Thiruvananthapuram, July 23 (IANS) With the Kerala High Court directing the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to expedite the Sabarimala gold misappropriation probe, former Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) president P.S. Prasanth was taken into custody from his residence in the state capital on Thursday.Two former TDB presidents, both CPI(M) leaders, after being arrested and in jail, are now out on bail.Prasanth’s arrest comes barely days after the SIT informed the High Court that it would file th…
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Bengaluru, July 21 (IANS) The Karnataka government on Tuesday held an extensive meeting with leaders of various Dalit organisations at Vidhana Soudha, during which Deputy Chief Minister and Revenue Minister G. Parameshwara announced that backlog vacancies in universities and major government departments would be filled. Addressing reporters after the meeting, Parameshwara said the state government is already in the process of recruiting 72,000 personnel across departments and assured that Schedu…
Bengaluru, July 21 (IANS) In a major development, the Karnataka government constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Tuesday to conduct a comprehensive probe into allegations of large-scale encroachment of government and public lands by the Art of Living Foundation and its affiliated entities in and around Kaggalipura village in Bengaluru South taluk.The order, issued by the Revenue Department follows a report submitted by the Bengaluru Divisional Commissioner and observations made durin…
Ahmedabad, July 21 (IANS) Three days after the deadly blast at an alleged illegal firecracker manufacturing unit in Ahmedabad’s Ramol area, Gujarat Police have seized a massive stock of illegal firecrackers worth over Rs 39.57 crore from two warehouses in the city, as authorities intensify enforcement against unsafe storage and handling of explosives across the district.According to Changodar Police, officers were patrolling the Matoda beat area on Sunday when they received credible intelligence…
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Ahead of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust meeting scheduled in Ayodhya on July 22 (Wednesday), religious leaders and former litigants on Tuesday called for transparency and accountability in the management of the trust, with a focus on allegations related to donation funds.Jagadguru Paramhans Acharya, Peethadheeshwar of Tapasvi Chhawani, said the upcoming trust meeting is significant and expressed hope that key decisions would be taken during the discussion…
Ahmedabad, July 20 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has inspected 299 units across the city in a two-day fire safety enforcement drive launched after a fatal explosion at an illegal firecracker manufacturing unit in the Ramol area last week. The blast killed 10 people, including children, and injured five others, prompting the formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) and a wider crackdown on unauthorised firecracker-related activities.According to the AMC, the Fire and Eme…
Agartala, July 20 (IANS) Tripura Director General of Police (DGP) Anurag was found dead under mysterious circumstances in the bathroom attached to his chamber at the state Police Headquarters on Monday, officials said. The senior IPS officer was rushed to the Agartala Government Medical College and Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead.Head of the Department of Medicine at the Agartala Government Medical College and Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital, Dr Pradip Bhowmik,…
New Delhi, July 19 (IANS) The Uttar Pradesh government-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT) has filed its status report in a sealed cover before the Supreme Court, which is slated to hear on Monday a batch of petitions seeking a court-monitored probe into the alleged financial irregularities in the handling of donations and offerings received by the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust. As per the causelist uploaded on the apex court’s official website, the clutch of petitions is sche…
Ahmedabad, July 19 (IANS) The Ahmedabad City Police has constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to carry out a comprehensive investigation into the firecracker factory explosion in the city’s Ramol area that claimed nine lives and left six others injured. In an order issued on Sunday, Police Commissioner Anupam Singh Gahlaut said the SIT had been formed to ensure a “thorough and in-depth investigation” into the case registered at Ramol Police Station following the blast at the New Gujarat…
Ayodhya, July 19 (IANS) Amid the controversy over the alleged embezzlement of donations made at the Ram Temple, the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has called a meeting of all its trustees at 4 p.m. on July 22, Wednesday, a statement said on Sunday.The venue of the meeting will be Maniram Das Chhawani in Ayodhya.In a circular issued by the interim General Secretary of the Ram Temple Trust, Krishna Mohan, the temple body mentioned that the meeting will include discussions on the impendi…