Buta orders judicial inquiry into police firing in Bihar
Chhota Shakeel's henchman Shahnawaz Akbar Khan alias Shano, who allegedly had planned to eliminate a builder, was killed in an encounter with the police in suburban Vile Parle, Mumbai, on Friday, police said.
In the clearest indication yet about Narendra Modi's elevation, Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday said that the party "cannot ignore the expectations of the workers" and a decision would be announced shortly.
Two other militants were arrested from the encounter scene, the sources added.
Taking a dig at Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal, the Bharatiya Janata Party today said he was attacking its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi only to remain in the "limelight".
The BJP said moderate and liberal Muslims take pride in raising nationalist slogans like this but hardliners with medieval beliefs raise such issues for their own sectarian interests.
The BJP leader from Bihar sought to compare his defeat in Kishanganj LS seat to that of Congress' Buta Singh after the 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
AIIMS doctors said the BJP stalwart and former external affairs minister died of a cardiac arrest.
Court documents show that the Kerala government, whose case was treated as the 'lead case' among all the petitions filed against Adani, made four allegations to convince the court to cancel the contract for the Thiruvanathapuram airport. The state's legal team couldn't substantiate most of these allegations with documentary proof and its self-defeating arguments in court failed to convince the judges to cancel the contract given to Adani. The battle for the Thiruvananthapuram airport between the Communist-led Kerala government, the Adani group and the Modi government over the past year hasn't had a dull moment since the proceedings began. Claims of a smoking gun turned out to be a damp squib, says Sai Manish.
India, which plans to start flights to Kabul whenever Pakistani airspace opens, on Wednesday agreed to take a slew of steps, including waiving off expenses, to assist Afghanistan in building up its aviation infrastructure.
The government on Tuesday withdrew the Airports Authority of India (Amendment) Bill, 2000, in the Lok Sabha saying it had decided to introduce a comprehensive legislation on the issue soon, Civil Aviation Minister Shahnawaz Hussain said.\n\n\n\n
Anas Machiswala, Kalim Ahmed and Shahnawaz, all residents of Ahmedabad, were taken into custody last evening from Sadashirpet area of Medak district, about 80 kms from Hyderabad.
While the girls are seen pleading with them to let them go, the boys are seen laughing and a few of them shooting the incident.
The Union Government will invest Rs 2000 crore (Rs 20 billion) for making Mumbai airport into a world class one, Union Civil Aviation Minister Syed Shahnawaz Hussain said in Mumbai. \n\n
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday alleged that the Janata Dal-United is misusing the office of Bihar Assembly Speaker Uday Narain Choudhary, adding that the Sharad Yadav -led party wants to stay in power and also play the role of opposition.
The American Boeing 757, flying to Male from Karachi, was forced to land in Mumbai on Monday after it was found violating Indian air space.
N P Singh cracked a six-wicket haul as Maharashtra crashed to an 85-run defeat against Hyderabad.
Hyderabad gained a 148-run first innings lead over Maharashtra in the Rajni Trophy match.
Moments after Anna Hazare skipped a public meeting addressed by Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, former army chief Gen V K Singh on Wednesday met him triggering speculation that the anti-corruption crusader could have been wooed by the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Lok Sabha on Friday passed the Airports Authority of India (Amendment) Bill, 2003 paving the way for private investment in greenfield airports and restructuring of existing airports.
A decision on upgradation of Delhi and Mumbai airports is likely to be taken by the finance ministry in a week's time as part of government's efforts to create world-class civil aviation infrastructure in the country.\n\n
The CBI has so far arrested eight persons in Hyderabad while the crime branch of the Ahmedabad police has arrested 10 suspected Pakistani agents.
The government on Monday denied any pressure on it regarding selection and procurement of aircraft for the Indian carriers.\n\n\n\n
Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, approved the proposal of the civil aviation ministry to remove IA and A-I from the divestment roster.
The government is shortly going to move ahead with the process of developing airports at New Delhi and Mumbai to international standards, Civil Aviation Minister Shahnawaz Hussain said on Friday.\n\n\n\n
Civil Aviation Ministry will shortly take the view of the Union Cabinet on divestment of Air India and Indian Airlines before it proceeds with the proposal for fleet acquisition of the two carriers.
A goal two minutes from the end denied Bagan full points in the Kolkata Super Six league.
The government indicated on Saturday that an early decision was likely on the proposals of fleet acquisition by Air-India and Indian Airlines as well as of privatisating the four metro airports.
Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi, who is on a long sabbatical, is likely to return on April 15 ahead of Congress' proposed Kisan rally in New Delhi on April 19 against the Land Acquisition Bill brought out by the Narendra Modi government.
When we bought weapons-like the Bofors gun previously purchased, no one went and brought them while showing off, Kharge said.
Bihar Bharatiya Janata Party leader Ashwani Choubey and his family, who were stranded in a temple in Kedarnath, have been rescued and brought to Dehradun by a helicopter on Thursday.
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Shahnawaz Hussain has proposed that a museum on the life and times of Prophet Muhammad be built in India, home to the second largest Muslim population in the world.
The US-led war against Iraq and the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome have led to sharp decline in demand for air travel and raised costs on account of aviation turbine fuel, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday.
Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, PM Modi, Rajnath, Advani, Sushma, Shah and several other leaders visited the AIIMS to enquire about the ex-PM's health.
The cost of deploying Central Industrial Security Force for aviation security at all functional airports across the country would rise by Rs 138 crore (Rs 1.38 billion) per annum, Civil Aviation Minister Shahnawaz Hussain said.
The proposal to take off Indian Airlines and Air-India from the divestment list will come up for discussion at the next meeting of the Cabinet Committee for Divestment to be held soon.\n\n\n\n
The plane, which was travelling from Karachi to Male, did not have necessary clearance.
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