The Bharatiya Janata Party on Mondau raked up in Rajya Sabha the coal block allocation scam and demanded resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, while alleging that crucial files were not being handed over to Central Bureau of Investigation for probe.
A minor student of Don Bosco School at Yerwada in Pune was molested allegedly by its vice-principal, who was arrested on Tuesday after public outrage and protests outside the educational institution.
A fully dressed Prince Harry has made his first public appearance in Britain for a charity awards function in London, since his nude photographs of a wild night in Las Vegas went viral.
About 200 supporters of Asaram Bapu were detained on Monday by the police as they held protests over the allegations of sexual assault against the self-styled godman who has been lodged at the Central Jail on Jodhpur in connection with the probe into the case.
The recent Supreme Court judgment on reservation on Mondau came in for criticism in the Lok Sabha, with members claiming that it would hit80 per cent population of the country comprising Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and Backward Classes.
The BJP said it did not approve of the way Alam was released or with the decision itself.
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