The Madras High Court on Friday (November 7, 2025) reserved orders on a plea by Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) leader Aadhav Arjuna to quash a First Information Report (FIR) registered against him for his allegedly inflammatory September 29, 2025 tweet insinuating a revolt against the Tamil Nadu government by the youngsters and Gen Z, as … Read more
Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: v The Government of Andhra Pradesh has directed all Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) and Urban Development Authorities (UDAs) to immediately identify and demolish any unauthorised constructions raised after the cut-off date of August 31, 2025. The order, issued through a Memo on Monday (October 27, 2025) by the … Read more
GMC workers ensuring free flow of storm water at Rail Under Bridge at Mudu Vantenalu (Three Bridges) Arundalpet on late Monday, during a heavy rain. | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT Guntur Municipal Commissioner Puli Srinivasulu has directed immediate removal of road and drain encroachments across the city that are obstructing the free flow of rain … Read more
A division bench comprising Justice Anu Sivaraman and Justice Rajesh Rai. K passed the order on petitions filed by Rajya Vokkaliga Sangha, Akhila Karnataka Brahmana Maha Sabha, advocate K.N. Subba Reddy and others, on September 19, 2025. | Photo Credit: File photo The High Court of Karnataka ordered issue of notices to the State and … Read more
The Bombay High Court has referred to a larger Bench the question of whether caste scrutiny committees under the Maharashtra Caste Certificate Act, 2000, can recall their own orders if caste validity certificates were obtained through fraud, misrepresentation, or suppression of material facts. The referral was made by a Division Bench of Justices Manish Pitale … Read more
Minister Eshwar Khandre has said he had recommended that R. Gokul be reinstated as Chief Conservator of Forests. | Photo Credit: file photo Indian Forest Service (IFoS) officer R. Gokul, who was suspended by the State government in connection with a case filed in the Supreme Court seeking permission to denotify 443 acres of HMT … Read more
The High Court of Karnataka has directed the State government and the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to pay ₹10.41 crore to two private health establishments towards the pending dues to them for providing COVID-19 testing facilities way back during 2020-2022. Two petitions Justice S.R. Krishna Kumar issued the directions while allowing the separate petitions … Read more
Justice B. Vijaysen Reddy of Telangana High Court on Wednesday directed the GHMC authorities to release a pet dog Ares which was detained by them following a complaint that it attacked a person. The judge, passing order in a writ petition filed by the pet owner E.B. Dakshinamurthy, directed the petitioner to shift the dog … Read more
To strengthen public preparedness and raise awareness on civil protection, the Eluru district administration will conduct mock drills throughout the district in accordance with the Civil Defence Rules prescribed by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs. Eluru District Collector K. Vetriselvi held a teleconference with officials from the police, revenue, fire, medical, and other emergency … Read more
Anti-terror body, National Investigation Agency (NIA), has begun the process of formally taking over the Pahalgam terror attack case, in which 26 innocent tourists were mercilessly shot dead on Tuesday, following orders from the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). NIA teams, which have been camping at the terror attack site since Wednesday, have intensified … Read more