SC notice to Salman Khan in blackbuck case

New Delhi, Jul 9: It seems that trouble is far from over for Bollywood actor Salman Khan, whose past haunts him to present. The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to Salman on account of Rajasthan governmentt`s plea challenging the High Court order suspending his conviction in blackbuck killing case.

Salman has been asked by SC to file a reply within a time period of four weeks. The actor was sentenced to five years prison term by a trial court. The Chinkara blackbuck poaching case dates back to year 1998 when Salman along with Saif Ali Khan, Sonali Bendre, Tabu and Neelam were shooting for their film `Hum Saath Saath Hain`.

On the intervening night of October 1 and 2 in 1998, the actors were accused of poaching two blackbucks in Kankani village near Jodhpur. However, what followed afterward was a series of protests against Salman Khan, as he was seen as the prime accused in killing of the endangered animal.

In December 2013, Salman Khan’s counsel had said that there was no direct evidence against the actor that he carried arms with expired license during the alleged Blackbuck poaching at the nearby Kankani village in 1998.

In February 2006, Salman Khan was convicted under the Wild Life Act for poaching a blackbuck near Jodhpur during the shooting of film `Hum Saath Saath Hain` in September 1998. Salman Khan was sentenced to one-year imprisonment and was slapped a fine of Rs 5,000.

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Kangana Ranaut attacks ‘Tejasvi Surya’, accuses him of hooliganism mistaking him for Tejashwi Yadav

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May 5,2024

New Delhi, May 5: Actor-turned-politician Kangana Ranaut intended to target an opposition leader but mistakenly ended up attacking her BJP colleague instead.

A similarity in names - Tejashwi and Tejasvi - was behind Ms Ranaut's fumble. "There's a party of spoilt princes... whether it's Rahul Gandhi who wants to grow potatoes on the Moon, or Tejasvi Surya who does hooliganism and eats fish," she had said.

RJD leader and former Bihar deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav was supposed to be the original target of her diatribe as one of his videos where he was seen eating fish became a major flashpoint between the BJP and the opposition recently.

Tejasvi Surya, incorrectly referred to by Ms Ranaut during an election rally yesterday, is BJP's Lok Sabha candidate from Bengaluru South constituency in Karnataka.

Meanwhile, Mr Yadav has responded to a clip of Kangana Ranaut's statement. "Ye mohtarma kaun hai?" (Who is this lady?), he posted on X.

Kangana Ranaut has been verbally bashing the Congress party since the BJP fielded her as their Lok Sabha candidate from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi. Congress leaders Vikramaditya Singh - her opponent in Mandi - and Rahul Gandhi have been the main targets on her dartboard.

While addressing a public rally in the Sundernagar area of Mandi Parliamentary Constituency yesterday, Ms Ranaut took a jibe at Mr Singh and Mr Gandhi over dynasty politics and said that both of them have a magic stick for development and talk only about non-practical things.

The Congress hit back saying the 37-year-old actor should first check the facts about her party leaders and speak about dynastic politics. National Media Coordinator for the Congress, Amrit Kaur, also questioned her qualifications on which she got a BJP ticket from Mandi.

The Mandi Lok Sabha constituency will go to polls on June 1, in the seventh phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

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