Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs, Legislation and Tourism H.K. Patil has sought to know whether different parameters will be applicable for leaders in law based on their party affiliations. Speaking to presspersons in Hubballi on Wednesday, Mr. Patil said that if BJP leaders want Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s resignation in the 14-site MUDA land-grab case, … Read more
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (November 5, 2024) issued notices to the Delhi police and a woman on a plea by a former Army officer who sought quashing of a charge sheet against him in an alleged rape case. A Bench of Justices Sudhanshu Dhulia and Ahsanuddin Amanullah while agreeing to examine the man’s plea … Read more
Dipankar Banerjee | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Astrophysicist Dipankar Banerjee took charge as Director, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), on Monday. Professor Banerjee, a senior professor at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru, was serving as Director, Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital, prior to the current assignment. He has … Read more
Ballari MP E. Tukaram | Photo Credit: B. M. Siddalingaswamy The BJP has urged the Election Commission of India to disqualify Congress MP from Ballari, E. Tukaram, in the wake of a charge sheet by the Enforcement Directorate with respect to alleged irregularities in Karnataka Valmiki ST Development Corporation stating that ₹21 crore siphoned off … Read more
Photo used for illustration purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStock The police have arrested three persons on the charge of resorting to “serial killing using cyanide.” Addressing the media here on September 6 (Friday), Superintendent of Police S. Satish Kumar said the arrested were identified as Munagappa Rajani (40), Mudiyala Venkateswari, alias Bujji (32), … Read more
Police personnel lathi charge on agitators who blocked the railway tracks to protest against the alleged sexual abuse of two girls at a school, at Badlapur railway station, in Thane district, Tuesday (Aug. 20, 2024). | Photo Credit: PTI Maharashtra Police has arrested more than 40 people and registered FIR against 300 people following the … Read more
A file photo of former Foreign Secretary Vinay Mohan Kwatra. File. | Photo Credit: ANI Vinay Mohan Kwatra on Monday (August 12, 2024) took charge as the Indian ambassador to the United States. Mr. Kwatra, 61, till recently was India’s Foreign Secretary. Privileged to assume charge as the Ambassador of India to the United States … Read more
New CVSO of TTD, S. Sridhar. IPS officer S. Sridhar on Wednesday assumed charge as the new Chief Vigilance and Security Officer (CVSO) of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD). Soon after assuming, he offered prayers to the presiding deity Lord Venkateswara along with his family members. Source link
A youth was arrested by the Kalady police on charge of posting pictures of women in social media groups with obscene content. The arrested is a 24-year-old from Mattoor. Later, he was released on bail. He allegedly obtained pictures of college students without their permission and posted them to Facebook with obscene materials. However, the … Read more
The Chikkamagaluru police with the recovered bikes on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT The Chikkamagaluru police arrested three people on charges of bike theft and recovered 17 bikes worth over ₹8.5 lakh and ₹2.15 lakh in cash from them. The arrested are Khayyum of Mallapura near Hole Honnur in Bhadravathi taluk, Naveen Kumar of Gollenahalli … Read more