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Madras High Court grants bail to junior
seer in murder case
What is India News Service,
Thursday, 10 February 2005, 1700 hrs IST
The Madras High Court on Thursday granted bail to Kanchi junior seer Vijayendra Saraswathi in the Sankararaman murder case.
Granting the bail Justice M Thanikachalam directed vijayendra Saraswathy to furnish a personal bond for Rs 50,000 with two sureties for like amount, to reside in Chennai, report at the thousand lights police station every Sunday and surrender his passport.
On February 1 the junior pontiff had filed a bail application in the Madras High Court seeking bail, which was denied to him by a Chengalpattu sessions court.
In his bail application, Vijayendra who was taken into custody on January 10, the day when senior pontiff Jayendra Saraswathi, the prime accused in the case, was release on bail by the Supreme Court, said the dismissal of his bail plea by the principal sessions Judge Chengalpattu had been done without "properly appreciating the
fact, circumstances and judgment of the Supreme Court".
Nanavati
submits report on anti-Sikh riots: Retired Supreme Court judge G.T. Nanavati, inquiring into the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, today submitted his findings to Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil.
Air force to buy 40 LCA from HAL:
The first LCA was expected to be delivered in 2008 and the LCA induction into the Airforce would take place in the 2010-2012 time frame, Air Chief Marshal S P Tyagi said.
Attack on Geelani: SC seeks report:
The Supreme Court while hearing appeals in the Parliament attack case today sought report from the Delhi police about its investigation into the yesterday\92s attack on college Lecturer S.A.R. Geelani.
CBI nets Anees in Gutkha case:
The Central Bureau of Investigation CBI has registered a case against Dawood's brother on charges of extortion.
Navy all set to acquire Orion P3-Cs:
India is looking to procure eight to 12 units of the Orion P3-C, the maritime surveillance and anti-submarine warfare aircraft made by the US company Lockheed Martin, and a team with representatives from the company, the US Navy and the US government, will be in New Delhi next week for \93price and availability\94 talks.
Girija Vyas new NCW chairperson:
The Congress leader, Girija Vyas, has been appointed chairperson of the National Commission for Women. She replaces Poornima Advani, who completed her tenure on January 24.
States
Waving 30-yr-old order, YSR transfers 3,000 cops to please TRS:
Conceding an old demand of ally Telangana Rashtra Samiti and sending out a clear signal that it would continue to keep anti-Naxal operations on hold, the YSR Reddy government today decided to send some 3,150 to their home districts.
Cook stabs top hotelier to death in Chennai:
K Manickyaraja Ballal Moodibidri (70), Managing Director of Palmgrove and Ashoka Hotels in Chennai and Ballal Residency in Bangalore, died here in the early hours of Wednesday, due to injuries sustained in a knife attack in his hotel on Tuesday.
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Prime accused in Kislay kidnapping shot:
Dreaded gangster Vicky Thakur, prime accused in the kidnapping of DPS student Kislay Gupta, was killed in an encounter with the police here a day after the arrest of three members of the Chunnu Thakur gang.
Student kidnapped
from Faridabad:
The Bihar scare of abduction and kidnapping of school students seems to have reached this
Haryana district also. The parents of a nine-years-old student of DAV School at Hodal Town, 60 km from here, got a shock this morning when someone on the telephone told them to pay Rs 15 lakh for safe return of their son, who is reportedly missing since February 7.
Birds of steel present spell-binding show:
The display of air-to-air refuelling of two Mirage fighters for the first time at an Indian airshow was one of the highlights of the inaugural show at Aero India
2005 in Bangalore.
Four burnt alive in slum fire:
Four persons, including a woman and a girl, were burnt alive at Singareni Colony in
Hyderabad today in a monster fire accident that reduced more than 3,000 hutments to ashes.
Police investigate new MMS clip:
Police say it is clear that the video was shot by a third person from a close angle.
Neighbours
On the run from King, Maoists sneak into India:
The royal coup in Nepal is turning out to be a security nightmare for New Delhi with the Sashastra Seema Bal, responsible for the 1,754 km-long border, confirming that at least 40 Maoists have crossed into
India.
Nepal King frees seven leaders: Two former PMs are among those released but key leaders remain under house arrest.
View from abroad
Desi NYPD cop sues sergeant:
A retired policewoman has charged a New York Police Department (NYPD) sergeant with treating her like a maid because of her Indian background.
Overall
Junior seer got bail in murder case: The Madras High Court overturned a
sessions judgment and said Vijayendra Saraswati could be freed on bail.
Air Force said it would buy planes from HAL: The first light aircraft
will be delivered in 2008.
Desi policewoman sued boss: She said a New York police sergeant had treated
her like a maid because of her racial origins.
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