KANPUR: An FIR has been lodged against four people for allegedly assaulting the Naraini SDM in Uttar Pradesh‘s Banda district after he confronted them for mining sand illegally and seized two loaded trucks on Sunday night.After social media claimed that BJP MLA from Banda Sadar, Prakash Dwivedi, too assaulted the SDM, Amit Shukla, for refusing…
DCM Shivakumar and CM Siddaramaiah NEW DELHI/BENGALURU: The much-anticipated meeting on Tuesday between the Congress high command, CM Siddaramaiah and DCM DK Shivakumar to discuss alleged lapses that led to the stampede outside cricket stadium resulted in putting up a united front with the party leadership backing its govt. However, the main takeaway from the…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday slammed the Enforcement Directorate over Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation (Tasmac) raids in connection with financial irregularities and said that the ED is crossing all limits.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India B R Gavai and Justice A G Masih, expressed strong concerns about ED’s actions, repeating thrice…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday rejected Madhya Pradesh minister Vijay Shah’s apology for his controversial remarks against Army officer Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, terming the statement a national embarrassment.“The entire nation is shamed by the minister’s statement,” the apex court said, instructing Vijay Shah to redeem himself through a genuine apology or an appropriate…
NEW DELHI: Taking serious objection to Congress MP Rahul Gandhi‘s remarks against V D Savarkar, Supreme Court virtually gagged him on Friday, warning him of suo motu action if he derided the freedom fighter and Hindutva proponent in the future. “…This is not the way you treat our freedom fighters,” Justice Dipankar Datta said.A bench…
JAMMU: The Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh high court has expressed strong displeasure over the appointment of an IAS officer against whom CBI has sought prosecution sanction in the arms licences scam case as the commissioner/secretary of the General Administration Department (GAD).Questioning the appointment of M Raju, whose name figures in the CBI chargesheet in…
The uproar against Allahbadia is part of a larger pattern where comedians have frequently faced the law for their content. NEW DELHI: A crude joke on India’s Got Latent, a show hosted by comedian Samay Raina, has landed YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia—popularly known as BeerBiceps—into legal trouble. His comment about parents and sex, which went viral…
Supreme Court on Ranveer Allahbadia. NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed displeasure on the remarks of national award winner Ranveer Allahabadia during his guest appearance on a comedy show ‘India’s Got Latent.’ The top court asked Allahabadia’s lawyer representing Allahabadia what the parameters are of obscenity and vulgarity.The SC granted interim protection to…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court has pulled up the investigating officer for allegedly implicating the accused using a “manipulated video” in a February 2020 riots case and asked the police commissioner to take note. Further, additional sessions judge Pulastya Pramachala rapped the police official for his “unprofessional conduct” in clubbing six complaints in the case…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Friday asked chief secretary and police chief of Punjab why contempt proceedings be not initiated against them for non-compliance of its Dec 20 order for hospitalisation of farmer Jagjit Singh Dallewal, who is on a fast-on-to-death at Shambhu border for almost a month.Holding a rare vacation bench during winter break, a…