Controversies News

A lawyer in Bihar lodged a case against Sachin Tendulkar and the Prime Minister on Tuesday over the cricketer's selection ahead of hockey legend Dhyanchand for Bharat Ratna. SK Ojha, the petitioner, has blamed the accused for hurting peoples' sentiments by the decision. The case will be heard on December-10 with JD(U) MP Shivanand Tiwari appearing as the petitioner's witness.

A PIL opposing Bharat Ratna for Sachin Tendulkar was rejected by the Madras high court on Tuesday. In the petition, advocate Kanagasabai had stated that Bharat Ratna could be conferred only for contribution in arts, literature and science. The court rejected the PIL as the Centre had already relaxed the criteria on Nov-16, 2011 to include persons from any field.

Stating it a mere act of publicity, the Allahabad High Court on Thursday dismissed the PILs filed by two students challenging Bharat Ratna to Dr CNR Rao. Though the court left them with a caution, the court said that such type of PILs shall not be entertained but should be dismissed with heavy cost.

On the second day of Agenda Aaj Tak 2013, activist Anna Hazare said, "Kejriwal is not allowed to share stage with me. No person from a party can share stage with me." He added, "Kejriwal did not betray me. But I feel the movement has reached a critical point and it was not right to come out with a party."

While participating in a discussion in the Maharashtra legislative council on Friday, senior BJP leader Vinod Tawde alleged that actor Sanjay Dutt is being provided rum and beer every day in prison. Tawde alleged some police officers for helping the convicted actor. Criminals do not fear the law as they can get every other facility in jail, claimed Tawde.

The Andhra Pradesh High Court on Monday asked Telugu film actors Mohan Babu and Brahmanandam to return their Padma Shri awards for violation of rules accompanying them. The recipients had used the title of Padma Shri as prefix in the credits of the controversial film Denikina Ready (2012). The matter is posted for further hearing on Dec-30.

Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has stoked a controversy after he refused to cover his bare head inside a gurudwara on Thursday evening, citing poor health as a reason. The Gurudwara Parbandhak Committee after the visit of Nitish had expressed its anger at the incident claiming that the CM had disrespected their "Guru".

Phorum Ruparel, the complainant in the Mumbai accident case involving an Aston Martin owned by Reliance Industries Limited, has denied receiving any compensation from Ambanis, as she replaced her damaged Audi-4 with the latest model, the Audi-6, worth over Rs.40 lakh. While Ruparel's mother said it was purchased from their own money, Ruparel said the insurance company replaced her car.

Taking a rather accommodative view of the Aam Aadmi Party, PM Manmohan Singh Friday said, “People of India have reposed confidence in the AAP in Delhi. I think we must respect the democratic process.” Reacting to this, BJP leader Arun Jaitley said, “The PM’s kindness towards them (AAP) makes one wonder what is really going on.”

After facing criticism from political parties and supporters, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday decided not to take up the two five-bedroom duplex flats allotted to him. "Since yesterday my friends, supporters have been saying I should not move into the five-bedroom flat. I am asking the government to look for smaller accommodation for me," Kejriwal said.