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Bengaluru: Once surrounded by sycophants and shielded by his influential political family, Prajwal Revanna now faces his darkest days alone.On Friday, wearing a blue full-sleeve shirt and jeans, he appeared in court, quietly conferring with his lawyers. But when the judge said: "Prajwal Revanna is convicted, and I will announce the punishment tomorrow," he could no longer hold his composure. His face filled with tension, he bowed his head, covered his face with his hands, and walked out silently trying to control his tears. Not a single family member was present in court when he was pronounced guilty. Though legal practitioners maintained that the verdict, after the sentence is announced, will be challenged in higher courts, lower-rung political functionaries were shell-shocked by the turn of events. "It has been a long time since a powerful political leader was kept behind bars for such a long time... it is also the first time the verdict has been delivered at such speed in a case involving a politician," a JD(S) worker said.
Prajwal Revanna was arrested on May 31, 2024, upon returning to India after nearly five weeks overseas. The case gained national attention after pen drives containing explicit videos allegedly involving him surfaced in Hassan and other areas just before the April 26 Lok Sabha polls. He lost the election as the NDA candidate from Hassan. A special court for elected representatives in Bengaluru on Friday convicted former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna in a rape and sexual harassment case. Special Court ...Read More >
Patna, Aug 1 (PTI) Healthcare services were affected at AIIMS-Patna on Friday as resident doctors went on an "indefinite strike" in protest against the alleged high-handedness of Sheohar MLA Chetan Anand. According to a press statement issued by the Resident Doctors' Association (RDA), AIIMS-Patna, on Friday, "The RDA expresses deep disappointment and anguish over the lack of action by the administration following the violent and traumatic incident that occurred on Wednesday, when MLA Chetan Anand, his wife and their armed guards breached hospital security, physically assaulted staff, and thr ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna has approached the Karnataka High Court appealing against his conviction in a rape case. A special court that convicted Revanna last month had sentenced him to imprisonment for the remainder of his life and imposed fines, in one of the four sexual abuse and rape cases against him. The Special Court for MPs/MLAs, Judge Santosh Gajanan Bhat, who sentenced the convicted politician under various sections of the IPC on August 2, had imposed a total fine of Rs 11.50 lakh on him, and had said Rs 11.25 lakh from this fine amount will be paid to the victim. ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 1: A special court in Bengaluru on Friday convicted suspended Janata Dal (Secular) leader Prajwal Revanna in a high-profile sexual assault case involving the repeated rape of his former domestic help. The verdict was delivered by Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge Santhosh Gajanan Bhat reports Bar & Bench. Revanna, who is the grandson of former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda, was found guilty under multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code, including Sections 376(2)(k) and 376(2)(n) relating to rape by a person in a position of power and repeated rape, respectively. He wa ...Read More >
Bengaluru, July 14 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Karnataka Congress party has expelled Lingaraj Kanni, an associate of Minister for RDPR, IT, and BT Priyank Kharge, following his arrest on drug peddling charges by the Maharashtra Police on Monday. Lingaraj Kanni, who was serving as the President of the Kalaburagi South Block Congress Unit, was arrested by the Maharashtra Police. The District Congress Committee of Kalaburagi has issued an order expelling him from the party. District Congress President and MLC Jayadeva Guttedara Kalagi stated that, since media reports alleged Lingaraj Kanni's involveme ...Read More >
Union Minister Pralhad Joshi stated that BJP addressed the Prajwal Revanna case. He emphasized that wrongdoers should face legal consequences. Joshi responded to Congress allegations of BJP's silence due to the JD(S) alliance. He cited instances of Congress members involved in crimes. Prajwal Revanna received a life sentence and fine in a rape case. Hubballi (Karnataka), Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Sunday said the BJP was never silent on former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, who got life imprison ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Four people died in Himachal Pradesh as rain continues to wreak havoc in the state, while five were swept away in Rajasthan's Kota at a barrage after a heavy downpour caused the authorities to release water from a reservoir. In Himachal, more than 200 roads are out of bounds for vehicular traffic, a majority of them in Mandi, while a flash flood warning has been issued for 12 districts in Jharkhand. An individual each drowned in Kullu and Kangra districts, one died after being bitten by a snake in Bilaspur, while one was killed after falling from a height, the State Emergency Oper ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board shutting down the studio hosting Kannada Big Boss reality show, which is housed inside an amusement park at Bidadi in the Bengaluru outskirts has raked up a politician controversy. While the opposition BJP and JD(S) have targeted the Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar of 'witch hunting' Kannada actor Sudeep. Sudeep is anchor of Big Boss Kannada reality show. In March, during the inauguration of the Bengaluru International Film Festival, D K Shivakumar and Sudeep had a social media tiff. When most of the leading Kannada actors did not c ...Read More >
Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Steel H.D. Kumaraswamy said he would hold a detailed interaction with the media after December 20 to highlight what he termed the failures of the Congress government in Karnataka. "I have many issues to speak about and will share them after December 20," Mr. Kumaraswamy told reporters during a brief interaction in Mysuru on December 16. The former Chief Minister, who was in the city for his 67th birthday celebrations, visited the Sri Chamundeshwari Temple ...Read More >
Bengaluru: Former MP Prajwal Revanna, convicted of rape in the high-profile KR Nagar case, has officially begun his life sentence and transitioned from an undertrial to a convict at Bengaluru's Parappana Agrahara Central Prison. With this shift, Revanna's lifestyle is set to change drastically as he enters the routine and rules of prison life.Prajwal Revanna, who had been lodged in the prison for the past 14 months during trial, has now been formally designated a life convict and assigned prisoner number 15528. Starting August 2, he must comply fully with the prison's code, which includes we ...Read More >
Deve Gowda publicly stated that his grandson should face the strictest punishment if proven guilty -- a stance he reiterated in a strongly worded letter to Prajwal For former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, the conviction of his elder grandson Prajwal Revanna is a personal and political blow. Known for his unblemished political career and personal life, Deve Gowda is deeply affected by Prajwal Revanna's rape case. Even the letter Deve Gowda wrote to Prajwal when he was absconding in Germany was h ...Read More >
Hyderabad, July 18 (SocialNews.XYZ) Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy on Friday urged his Andhra Pradesh counterpart, N. Chandrababu Naidu, not to obstruct Telangana's irrigation projects He appealed to the neighbouring state not to obstruct Telangana's crucial irrigation initiatives, including the Palamuru-Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme, as well as the Dindi, Kalwakurthy, Bheema, Nettempadu, and Koilsagar projects. "We demand Andhra Pradesh not to block our projects. We seek cooperation. If our appeals are ignored, we will fight and achieve our goal. I am ready to lead this battl ...Read More >
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday backed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for calling out the Delhi police for allegedly referring to Bengali as a Bangladeshi language, labelling it a "direct insult to the very language in which the National Anthem is composed." Stalin said such remarks were not "inadvertent errors" but a reflection of a regime that undermines India's linguistic diversity. "The Delhi Police, under the Union Home Ministry, has described Bengali as a 'Bangladeshi language.' This is a direct insult to the very language in which our National Anthem ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Sep 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Following the violence and stiff opposition from the BJP and local farmers, the Congress-led government in Karnataka has assured that the government will ensure no injustice in controversial Hemavati Link Canal. Earlier, violence erupted in May and June 2025 during protests against the Hemavati Express Link Canal Project in Gubbi taluk, Tumakuru district, Karnataka, where an estimated 20,000 farmers, along with BJP and JD (S) legislators and seers, clashed with police, blocked highways, damaged property, and engaged in stone-pelting bringing the work at the ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 1: India launched the first phase of four development projects across nine partner countries as part of its 'India-UN Global Capacity Building Initiative'. The programme aims to deepen South-South cooperation in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The launch event was presided over by Secretary (West) in the Ministry of External Affairs, Tanmaya Lal, and attended by heads of missions from participating countries, UN Resident Coordinator in India Shombi Sharp, diplomats, and representatives from UN agencies, ITEC partner institutions, and other stakeholders. Th ...Read More >
BENGALURU: Sleuths of the CID on Wednesday submitted a B-report (closure report) in connection with the sodomy case involving JDS MLC Suraj Revanna, son of former minister and Holenarasipura MLA HD Revanna. Suraj, the grandson of JDS supremo and former PM HD Deve Gowda, was arrested after a male JDS party worker filed a complaint alleging sexual assault at Suraj's farmhouse on June 16, 2024. The case was initially registered at the Holenarasipura Rural police station in Hassan district, and was later transferred to the CID. Following investigation, the CID officers arrested Suraj, who was la ...Read More >
New Delhi/Imphal, Aug 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has made a second consecutive arrest in the 2024 killings in Manipur's Jiribam, central probe agency sources said on Friday. The NIA in a statement said that the national probe agency caught Lalrosang Hmar alias Rosang, a resident of Moinathol Village in southern Assam's Cachar district, from the Mizoram capital Aizawl on Thursday. The arrest came after the arrest of another key accused, Thanglienlal Hmar, by a joint NIA-Assam police team on Thursday, also from Aizawl. Three women and three children were abduct ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], August 1 (ANI): After expelled JD(S) leader and former MP Prajwal Revanna was found guilty in a rape case involving a domestic help, Special Public Prosecutor Ashok Nayak said the verdict sends a clear message that everyone is equal before the law. He added that the punishment in the case could range from a minimum of 10 years to life imprisonment. ...This happened 3-4 years ago, but she could not raise her voice due to her poverty... We examined 26 witnesses... Everyone is equal before the court; this is the message given by the court today... The punishment in the case ca ...Read More >
Hubballi (Karnataka), Aug 3 (PTI) Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Sunday said the BJP was never silent on former JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, who got life imprisonment in a rape case. The leader said the BJP has always maintained that whoever commits a crime should be punished. "There is a law in the country and whoever has done mistake or has committed crime, the court has examined and court has given the verdict. It has to be accepted by everybody," Joshi told reporters. When he was told that Congress leaders are alleging that the BJP is keeping mum on the issue because of its Alliance with ...Read More >
New Delhi: Industry leaders welcomed the recently announced GST reforms, which reduce the number of tax slabs, stating that it will make tax compliance easier while also directly benefiting consumers through lower prices. Jharkhand Chamber of Commerce Joint Secretary Navjot Alang Rubal said that the reduction of the number of slabs from four to two under the new GST structure is a highly positive step. According to Rubal, this reform will greatly benefit the middle and lower-income groups as the tax reductions on essential items of daily use will bring a noticeable drop in prices. He furthe ...Read More >
Bengaluru: The High Court on Wednesday directed former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda's grandson Prajwal Revanna, the prime accused in the sexual assault and obscene videos case, to approach the trial court for seeking a second round of bail and directed the lower court to decide the matter in 10 days. Earlier, the trial court and higher courts had outright rejected the bail petitions of Prajwal Revanna, who apart from being the grandson of Deve Gowda is the son of JD(S) MLA and former minister H.D. Revanna. The Bench, headed by Justice S.R. Krishna Kumar passed the order noting that he can ...Read More >
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 3 (ANI): Karnataka Home Minister G Parameshwara on Sunday congratulated the investigation and prosecution teams after a special court sentenced former Janata Dal (Secular) MP Prajwal Revanna to 'imprisonment for the remainder of his natural life' in a rape case on Saturday. 'I would like to first congratulate our team on providing evidence, witnesses and so on, so that the judiciary and judges would take the right decision. I am sure that this has helped the judiciary to take such a historical decision,' Parameshwara told reporters, reacting to the court' ...Read More >