The government on Wednesday spurned the demands for renaming Akbar Road as Maharana Pratap Road, saying "naming and renaming of streets was not on the agenda".
The verdict on framing of charges against Advani and other senior BJP leaders will be pronounced on September 19.
The Congress for its part urged Modi not to politicise the armed forces.
The Special Court trying the Ayodhya demolition case reserved its orders on the framing of charges till September 12 next.
The Keralite priest was abducted by Islamic State terrorists during a deadly attack on a care home in the port city of Aden
Scores of Indians and people from other nationalities are missing since the stampede at the annual Hajj near the holy city of Mecca on September 24.
The invitation extended to Nawaz Sharif for Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony has not gone down well with the widow of martyred Indian soldier Hemraj, who has demanded that the Pakistan premier either bring back her husband's head or condemn the barbarous killing.
Former Army Chief General K V Krishna Rao was on Sunday cremated with full military honours in New Delhi.
The US has told India and other countries to cut oil imports from Iran to 'zero' by November 4 or face sanctions.
The motions were moved over misinformation on PM Modi's Lahore visit and the Bandung Conference.
She said that settlement of claims will take time and that there was no point in waiting in Saudi Arabia indefinitely.
CBI counsel S S Gandhi, however, said the CBI had, 'oral evidence' against all the eight accused persons, including Advani, M M Joshi and Uma Bharti.
Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Mukul Upadhyay on Saturday became emotional and broke down while addressing a rally in Ramlila ground of Kavinagar area. The incident took place shortly before BSP supremo Mayawati's arrival at the rally venue.
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Lt Gen Dalbir Singh Suhag will be the next Army Chief succeeding Gen Bikram Singh as the government on Tuesday appointed him to the top post, ignoring protests from Bharatiya Janata Party.
The April 11 polling will decide the fate of several political bigwigs.
Rejecting former Army Chief General V K Singh's denial about claiming payment of cash to ruling politicians in the state, the Jammu and Kashmir legislative council has summon the general to appear in person before its privilege committee on January 9, 2014.
'Hazare has only himself to blame for getting isolated. He was blind to the fact that Kejriwal and Bedi were capitalising on his success.'
Ministry of external affairs said Indian establishments were targeted on Monday and on Wednesday in the city's commercial areas and Indian mission in Kinshasa has taken up the issue with Congo's foreign ministry.
His remarks drew flak from Opposition Congress which alleged that it reflected the 'racist attitude' of the BJP government.
If the Ladakh episode has ended, this is the time to find the truth about all the aspects of it and inform the nation and the world, the time is here and now, advises Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
At the event, Minister of State for External Affairs V K Singh denied that the attack on the Congolese Masonda Ketada Oliver was a racial one and hoped that such incidents will not ecur.
"The minister told us that she would meet the CMs of the four states from where the Indians belonged to take a decision on possibility of providing a government job to the next of kin."
The external affairs minister said that the dreaded terror outfit Islamic State had killed all the Indian nationals.
The bereaved son also expressed disappointment over the country's pompous 'VIP culture'.
Abdullah termed the gag order as an attempt by the EC to please the BJP.
Ministers who were in the news for all the wrong reasons
A task force has been set up to keep a close tab on the developments in South Sudan.
Former Navy chief Admiral L Ramdas also said he was 'upset' over the Uttar Pradesh chief minister's remarks.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 14 had announced that government will start unveiling the secret files related to Netaji from January 23 next year.
Congress vice president takes on Prime Minister during intolerance debate in Lok Sabha.
Congress vice president takes on Prime Minister during intolerance debate in Lok Sabha.
Union Minister Gen (Retd) V K Singh has said that the Indian Army is capable of executing daring operations to avenge 26/11-like attacks by eliminating offshore criminals but certain "considerations" preventing it from doing so.
the PM said, "Hatred and violence have no place in diverse and democratic societies."
"Nobody can do injustice to Ayodhya," he said, adding that the holy city is identified by Lord Ram.
Senior advocate Uday U Lalit has been recommended by the Supreme Court collegium to be a judge on its bench.
As many as 48 ministers of National Democratic Allaince government were in the fray in the general elections.
Was the defence minister kept in the dark with the PMO directly dealing with the then defence secretary in the matter of General V K Singh's birth date? Was the trust deficit between the government and the then army chief so wide that instead of communicating directly with General Singh and the defence minister, the PMO and other arms of the government were depending on half-baked inputs from the Intelligence Bureau?
"The friendship between China and Pakistan appears to be very strong but the day is not far when China too gets affected by Pakistan-backed terrorism," Singh, who is in Gorakhpur to take part in a function at the Gorakhnath temple, told media persons on Monday night.
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