Sumitra Mahajan, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and one of the most experienced Parliamentarians, looks set to be the next Lok Sabha Speaker. According to sources, the 71-year-old leader from Madhya Pradesh has been sounded by party chief Rajnath Singh about the new assignment.
A Mumbai sessions court on Monday convicted Pravin Mahajan of the murder of his elder brother and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pramod Mahajan. The judge relied on the statements of Pramod's wife Rekha, servant Mahesh and Pramod's own statement made to the BJP leader and brother-in-law Gopinath Munde while on his way to the hospital.
Though it did strike him to give the statement earlier, he could not as Mahajan was critical and his sister-in-law Rekha was not keeping well.
During the cross-examination of Hanif Tahirali alias Bandukwala who sold the gun to Pravin, it was revealed that the statement recorded on May 12 last year was dated April 12, 2006, which made it prior to the commission of the crime.
Pramod Mahajan's close aides, Sudhanshu Mittal and Harish Sharma, have also been summoned.\n
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.
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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.
Mahajan had made the remark in a recent TV interview.
A Rajya Sabha panel was contemplating packing off Rahul after he was arrested for drug use.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) have intensified their investigations against Gaurav Mehta, a suspect in a Bitcoin Ponzi scam, following allegations that politicians may have been involved in using cryptocurrency to influence Maharashtra assembly polls. The ED searched Mehta's residence in Raipur and seized computers and digital devices. The CBI summoned him to appear before investigators. The ED is probing Mehta's potential links to politicians, politically exposed persons, and bureaucrats as part of its money laundering probe. The allegations came after BJP released purported voice notes suggesting that Congress and NCP leaders were attempting to use cryptocurrency for election campaigning. Both parties denied the claims, calling the voice notes fake.
Rahul is marrying Shweta Singh in Mumbai on Tuesday and had sought permission of court to travel abroad for their honeymoon.
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.
The assailant has surrendered before the police.
Since his brain mapping test has been stayed, Mahajan has been allowed to leave for Mumbai.
The couple seems to be heading for a split after Dimpy walked out of Rahul's home alleging abuse.
Amid cross-voting, BJP candidate Harsh Mahajan on Tuesday won the lone Rajya Sabha seat from Himachal Pradesh, defeating ruling Congress' Abhishek Manu Singhvi, officials said.
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.
There's an average aggregator premium of Rs 46 per dish (in hidden costs) compared to delivery orders placed on restaurants' own channels. Conservatively, this translates into an additional annual financial burden of at least Rs 12,000 for the average Indian household in major metro/Tier-I cities.
Himachal is first state in the country to pass such a bill under which "A person shall not be entitled for pension under the Act, if he has been disqualified at any point of time under the tenth schedule of the Constitution".
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.
'Dimpy cries and cries like she's a heroine from the 1970s.' Rahul Mahajan seems to have had enough of Bigg Boss.
'A struggling actor once came to me and told me there's no work.' 'I said when there's no work, that's when you have a lot of work.' 'He said he didn't understand.' 'I explained that you have to keep reading, watching, writing, traveling.' 'It is like riyaaz for an actor.'
"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.
Bharatiya Janata Party nominee Harsh Mahajan won the February 27 election through draw of lots after both candidates secured 34 votes each
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.
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.
The HC has asked the Delhi police to answer some queries in a fortnight.
