'Pakistan may have moved back from this devilish plot in 2007, but there is no guarantee it won't be on the drawing boards again,' warns Rajeev Sharma.
The lawyers' licences could be cancelled if their response is not adequate
Denying women the right to enter and pray in the historic Sabarimala temple in Kerala cannot be justified on the basis of traditions which violated constitutional principle, says the SC.
Barely 24 hours after the Allahabad high court expressed serious concern about her government's inaction to resolve the two-week old agitation by the Jat community seeking inclusion among backward castes, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has chosen to blame the Centre for the spiraling protests.Mayawati sought to take credit for removing the agitators from the railway tracks in parts of western UP, where services had been completely disrupted.
"We are the government. The Navy and the Defence Ministry are not the government," he added.
Over a month after decommissioned Indian Naval Ship Vikrant was sold, it was on Wednesday moved out of the naval dock and taken to a ship breaking yard in south Mumbai. "The ship started from the naval dock at 9.40 am and reached the yard at around 2.30 pm," said a source in the Western Naval Command.
Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel and Governor O P Kohli were also present at the meeting.
'There will be significant political traction for him. But how much, we don't know yet'
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More than 70 years after World War II, Reinhold Hanning, 94, was sentenced to five years' imprisonment over his role at the Nazi-run camp in occupied Poland.
Delhi Police spokesperson Mandeep Singh Randhawa said the internal security of the JNU lies with the varsity administration. He said the police did not reach late and handled the situation professionally.
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Govinda was granted bail by a Mumbai court in a case registered against him for allegedly slapping a person in 2008 on the sets of his film Money Hai to Honey Hai.
Amid demands by opposition parties to revoke her suspension, Indian Administrative Service officer Durga Shakti Nagpal has reported to the revenue board, sources said on Wednesday.
'Of equal importance was the AIADMK's precarious assembly membership, what with 11 of its MLAs including deputy chief minister OPS facing court cases for disqualification and by-elections due in another 21. To shore up the party's numbers for anticipated eventuality on the 11-MLAs' front, the AIADMK leadership in general and chief minister EPS in particular, were even more focussed on assembly seats than LS seats, just now,' says N Sathiya Moorthy.
"Pakistan will not accept any modifications or changes to the provisions of the Indus Waters Treaty. Our position is based on the principles enshrined in the treaty. And the treaty must be honoured in... letter and spirit," Special Assistant to Prime Minister Tariq Fatemi told Dawn News.
Seven people were arrested in the cow slaughter case, officials said, adding that three of them -- Azhar Khan, Nadeem Khan, Mehboob Ali -- were charged under the NSA.
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Centre and Uttar Pradesh government on a plea seeking transfer of probe into Muzaffarnagar clashes from state police to any independent agency.
Higher education policy may be at the core of the Tamil Nadu assembly polls next May, with a potential to break the ties between the ruling AIADMK in the state and the BJP counterpart at the national level, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
The talks will be the first official engagement between India and Pakistan since Khan became prime minister on August 18.
If the precautions are not taken and guidelines are not followed properly, there can be chances of spike in cases, the government said.
After the complainant said it could be a pre-planned murder.
Business tycoon Nusli Wadia has dragged G L Raheja and kin, Sandeep G Raheja and Sonali G Raheja, and Ferrani Hotels belonging to the GL Raheja Group to the Bombay high court. The dispute is about violating the agreement between Wadia and the Rahejas on developing nearly 478 acres in Malad in the western suburb of Mumbai.
'The lay of the runway is not at all safe.' 'Even operating a 737 is dangerous there.' 'During the monsoon, they must ban landing on runway 10.'
The officials said they had no information other than that Azhar was undergoing treatment at an army hospital after suffering renal failure.
'In the last 55 years India and Pakistan have gone to wars, but nobody spoke about scrapping the Indus Waters Treaty.'
The Special Investigation Team, probing the Muzaffarnagar riot cases, has reopened a gang-rape case of Phugana village in the district, following a directive by the Supreme Court.
'Shaheen Bagh is no longer a mere ghetto of lower middle class Muslims.' 'Now, it is a metaphor for resistance, secularism and struggle,' notes Md. Zeeshan Ahmad.
It will not be feasible to shift IPL matches out of Pune, the BCCI told the Bombay High Court on Wednesday, while stating that franchises of Mumbai and Pune teams are willing to contribute Rs five crore towards the Chief Minister's drought relief fund. The BCCI spelt out its stand before a bench of Justices V M Kanade and M S Karnik, hearing a PIL by NGO Loksatta Movement challenging use of large quantities of water in stadiums at a time when the state was reeling under severe drought conditions. BCCI's counsel Rafiq Dada also told the high court that the cricket board is ready to supply over 60 lakh litres of non-potable water to drought-hit areas in Maharashtra free of cost. He said the water will be supplied in support with Royal Western India Turf Club (RWITC), Mumbai Cricket Association and Maharashtra Cricket Association. "It would not be feasible to shift matches out of Pune as it will disturb the Pune team's brand value and economic balance," he said. The franchises of Mumbai Indians and Rising Pune Supergiants are willing to contribute Rs five crore to the CM's drought relief fund, Dada said.
The Scot lost 6-4, 6-4 to Richard Gasquet in his first singles match since January before saying he had turned down a wild card into the men's draw at the year's final Grand Slam.
'Societal acceptance is the surround-sound of the socio-economic political compass that we live in. This is the first step.'
The apex court also said that children below 18 years should not be allowed in the Dahi Handi event.
The four militants -- Maulvi Abdus Salam, Hazrat Ali, Mujeebur Rehman and Sabeel alias Yahya -- were executed in a civil jail in Kohat near Peshawar.
Roger Federer returned from a month-long layoff with a 6-4, 6-4 second round victory over Roberto Bautista Agut on Tuesday at the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati.
On August 20, 2004, the Kathmandu District Court sentenced him to life imprisonment, convicting him for killing the two tourists.
Referring to attempts made by Azad to forge the relationship of 'bua' with her, Mayawati said she cannot have any respectable relationship with such people.
The French Open could move out of Paris in the next few years because of infrastructure problems, the Grand Slam's tennis tournament director said on Monday. Organisers have been considering for years how to extend the current Roland Garros stadium, located on the leafy western edge of the French capital.
The Bombay high court on Thursday ordered an interim stay on further sale of flats in an 18-storey building named Harsiddhi at Worli in Mumbai as the Indian Navy has raised it objections to the project.
Activists of various NGOs have filed a PIL in the Bombay High Court challenging the construction of a proposed 25,000 acre Lavasa hill station project near Pune in Western Maharashtra on the ground that environmental clearance had not been obtained from the Centre for it.
The raids, which started on Thursday evening, continued till the early hours on Friday.
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