Togadia was arrested on April 13 for delivering an inflammatory speech during a trishul distribution ceremony at a dharam sabha.
Pakistan Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf will visit India on Saturday to offer prayers at the Sufi shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti at Ajmer though no official meetings have been lined up so far, sources said on Tuesday.
Nearly all FMCG companies like Marico, HUL, ITC and the rest have been indicating that the operating environment has been challenging, with drop in consumption, especially in rural areas, severe crunch in market liquidity conditions, and disruptions and floods in several parts of the country. To overcome this, they are boosting their direct reach in the countryside.
Wang Chang Qi, 80, was captured by Indian forces in 1963 after the India-China war. Convicted for spying, he was in Indian jails for six years till his release in 1969.
The government will not spare those who issued threats to Kashmiri girl band, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdulhah on Thursday said, but maintained there was no need for legal action against the grand mufti who issued Fatwa terming singing as un-Islamic.
General T N Raina was an iconic Indian military leader whose contributions to the nation should be more widely known, notes Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd).
At least 10 people, who were allegedly involved in a spate of terror attacks in different parts of the country, had links with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh or its affiliated organisations, Union Home Secretary R K Singh said on Tuesday.
The court allowed the group to re-auction certain properties in Ajmer, Firozabad, Vellore, Tiruchirappalli and Ujjain for which the bidding was at a much higher price
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is likely to visit religious places in Pakistan, a move that could be of political significance for the two countries. Officials are considering a visit by Dr Singh to Pakistan in November, mirroring Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's Ajmer Sharif pilgrimage.
Sarabjit Singh's Pakistani lawyers now believe that following the Supreme Court's decision to release Dr Chishti on bail, there are chances of the Indian national getting a pardon from President Asif Zardari who had just returned from Ajmer Sharif, reports Amir Mir from Islamabad
Here are some of the glimpses of the celebrations.
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari will be accompanied by a 40-member delegation when he arrives in New Delhi on a "private visit" during which he will have lunch with the prime minister and pay obeisance at the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer.
Rediff reader Mridula Dwivedi sent us these pictures of her visit to Lakshman Sagar in Rajasthan, a 19th century hunting lodge which is now a resort.
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is expected to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of the Non Alignment Movement Summit in Tehran, officials said on Tuesday.
Komal Priyani, 29 from Ajmer, Rajasthan tells us how she went from 95 kg to 56 kg in just 12 months.
A petition making a shocking revelation was filed before the Ajmer and Bhopal courts recently alleging that the National Investigation Agency had allegedly tried to bribe two accused to name three senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leaders in the murder of Sunil Joshi, an accused in the Samjhauta blasts case.
On the menu would be food from virtually all regions of the country -- masala dosafrom the South, sandesh from the East and kebabs popular in the North
Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's decision to visit Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti's Dargah at Ajmer Sharif with his family members on April 8 indicates his willingness to walk the extra mile to normalise relations with India. But is his timing wrong? Alok Bansal wonders.
The Rajasthan high court was on Wednesday apprised that Mahipal Maderna and Malkhan Singh Bishnoi, accused in the abduction and murder of nurse Bhanwari Devi, have been shifted from the Jodhpur Central Jail to prisons in Jaipur and Ajmer respectively.
A brilliant display by goalkeeper Adrian D'Souza enabled Mumbai Marines beat Chennai Cheetahs 4-1 and end their campaign on a winning note in the World Series Hockey at MHA stadium in Mumbai on Friday.
The young minister of State for Communications and Information Technology shares his views on how his professional education has helped him shed the stereotypical image of a politician.
'Does a secular nation not believe in its ancestry? The Constitution has a photo of Ram also.'
A city court in Hyderabad on Friday granted bail to Bharath Mohanlal Rateswar alias Bharat Bhai, an accused in the 2007 Mecca Masjid blast case, however, his remand will continue in connection with the Ajmer blast case.
On Monday, the US delegation met Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu.
Despite leads, NIA have failed to achieve any breakthrough in the 'Hindu terror' cases. Vicky Nanjappa tells you why.
In a reflection of the dismal situation for the girl child in Rajasthan, two newborn girls were found abandoned in the two parts of the state, including in Jaipur. Meanwhile, authorities are investigating an alarming trend of babies being killed by denying them feed or treatment.
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The visit of Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari was neither a success nor a failure if we look at it from the point of view of finding a solution to the contentious issues of Kashmir and Pak-sponsored terror, argues B Raman
Pakistani TV channels reported that Zardari's two daughters Asifa and Bakhtawar were also accompanying him, but there was no official word on it
Ahead of Asif Ali Zardari's pilgrimage to the shrine of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on nThursday took a dig at the Pakistan President, wondering how could the prayers of those who have an "evil eye" on India could be answered.
Chhavi Rajawat quit her job to become a sarpanch in her Rajasthani village. In a conversation with Rediff.com, she spoke of her concerns about the Indian youth, the Indian education system and just what is it she wishes young Indians knew.
Chhavi Rajawat quit her job to become a sarpanch in her Rajasthani village. In a conversation with Rediff.com, she spoke of her concerns about the Indian youth, the Indian education system and just what is it she wishes young Indians knew.
A local court on Tuesday allowed the National Investigation Agency to compare next week forensic evidence collected in Samjhauta Express train blast case with that of bomb attacks in Malegaon, Hyderabad and Ajmer, in which the role of right-wing Hindu extremists is suspected.
Mumbai Marines notched a 4-2 victory over hosts Chennai Cheetahs to put their campaign back on track in the Bridgestone World Series Hockey tournament, in Chennai, on Tuesday.
Since 1979, the BJP has not fielded any Muslim candidate from any parliamentary seat from the state.
In yet another faux pas, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Thursday got confused about an octogenerian Pakistani doctor lodged in Ajmer jail, saying that the 'Government of Pakistan' must consider his release on humanitarian grounds.
All political parties have appeal for peace and harmony.
These include Allahabad, Ajmer and Visakhapatnam.
A suicide bomber targeted a police van in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing two policemen, including an officer, and injuring several others. The attacker struck the vehicle of Station House Officer Syed Ajmer Shah at Nowshera in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. Shah and his driver were killed in the attack, police officials told the media. Shah had received threats from the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, the officials said.
'All anecdotal evidence confirms that there has been no noticeable rise in deaths across the country for want of coronavirus tests,' notes Virendra Kapoor.
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