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Time of India
38 minutes ago
- Time of India
Stalking case accused, son of BJP ex-state chief, named Haryana assistant advocate general
Vikas Barala (File photo) CHANDIGARH: The Nayab Singh Saini-led BJP govt in Haryana has appointed Vikas Barala , accused of the stalking and attempted abduction of the daughter of a former Haryana bureaucrat, as assistant advocate general in the office of advocate general (AG), Haryana. The AG Haryana-headed screening committee that recommended his appointment included Mani Ram Sharma, special secretary, home department, as nominee of additional chief secretary (home), legal remembrancer Ritu Garg, and two retired judges - Darshan Singh and H S Bhalla. Son of former Haryana BJP chief and RS MP Subhash Barala, Vikas will be representing Haryana's govt before judicial platforms in Delhi, including SC. The appointment order was issued by Haryana home secretary on July 18. He is among seven law officers appointed by Haryana's govt for state's legal cell in Delhi. A total of 96 law officers of the rank of additional advocate general, senior deputy advocates general, deputy advocate general and assistant advocates general, were appointed by the state on July 18 to represent the state before Punjab and Haryana HC at Chandigarh and in Delhi. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like American Investor Warren Buffett Recommends: 5 Books For Turning Your Life Around Blinkist: Warren Buffett's Reading List Undo Vikas did not respond to TOI's calls for his comments. The criminal trial against Vikas is on before a Chandigarh court, with the next hearing on Aug 2. Prosecution evidence is being recorded at this stage. According to the complaint, on Aug 5, 2017, Vikas and his friend Ashish had allegedly followed a bureaucrat's daughter and tried to stop the car of a senior Haryana bureaucrat. The girl called Chandigarh police, who apprehended the youths and filed a case against them under IPC 354D (stalking) and the Motor Vehicle Act. Vikas's father, Subhash Barala, was then Haryana BJP president.


Indian Express
an hour ago
- Indian Express
Delhi Confidential: No child's play
Congress MP from Saharanpur Imran Masood has received a letter from an unexpected quarter: a group of children from Masoodabad colony in his constituency. The letter, signed by 21 children, requested the MP to get a plot, owned by him, cleaned so that they can play on it as they don't have any other 'open space nearby'. It mentioned that amid the overgrown grass on the plot, two snakes were spotted recently, causing fear among them as well as their parents. 'We request you to kindly have the plot cleaned and maintained so that we can play there without any fear,' read the letter. Masood, on his part, said he has promised the children to get the plot cleaned soon. Meet Expectations The courtesy meetings of UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP president J P Nadda in the Capital on Saturday happened within days of the two Deputy CMs of the state — Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak — meeting the party's Central leaders in Delhi. While Pathak met Shah on July 17, Maurya met him on July 8. Maurya also met Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and later called on UP Governor Anandiben Patel in Lucknow. These back-to-back meetings with UP government's top three leaders has created a buzz that a decision on the new UP BJP president will be taken soon. Also, a reshuffle of the UP Cabinet may be on the cards to maintain regional and caste balance ahead of the 2027 Assembly polls, said sources. Bureaucratic Churn The Capital's bureaucratic circles are abuzz with discussions about changes on two significant posts — Delhi Police Commissioner and Chief Secretary of the city government — which are scheduled to be vacated following the superannuation of 1988-batch Tamil Nadu-cadre IPS officer Sanjay Arora and 1989-batch AGMUT-cadre IAS officer Dharmendra in the coming months. Arora will retire on July 31, while Dharmendra will demit office in September. These bureaucratic changes are happening at a time when the BJP has its own government in the Capital, drawing more attention to the potential choices of successors of the two officers.


India Today
an hour ago
- India Today
Bengal asked to give up control over state Election Commission, make it independent
A fresh political tussle between the Centre and the Mamata Banerjee government may be in the offing as the Chief Election Commission (CEC) has recommended making the West Bengal Election Commission an independent body ahead of next year's state Assembly told India Today that directions have been issued to make the state election commission, which currently serves under the aegis of the state Home Ministry, an independent body. A recommendation letter has been issued to the West Bengal chief secretary in this is believed that the poll panel has taken the initiative to ensure that the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of the state does not depend on the state government before the 2026 elections. It has also directed the Chief Secretary to declare the CEO's office as an independent office soon. Currently, the CEO's office is under the state's Home Department. If it becomes independent, the CEO's office will no longer be dependent on the state financially and in terms of appointment of election development assumes even greater significance against the backdrop of the ongoing political showdown between the Centre and INDIA bloc parties and states ruled by them over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in Bihar, months ahead of state comes a day after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced that SIR would not be allowed to be implemented in Bengal. She even said that if needed, the Election Commission would be Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief made the announcement at the Martyr's Day rally on Monday. The Trinamool is running a campaign against the Election Commission's SIR exercise and is constantly opposing VS OPPOSITION OVER BIHAR SIRThe Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in Bihar remains a flashpoint between the Election Commission of India and the the poll body assured the Supreme Court that the citizenship of a person would not be cancelled if he or she is found ineligible for registration in the roll revision, Opposition leaders raised strong objections, alleging that the revision could be misused to omit the names of minority, Dalit and Opposition-leaning voters ahead of the key assembly Trinamool Congress, along with the RJD, claimed the drive could lead to mass deletions of voters from marginalised communities, especially in rural and minority-dominated response, the central government said that the SIR is a routine process and follows the guidelines set by the Election Commission.- EndsMust Watch IN THIS STORY#West Bengal