Chitrapura pontiff Sri Vidyavallabhartirtha Swamiji passes away
Manglauru, Jan 24: The pontiff of Sri Durgaparameshwari Temple, Chitrapura Mutt, Sri Vidyavallabhartirtha Swamiji (80) passed away on Wednesday evening. He was being treated following kidney problems at a private hospital in Mangaluru.
Sri Vidyavallabhartirtha Swamiji was the 18th pontiff to the mutt. He had taken over the charge from the 17th pontiff Vidyapoorna Swamiji in 1962.
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SC restrains Assam cops from coercive action against journalist Siddharth Varadarajan, others
New Delhi (PTI): The Supreme Court on Friday restrained Assam Police from taking any coercive action against senior journalist Siddharth Varadarajan and other journalists, including consulting editor, working with web portal "The Wire" in connection with an FIR lodged against them over a news article.
A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Joymalya Bagchi passed the order after senior advocate Nitya Ramakrishnan, appearing for the journalists, said that Assam police was circumventing the earlier orders passed by the court.
She said Vardarajan and other journalists, including a consulting, editor have been summoned Friday for recording statements in an old FIR lodged in May and there is apprehension that they may be arrested.
The bench, while protecting the journalists, said everyone is expected to follow the law and asked the journalists to join the investigation and file a status report on the next date of hearing.
On August 12, the top court had protected Vardarajan and restrained the Assam police from taking any coercive action against him in connection with an FIR lodged against him over an article on Operation Sindoor.
