The Supreme Court on Friday held activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan guilty of contempt for his two derogatory tweets against the judiciary. A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra said it might hear on August 20 the arguments on quantum of sentence to be awarded to Bhushan within the matter. A contemnor are often punished with simple imprisonment for a term which can extend up to 6 months or with a fine of up to Rs 2,000 or with both. The apex court had on August 5 reserved its verdict within the matter after Bhushan had defended his tweets, saying they were…
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After the Editors Guild of India issued a statement condemning the attack on media personnel in New Delhi and Bengaluru on 11th August, Suvarna News has issued a statement slamming the Editors Guild for spreading fake news. Suvarna News has clarified that its journalists were not attacked by police as alleged by the Editors Guild, but they came under the attack of Muslim mob that had attacked two police stations in Bengaluru in reaction a Facebook post by Naveen, the nephew of Congress MLA R Akhanda Srinivasmurthy. The mob had alleged that Naveen had caused blasphemy against the prophet Muhammad,…
Another attempt to flare up communal tension has been reported from Shringeri in Karnataka’s Chikamangaluru district. The town is home to the Daksinamnaya Sharada Peetham, one of the four centres of Advaita philosophy estabilished by Adi Shankaracharya and is considered one of the most sacred places for Hindu faith. On Wednesday, in an attempt to disturb communal harmony in the area, some miscreants had put up an Islamic flag with text written in Arabic on the statue of Adi Shankaracharya in the holy city of Sringeri. According to the reports, the residents and the devotees of the city came to…
https://www.instagram.com/p/CDzVIzRFI5I/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Kangana Ranaut demanded a CBI probe in Sushant Singh Rajput death case. Kangana Ranaut has taken to Twitter to demand a CBI enquiry in Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case. She shared a video of her holding a placard that reads, “Justice for Sushant #CBI for SSR.” In the clip, the actress demands a CBI probe in the matter and says that ‘we deserve to know the truth.’ Kangana tagged Sushant’s ex-girlfriend Ankita Lokhande and his sister Shweta Singh Kriti in the post. She also questioned Mumbai Police and Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut in her post. The caption read…
WITH India’s tally of confirmed novel coronavirus cases crossed the 24-lakh mark on Thursday with just Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu collectively reporting over 15,000 fresh cases of Covid-19. As per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s Covid-19 dashboard, last updated at 8 am on August 13, active cases in India stood at 6,53,622 on Thursday morning. Similarly, 16,95,982 patients had been discharged after recovering from the infection while 47,033 had succumbed to it. The MoHFW’s dashboard will reflect the fresh cases reported on Thursday along with additional recoveries and casualties only on the morning of August 14. The…
With CBI taking over Sushant Singh Rajput’s death case last week, the investigation now revolves around the late actor’s former partner Rhea Chakraborty and her family. The CBI has registered a case against Rhea and others. The case came after Sushant’s father KK Singh lodged an FIR in Patna last month against the actor and her family members alleging abetment of suicide. The FIR filed by Patna police invokes IPC Sections 306 (abetment of suicide), 341 (wrongful restraint), 342 (wrongful confinement), 380 (theft in dwelling house), 406 (criminal breach of trust) 506 (criminal intimidation),120B (criminal conspiracy) and 420 (cheating). Simultaneously,…
Six MLAs who shifted from Mayawati’s party to the Congress in Rajasthan have been asked by the former party to vote against the Ashok Gehlot government during the trust vote, which, sources said, is likely to be held on Friday. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on Thursday issued a whip to the party leaders, warning them that they will face action if they defy the order. Earlier in the day, the six MLAs were allowed to participate in the vote in the after the Supreme Court, which was hearing a BJP MLA’s petition for a temporary freeze on the merger,…
A bipartisan group of two powerful American senators on Thursday introduced a resolution in the Senate condemning China’s aggression towards India to change the status quo at the Line of Actual Control between the two Asian giants. The resolution by Senator John Cornyn, who is the Republican Senate Majority Whip, and Senator Mark Warner, who is ranking member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, follows instances of Chinese military forces harassing Indian patrols as well as increased troop deployments and infrastructure construction in contested areas. Cornyn and Warner are Co-Chairs of the Senate India Caucus. “As a co-founder of…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become the longest-serving non-Congress prime minister in India. PM Modi has surpassed BJP leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee who served 2,268 days in Prime Minister’s Office, all his terms put together. PM Modi, who first took an oath to Prime Minister’s Office on May 26, 2014, has also become the fourth longest-serving Indian prime minister. India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru holds the distinction of serving the longest at the country’s top post. He was in office from the day Indian got independence on August 15, 1947, to the day of his death on May 27,…
India and Nigeria signed an agreement on space cooperation on Thursday, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan said. Calling Nigeria India’s close friend and therefore the largest trading partner in Africa, Muraleedharan said the MoU is another milestone within the relations of the 2 countries. “Glad to hitch minister @Dr_OgbonnayaOnu within the signing ceremony of India-Nigeria MoU on space cooperation. Nigeria is our close friend and largest trading partner in Africa. This MoU is another milestone in India-Nigeria relations,” he said during a tweet. In a statement, the External Affairs Ministry said the Memorandum of Understanding between India…