YSR Congress president YS Jaganmohan Reddy's hopes of an early release from jail on bail were dashed with the Central Bureau of Investigation special court in Hyderabad rejecting his bail plea on Friday.
The Congress on Wednesday demanded a thorough probe into 'discrepancies' found in some Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) during the counting of votes of the Haryana assembly polls and demanded that such EVMs should be sealed and secured pending the inquiry.
BCCI CEO Rahul Johri will need to get assurances from all the state associations that there will be no disruption in organisation of cricket matches under aegis of the board, the Supreme Court-appointed Lodha Committee said on Wednesday.
The Congress top brass headed by party chief Mallikarjun Kharge held a review meeting on Thursday on the party's shock defeat in the Haryana assembly polls and discussed the possible reasons for the 'unexpected' results.
Sources said the leaders during the meeting discussed the possible reasons for the "unexpected" results in Haryana and decided to set up the team to ascertain the reasons behind such results and also look into complaints of "discrepancies" in EVMs, as alleged by party candidates.
Ahead of the Haryana Assembly polls, the Congress on Wednesday announced seven guarantees, including the promises of a legal guarantee for minimum support price (MSP) and a caste survey, if voted to power.
A Bengaluru court on Wednesday reserved orders on the anticipatory bail applications of former Karnataka chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and his family members apprehending arrest in the illegal mining case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation against them.
Babaria said he offered his resignation to the high command soon after the result of the Haryana assembly polls came out last week but no decision has been communicated to him over the matter.
Though there has been a decline in violence in Jammu and Kashmir since 1995, infiltration in the troubled state has gone up after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, the state Director General Ashok Bhan said. Bhan said there was a noticeable trend that whenever there was a decline in Pakistan-sponsored terror strikes in Jammu and Kashmir, there was a spurt in terror attacks in other parts of the country.
The Congress has said the assembly polls results were "unexpected" and have alleged discrepancies in the EVMs in some seats.
A bench of Justices Ashok Bhan and Dalveer Bhandari also ordered that the trial would be held on a day-to-day basis and completed within six months.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday told the Karnataka high court that there was a prima facie case against former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa and his kin in the illegal mining case, which required their custodial interrogation.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday sought 14-day custody of Kadapa MP Jagan Mohan Reddy, saying it needed to further question him in the disproportionate assets case.
Loudspeakers cannot be used during the immersion of idols.
Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini has reached out to the SCs and the poor with the accelerated implementation of various schemes, especially the B R Ambedkar housing scheme.
A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhan said the Railway staff should not carry out their duties in a mechanical manner and directed its administration to pay Rs 50,000 to an IAS officer who lost his bag in Rajdhani Express.
However, the number of persons accompanying the VIPs would be restricted.
In a ruling that would bring cheers to thousands of customers, the National Consumer Commission has ruled that banks cannot unilaterally change its schemes as it might amount to 'deficiency of service.'
The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday ordered a major police reshuffle involving 61 senior officers at various levels. The state cabinet met Srinagar for the first time after the cabinet expansion and recent agitation against the rape and murder of two young women in south Kashmir's Shopian town, which has kept the valley on the boil since May 30.
The Supreme Court is hearing writ petitions challenging the dissolution of the Bihar assembly.
The case involves controversial former Uttar Pradesh minister Amarmani Tripathy.
The Supreme Court on Monday admitted a petition filed by Jet Airways raising the issue whether pilots are workmen and if they can claim benefits under the provisions of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947.
Air India has overcome the legal hurdle to slash the number of its cabin crew on board as the apex court has dismissed a petition filed by Air India Cabin Crew Association challenging the national carrier's decision.A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhan dismissed the petition saying that the association had been consulted before working out such an arrangement.
The court also reiterated its earlier directive putting a ban on bursting of crackers late at night during Diwali and other festivals.
A bench comprising Justices Ashok Bhan and V S Sirpurkar also agreed to consider the plea of Additional Solicitor General Gopala Subramanium whether the matter should be referred to the five-judge Constitution bench or not.
Prasar Bharti were restrained from interfering with the telecast of the tri-series cricket in Sri Lanka, the US Open tennis, the hockey World Cup as the exclusive telecast rights are with Ten Sports.
The SC directed Doordarshan to carry "uninterrupted feed" of the ODI matches between India and Pakistan from Ten Sports
CBI has alleged that Tripathi and his wife Madhumani allegedly conspired to eliminate her as she was carrying Amarmani's child with whom she had developed an intimate relationship.
However, the Supreme Court said that the power to relax the ban could not be delegated by the state governments to other authorities.
The Act was passed by Parliament and given assent to by the President in 1995.
The apex court has upheld a Haryana legislation disqualifying a gram panchayat member from becoming a sarpanch if he or she had more than two living children.
The trial of the case was earlier shifted from Uttar Pradesh to Dehradun on the direction of the apex court.
The cricketer's former management firm has appealed against him forging a tie-up with tennis player Mahesh Bhupathi's firm.
Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the Gujarat government sought the relaxation for two hours from 10:00 pm till midnight during the Navratras on the use of laudspeaker for the garba dance, for which the state is famous.
The court said in case of any delay, the state will have to take steps to take Amarmani and his wife Madhumani in custody.
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