Pramod's brother-in-law Gopinath Munde's statement has come as shot in the arm for the prosecutors in the case.
Mahajan was known for his ability to carry with him friends and opponents alike, the tributes said.
Proceedings in the case have been adjourned to January 31 when the prosecution is expected to submit a list of documents it will rely on to prove its case.
On Pravin's plea, the court also asked the jail authorities to provide the accused with all the periodicals and newspapers prescribed in the jail manual.
A Rajya Sabha panel was contemplating packing off Rahul after he was arrested for drug use.
Mahajan had made the remark in a recent TV interview.
Rahul is marrying Shweta Singh in Mumbai on Tuesday and had sought permission of court to travel abroad for their honeymoon.
The assailant has surrendered before the police.
Prakash, who is on his way to Mumbai from Aurangabad, said he would be able to comment further only after he reached the city and met other family members.
Polling in Indore, where the Congress is out of race after its candidate withdrew his nomination, is scheduled on May 13.
The couple seems to be heading for a split after Dimpy walked out of Rahul's home alleging abuse.
Since his brain mapping test has been stayed, Mahajan has been allowed to leave for Mumbai.
The defence in Pramod Mahajan murder trial on Friday successfully demonstrated that an SMS in mobile phone memory can be tampered with -- after failing in the first attempt.
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In its first list of candidates for the assembly elections, BJP announced the names of 66 candidates of which 23 are sitting MLAs who have been given the tickets.
The government is thrusting new leaders to the fore and moving others aside to create a rift between the Maratha and OBC communities, he said, stressing that those protesting over their demand for non-dilution of the OBC quota are not at fault.
"I have nothing to say on Nirupam's resignation as it is Shiv Sena's internal matter," the former Union broadcasting and information minister said in New Delhi.
'The Budget needs to focus more on social welfare schemes.'
According to the cause list of August 20 uploaded on the apex court website, a bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra is scheduled to hear on Tuesday.
The Speaker of Lok Sabha in a two-page letter said that people had great expectations from MPs and had reposed their faith in them.
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Describing the unrest among party members as just the "tip of the iceberg," the report shed light on the underlying discontent within the BJP.
Sarangi, wife of Pravin Mahajan, on Thursday told the Mumbai sessions court that she had sent the "controversial" SMS to Pramod Mahajan on April 15 last year.
Late Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pramod Mahajan's son Rahul Mahajan and his wife Shweta were on Thursday directed by a sessions court in Gurgaon to stay separately for six months before it took a decision on their plea for divorce by mutual consent.
Voting for the bypolls in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Tamil Nadu were held on Wednesday.
The HC has asked the Delhi police to answer some queries in a fortnight.
"I saw Pravin Mahajan fire at Pramod with a pistol that he had," she told the court, which started the trial in the case on Wednesday.
A sessions court on Friday deferred till September 8 the trial of Pravin Mahajan, who is facing charges of killing his elder brother and Bharatiya Janata Party general secretary Pramod Mahajan.
No one from Pravin's family was present at the wedding.
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She parried a question on why she had been inducted in the BJP ahead of Rahul, saying, "My entry into politics was not accidental."
Mittal said the evidence, on the basis of which he has been arrested, was not sufficient as no drugs, as per the tests carried out by the Apollo hospital, were found in Mahajan's body.
As the campaign for the Lok Sabha elections gathers momentum, Sharad Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray, the leaders of two prominent regional parties in Maharashtra, are fighting a battle for political survival.
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