-The Hindu She leaves in a car hurriedly accompanied by her supporters fearing arrest in two other cases pending against her ONGOLE: People's Union of Civil Liberties (PUCL) Andhra Pradesh unit president Jaya Vindhyala, arrested on charges of "objectionable postings" on Facebook against Tamil Nadu Governor, K. Rosaiah and Chirala MLA, Amanchi Krishna Mohan, was released on bail from the district jail here on Tuesday. The Additional Munsif Magistrate Shiva Sankara Reddy issued...

-Deccan Herald The Supreme Court has sought a response from the State government on a petition filed by the mother of RTI activist and Congress worker Vasudev Adiga, challenging the Karnataka High Court's order granting bail to the alleged mastermind of her son's murder in January. A bench of Justices T S Thakur and S J Mukhopadhaya issued notice to the State government and one of the accused, Subramanya Udupa, on the...

-The Indian Express Lucknow: The Kusaili village panchayat in Etawah district has announced that they would burn a man allegedly involved in the gangrape of a minor girl, who was forcibly detained and sexually assaulted for about a week. The accused, who belongs to the same village, is absconding. The panchayat was held on Sunday evening after a case of gangrape and illegal detention of the victim was lodged at the Chaubia...

-The Hindu Chirala: The president of the Andhra Pradesh unit of the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Jaya Vindhyala, was remanded in judicial custody till May 24 by a court here on Monday, following her arrest on charges of posting derogatory comments on her Facebook timeline on Amanchi Krishna Mohan, MLA of Chirala - a town in Prakasam district - and Tamil Nadu Governor K. Rosaiah. The police picked up Ms....

-PTI Hyderabad: A senior woman office-bearer of the human rights body, People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), was arrested here on Sunday for allegedly posting "objectionable" comments on her Facebook account against Tamil Nadu Governor and a local Congress MLA, the police said on Sunday. Jaya Vindhayala, the PUCL general secretary of Andhra Pradesh, was apprehended from Padmarao Nagar under section 66A of the Information Technology (IT) Act for allegedly posting the...