Jagan raps Sonia for ‘playing with lives’
Hyderabad: lashing out at Congress president Sonia Gandhi for “playing with the lives of Telugu people” and “murdering democracy in broad daylight”, YSR Congress chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy called on Telugu people on Saturday to give 30 lok Sabha seats to his party in general elections, so as to stop the division of Andhra Pradesh.
Rape accused Nagar wants lie test
Jaipur: Arrested on rape charges, former Rajasthan Minister Babulal Nagar wants to undergo lie-detector test and has claimed to have had consensual relations with the alleged victim for over three years before a court which Saturday remanded him in CBI custody for three days.
Asaram case: judicial custody extended
Jodhpur: A local court Saturday extended the judicial custody of self-styled godman Asaram Bapu and four co-accused for 12 days in the case of sexually assaulting a minor after the police sought time till November 6 to file the chargesheet.
DIDI calls GJM cadre ‘extortionists’
Darjeeling: A day after the warring Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) reconciled with the West Bengal Government, assuring it would work jointly for development, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday dubbed them as “extortionists”.
Priyanka to visit Rae Bareli tomorrow
lucknow: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will make a two-day visit to her mother and Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s parliamentary constituency Rae Bareli, from coming Monday. This will her second tour to Rae Bareli this month.
RR Patil: No proposal to pardon Sanjay
Mumbai: Quashing speculation, Maharashtra Home Minister RR Patil on Friday asserted he has not received any communication from the central government on the issue of granting a remission of sentence or pardon to incarcerated actor Sanjay Dutt.
Patil said even the actor’s family members, including sister and Congress MP from Mumbai Priya Dutt, have not made any such request.
quake jolts Doda, triggers panic
Jammu: A moderate intensity earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter Scale on Saturday jolted Doda district, particularly Bhaderwah mountainous valley triggering panic among the people. The quake hit the area around 5.34 AM on Saturday, a senior MeT official said. There was no loss of life or damage to property reported from anywhere, they added. The epicentre of earthquake was 12 kms south-east of Bhaderwah in Thathri belt of Doda district.