The court also observed that late Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Ashok Singhal wanted to save the structure because Ram idols were inside.
Amethi, Guna, Rohtak.... These were believed to be easy seats to win but as they say in politics, anything's possible. This election has seen a few family bastions fall and one could attribute it to the TsuNaMo that has swept the country.
Senior advocate Aishwarya Bhati, appearing for Uttar Pradesh, told the bench that they have complied with the top court's direction and extended the tenure of the special judge till he delivers the judgment in the Ayodhya demolition case.
The special court is hearing the 1992 demolition cases, including the one against BJP leaders L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Uma Bharti.
Here are some of the big political leaders' who await their fate on Monday.
Kashmera Shah launched the trailer of her movie at an event in Mumbai on October 5!
About 45 per cent of the voters on Wednesday exercised their franchise in the first six hours of polling in seven states and two union territories during the seventh phase of Lok Sabha elections that will decide the fate of political heavyweights like Narendra Modi, Sonia Gandhi, L K Advani, Rajnath Singh and Murli Manohar Joshi. Barring skirmishes in Punjab that left 10 persons injured, voting was by and large peaceful.
She joined the SP the day Rajnath Singh filed his nomination papers, hoping to retain the seat he won in 2014.
In spite of the wet and wintery weather, the annual extravaganza of the Jaipur Literature Festival ended on a warm note on Tuesday evening. Rediff.com's Sanchari Bhattacharya reports from Jaipur.
Singh, who was the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh when the 16th-century structure was razed on December 6 in 1992, was first taken in judicial custody by the court after he appeared before it in response to the summons in the demolition case.
In his report, Justice Liberhan said the senior police officers were at hand to ensure that their men toed the line and that the demolition of the disputed structure was allowed to go ahead with "military precision as orchestrated by the leaders present at the spot and carried out by their henchmen."
The FIR by the ACB was registered a day after Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said the agency has been told to probe their alleged collusion over hike in prices of natural gas from KG basin.
Operation Duryodhana 2 is expected to release on December 7.
In a war situation, the policy of 'what is not mine is enemy' tends to hold sway. It is high time professional militaries took air defence seriously, notes Group Captain Murli Menon (retd).somewhat, it is high time professional militaries took Air Defence seriously, suggests Group Captain Murli Menon (retd).
The soul searching on Bihar loss, backlash from party seniors are something the PM has to dwell deep upon.
Advani denied his involvement in the alleged conspiracy along with 'kar sevaks' to demolish the disputed structure in Ayodhya on December 6, 1992. He pleaded he was completely innocent and was unnecessarily dragged in the case owing to political reasons.
The buzz is all about Narendra Modi's team of 44, who made it and who did not. The prime minister elect had made some surprise omissions. Here's a look at those who were kept out.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday formally declared Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the party's prime ministerial candidate after hectic parleys by senior leaders to convince L K Advani, Sushma Swaraj and Murli Manohar Joshi to give up their opposition to him.
Governor Tathagata Roy also administered the oath of office to BJP leader Jishnu Deb Burman as the deputy chief minister along with seven other ministers, including Indigenous People's Front of Tripura chief N C Debbarma.
'The Congress today has lost contact with the Hindu clergy.' 'They go to to Hindu clergy only during the time of elections.'
Ram Vilas Vedanti said Advani tried to persuade the karsevaks to come down from atop of the structure.
National security and corruption will be the BJP's poll plank for the coming Lok Sabha election, reveals Sheela Bhatt.
Do you agree with Murli Manohar Joshi's remarks that yoga could curb the menace of sexual abuse of women?
Applying balm on the wounds of the two religious groups is a better course of action for the rulers. Common sense dictates the verdict be accepted in good grace by all sides, suggests Virendra Kapoor.
Maneka Gandhi will contest from Sultanpur and Varun Gandhi from Pilibhit.
A day after party chief Rajnath Singh defended his appointment as Uttar Pradesh in-charge, Bharatiya Janata Party leader Murli Manohar Joshi on Wednesday said Amit Shah is an "experienced" leader and asserted that no charges have so far been proved against him. Shah, a close confidant of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, is embroiled in a controversy related to the 2002 Gujarat riots and the Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case.
India should bring back Cheteshwar Pujara, Harish Kotian tells Messrs Kohli and Shastri.
Double impact in Bihar... Ajay Maken and the Tweety Bird... Kissa Kursi ka... Mein Azad Hoon... All this and more in this week's Dilli Gupshup...
'I did not find anything atrociously out of place about the depiction of the IAF's image,' says Group Captain Murli Menon (retd).
Kate Middleton has topped the list of people who have the best smile, according to a poll.
On October 5, 2019, the sessions court hearing the matter had said that as per Supreme Court orders, all evidence has to be presented before December 24, 2019, which would be the last working day.
Mukherjee presented the Union Budget in the Parliament on Friday.
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday took its grievances against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress-led United Progressive Alliance to President Pranab Mukherjee, demanding his intervention on the coal allocation issue and attacks on a constitutional institution like the Comptroller and Auditor General.
Against the backdrop of a CBI prosecutor in 2G case allegedly being caught on tape sharing legal strategy with an accused, members of a Parliamentary panel on Wednesday raised questions on the credibility of the investigation agency and its probe in the case.
Bollywood actor Aditya Pancholi will be seen playing the villian in Telugu film Shadow.
R P Singh says CAG's loss estimate of Rs 1.76 cr in 2G spectrum allocation report is inflated.
Responding to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's rejection of the Bharatiya Janata Party's demand -- that he appear before the Joint Parliamentary Committee in connection to the 2G spectrum allocation case -- the opposition on Wednesday said if the PM had nothing to hide, he should not shy away from the panel.
Stepping up pressure on the Centre over the prevailing tension along the LoC, Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday attacked government saying it has failed to protect nation's honour and evoke confidence among the people.
The Bharatiya Janata Party, which is strongly resisting Foreign Direct Investment in retail, on Tuesday appeared to rope in support of Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party, saying those against it should demonstrate it in Parliament.
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