Top News of the day: Priyanka Gandhi, Rajnath Singh trade charges during debate on Constitution; Actor Allu Arjun arrested, let off on interim bail, and more

in The Hindu’s top news of December 13, 2024.

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Friday (December 13, 2024) said had it not been for the Lok Sabha election results, in which the BJP scraped through to victory, the government would have started work on changing the Constitution. Senior BJP Leader Rajnath Singh hit back at the Congress and said the contribution of several leaders in the making of the Constitution was deliberately ignored, asserting that a particular party always tried to “hijack and appropriate” the framing of the Constitution.

Actor Allu Arjun has been detained by Chikadpally police of Hyderabad on Friday (December 13, 2024) morning in connection with the stampede at Sandhya Theatre, at the premiere of Pushpa-2, that claimed a life. A few hours after he was detained, the husband of the woman who died in the stampede at Sandhya Theatre in Hyderabad issued a statement that he is ready to withdraw the complaint lodged with the police. Now, Telangana High Court granted interim bail to actor Allu Arjun and two others who were arrested earlier in the day for four weeks.

The Sealdah court on Friday (December 13, 2024) granted bail to former officer-in-charge of Tala police station Abhijit Mondal and R. G. Kar Medical College and Hospital ex-principal Sandip Ghosh in the rape and murder case of an on-duty doctor. While Mr. Mondal was accused of alleged delay in filing of FIR in the rape and murder of the on-duty doctor at R. G. Kar Hospital on August 9, Mr. Ghosh was accused of tampering of evidence in the case.

The High Court of Karnataka on Friday (December 13, 2024) granted regular bail to seven accused persons, including actors Darshan and Pavithra Gowda in the Renukaswamy kidnap, torture and murder case.

A six-member delegation of Opposition MPs in Rajya Sabha handed over a motion seeking impeachment of Allahabad High Court Judge Justice Shekhar Kumar Yadav, to secretary general of the upper house on Friday (December 13, 2024) morning, accusing him of engaging in “hate speech” and “incitement to communal disharmony” in violation of the Constitution.

The Supreme Court refused the urgent listing of a plea against a Madras High Court decision allowing the Music Academy in Chennai to present an award instituted in the name of M.S. Subbulakshmi to Carnatic singer T.M. Krishna.

Switzerland has withdrawn the Most Favored Nation (MFN) status granted to India following an adverse court ruling against Nestle, a move that will result in adverse tax implications for Indian entities operating in the European nation.