The arrest or surrender of People's Democratic Party leader Abdul Nasser Madani in the Bengaluru blasts case is expected to take place on Tuesday as the deadline for the execution of the warrant issued by a local court is set to expire by today evening. Political pressure is also mounting on Kerala's Left Democratic Front government to facilitate the Karnataka police to carry out the legal process.
A petition has sought laying down of specific mechanisms to ensure transparency in the process of appointment of CBI director.
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Mumbai's Aditya Mehta, the lone Indian on the world professional circuit, lived up to his reputation, defeating former champion Alok Kumar of Punjab 6-2, to clinch the title in the 78th National snooker championship in Chennai on Tuesday. Mehta won the best-of-11 frames final 66-6, 6-63, 72-65, 67-41, 67-10, 74-58, 43-52, 82-5 in three hours.
CVC K V Chowdary and Vigilance Commissioner T M Bhasin completed their tenure at the anti-graft body on Sunday and Monday respectively.
National billiards champion Alok Kumar on Sunday became the first Indian to win an Asian Games medal in pool events by clinching bronze in the men's 8-ball category despite losing in the semi-finals in Guangzhou.
The principal and director of a city school, where a six-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted, were arrested as government warned of tough action against managements flouting safety norms for children.
Two police teams from Kerala are assisting Karnataka Police in questioning the two suspected Lashkar-e-Tayiba militants allegedly involved in the serial bomb blasts in Bengaluru last year.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi considered the submission of lawyer Prashant Bhushan, appearing for NGO Common Cause that there were wider issues of corruption affecting the probe agency and the PIL needed to be heard urgently.
The apex court fixed the matter for next hearing on November 16.
Here's a recap of the events from the past 48 hours.
A suspected Harkat-ul- Mujahideen militant, who allegedly aided Pakistani militants to smuggle RDX into the national capital seven years ago, was arrested in New Delhi on Tuesday.Habibur Rehman, trained in Pakistan in handling improvised explosive devices and other explosive devices, was caught from Sarai Kalekhan locality on Monday evening. Rehman, hailing from Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh, was on the run since September 2001.
VHP national working president Alok Kumar also rejected questions about the muhurta of the event, saying the 'best advice' has been taken including from the Head of the Jyotish Department of the Banaras Hindu University on timing of the ceremony.
A suspected Lashkar-e-Tayiba terrorist was arrested in New Delhi on Tuesday and explosives were recovered from him, police said.
"A few days back, Najeeb's mother had met Home Minister Rajnath Singh and requested for a CBI probe in the matter. In order to get a different perspective on the case and have a fresh look at the evidence, the matter was transferred from South District to Crime Branch yesterday," another senior officer said.
The annual cultural extravaganza will run through several streets of Madison Avenue in the heart of Manhattan, featuring tableaux by various Indian-American organisations, marching bands, police contingents and cultural performances by young Indian-American children.
Shukla, a 1983-batch Indian Police Service officer, is at present chairman of Madhya Pradesh Police Housing Corporation in Bhopal.
Bill Gates foundation also wants to help the state to eradicate kala azar.
In an obvious bid to leave everyone guessing on her political heir, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati appointed a second national vice-president of the party, late Tuesday night.
Verma has sought quashing of three orders of October 23, 2018 -- one by the Central Vigilance Commission and two by the Department of Personnel and Training, as being without jurisdiction and in violation of Articles 14, 19 and 21 of the Constitution.
A small step in this direction was taken with making triple talaq a punishable offence in the last Parliament session. But UCC is difficult to implement, reports Archis Mohan.
Security at the Akshardham temple in New Delhi was beefed up on Friday after the police received intelligence inputs that Kashmiri militants planned to blow it up. Following the input, the police have deployed more personnel at the temple on the banks of Yamuna in east Delhi, visited by thousands of people every day.
The sleuths have seized defence-related classified documents and sketches of vital installations from them.
Merchant showed the door to Alok Kumar 4-2 in a well-fought quarter-final clash.
The identities of the arrested militants were not revealed by police immediately and they did not rule out the possibility of more arrests.
The CBSE issued a circular on Wednesday informing about the re-examination and said dates and other details for it would be posted on the board's website.
Kumar was handing over the documents to a Pakistani High Commission official at the time of his arrest.
Jaitley said recent developments have eroded the credibility of the CBI.
Disciples and followers of music legend Pandit Jasraj in the United States paid their tributes to the Indian classical vocalist and described his passing away as an irreparable loss to India and its cultural heritage while fondly recalling his humble and gentle nature.
Veteran Alok Kumar and national snooker champion Manan Chandra were included among the probables for the 8-ball and 9-ball pool events at the Doha Asian Games in December.
National champions Alok Kumar (snooker) and Pankaj Advani (billiards) comfortably survived the first day in the Reliance Industries Indian Cue Masters League.
The up-and-coming cueist beat India's No 1 to take the top place in his group in the MIG Invitation snooker tournament.
About 2 kg RDX, timers and Rs 4.5 lakh cash were recovered from them.
Alok Kumar was beaten in the quarter-finals of the Asian Snooker championships by Pakistan's Khurram Agha.
Second seed Alok Kumar of India overturned a 1-3 deficit to beat Pakistan's Mohd Yousuf 4-3 and enter the round of 16 in the 23rd Asian Snooker Championship.
Police teams have also been sent to Jammu and Kashmir.
Advani, who at 19 became the youngest world champion in 2003, will lead the Indian challenge at the World Snooker Grand Prix, beginning at Pontin's, England, on Wednesday.
World champion Pankaj Advani, former world champion Geet Sethi and former Asian champion Alok Kumar lost to lesser-known cueists in the pre-quarter-finals of the National Billiards Championship.
Police was interrogating him to find out if he has any links with the serial blasts in Srinagar and Mumbai and to find which terrorist outfit he belonged to, he said.
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