If you had to defuse the ticking time bomb, how would you do it?
Eight-year-old boy Vignesh, a student of Class III at the Saraswati School, succumbed to burn injuries at around 2.30am.
There is evidence that Sankararaman had more resentment towards the junior seer, his brother Raghu and Sundaresa Iyer than the senior seer, the judge said.
According to Yadav's counsel, the two cases have a lot in common.
Granting the bail, Justice R Balasubramaniam directed the Seer to furnish a personal bond for Rs 25,000 with two sureties for like amount.
The court directed the Tamil Nadu police to produce the entire case diary in original before it on January 6 for further hearing.
'The Shankaracharya's supporters are shooting the messenger. What is Jayalalithaa's fault? Is it that she has allowed law to take its own course? Is she not supposed to?' asks Tamil Nadu government counsel, K T S Tulsi.
"The swamiji is of the view that only a CBI probe can help get to the truth and ensure justice."
The district administration has prohibited the entry of Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Praveen Togadia to sensitive Kandhamal in Odisha on Saturday fearing trouble.
The 10-day long event, called Mahamaham, will take place in Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu.
The outfit also refused to comment on the rejection by the Muslim Law Board of Kanchi seer's proposals to resolve the Ayodhya issue.
VHP leader Pravin Togadia insisted any negotiated settlement should involve handing over the disputed site to Hindus unconditionally.
The pontiff's fresh peace initiative has been rejected by both the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and the All India Muslim Personal Law Board while the Centre has termed it as a 'personal initiative'.
On Sunday, he had said that Muslim religious leaders were prepared to hand over the disputed site in Ayodhya to Hindu religious heads.
They are protesting against the Centre's move to take over lands of Hindu muths and temples all over the country.
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He urged Muslims not to make Ayodhya a 'prestige issue'.
The outfit's international president Ashok Singhal said there was no need for a new mosque in Ayodhya.
Thanjavur collector J Radhakrishnan recalls the horrifying tragedy.
Britain's Cairn Energy Plc has struck oil and gas in Rajasthan, the fourth discovery by the British firm, in the block which borders Gujarat.
He told Paul Dinakaran that some people were misleading the minority community on the issue to gain political mileage.
Scottish explorer Cairn Energy has struck an estimated 20 million tonnes of oil and gas reserves in Rajasthan.
Thousands were on the banks as Amitabh immersed the ashes at Sangam, where the Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati meet.
Milk booths by Amul and Mother Dairy, a Kumbh phone by Reliance Jio, Dabur's toothpaste dispensers are among the many initiatives by brands steadying for a stint on haloed ground.
When a university allows a small group of students to prevent classes being held; when the professor selected to hold those classes gives up and goes back to his hometown; what conclusion can be drawn, asks Jyoti Punwani.
God is still existing in the site. Now he is in a makeshift hut. Later, he will be installed in a temple, Jayendra Saraswati.
A Sai Baba idol was moved from a temple in Valsad and kept 'safe' in the basement after a resolution to this effect was passed in the recently concluded Dharma Sansad (Religious Convention) held in Chhattisgarh.
"It (mosque) should be built where it is required....It is not required in Ayodhya where people are already worshipping...," the seer told NDTV 24X7.
Modi praised Kumar for his "commitment" to state's development.
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