Relief for MLA Satish Sail in Belekeri Iron Ore Theft Case; High Court stays jail sentence
Bengaluru: In the Belekeri port iron ore theft case, the High Court has granted major relief to Satish Sail and other accused.
A single-judge bench led by Justice M. Nagaprasanna ordered the suspension of the 7-year jail sentence previously imposed by the Bengaluru Special Court for Public Representatives.
Additionally, the High Court imposed a condition requiring the accused to deposit 25% of the fine amount with the court, giving them six weeks to make the deposit and suspending the sentence. The accused are likely to be released from jail tomorrow.
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ECI website faces outage amid vote counting in Jharkhand, Maharashtra
New Delhi: Election Commission of India’s official results website ‘results.eci.gov.in’ has reportedly experienced a technical outage on Saturday morning, at a time when India closely watches the high-stakes Maharashtra and Jharkhand assembly poll battle.
Visitors visiting the site were met with non-functional links and a generic “counting in progress” message, leaving them without updated election data. The ECI has not issued an official explanation for the disruption.
Vote counting, which began at 8 a.m. with postal ballots, is underway for 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra and 81 in Jharkhand. Early trends suggest a lead for the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in Maharashtra, currently ahead in 141 seats, while the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) is leading in 96. In Jharkhand, the BJP-led NDA is ahead in 43 seats, while the ruling JMM-led alliance is trailing with leads in 33 constituencies.
Additionally, counting is underway for 48 assembly bypolls across 13 states and two parliamentary seats, Nanded in Maharashtra and Wayanad in Kerala.
