In a shocking video, a policeman has been caught on camera stealing CFL bulbs in Jammu and Kashmir.

The police official, who has been tasked with protecting the common man, stole two bulbs from outside a shop.

The video was uploaded by the Aam Aadmi Party Jammu and Kashmir on its Facebook page.

Uttar Pradesh Governor Ram Naik has rejected mercy petition of Shabnam and her lover Saleem, convicted for killing seven members of her family including a 10-month-old baby in 2008.

Shabnam had petitioned the Governor saying that she should be granted mercy to take care of her 6-year-old son.

Meanwhile, Shabnam’s mercy petition with the President is still pending.

Shabnam and Sallem are lodged in Moradabad and Agra jails respectively.

On 15 April, 2008, Shabnam’s entire family, including a 10-month-old baby, was murdered with the woman initially pretending that her house in Amroha district of UP was attacked by unidentified assailants.

It came to light during investigation that she had abetted Saleem in the crime as she made her family members drink milk laced with sedatives before the attack and thereafter, herself throttled her infant nephew.

In 2013, Allahabad High Court had upheld the death sentence to the couple awarded by a sessions court in 2010.

The Supreme Court on 01 May, 2015 had upheld the conviction and death penalty of the couple and 14 days later, delivered a detailed judgement for dismissing the appeal filed by the convicts.

However, on 27 May, 2015, the apex court quashed the execution warrants of Shabnam and Saleem, saying it was issued “in haste” by giving a go-by to mandatory guidelines.

The SC said the Sessions Judge of Amroha issued the warrants for execution of death sentence on 21 May “in haste”, just six days after confirmation of conviction and capital punishment, without waiting for mandatory 30 days to allow the convicts to avail judicial remedy of filing petitions for a review of the 15 May judgement.

The convicts, Shabnam and her lover Saleem, could also approach the Uttar Pradesh Governor with mercy petitions after exhausting the legal remedies, it had noted.

Bharatiya Janata Party’s unilateral decision to announce its candidates for 43 seats in Bihar Assembly elections have not only riled its allies who have once against expressed their displeasure over the move but even a sitting MLA who has been denied the ticket has rebelled.

Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) called on the BJP to take its allies into confidence before announcing the seats on which its candidates would contest even as Lok Janshakti Party Lok Sabha MP from Vaishali Rama Kishore Singh quit the party to protest against his leader Ram Vilas Paswan’s “failure” to secure more seats for the party.

Rashtriya Lok Samata Party spokesperson Fazal Imam Mallick while calling on the BJP to take its allies into confidence over candidates said, “The decision to name candidates (by BJP) is not right. We are in alliance and should have been taken into confidence. This is not how it should be done. RLSP is against this move.”

RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha, who got himself nominated as Bihar chief ministerial candidate from his party in July 2015, too has expressed his unhappiness over not only the number of seats allotted to his party but also the manner in which BJP announced its first list late on Tuesday night.

Rama Kishore Singh, who won the 2014 Lok Sabha on a LJP ticket from Vaishali, has already reigned from the party accusing Paswan of only listening his son and brothers. Singh with several criminal charges against his name is yet to reveal his strategy but clarified that LJP should have contested on many more seats that the 40 allotted by the BJP.

He accused Paswan’s son Chirag, who is also a Lok Sabha MP from Jamui, of only keeping his own interests in mind and not thinking about the party’s betterment.

Even sitting BJP MLA from Pirpainti Aman Kumar Paswan has rebelled against the party after he was denied the ticket to contest the Assembly elections. Aman met Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday morning and there are chances that he would join the Janata Dal United.

BJP has named Lallan Paswan as its candidate from Pirpainti. The two other sitting MLAs who have been denied tickets are Lalan Kumar from Teghra and Sonelal Hembram from Katoria. While Ram Lakahn Singh will contest from Teghra, Niki Hembram has got the ticket from Katoria.

The Election Commission on Wednesday ruled out a “blanket ban” on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘Mann ki Baat’ radio programme amid reports that the Congress is likely to approach the poll body with such a demand alleging it “violates” the Model Code of Conduct in force due to Bihar Assembly polls.

A senior EC official said they can take “cognizance” of any such demand only after finding that the programme’s contents violate the model code.

A regular radio broadcast in which Modi shares his thoughts on issues; Mann ki Baat’s next episode will be aired on Sunday.

“No blanket ban can be enforced on things like Cabinet meeting and Mann ki Baat but the EC can take cognizance if the Cabinet decision or the content of programme is in violation of the Model Code of Conduct,” the official said.

He, however, made it clear that he was making a “matter of fact” statement and was not aware of any such demand by the Congress or any other party.

If such a complaint is made, the election watchdog goes through the recording as well as transcript of the episode and takes a decision, he said.

A similar complaint was made by Congress against the programme during the Haryana Assembly polls but the EC had not found anything “objectionable”, he noted.