Slogans of 'Rahul ji, we are with you' and 'Please do not resign' rang through the air.
The SC asked special judge to control the proceedings in accordance with law so that inordinate delay that is beyond the time-frame is no longer breached.
In a rare gesture of benignity, a government official has been single-handedly raising funds to help the family of a poor man who was killed in police firing during panchayat polls in Bihar.
India added a whopping 56 medals, including 17 gold, on the third day of the Commonwealth (Youth, Junior and Senior) Weightlifting Championships in Cape Town, South Africa to swell their medal tally to 89, on Thursday.
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Thursday that India has overcome the problem of 'brain drain' and is drawing on the global 'brain bank' of people of Indian origin.
She was admitted to Escorts hospital a few days ago.
Noted economist Arvind Panagariya says India is an emerging power. With liberalisation, Indian entrepreneurs have emerged and they are top class.
She said she would not resign from the assembly and continue to carry out development works in Amritsar East assembly constituency.
The prime minister witnessed the protests when he travelled to the Raj Bhavan in Guwahati, where he will spend the night, from Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport.
According to the chief minister's wife, she, her mother-in-law, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia wife and Health Minister Satyendar Jain's wife had gone to meet them at the L-G office, but were not allowed.
The government of India has set up the B R Ambedkar Chair in Indian Constitutional Law at the Columbia University Law School. It also established the Jagdish Bhagwati Fellowships at the law school to help students from India.
The demographics favour India, as it is a relatively young country with more working people than anywhere else
Pleading for dismissal of a petition filed by the family of the riots victim against the closure of case against Tytler, the investigating agency said that there is no evidence to prosecute the Congress leader in the case.
A key witness, who lost five of her family members in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in New Delhi, on Saturday identified senior Congress leader Sajjan Kumar as the person who had instigated the mob during the carnage. Jagdish Kaur, the witness who was cross-examined on Saturday by the defence counsel before the court of Additional Sessions Judge Sunita Gupta, also identified Sajjan's nephew Balwant Khokkar, Girdhari Lal and Captain Bhagmal as accomplices.
His name was cleared by a three-member selection panel headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and comprising Chief Justice of India Jagdish Singh Khehar and Congress leader in Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge as members.
Carnation Auto, a multi-brand car service initiative by ex-Maruti Suzuki chief Jagdish Khattar, on Thursday launched a servicing facility for premium cars in Gurgaon in association with Fiat Group firm Magneti Marelli.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday concluded its arguments before a Delhi court by supporting its closure report giving a clean chit to former Union Minister Jagdish Tytler in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case and terming the witnesses' statements as "false and concocted".
With 'go solo' being the mantra for Congress after its success in Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh, the party is now set to dump Lalu Prasad's Rashtriya Janata Dal in the Bihar assembly elections scheduled later this year. An indication to this effect came when All Indian Congress Committee in-charge of the state Jagdish Tytler and Pradesh Congress Committee president Anil Sharma recently met party president Sonia Gandhi.
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Senior vice-president of the Bhartiya Janata Party Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has rejected Congress leader Jagdish Tytler's claims that the Vajpayee government had dropped the cases against Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and BJP leaders for their alleged role in the anti-Sikh riots that broke out after the assassination of then prime minister Indira Gandhi.
"No, I was not present in the court when the judgement was delivered. I came to know about it only through television reportage. I am relieved that the falsehood of the case has finally been nailed. I have always maintained it was a case foisted upon me to harass me. I do plan to visit important gurdwaras as thanks giving, said Tytler, who had a reason to smile for a change.
In a reprieve to Jagdish Tytler, a court in New Delhi let off the Congress leader in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case on Tuesday after accepting the Central Bureau of Investigation's closure report giving clean chit to him.
The Central Bureau of Investigation has sought permission to prosecute Congress leaders Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan Kumar, accused in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, Home Minister P Chidambaram said. The CBI has completed the investigation and re-investigation of seven cases against Tytler, Kumar and late Dharam Das Shastri, Chidambaram informed the Rajya Sabha. The home minister was responding to a Calling Attention motion to punish the guilty involved in the anti-Sikh riots.
The government on Friday shot down a suggestion in the Lok Sabha for setting up a committee under the member of Parliament in respective constituencies for monitoring disbursement of loans by banks to priority sector like agriculture, small and medium enterprises.
A 1984 anti-Sikh riots victim alleged before a Delhi court that the Central Bureau of Investigation had discredited the witnesses in the case in order to "shield" former Union Minister Jagdish Tytler."The CBI failed once again. Whatever they did, it was only to shield the accused. Instead of protecting the witnesses, they started with the premise that they were not reliable," advocate Rebecca M John told Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Rakesh Pandit.
Lieutenant Colonels Akhilesh Mishra, Jagdish Bishnoi and Ambarish Tiwari have been accused of issuing fake experience certificates to candidates in recruitments to group C and D cadres of the prestigious institute in 2011-2012, CBI sources said on Saturday.
The Rajasthan High Court on Thursday directed agitating Gujjar leaders to ensure that the statewide stir proposed by them from tomorrow remains peaceful and there is no violence.
Aam Aadmi Party candidate M S Dhir was on Thursday elected the Speaker of the Delhi Assembly with the support of the Congress.
'The Indian economy is at a crossroads,' says Professor Jagdish Bhagwati, a University Professor at Columbia University and senior adviser to the Institute.
The Prime Minister's global advisory council has been constituted. The setting up of the council was announced by the Prime Minister at the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas in Chennai.
The seven others who Kodnani wanted to be summoned as witnesses are former BJP MLA Amrish Patel, Jagdish Patel, Lakhabhai Rathod, Dhaval Shah, Dhiraj Rathod, M D Lakhiya and Kantibhai Solanki.
A Delhi court on Thursday deferred till April 28 the hearing in the Jagdish Tytler case relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
The Central Bureau of Investigation, on Tuesday, cited statements of witnesses, including an eye-witness Surinder Singh, to a local court in an attempt to justify its closure report in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case against former union minister Jagdish Tytler.
S Ramadorai, vice-chairman of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), is set to become non-executive chairman of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) following the exit of Jagdish Capoor last week on health grounds.Ramadorai will join BSE board on Monday and assume the role of chairman later.
Johri is the one who has been accused in the Sohrabuddin-Tulsiram Prajapati fake encounter case. However, the special Central Bureau of Investigation court discharged her from the case in March 2015, as the prosecution failed to obtain sanction for her prosecution from the state government.
The BJP's rediscovery of its allies, including the PM touching the feet of Parakash Singh Badal, would be interpreted as the party's efforts to keep its flock together if it falls short of the majority mark on May 23.
The Rajasthan high court on Wednesday put a stay on a judicial commission probing corruption charges against the previous Bharatiya Janata Party government in the state headed by Vasundhara Raje.
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