The agreement paves the way for the creation of a Bodoland Territorial Council.
The Rajnath Singh Committee on Kelkar recommendations on direct and indirect taxes on Monday submitted its report to Bharatiya Janata Party President M Venkaiah Naidu in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani.
She would be the chief minister if the BJP wins the assembly election in Rajasthan, Advani said.
Illegal influx of Bangladeshis into Assam tops the campaign issue for opposition Asom Gana Parishad and Bharatiya Janata Party for the forthcoming Assembly polls in the state with ruling Congress trying hard to underplay it.
'We could have instead chosen 'India Rising' to project the reality'.
The accused include former deputy prime minister Advani, former Union ministers Joshi and Uma Bharti, former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh, besides Vinay Katiyar and Sadhvi Rithambara.
She watched Khakee on the recommendation of Deputy Prime Minister Lal Kishenchand Advani.
Advani had said that during his visit in April, Fernandes had raised the issue of the alternate route to Mt Kailash via Leh and that China had rejected this suggestion.
Reviving memories of its Ayodhya campaign, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday warned the Centre that it would launch a nationwide movement if it did not immediately withdraw its affidavit that there was no evidence to prove Lord Ram's existence.
Seeking another term at the Centre, the party sought to woo the minorities by asking its workers to "seize the opportunity" by moving forward and bringing Muslims and Christians into the partyfold.\n\n
A joint committee set up by Jammu and Kashmir and the central government recommended the revocation.
The labour ministry will soon submit a detailed plan on providing social security to 37 crore (370 million) workers in the unorganised sector to a Group of Ministers, which is examining the proposal and slated to meet next week.
The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2003, 'enable both Bharatvasis and Bharatvanshis to contribute together to the cause of India's development', Advani said.
Moreover, there have also been speculations that while entering into an alliance in August last year, a "deal" was struck whereby Nitish Kumar would give up his chair for his deputy who in turn would back him for the top job in national politics.
Pakistan Interior Minister had said last week that Advani may be invited to Pakistan to discuss an extradition treaty.
Welcomes Jayalalithaa's assurance that 'the orders of the apex court are being fully complied with and implemented by the state police'.
Meanwhile, an opposition sponsored motion for discussion on the dropping of conspiracy charges by the Central Bureau of Investigation was rejected in the Rajya Sabha after an hour-long argument on its admissibility.
The confidence vote in the UP assembly is scheduled for September 8.
"There should be a check on the number of ministers in a government like in Delhi and Pondicherry, which are Union\n\nTerritories but have assemblies," Deputy Prime Minister Advani said.
There is no use of the BJP targeting the likes of Mamata Banerjee and M K Stalin, directly by the party's political bosses, both in Delhi and the respective state capitals, or even using the Raj Bhavans to fire those salvos from. Successive elections have proved that it's counter-productive, if anything. But the BJP is yet to understand it, acknowledge it, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
Arun Saharya, former chief justice of Punjab and Haryana high court, would head the committee.
They could try to disrupt Republic Day celebrations or target Advani and some other leaders, Special Commissioner of Delhi police (Security) S K Kain said.
If the Opposition has any chance at the prime minister's job, it can happen only if they all stop dropping names and work at the grassroots-level, state-wise, suggests N Sathiya Moorthy.
We must comprehend the danger posed by illegal presence of these nationals here. It is unacceptable situation, Lt Governor Vijai Kapoor said.
The deputy prime minister said that security and development would continue to top the government's agenda in 2003.
The apex court said this in a ruling given last week on a case pertaining to village Thakurs killing a man for marrying a girl against their wishes.
Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani said the only difficulty is the Portuguese government's policy of not allowing extradition of any person to a country, which has a capital punishment.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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