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OMAR HElICOPTER MADE EMERGENCY lANDING

Jammu: The State helicopter carrying Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah made an emergency landing in Kishtwar on Thursday afternoon after it developed a technical snag while returning to Srinagar.

temporary bail to Babu Bajrangi

Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court on Thursday granted two days temporary bail to Babu Bajrangi, sentenced to life imprisonment in the 2002 Naroda Patiya riot case, as his wife is undergoing a surgery. A division bench of Justices MR Shah and SH Vora allowed Bajrangi’s plea, filed and argued by his son Viren Babubhai Patel.

defamation case: TN Opp leader surrenders 

Chennai: The leader of the Opposition and founder of the DMDK Vijayakant surrendered before Tirunelveli Judicial Magistrate on Thursday. On Wednesday, Judicial Magistrate Kamalawati had issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against Vijayakant for his failure to appear before the court in connection with a defamatory case filed by the Jayalalithaa Government.

Singer draws Ulfa ire by singing Hindi song

Guwahati: Assam’s popular singer Zubeen Garg has invited criticism by defying the diktat of the militant outfit — United liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa), which had warned all the singers and artistes of the state not to sing Hindi songs or perform on Hindi tunes during the Rongali Bihu festival, which got underway from April 14.

bail plea in Mecca Masjid blast rejected

Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh High Court has rejected the bail petition of the two accused of Mecca Masjid blast case lokesh Sharma and Devender Gupta. Disposing off the petition filed by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), a division bench comprising Justice KC Bhanu and Justice Ramachandra Rao rejected the bail granted to the duo by Nampally court in Hyderabad.

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