A consensus builder, Jaitley was regarded by some as Modi's original 'Chanakya'.
Following are the names of some high-profile people who have been put behind the bars
Ahir said there is a process for putting such issues in perspective which was duly followed by the Army as well as the government.
The court's direction came after Singh alleged conspiracy over filing of "frivolous anonymous complaints" against him with the revenue secretary saying these were being entertained by the ED.
Modi told the delegation that urgent action was needed against those supporting and sponsoring terrorism.
Idols of Lord Ram, Janki and Laxman in the makeshift temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya would soon get a fireproof cover to be prepared by Indian Institute of Technology-Roorkee.
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam led by Vaiko on Monday decided to quit the National Democratic Alliance in Tamil Nadu alleging that the Bharatiya Janata Party government at the Centre was acting against Tamils and betrayed the people of the state.
Etihad's acquisition of 24 per cent stake in Jet Airways was the first FDI in an Indian carrier by a foreign airline.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy on Friday said former Army chief Gen V K Singh and Anna Hazare's aide Kiran Bedi should be invited to join the party, a day after the former IPS officer endorsed party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.
Neelabh Mishra had earlier been editor of Outlook Hindi and has done extensive work in areas of research and documentation including for the Right to Information movement.
Union minister Kiren Rijiju said Pakistan should file a chargesheet against Saeed.
The Delhi high court on Tuesday dismissed a PIL seeking to make Indian citizenship a pre-requisite for a person to be appointed as the editor of a publication.
The rejection of the pleas of the top Congress leaders, including Oscar Fernandes, will pave the way for the Income Tax Department to scrutinise their records for the assessment year 2011-12.
The Supreme Court on Thursday said it will consider the pleas of Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi that their appeals against the Delhi high court verdict, refusing to quash summons issued to them in the National Herald case, be heard on Friday.
Making light of his critics, he also said there are people who send him 'anonymous thank you notes' even when he on a plane.
'Will the BJP now replace a Muslim name for a street or a railway junction with Naipaul's name?' 'It is the least the party can do for its sole Nobel Prize-winning admirer,' says Amulya Ganguli.
Modi: Journey of a Common Man is blatant propaganda, feels Utkarsh Mishra.
The government didn't call a meeting of the selection committee deliberately to facilitate the appointment of a junior officer to the post, the committee's Congress member told the PM.
'As Karunanidhi and Ramadoss flagged the law and order issue, Subramanian Swamy said Home Minister Rajnath Singh should send Chief Minister O Panneerselvam a directive under Article 246 of the Constitution. Swamy also dangled the fear of Article 356 over the state government.'
Subramanian Swamy stole the BJP thunder in Tamil Nadu by meeting DMDK's Vijaykanth in Chennai, and his efforts seem to have paid off, at least in the interim, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Rajan said RBI should pay as much dividend as possible to the government, which over the past two years has run into billions of dollars
The government wants to introduce a nationwide goods and services tax to revive its stalled reform programme.
Likely to rake up the issue of open offer exemption.
Rajan has a great track record abroad.
He also said that Bharatiya Janata Party MP Subramanian Swamy has not lied about the deal but it seems he has been misled.
The BJP offers Saifuddin Soz 'one-way ticket' to Pakistan
Shiv Menon was asked how the relationship was between Tharoor and Sunanda
The Supreme Court on Thursday extended the bail of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in a disproportionate assets case by four months and asked the Chief Justice of Karnataka high court to constitute a special bench to decide her plea expeditiously within three months.
The court has now posted the matter for further hearing on May 15.
"We did not abuse RBI governors," says Chidambaram.
Amid protests outside the Delhi University, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy went ahead with a seminar on the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya where he asserted that nothing will be done forcibly or against the law.
Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram said he was "disappointed and profoundly saddened" by Rajan's decision against a second term, but was not surprised by the development
Bharatiya Janata Party member Subramanian Swamy on Friday introduced in the Rajya Sabha a private member bill which seeks "deterrent punishment", including the death penalty, for slaughter of cow and issues related to that.
DCW chief Swati Maliwal on Friday sought intervention of the Chief Justice of India and the President against releasing of the juvenile convict in the December 16 gang-rape case, saying he must be kept in observation home until his reformation is ascertained.
This was the companies' highest loss in two years.
RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan on Tuesday said the government will decide on extension of his tenure.
Senior criminal lawyers explain the minutiae of the National Herald case in an effort to help sort out the legal intricacies of the case for the layman.
Congress leaders in the upper house called CAB unconstitutional, 'arbitrary executive fiat' to push Hindutva agenda.
The SC underlined that it has no control over what Mughal ruler Babar did.
'Like in cricket, M S Dhoni was the captain and Virat Kohli played under him.' 'Then Dhoni played under Kohli.' 'Now imagine, having a second switch.' 'That is the analogy here, and I find no other example in Indian politics, or even world politics.'
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