Speaking to reporters in Thane, Pawar accused the Narendra Modi government of failing to fulfil any of the promises made by it since 2014 including bringing 'acche din, connecting villages through the internet, and providing toilets, water, and power to every household'.
Geetha Johri and three other police officers who figure as accused in the 2006 Tulsi Prajapati fake encounter case on Friday moved the Gujarat high court, challenging the Danta court's jurisdiction to accept the charge-sheet. Of the 20 accused named in the Central Bureau of Investigation's charge-sheet, Johri, R K Patel, Rajkumar Pandian and P C Pande have filed the petition in the high court. It may come up for hearing before Justice R H Shukla on September 24.
The Central Bureau of Investigation Thursday pulled out two more skeletal remains from the Lunavada grave in Gujarat, where victims of post-Godhra communal riots were buried, raising the total number of recoveries so far to 15.
The family members of the fishermen lodged in Pakistani jails say they would vote for those parties in the upcoming elections which assure to bring their relatives back from the neighbouring country.
'I had expected them to fight this election on the issue of development, but they are not doing that.' 'Now they have decided to belittle Gujarat's development.'
The raids that were launched at 22 premises of the group and the brokers on September 28 are underway, the statement by the Central Board of Direct Taxes said.
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The Gujarat snooping controversy on Tuesday reached the Supreme Court, with suspended IAS officer Pradeep Sharma urging it to take cognisance of the audio tapes aired by news portals, saying it contains proof of how the state government had tried to frame him in "frivolous" cases.
A Special Court on Saturday remanded senior Gujarat IPS officer P P Pandey, a key accused in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case, in CBI custody till August 21.
The bench said that in its opinion the reasoning given by the high court is faulty on both facts and law.
Temperatures in March will be critical to determining the impact of any unusual heatwave conditions on this year's wheat crop in North India. It is that time of the year when the crop enters its vital grain-filling stage, say meteorologists and crop experts. So far, the high day temperatures in the North are not believed to have any significant impact on the final yields since the crop hasn't entered a stage where heat affects yields.
Packed frozen 'paratha' is not 'roti or chapatti' as it requires further cooking before consumption and despite wheat flour being the 'common thread' there are other ingredients used in making parathas, said an order by the Gujarat Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling. Such parathas, whether named Malabar, Mixed vegetable, Onion, Methi, Alu, Laccha, Mooli or Plain, have ingredients like margarine, salt, emulsifying agent, oil, potato, peas, cauliflower, coriander powder, bread improver and water, apart from wheat flour, which make 'quite different' from plain roti or chapatti and hence are not eligible for 5 per cent Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate, the ruling said. The percentage of wheat flour used by Vadilal Industries, which had approached the AAAR, in the eight varieties of paratha manufactured and supplied by it ranges from 36-62 per cent, whereas the ingredient for plain roti or chapatti is wheat flour apart from water.
The Delhi high court on Wednesday set aside a Central Information Commission's order to the Centre to reveal to it the communication between Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and President K R Narayanan over the 2002 Gujarat riots
Justices Rajesh Bindal and Aravind Kumar were administered oath during a swearing-in ceremony held in the Supreme Court premises.
It was not that differences did not crop up over other issues between the two erstwhile allies, but Parkash Singh Badal always ensured that these were amicably resolved and the ties remained intact.
The Delhi high court on Monday refused to stay the Centre's order dismissing Satish Chandra Verma, a senior IPS officer who had assisted the CBI in its probe in the Ishrat Jahan fake encounter case, a month before his scheduled retirement.
The police in Maharashtra's Palghar district averted potential mob violence against two sadhus in a village after the residents mistook them as child-lifters, nearly three years after three persons were lynched in the district over similar suspicion, an official said on Tuesday.
The court is likely to give its order on Tuesday on the bail pleas of Sreekumar and co-accused Setalvad, who are currently in judicial custody.
'Kejriwal tries to project that his party is not Hindu virodhi.'
'We are called artists, just like the film people and dancers and actors. But there's a very little value to what we do as artists.'
"This also shows that the ruling dispensation's exasperation (baukhlahat) and desperation (hataasha). But the people of the country are smart enough and they (the BJP) will be held to account (hisab kar diya jaaega) at the appropriate time", said the close aide of the Bihar CM, who had quit the NDA last year and has since become a strong votary of opposition unity.
Eleven Gujarat policemen, including mid-level officers, who were named as accused in the FIR filed by CBI in the Ishrat Jahan encounter case but not chargesheeted, have been made witnesses by the probe agency.
Palghar, Thane, Raigad and Ratnagiri could witness thunderstorm activity, lightning, moderate rain and gusty storm over the next two days.
The Central Bureau of Investigation should take Haren Pandya murder case to the Supreme Court in appeal, Gujarat government's spokesperson Jay Narayan Vyas said in Ahmedabad on Wednesday.
The over half-an-hour meeting between the opposition parties and the government, however, remained inconclusive.
As India's 75th Independence Day draws near, the government is going all out to raise awareness about the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday used a sting operation by a news channel to defend former Gujarat Home Minister Amit Shah in the Sohrabuddin encounter case, and claimed that the CBI was being forced to press "politically motivated" and "malafide" charges against him.
The Congress needs to reorganise itself at the grassroots, infuse younger blood, and have more boots on the ground. Just offering freebies is not the answer anymore. Leadership matters, asserts Ramesh Menon.
Tata Nano will have to improve sales in order to get Gujarat government's support.
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has put in place a framework to allow overseas subsidiaries and branches of Indian banks and financial institutions to undertake activities not specifically permitted in the Indian domestic market. The framework also specifies the applicability of these instructions to International Financial Services Centres in India, including Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT City). While these activities may not need prior approval, they are subject to compliance with all applicable laws/regulations and conditions stipulated by the RBI and those prescribed by the host regulator.
At a time when the BJP's stars are at the top on the eve of the Lok Sabha polls, the Puri-Joshimath Sankaracharyas may have kick-started a row whose efforts might be to divide Hindus, not in the name of castes, but on what passes for greater belief, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
With assembly polls in Gujarat scheduled next year, the Congress on Friday opened a new front against Chief Minister Narendra Modi by petitioning President Pratibha Patil for a Central Bureau of Investigation probe into alleged corruption of Rs 1 lakh crore during his tenure.
The Congress leader had said he was not aware of the case for which he has been asked to appear before the agency.
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