Odisha: BJP fields Pradip Purohit for Padampur bypoll

Justice Girish Kathpalia dismissed the bail plea after considering the testimony of Nidhi, who was riding pillion on the scooter being driven by the deceased at the time of the incident, as well as CCTV footage of the incident.

Justice G K Ilanthiraiyan reserved the order after hearing Senior Advocate V Raghavachari, appearing for Sethupathi, who led arguments on the application.

The interim order and dispute have triggered a broader political row as leaders from Congress and BJP also weighed in on the ongoing tensions.

The Chief Guest of the program flagged off the bike yatra from Varanasi to his birthplace, Vadnagar, organised at Rudraksh International Cooperation and Conference Centre, Sigra, on Thursday. The program was started by lighting the lamp by Naidu, Union Food Processing Minister Chirag Paswan and garlanding the statues of Shyama Prasad Mukherjee and Pt. Deendayal Upadhyay.

In an official order, the Election Commission directed that neither of the two groups led by Roy and Banerjee shall be permitted to use the name of the party “All India Trinamool Congress” simpliciter.