Is the Union government responsible for it (Dalit atrocities)? Is the party (BJP) responsible for it?," Ahir asked.
Dhanorkar was 47 years old and is survived by wife Pratibha, an MLA, and two sons.
Union Ministers Jitendra Singh and Hansraj Ahir assure Mehbooba Mufti of the Centre's support.
BJP MP and actor Ravi Kishan has been awarded the Sansad Ratna for his outstanding performance in the Lok Sabha, becoming the first actor-turned-politician to receive the honour.
BJP MP and coal crusader Hansraj Ahir blames Shinde for give permission for 45 power plants in Chandrapur in Maharashtra.
In an exclusive interview with rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt, BJP MP Ahir, who played a vital role in exposing coalgate, explains, quite convincingly, his view point on the scam.
MoS Home Hansraj Ahir said that the Law Commission in its 262nd report has recommended that the death penalty be abolished for all crimes other than terrorism related offences and waging war.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday came out with a book on the coal scam titled 'The Great Coal Robbery'.
The NIA has so far charge-sheeted 29 accused under the UAPA.
Bharatiya Janata Party MP Hansraj Ahir, who has been at the forefront in exposing the scandalous free allotment of coal blocks by the United Progressive Alliance, explains the modus operandi of the coal scam in the second and final part of his interview with rediff.com's Sheela Bhatt.
As many as 306 people have lost their lives due to the spread of infectious diseases in Maharashtra in the wake of the heavy rains and floods, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday.
As many as 54 supporters IS have been arrested in the country, Lok Sabha was informed.
Army Vice Chief Sarath Chand said that India will continue to give a "befitting reply"
The minister said India would make efforts to get the territory back from Pakistan.
He said he would possibly go to Sukma on Wednesday.
Union minister Hansraj Ahir said those who have national interest in mind should not make such statements.
Also 125 terrorist incidents occurred in the first six months of 2016 in comparison to 76 in the corresponding period of last year.
BJP leader R K Singh says Pakistan's consistent denial of consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav suggests him already being executed.
Several measure have been taken to beef up security for the pilgrimage.
Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir said in the Lok Sabha that between October 1, 2016 and March 31 this year the state reported 155 terror attacks.
Fadnavis, the first Bharatiya Janata Party chief minister of the state, filed his papers from the Nagpur South-West constituency.
Minister of State for Home Affairs Hansraj Ahir stated that the development put Pakistan in its place.
Here is some interesting information released by the government in response to questions posed by MPs in Parliament on Tuesday.
The polling started at 7 am and would continue till 5 pm.
Ahir said there is a process for putting such issues in perspective which was duly followed by the Army as well as the government.
Between 2014 and March 3, 2018, 45 people were killed in 40 cases of mob lynching across nine states, and at least 217 persons had been arrested, data compiled by the home ministry show.
Govt unlikely to allow Indo-Pak cricket in Dubai
The alliance won 41 of the 48 seats leaving the Congress-NCP combine with just 5 seats.
He accused Naxalites of using tribal villagers as a shield.
The April 11 polling will decide the fate of several political bigwigs.
A year after storming to power in Maharashtra, the Bharatiya Janata Party seems to have suffered a considerable erosion of support base in Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis' home turf Vidarbha, losing to Congress-Nationalist Congress Party in the municipal council polls in the region.
Former Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and three others were on Sunday inducted into the Union Cabinet as Prime Minister Narendra Modi expanded his Council of Ministers, bringing in 21 new ministers as Shiv Sena kept away from the exercise.
Singh said India has a policy of maintaining cordial relations with neighbours.
"All of us can feel the pain of families of the Pulwama martyrs. We understand your anger," Modi said.
The coal-scam has taken an important turn as the Central Bureau of Investigation has charge-sheeted former bureaucrat P C Parakh and industrialist Kumarmangalam Birla. The next big thing is to see that if the coal-blocks allotted, fraudulently, are cancelled or not either by Supreme Court or by the government as pre-emptive action.
"The part (of J&K) which is with Pakistan (PoK) belongs to Pakistan and this side to India. This won't change. Let them fight how many wars they want to. This won't change," Abdullah said.
An injured jawan said around 10-12 Naxalites must have got killed in the 'befitting' retaliation by the CRPF contingent.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday evening released its first list of 54 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections.
A total of 822 incidents were reported in 2017, a rise from the 703 in 2016.
Five months into office, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will expand and reshuffle his Council of Ministers on Sunday, bringing in new faces and is likely to drop a few.
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