‘Well connected”, Anishka told Amruta, claims police

Bookie’s daughter claims father was in contact with Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray father is regularly in contact with Sharad Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray, he will give the video to them”. custody till April 3. The accused, Dhakad Ram who is a resident of Luni in the Jodhpur district of Rajasthan was arrested Sunday and handed over to Mumbai Police. l Islamabad High Court has granted bail to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan in seven cases registered against him in the wake of March 18 clashes at Federal Judicial Complex (FJC).

First India Bureau Mumbai: Designer Anishka Jaisinghani in one of her messages to Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s wife Amruta had claimed that her father was in regular contact with NCP supremo Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray, police told a court here on Monday.

The police also told court there is possibility of involvement of various political personalities in the conspiracy, which needed to be probed.

Prosecution made this claim while opposing Anishka’s bail plea, however, her bail plea was allowed on Monday by Additional Sessions Judge DD Almale.

Can I be kept behind bars only because the Deputy CM’s wife has lodged a case against me. Can a daughter be kept behind bars only because there are a number of cases against my father.

Transgressions may trigger escalations with China: Gen Pande

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Pune: Chief of Army Staff General Manoj Pande on Monday said transgressions remain the potential trigger for escalations along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) with China and asserted India has adequate reserves and was prepared to deal with any contingency.

He said China has accrued significant capacities for force mobilization, application, and sustenance of military operations and maintained the long-pending boundary issue can not be divorced from bilateral relations between the two Asian giants.

—Advocates in court gh and Manan Sanghai contended the sole allegation against Anishka is demand for money.

U nion Minister Anurag Thakur hit out Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi, saying it was out of “arrogance” that she compared the Gandhi family with the dynasty of Lord Ram. On Sunday, Priyanka criticised BJP for labelling Congress as a “dynastic” party.

Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday said that Congress’ leaders came in black clothes in the Parliament, questioning, “Do they want to disrespect the law?” “Congress is so demoralised that now it has to take...support of black magic,” Goyal said.

While opposing bail bail on Monday, special public prosecutor Ajay Misar, cited some of the messages sent by the accused to the deputy CM’s wife.

As per the prosecution, in one the messages, Anishka said ‘You do not know my father’ ..My father is well connected with so and so, so and so,... My

Further, prosecution submitted it was a planned deep-rooted conspiracy and that Anishka had dared to take a video in a high security place.

All these aspects need to be probed, prosecution said opposing her bail and also stressing there is also the risk of the accused absconding if given bail.

However, defence lawyers Mrigendra Sin-

Anishka doesn’t hold any office of profit for a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act, the defence lawyers argued.

“Can I be kept behind bars only because the Deputy CM’s wife has lodged a case against me. Can a daughter be kept behind bars only because there are a number of cases against my father,” the advocates said in court.

Speaking at the 2nd Strategic Dialogue on ‘Rise of China and its Implications for the World’, organized by the Savitribai Phule Pune University and the New Delhi-based Centre for China Analysis and Strategy, General Pande said Chinese attempts to carry out transgressions across LAC in violations of past agreements remain a matter of concern, but Army’s preparedness remains of a high order.

9 Of Family Charged For Harassment Over Dowry

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Thane: Nine members of a family, including the husband and his mother, have been charged with a criminal offense by the Navi Mumbai police for allegedly subjecting a 37-year-old homemaker to dowry-related torture, according to authorities.