Dilemma over serving notice to Naidu
The Hindu
TDP files complaint against Minister Appalaraju
The Kurnool I Town circle inspector who had gone to Hyderabad to serve a notice to Telugu Desam Party president Nara Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday morning returned to the city on the instructions of the higher officials in the Police Department and the dilemma is continuing whether to serve the notice or not. Meanwhile, Telugu Desam Party State secretary P. Ravi Kumar and another leader D. James filed two separate complaints in I Town and III Town police stations alleging that Animal Husbandry Minister Sidiri Appalaraju had spoken in a similar way in a TV debate prior to Mr. Chandrababu Naidu about the presence of N440K COVID virus and that it was 10 to 15 times more virulent than other variants. Following this, the official is believed to have been asked not to serve the notice to Mr. Naidu, as a similar action would be required against the Minister. Also, the maintainability of the case in the courts was being checked and it is learnt the police were asked to wait till further orders on this. None in the Kurnool police department spoke about the serving of the notice to Mr. Naidu.“We are judges and therefore, cannot act like Mughals of a bygone era ... the writ courts in the guise of doing justice cannot transcend the barriers of law,” the High Court of Karnataka observed while setting aside an order of a single judge, who in 2016 had extended the lease of a public premises allotted to a physically challenged person to 20 years contrary to 12-year period stipulated in the law.
The High Court of Karnataka on Monday declined to interfere, at present, in the investigation against a Bharatiya Janata Party worker, who is among the accused persons facing charges of circulating obscene clips, related to “morphed” images and videos clips related to Prajwal Revanna, former Hassan MP, in public domain through pen drives and other modes.
The 16th edition of Bhoomi Habba was held on June 8, at the Visthar campus. The festival drew a vibrant crowd who came together to celebrate eco-consciousness through a variety of engaging activities, creative workshops, panel discussions, interactive exhibits and performances, all centered around this year’s theme: “Save Water, Save Lives.”