One's religious faith is a private affair, and the government had no business to make laws on it, the Congress said.
The then disqualified Congress-JDS MLAs who had shifted loyalty to the BJP and won the December by-elections, were sworn-in at a simple ceremony at Raj Bhavan with Governor Vajubhai Vala admistering oath of office and secrecy.
Forest officials said 43,156 water fowls of 121 different species were spotted in the lake during the survey last summer, of which 9,928 were found in Nalabana bird sanctuary.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour will recommend to the Union Ministry of Labour to frame laws so as to bring workers of the unorganised sector in the country under the social security net.
Expressing his opposition to a legislation for allowing non-Hindus to worship in temples in the state, Ravi said his case was entirely different as he is a Hindu and his son was also brought up as a Hindu.
'Many BJP MLAs and ministers tell us the police does not listen to them.'
Naidu met Congress president Rahul Gandhi and discussed with him the possibilities of all opposition parties uniting and forging a joint opposition alliance.
Telangana Rashtra Samiti, headed by K Chandrasekhar Rao, will form the government in Telangana, after results revealed that the party won 63 seats to clinch power in the 119-member assembly in Telangana.
The Bihar Cricket Association questioned the Indian cricket board's fresh registration in September 2006.
Falaknuma Inspector Sudhakar and Mughalpura Inspector Ramachandra Reddy, who were in charge at the firing spot, were transferred by the city Police Commissioner Balvinder Singh.
The issue of pollution caused due to the non-degradable material is keeping consumer goods majors - from ITC and Dabur to Nestl and PepsiCo - on their toes.
Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Telangana have announced a lockdown of educational institutions, malls and other places that attract people in large numbers, even as some of them have been reporting increase in positive cases.
Flood-ravaged AP heaves sigh of relief as depression further weakens
Vaihayasi Pande Daniel reports on all the action that unfolded at the NIA court hearing the 2008 Malegaon blast case.
He charged KCR with using 'abusive language' in campaigning and claimed that it showed signs of his nervousness and insecurity.
The border personal meeting was marked by saluting the national flags by both the delegations members.
"Nobody can do injustice to Ayodhya," he said, adding that the holy city is identified by Lord Ram.
The website would also add space for passenger grievances and the grievances would then be taken up with appropriate authorities, APAI president D Sudhakar Reddy and vice president Milan Zatakia said.
Rahul Dravid has been included in Karnataka team for their Ranji Trophy Elite Group 'A' final league match.
Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi has rubbished allegations in the Supreme Court that Salian was pressurised by the National Investigation Agency to 'go slow' in the case.
Sudhakar V Shenoy, founder, chairman and CEO, Information Management Consultants, Inc, says 'if we do not pull up the next generation, we would have failed.'
Though the site is still at a nascent state, visitors can have a look at various speeches that Reddy has made and questions that he raised in Parliament as well.\n\n
A Communist Party of India member of Parliament on Thursday made a strong case for legalising mercy killings.
Pakistan's Border Action Team set up the ambush and waited for long for the patrol team, while Pakistani troops attacked two forward posts with rockets and mortar bombs along the Line of Control in the Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Shubman Gill scored a magnificent, unbeaten hundred as India amassed 272 for 9 against Pakistan in the second semi-final of the ICC Under-19 World Cup in Christchurch on Tuesday.
'It wasn't as if the senior police inspectors in charge of the police stations were not aware of the communal tension that was being created in their areas before and during the riots.' 'Yet they chose not to act,' recalls Jyoti Punwani.
The funeral procession of the Mahant will start from Digambar Akhara and after taking a round of the town, the body\nwill be taken to Saryu river's banks, where it would be consigned to flames at the Tulsi Ghat around 1400 IST.
Joint leaders Saidali Iuldachev of Uzbekistan and Pavel Kotsur of Kazakhstan split points in the sixth round of the Parsvanath International Chess tournament.
Keen to have a representation in the ICC's Elite panel of Umpires, the BCCI is all set to set up a National Umpires Academy in the country to improve the standard of officials.
GTB's main problem was its exposure to the capital markets. Consequent to over-exposure to the capital markets in 2001, non-performing assets was one of the factors that worked against us.
The new TTD chairman's Venkateswara pendant seems like a simple yet effective tool to silence his critics and to unburden the baggage of his family's religion.
This was the third BAT action in Poonch this year.
The outfit proposes to hold a meeting at the town to decide on the construction of the Ram Temple.
While the number of active COVID-19 cases stood at 7,409, as many as 764 people have been cured and discharged, and one had migrated, it said. Of the total 273 deaths, Maharashtra tops the tally with 127 fatalities, followed by Madhya Pradesh at 36, Gujarat at 22 and Delhi at 19.
Most of the parties supported 'one nation one election', says defence minister Rajnath Singh.
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