogi, to life imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 1,000 in the sensational 2003 murder case of senior NCP leader Ram Avatar Jaggi. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Arvind Kumar Verma pronounced the sentence after hearing the CBI’s appeal, a revis…
Jaipur, April 1 (IANS) Rajasthan Minister of State for Urban Development and Local Self-Government (Independent Charge), Jhabar Singh Kharra, on Wednesday said the state government is keen to conduct elections to urban local bodies at the earliest.He said the government is fully prepared to hold these elections while complying with all required legal formalities.Launching a sharp attack on the Congress state president, Kharra alleged that the latter is making baseless statements regarding the el…
Shimla, April 1 (IANS) The BJP legislative party, led by Leader of Opposition Jai Ram Thakur, on Wednesday staged a protest outside the Himachal Pradesh Assembly over changes made by the government to the Panchayat election roster and also raised questions over the government’s functioning.Addressing the media here, former Chief Minister Thakur launched a scathing attack on Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, saying he has developed a habit of making rash decisions, forcing the government t…
Datia, March 31 (IANS) In a shocking incident that has sent shockwaves through the city of Datia, a person identified as Kallu Kushwaha was gunned down by unidentified assailants on Tuesday morning at Sevda Chungi (also known as Chhota Bus Stand) under the Civil Lines Police Station area.Some reports suggests he was a corporator from BJP, but neither the party nor police have confirmed it.According to police officials, the attack took place around 9:00 AM. Kushwaha was returning home after offer…