BYPOLLS TO TWO RS SEATS IN BIHAR, TELANGANA ON MAY 30: EC

NEW DELHI: Bypolls to two Rajya Sabha seats - one each from Bihar and Telangana - will be held on May 30, the Election Commission said on Thursday. The Bihar seat fell vacant on December 27, 2021 following the death of JD(U) member Mahendra Prasad. His term was to otherwise end on April 2, 2024. The bypoll to Telangana seat was necessitated after resignation of TRS member Banda Prakash on December 4, 2021. His term also was to end on April 2, 2024. The notification for both the bypolls will be issued on May 12, the EC said in a statement.

ALLAHABAD HIGH COURT RESERVES ORDER ON BAIL PLEA OF AZAM KHAN

ALLAHABAD: The Allahabad High Court on Thursday reserved its order on bail application of Samajwadi Party MLA Azam Khan in the case of grabbing of enemy property for his Mohammad Ali Jauhar University project. The order has been reserved by Justice Rahul Chaturvedi. An FIR was lodged against Khan for alleged grabbing of enemy property and misappropriation of public money of more than hundreds of crores of rupees. The FIR was lodged at police station Azem Nagar under the IPC and the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act. It was alleged in the FIR that during partition one Imamuddin Qureshi went to Pakistan and his land was recorded as enemy property, but Khan in collusion with others grabbed the 13.842-hectare plot.