Engineering students among seven held for smuggling ganja in Kadapa
The Hindu
Acting on a tip-off, the Kadapa district police arrested seven ganja smugglers under CK Dinne police limits on Friday.
Acting on a tip-off, the Kadapa district police arrested seven ganja smugglers under CK Dinne police limits on Friday.
Police seized 21 kg of contraband along with two motorcycles and four mobile phones from the possession of the accused. The gang was found to have smuggled the ganja from Khammam to Kadapa district via Chennai.
“The involvement of engineering students from Chennai in the crime is a matter of grave concern,” Superintendent of Police K.K.N. Anburajan said while presenting the accused before the media. The accused were identified as Tirupati Venkatasiva Reddy of Hyderabad, V. Rahul, Gangi Reddy Hari Prasad, Mallikarjuna Reddy, Palagiri Pavan, Pratap and Narasimhulu, all from Guntur.
“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.”