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New Delhi/Guwahati [India], April 6 (ANI): The BJP on Sunday defended Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma over allegations levelled by Congress against him and his wife even as state Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi sought to keep up the pressure on the BJP leader days ahead of the polling in the northeastern state and sought an investigation. Sarma hit back at the Congress over the allegations levelled by the party's Media and Publicity Department Chairman Pawan Khera and said the "press confe ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said that he will be filing a civil and criminal defamation case against Congress leader Pawan Khera, after the latter accused his wife, Riniki Bhyan Sharma, of holding multiple passports. Addressing a press conference in the national capital, Khera asked, "A sitting CM's wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, is not an Indian citizen today. This is an anti-national activity... who keeps three passports... Hemanta is plan ...Read More >
New Delhi/Guwahati, Apr 5: The Congress, on Sunday, levelled a series of serious allegations against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sarma, accusing the latter of holding multiple foreign passports and failing to disclose overseas assets in election affidavits. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, Congress leader Pawan Khera claimed that documents received by the party from overseas sources indicated that the Chief Minister's wife possessed three "act ...Read More >
The legislation, initiated by chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, amends the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Allowances and Pension of Members) Act, 1971. It effectively bars pension for any MLA disqualified under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution. The bill was passed by voice vote. Leader of opposition Jai Ram Thakur led the charge for the BJP, alleging the amendment was born of "political vendetta" against those who recently exited the ruling party. "This is being done with an ...Read More >
Shimla, April 2: The Himachal Pradesh Assembly has passed a bill to deny pension benefits to legislators disqualified under the anti-defection law, with the treasury and opposition benches engaging in sharp exchanges over its intent and legality. The legislation, piloted by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday, seeks to amend the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Allowances and Pension of Members) Act, 1971, to bar pension benefits for MLAs disqualified under the Tenth Schedul ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], April 2 (ANI): The Himachal Pradesh Assembly has passed a bill to deny pension benefits to legislators disqualified under the anti-defection law, with the treasury and opposition benches engaging in sharp exchanges over its intent and legality. The legislation, piloted by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday, seeks to amend the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Allowances and Pension of Members) Act, 1971, to bar pension benefits for MLAs di ...Read More >
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India], April 2 (ANI): The Himachal Pradesh Assembly has passed a bill to deny pension benefits to legislators disqualified under the anti-defection law, with the treasury and opposition benches engaging in sharp exchanges over its intent and legality. The legislation, piloted by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday, seeks to amend the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly (Allowances and Pension of Members) Act, 1971, to bar pension benefits for MLAs di ...Read More >
Guwahati: Meghalaya Assembly Speaker Thomas A Sangma on Friday refused to allow a discussion on the recent illegal coal mine blast that killed 33 people earlier this month, citing the sub judice provisions under Assembly rules. The move drew strong protests from the Opposition. The Speaker said the matter is pending in court and, therefore, cannot be taken up on the House floor. "I have received that this matter is sub judice and is pending in the court of law. Accordingly, I have taken this d ...Read More >
NC MLA from Banihal, Sajjad Shaheen, demanded a one-hour discussion on the Doda MLA's detention last month under the stringent act. However, BJP MLA from Udhampur East, R S Pathania, said invoking PSA is a district magistrate's prerogative. This led to an uproar from many members from the treasury benches, and the lone Awami Ittehad Party (AIP) MLA from Langate, Sheikh Khursheed. The members were up on their seats. Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather rose from his chair, directing the members to take ...Read More >
Actor Sushant Singh Rajput and Rhea Chakraborty. Actor Sushant Singh Rajput spent Rs ₹16.80 lakh on his girlfriend Rhea Chakraborty during their live-in relationship on his own accord and this expenditure cannot be considered as embezzlement of funds or fraud, the Centre Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has said. The actor, who died by suicide in 2020, was in a live-in-relationship with Rhea from April 2018 to June 2020. It was on Sushant's request that his manager Shruti Modi booked tickets for ...Read More >
Afroz was arrested on January 19 and sent to judicial custody. Sambhal, UP: Police on Wednesday invoked the stringent National Security Act against the alleged mastermind behind last year's communal violence here over a court-ordered survey of a Mughal-era mosque in the district. Mulla Afroz, who is currently lodged in jail, has been booked under the NSA following an order by the district magistrate on October 13. The action was confirmed by Sambhal Superintendent of Police Krishan Kumar Bish ...Read More >
New Delhi/Jodhpur, Oct 8 (PTI) Speeches and lectures delivered by climate activist Sonam Wangchuk have been quoted out of context and wrongly translated from Ladakhi to suit the "anti-national narrative" in his detention order, his wife Gitanjali J Angmo said on Wednesday. She also asserted that the charges against Wangchuk are "frivolous" and will be challenged in court. Accompanied by lawyer Ritam Khare, Angmo met Wangchuk on Tuesday and received a copy of the detention order. Talking to PT ...Read More >
Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty has issued a strong rebuttal through her legal team after reports surfaced alleging that she received Rs 15 crore from her husband, businessman Raj Kundra, nearly a decade ago in connection with a financial transaction under investigation by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW), Mumbai. She issued a statement via her lawyer and has categorically denied the reports, calling them 'totally fake and mischievous.' She also accused certain media outlets of deliberately doi ...Read More >
Mumbai: Actress Shilpa Shetty Kundra's legal representative has quashed reports of her receiving an amount to the tune of Rs 15 crore from her husband Raj Kundra almost 10 years ago, which was said to be under the scanner of the Economic Offence Wing (EOW). As per media reports, Rs 15 crore is a part of the alleged Rs 60 crore fraud money transferred to a company allegedly owned by the actress. The actress's lawyer, Prashant Patil, has called such reports "totally fake" and mischievous in natu ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court's prima facie endorsement of non-arbitrariness of provisions of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, was principally based on a 100-year history of mismanagement and misappropriation of sprawling properties and valuable assets donated for charity by benevolent Muslims and the remedial regulations enacted since 1923.A bench of CJI B R Gavai and Justice A G Masih traced more than 100 years of documented history relating to regulation of waqfs starting from the Waqf Act of 1 ...Read More >
Following Bombay High Court directives regarding Manoj Jarange's Maratha quota protest, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis assured implementation. The court noted prima facie violations by protesters lacking valid permission, urging the government to initiate legal steps and prevent further entry of protesters into the city. The administration will implement the Bombay High Court directives on Manoj Jarange-led Maratha quota protest, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Monday. This assuranc ...Read More >
Jammu, Aug 1: Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has stated that "No Objection Certificate" has not been issued to its soldier Munir Ahmed for marrying a Pakistan national. The Force has also described the dismissal order of Munir Ahmed as "correct as per rules and in order" and has sought rejection of the writ petition filed by him (Munir). In its objections filed in the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh at Jammu on July 29, 2025, in the matter of Munir Ahmed versus Union of India and ...Read More >
Moradabad (UP), Aug 1 (PTI) The Moradabad district administration has cancelled the allotment of a government bungalow granted to former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav. The Samajwadi Party (SP) has been asked to vacate the premises within 30 days. The bungalow, located in the posh Civil Lines area near the Police Training College (PTC II), was allotted to the SP patriarch 31 years ago. Spread across nearly 1,000 square meters on Nazul land, the property serves as the local S ...Read More >
Mumbai: A special court, in its acquittal order in the 2008 Malegaon blast case, has highlighted a running battle between the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and the National Investigation Agency (NIA), pointing out stark contradictions in their probe. In the over 1,000-page order, the judge noted that the ATS's charge sheet claimed the explosive device with RDX was fitted in a house in Pune which was in sharp contrast to the NIA's finding that the device was fitted to a motorbike in Ind ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has said that it would be extremely harsh for the courts of law to expect the child to flourish in an alien household where his own biological father is akin to a stranger to him, while reversing its 2024 order to hand over a 12-year-old boy's custody to his father. The apex court said mother remains a great source of comfort and safety to the minor child. A bench comprising justices Vikram Nath and Prasanna B Varale said a father-son relation can only be fostered p ...Read More >
A young woman named Oleti Pushpa (22) was killed by her live-in partner Sheikh Shamma (22) in the Ambedkar Konaseema region of Andhra Pradesh, reported India Today. She was living with Sheikh for the past 6 months after she separated from her spouse. The incident took place in Siddhartha Nagar, B Savaram village of Rajolu mandal on 16th July. Shamma reportedly accused Pushpa of having affairs with other men. He forced her to engage in prostitution and frequently instigated fights with her when ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Ahead of the Bihar assembly elections, Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) president Chirag Paswan received a death threat on social media, his party spokesperson Rajesh Bhatt said on Friday. Bhatt also filed a complaint at the Cyber Police Station in Patna in the matter. As per the written complaint, the death threat was issued by an Instagram user under the name 'Tiger Meraj Idisi'. 'The threat was issued due to Paswan's growing popularity. T ...Read More >
Kolkata: Ticking off the National Commission for Women (NCW) for its "interference" in an ongoing criminal investigation, Calcutta High Court on Friday told the commission clearly: "You can carry on your own investigations, but how can you ask police to add sections or ask them to probe in a certain manner?"Justice Tirthankar Ghosh told NCW: "This is interference. You do your investigations; I have nothing to do with it. I will not interfere with your investigations. But tell me who can interfer ...Read More >
Guwahati: Eighteen Bangladeshis, living without valid documents in Assam, were pushed back Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. He said the pushbacks were done from the Cachar and Sribhumi districts. "Oh look who's going back to their home? In Assam, we welcome guests with open arms but those trying to illegally prolong their stay are treated with the special gesture of PUSHBACK," Sarma said in a post on X. Sarma earlier said, "Our push back is a daily affair, we spot them in the zero lin ...Read More >
Mysuru: Deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar sought blessings at Chamundeshwari temple atop Chamundi Hills and later said that while "efforts may fail, but not prayers", signalling his ambition for the state's top post remains undimmed despite Siddaramaiah reaffirming that he would stay chief minister for a full five-year term.Joined by family on Ashada Friday, widely considered auspicious, Shivakumar offered puja to the deity and underlined his faith in divine intervention. "I prayed to the Godd ...Read More >
Kolkata: Two habeas corpus petitions were filed in Calcutta High Court on Friday against Odisha Police for "illegal detention" of migrant workers from Bengal.Trinamool MP and chairman of West Bengal Migrant Workers' Welfare Board Samirul Islam said the parents of two workers filed the petitions to bring the detainees before the HC. "Bengali-speaking people were detained in Odisha since June 25 while the country was observing 50 years of Emergency," Islam said.On Thursday, Bengal chief secretary ...Read More >
Srinagar, July 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) State Investigation Agency (SIA) of J&K Police on Thursday carried out searches at the premises of two suspects in Anantnag district in connection with the non-local killing case. A statement by SIA said that these searches were carried out as part of an ongoing investigation into the brutal killing of Raja Sah on April 17, 2024, in Bijbehara. The searches aimed to uncover critical evidence to unravel the conspiracy behind this heinous crime and identify accom ...Read More >
Kochi, July 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) In an interesting move, the Kerala High Court judge, hearing the case where the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) raised objections over the use of the name 'Janaki' in the film starring Union Minister of State for Tourism Suresh Gopi, has decided to see the film on Saturday. The film was to have been released on June 27 but with the CBFC opposing 'Janaki' in the title, it's been held up with the censor board submitting that the current title of the film ...Read More >
New Delhi, Jun 6 (PTI) The Delhi Police has lodged an FIR against "anti-social elements" for allegedly spreading misinformation regarding slum demolitions on a complaint by the DUSIB, a statement from the government said. Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta had earlier issued an order to take strict legal action against those spreading misinformation about the demolition drive. Also Read | Bengaluru Stampede: Police Complaint Lodged Against Virat Kohli Over Stampede Tragedy Near Chinnaswamy Stadi ...Read More >
Mumbai: The Supreme Court has expressed serious concern over the prolonged pendency of landlord-tenant disputes and has urged the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court to examine the matter and take corrective action to ensure timely resolution. A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol and Manoj Misra, while hearing two cross-appeals stemming from a December 2024 Bombay HC judgment, called for a detailed report on the period of pendency in such matters across courts under the HC's jurisdiction. The to ...Read More >
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