Chennai, May 20 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government has ordered the immediate release of YouTuber and journalist A. Shankar, popularly known as ‘Savukku’ Shankar, after the State Advisory Board concluded that there was no sufficient cause to continue his preventive detention under the Tamil Nadu Preventive Detention Act, 1982. In an official order issued on Tuesday (May 19, 2026), the government directed authorities to release Shankar immediately, unless he was being held under any other law or…
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Chennai, May 13 (IANS) The Madras High Court on Wednesday granted conditional bail to YouTuber and journalist Savukku Shankar in an attempt to murder case, observing that an individual’s liberty cannot be curtailed merely because the allegations against him are serious. Justice Victoria Gowri, while allowing the bail petition, held that continued incarceration was unnecessary when the accused’s presence could be secured through stringent conditions imposed by the court.The court directed…
Amaravati, March 26 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh government has announced financial aid of Rs 5 lakh each for the families of those killed in the bus fire accident in Markapuram district on Thursday.The government also decided to pay Rs 2 lakh each to the injured.The decision was taken at the state Cabinet meeting presided over by Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.The Cabinet expressed grief over the accident and conveyed condolences to the families of the deceased.Fourteen people were burnt aliv…
Amaravati, March 26 (IANS) A command control room has been established at the Markapuram RDO office, and helplines have been opened to provide information in connection with the bus accident in Markapuram district, Andhra Pradesh, that claimed 14 lives and left 28 others injured.The contact numbers in the Markapuram RDO office are 6304285613, 9985733999, 7989537285 and 9703578434. A control room with the number 1077 has been set up at the Prakasam district Collectorate at Ongole.Another control …
Amaravati, March 17 (IANS) Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and YSR Congress Party president Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday said there is widespread public resentment against the coalition government. Addressing YSRCP leaders and cadres from Ongole, he said he would embark on a padyatra to take up people’s issues.He said the coalition government had benefited no section of society. He added that discussions in every household were centred on how he had accomplished so much and why…