A Mumbai sessions court on Monday convicted Pravin Mahajan of the murder of his elder brother and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pramod Mahajan. The judge relied on the statements of Pramod's wife Rekha, servant Mahesh and Pramod's own statement made to the BJP leader and brother-in-law Gopinath Munde while on his way to the hospital.
Police have arrested three Nigerian nationals from Delhi following an interrogation of Sahil Zaroo, who allegedly procured drugs for the late Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pramod Mahajan's son Rahul and his aide Bibek Maitra, and recovered narcotics.
Traces of poison have been found in the body of late Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pramod Mahajan's secretary Bibek Maitra, sources in AIIMS hospital where the autopsy was conducted said on Saturday.
Raids were being conducted in various parts of Delhi to trace Sahil, the fourth person supposed to have visited the residence of late Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pramod Mahajan allegedly to supply cocaine to his son Rahul.
A day after he was admitted in a private hospital in Delhi in a serious condition, Rahul Mahajan, son of late Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pramod Mahajan, on Saturday showed signs of improvement with all his vital parametres functioning normally.
Shweta Mahajan, along with her mother and accompanied by a few lawyers, filed the divorce case in the court of district and sessions judge Ramendra Jain.
First Look on an all-party condolence meet for Pramod Mahajan in Mumbai.
Additional Sessions Judge S N Gupta rejected the contention of Rahul that a person cannot be tried at two different places for the same offence.
Reliance Infocomm, headed by Mukesh Ambani, on Tuesday decried the sustained campaign to malign it and its leadership, saying vested interests have tried to sensationalise the allocation of shares.
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This was the second break-in at Dawre's court in less than a week.
Declining to confirm whether Rajnath Singh had been nominated as the next party chief, BJP General Secretary Pramod Mahajan told reporters, "I have no information on this."
'As long as Rane is the point-person, the Sena will never revive its partnership with the BJP.'
The notice will ask Bharti and her supporters asking why they should not be expelled from the party.
A sessions court on Friday deferred till September 8 the trial of Pravin Mahajan, who is facing charges of killing his elder brother and Bharatiya Janata Party general secretary Pramod Mahajan.
During the cross-examination of Hanif Tahirali alias Bandukwala who sold the gun to Pravin, it was revealed that the statement recorded on May 12 last year was dated April 12, 2006, which made it prior to the commission of the crime.
She had criticised party colleague Pramod Mahajan and also claimed the credit for the victory in the Madhya Pradesh assembly polls.
Sessions judge Abhay Thipsay denied him bail after considering the police submission that a prima facie case had been made out against Pravin and that he may abscond if he was granted liberty.
Late Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pramod Mahajan's son Rahul Mahajan and his wife Shweta were on Thursday directed by a sessions court in Gurgaon to stay separately for six months before it took a decision on their plea for divorce by mutual consent.
Khurana sent the apology letter to Advani through party General Secretary Pramod Mahajan, party sources said.
The chargesheet reveals how Praveen allegedly planned the murder and executed it with a pre-meditated mind.
He said it was not possible to do so while he was trying to collect blood for the late politician's emergency surgery.
Pramod's brother-in-law Gopinath Munde's statement has come as shot in the arm for the prosecutors in the case.
Sarangi, wife of Pravin Mahajan, the main accused in the Pramod Mahajan murder case, told a court in Mumbai that she had been threatened by persons allegedly from the Bharatiya Janata Party.
On Pravin's plea, the court also asked the jail authorities to provide the accused with all the periodicals and newspapers prescribed in the jail manual.
Forty-eight-year-old Pravin was held guilty on Monday for murder and trespassing into his brother's house with an intention to commit an offence punishable with death.
Rekha, in her examination by the prosecution last week, has said that she saw the accused Pravin Mahajan firing at his elder brother Pramod on the morning of April 22, 2006.
Prakash Mahajan, younger brother of late Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pramod Mahajan, was on Thursday appointed chief organiser of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena.
A Delhi court on Wednesday granted bail to Rahul Mahajan in connection with the case in which he was arrested for alleged drug abuse.
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