Nitish Kumar had a week's time to prove his majority, but Laloo Yadav made full use of Siwan don Mohammad Shahabuddin. A revealing excerpt from Rajesh Singh's Baahubalis Of Indian Politics: From Bullet To Ballot.
They have also released three sketches of those suspected to have killed Manish Mishra.
Roy, on his part, said the decision to name him in the first information report was 'politically motivated'.
Deogarh District Deputy Commissioner Amit Kumar, Superintendent of Police P Murugan and two other Health department officials were placed under suspension, hours after 10 devotees were killed in a stampede in the temple town of Baidyanath Dham.
For this dispensation, ideas are dangerous. Those who propagate liberalism and democratic traditions are even more dangerous, observes Rashme Sehgal.
Maninder Pal Singh Kohli was arrested from Panitanki on the Indo-Nepal border in West Bengal's Darjeeling district.
'Judge Muralidhar was under transfer to Chandigarh for entirely opaque reasons but to abruptly ask him to leave day after a midnight hearing at his residence in Delhi that must have saved many lives manifests the arrogance of a Govt punch drunk on Power'
The double-decker bus belonged to Awadh Depot and was going to New Delhi from Lucknow.
The top court also expunged adverse remarks of the Delhi high court against the National Investigation Agency made in its May 27 order while dealing with the bail plea.
The inquiry by will not deal with the allegations of sexual harassment against the CJI.
The Republic Day celebration was about India's Constitution, but the protests also argued for protecting the values of equality and secularism enshrined in it.
With Naxalite activities continuing to spread in Orissa, the state has decided to prepare a comprehensive strategy to control violence by Maoist activists and restore law and order in trouble-torn areas.
Besides, it said, since the regular director has been appointed the main prayer of the petitioner NGO Common Cause stands satisfied.
Jha, a fearless officer of the country's largest paramilitary force, led a lethal anti-Naxal operation on July 3 last year in Jamui district of Bihar.
Nitisha Negi, was one of the five Indian footballers who were swept away by a huge wave on Sunday when they ventured into the seawaters after the completion of the Games. The Pacific Games were not recognised by the International School Sports Federation, the parent international body. The Indian contingent had around 120 members.
Madhu's name surfaced after seizure of a huge haul of 875 rocket shells and launchers by Andhra Pradesh police in September this year.
An ex-gratia of Rs 4 lakh, including an immediate relief of Rs 50,000, was announced by the collector for the kin of the deceased.
But there was no report on the fate of the pilot Flying Officer Sinha who was piloting the fighter jet from Hashimara air base.
The godman is very popular in Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh because of his spiritual and social works.
The bench said it will take up the matter for hearing on Thursday.
A sharpshooter of underworld don Dawood Ibrahim was on Wednesday shot dead in an encounter with the police while he was trying to escape from their custody in Lucknow.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly condemned the attack.
Tehelka founder editor Tarun Tejpal, who has been accused by his junior colleague of sexual assault, on Tuesday alleged he has been framed because of "political vendetta".
The attacker, identified as Ved Prakash, was detained by police, which quizzed him.
'Under the more strident Modi version of Hindutva, Nehru has almost become a contemporary political figure.' 'The ruling party knows that without total erasure and distortion of Nehru, their fantasies will always be wobbly.'
The Supreme Court on Monday will take up the final report on the Indian Premier League (IPL) spot-fixing scam submitted by a committee headed by Justice (Retired) Mukul Mudgal on November 3.
According to an official, two fresh deaths have been reported in Cuttack and Khurda districts of the state.
Delhi Water Minister Kapil Mishra had written a letter to the defence ministry requesting the army to build an additional pontoon bridge, which he said was "imperative" for safer movement of people while crossing the Yamuna to attend the 'World Culture Festival'.
"After pulling down the statue, slogans of 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' were raised,'' Datta told PTI.
'How can one bring jihad into a relationship? How can one be restricted on the grounds of religion in marital things?'
Mulayam to return to Mainpuri seat.
'You don't win elections on the basis of borrowed players.' 'There is a great crisis of leadership for the BJP in Bengal'
'Caste-based power politics made him think that he can get away with murder.'
Two other Rajasthan ministers Vishvendra Singh and Ramesh Meena were also sacked from the state cabinet after a meeting of the Congress Legislature Party, its second in the last two days. The meeting was billed as a 'second chance' for Pilot, who had turned down appeals from the party's top leadership -- including Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi -- to return to the fold.
Sardar Udham sets a great standard which, Utkarsh Mishra believes, would be emulated by other film-makers who want to make movies of this genre.
According to sources U S Misra, IPS officer of 1968 batch from Orissa cadre, is among the frontrunners.
He rejected TMC's allegation that BJP workers vandalised a bust of educationist and social reformer Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar.
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