A Shankar made the submission before a bench of justice GR Swaminathan and justice B Pugalendhi and the case was adjourned to September 8 after he sought time to file his reply.

The Twitter war between Annamalai and Rajan, popularly known as PTR, comes in the backdrop of a leaked audio between Annamalaiand the BJP’s Madurai rural district secretary Maha Suseendran discussing the finance minister.

The murder of three security guards in three different incidents in a span of 72 hours in Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar district has triggered panic among local residents.

In last week, several localities and roads were flooded on the heavy rains exposed the civic apathy and poor quality of public infrastructure in Bengaluru.

The Prime Minister will also attend a core-committee meeting of the state unit with chief minister Basavaraj Bommai, his predecessor and BJP parliamentary board member, BS Yediyurappa and other senior leaders of the party.

“I have analysed everything and made this decision because of inevitable circumstances,” he said, adding that he has been forced to miss the opportunity to contest elections at least four times since 1989.

Slamming the minister and his son Jay Shah who is Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) secretary, Banerjee said, “The father is trying to teach nationalism to the nation but his son refused to touch the national flag after India recently defeated Pakistan.”

In their complaint, the family alleged the teacher at the anganwadi centre at Godekere burnt the toddler’s private parts for frequently wetting his pants, Tumkur superintendent of police (SP) Rahul Kumar Shahapurwad said.

Between August 28 and September 1, Shivprasad Dhruve killed three people, all security guards. The police – 10 teams of 25 policemen each – have been looking for him since August 30, and even announced a reward for his capture.