Investigators are now trying to ascertain as to who made these alleged forged documents and whether an organised gang is behind it.
Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar missed out on a gold medal as he signed off with a silver in men' 50m rifle 3-positions
Top pistol shooter Ankait Tomar was removed from the Indian contingent bound for the ISSF World Championships in Baku a week before its departure because of a "minor scuffle with a fellow shooter", said his father on Sunday.
Aishwary Pratap Singh clinched a comfortable win over Alexander Schmirl to clinch gold at the ongoing ISSF World Cup in Cairo.
Earlier, Rajnath and Shah were leading deliberations among Union ministers to resolve the issues raised by the agitating farmers.
The minister also hoped that a resolution should be reached before the year ends and asserted that the Modi government is committed to address all genuine concerns of the farming community.
Former Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar on Wednesday approached a sessions court in New Delhi challenging his arrest in the alleged fake degree case.
As many as 28 legislators, including former Union minister Prahlad Patel and Bharatiya Janata Party national general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya, were on Monday inducted into the Madhya Pradesh cabinet led by Chief Minister Mohan Yadav.
Gagandeep Singh was among a slew of athletes across sports who were handed three-year ban by the National Anti-Doping Agency
Speaking to reporters after the meeting that lasted for little over two hours, Tomar said the government is still hopeful that union leaders will come with alternatives to discuss in the next round of talks on January 15.
With farmers firm on their demand about repealing of the three agriculture laws passed by the Centre, their protest entered the 20th day on Tuesday with demonstrations continuing on Sant Nirankari Samagam ground in Burari on the outskirts of Delhi and at various border points.
Former Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar, who was arrested on Tuesday on charges of submitting a fake degree while filing nomination for the Delhi assembly polls held in February this year, has been taken to Faizabad in Uttar Pradesh for questioning.
Sources said they discussed and finalised the government's position for the Wednesday meeting.
The minister said that the last meeting held on December 30, 2020, happened in a cordial atmosphere and there is a possibility of positive results in the interest of farmers and of the country's farm sector at the next meeting.
He also said that train services will resume after the state government and protesting farmer unions assure the safety of the tracks. Tomar and Union Food, Commerce and Railways Minister Piyush Goyal held a day-long meeting with representatives of various farmer unions at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.
The family of Raja Raghuvanshi, an Indore-based businessman murdered during his honeymoon, is demanding the death penalty for his wife, Sonam, the prime accused, and four others. Meghalaya police have filed a chargesheet against eight individuals in connection with the case.
The MPs who win assembly polls will have to quit one of their seats in the next 14 days.
The BJP on Wednesday attacked CM Arvind Kejriwal and the AAP over the charges levelled against former law ministers Jitender Singh Tomar and Somnath Bharti.
Former Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar's lawyer on Tuesday withdrew the bail application after the Aam Aadmi Party leader was sent to police custody remand for four days.
The ministers are believed to have discussed the issues raised by farmers, and how the Union government can constructively respond to dispel concerns expressed by them over the farm laws.
Delhi Police on Sunday said former Delhi Law Minister Jitender Singh Tomar was "not cooperating" in the investigation in the fake degree case, saying he was "reluctant" to answer questions during interrogation.
Kisan Mazdoor Sangh (KMS) and Kisan Sena (KS) made a representation, which also included a demand for strengthening the dispute resolution system in case of any trouble in contract farming.
Tomar discussed with Singh 'all possible options' to find a 'middle path' to resolve the crisis, sources added. Singh, who served as agriculture minister in the erstwhile Atal Bihari Vajpayee cabinet, has emerged as a key troubleshooter and is working mostly behind the scenes on this issue.
The national shooting federation NRAI chose current form over pedigree to pick the squad for the mega event and it will be hoping they hit the bullseye at the National Shooting Centre in Chateauroux.
The police custody of ex-Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar was extended by two days on Saturday by a court in New Delhi after the police claimed that documents produced by him were "fabricated" and charges under Prevention of Corruption Act might also be invoked in the case.
The delegation of 20 'progressive farmers' from Haryana, led by Padma Shri awardee Kanwal Singh Chauhan, said the government may amend some provisions of the laws but should not repeal them.
A court in Baghpat on Monday dismissed a decades-old plea filed by a Muslim side over a site that Hindu devotees say is the Mahabharat-era 'Lakshagriha' but the petitioners maintain is a graveyard and dargah of Sufi saint Sheikh Badruddin.
In a setback to Jitender Singh Tomar, a Delhi court on Thursday dismissed his revision plea against his police remand.
Responding to the NCP leader's remarks, Tomar said Pawar, who is a veteran leader, is also considered well-versed with the issues and solutions relating to agriculture. "Pawar himself tried hard to bring the same agriculture reforms earlier."
With the talks between the Centre and the agitating farmer unions stalled since January, Agriculture Minister Narendra Singh Tomar on Wednesday expressed readiness to resume the dialogue to resolve their objections to the three new agri laws, but the unions remained adamant on their demands for a repeal of the legislations and a legal guarantee on the minimum support price.
A court in New Delhi extended the judicial custody of former Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar in an alleged forged degree case by 14 days on Monday.
Opposition parties on Tuesday demanded that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal step down owning "moral responsibility" after a Bihar University told Delhi High Court that provisional certificate of law minister in his government Jitender Singh Tomar is "fabricated".
Additional Sessions Judge Vimal Kumar Yadav allowed the bail application of Tomar after imposing several conditions, including a bar on his travel outside the national capital without prior permission from the court and joining the investigation as and when required.
The Sports Ministry on Saturday suspended Wrestling Federation of India's (WFI) assistant secretary Vinod Tomar, a fallout of the grapplers' allegations of sexual harassment and corruption against the sports body's chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh.
A revolt by 22 MLAs had led to the collapse of the Kamal Nath-led Congress government in March 2020.
In separate letters in Hindi to Modi and Tomar, the AIKSCC said that the government is wrong in assuming that the farmers' agitation against the three farm laws is being engineered by opposition parties.
Aam Aadmi Party leader Jitender Singh Tomar, who quit as Delhi law minister after being arrested on charges of furnishing false degrees, was on Friday confirmed to have passed law examination in 1998-99 from a Bihar college.
Lt Governor Najeeb Jung has appointed a special public prosecutor to represent Delhi police in the alleged fake degree case involving former law minister and AAP leader Jitender Singh Tomar, a court in New Dehli was told on Thursday.
Former Delhi law minister Jitender Singh Tomar was sent to Tihar jail by a Delhi court on Sunday in the alleged fake degree case after police said that it does not require his custody for now.
As per the Ministry sources, a special request was made by the BCCI to the sports ministry to include Shami's name as he didn't originally feature in the list of the country's second-highest sporting honour.
