Shanti and her husband Mahendra Simhan, arrested in connection with the POCSO case involving Gem Granites chairman R Veeramani, have approached the Chennai Special POCSO Court seeking bail.
The couple, arrested on August 28 and remanded in Puzhal prison the following day, has argued that there are serious questions surrounding the case and that there is no possibility of them tampering with evidence.
The case was registered on October 7, 2025, during the previous DMK government, after police received a pen drive containing the purported video. The arrests, however, came nearly 11 months later, on August 29, 2026, after the TVK government took office and after the Special POCSO Court rejected the police closure report and ordered further investigation.
Launching a broadside against the BJP and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in the wake of reports that the objections of Election Commissioners, including on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls, were being ignored, Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi has said votes are being stolen, which renders the laws made by MPs illegal.
Addressing a press conference in New Delhi on Thursday, Gandhi termed Kumar a traitor, demanded his resignation and warned that the Congress would not remain silent and watch democracy in India "being destroyed".
Pointing to statements by Home Minister Amit Shah and Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the BJP would remain in power for 30 years and that the NDA would cross 400 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress MP said no political leader could be so confident in a democracy because of "a fundamental force" called anti-incumbency.
VIP chief Mukesh Sahani made a controversial remark in Patna, Bihar, saying that if one murder were to be forgiven, he would shoot Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hit back at Rahul Gandhi's latest allegations of "vote chori", rejecting his argument that the "disappearance" of anti-incumbency in several states is evidence of manipulation of elections and accused the Congress leader of lacking basic understanding of India's electoral history.
BJP national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi responded to the Leader of the Opposition's press conference in New Delhi on Thursday, in which Gandhi levelled serious allegations against the Election Commission and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, following a report by the Indian Express.
A biker fell into a nearly 5-foot-deep pit dug for sewerage work at Gada Puliya near Hanuman Naka in Ujjain. The incident was caught on camera, with the video showing the rider losing balance and plunging into the open excavation. Locals allege the road has been left with inadequate barricading and warning signs for over a week. The incident comes days after another fatal accident involving an open pit in the city, raising fresh questions over safety at construction sites.
After the sexual harassment incident on camera in Bihar's Jamui, another video of a similar horror has surfaced from Samastipur, 131 km away.
In the second incident from Bihar, a group of men on motorcycles surrounded the girl and a boy who was travelling with her on a village road. They abused her verbally and pushed her around the road.
Four accused have been arrested and a first information report has been filed, a senior police officer said.
The video surfaced on Wednesday and the incident is said to have happened in Samastipur's Jagatsinghpur village.
Launching a broadside against the BJP and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in the wake of reports that the objections of Election Commissioners, including on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls, were being ignored, Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi has said votes are being stolen, which renders the laws made by MPs illegal.
Launching a broadside against the BJP and Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in the wake of reports that the objections of Election Commissioners, including on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter rolls, were being ignored, Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi has said votes are being stolen, which renders the laws made by MPs illegal.
Addressing a press conference in New Delhi on Thursday, Gandhi termed Kumar a traitor, demanded his resignation and warned that the Congress would not remain silent and watch democracy in India "being destroyed".
Subrat Manocha has been arrested for allegedly plotting the murder of his father, Vineet Manocha, over financial concerns. The father was killed in his apartment in Kanpur, and investigations led to multiple arrests, including his daughter-in-law Shalu. Police have found evidence indicating Subrat's gambling debts and motive linked to his father's relationships. Initial plans to disguise the murder as accidental were abandoned as the plot unfolded.
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Karnataka chief minister DK Shivakumar stated that water release depends on availability amid halted reservoir inflows. Tamil Nadu has requested its share of Cauvery water due to crop losses triggered by water shortages. The Supreme Court is reviewing Tamil Nadu's plea against Karnataka's claims of drought conditions. Karnataka previously released water despite facing harsh drought conditions and challenges in reservoir levels.
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Manu kept India in the race before handing over to Vithya Ramaraj for the final leg. Vithya, known for her strong anchor legs, made up ground on the final lap and pulled India into second place to seal the silver.
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A viral clip shows a grandmother mastering the Blinkit app to order groceries and household items.
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Instead of quitting, the woman reportedly kept the multi-million-dollar ticket inside, returned to her workplace, and completed her duties.
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