What will the Centre and the Tamil Nadu government do to answer the queries and fears of investors who will want to be doubly sure they would not be harassed at a later date, as has been happening to Sterlite, should be interesting to watch, says N Sathiya Moorthy.
Principal opposition Congress too staged a walk out saying its members should have been the first ones to speak but were being denied a chance.
The model code of conduct comes into immediate effect, he said.
The houses of a sitting and a former MLA, both Dalits, were set afire by a violent mob.
The grooms' parents have to pay fine of Rs 100 per minute.
I have pledged that the Sena will win maximum number of seats in the municipal elections in Maharashtra, says Uddhav Thackeray
The new Jumanji can easily be enjoyed by those unfamiliar with the original, feels Sukanya Verma.
West Bengal has a 2,200 km porous border with Bangladesh over 10 districts.
They handle the archaic 303 rifle easily even though it is heavier than the automatic ones.
Pictures on social media show police personnel wearing black armbands in support of their colleagues who were arrested after the tech company executive was shot dead when he refused to stop his car for checking.
PoK residents exposed Pakistan, confirmed that terror camps are thriving in the region.
The anticipatory bail pleas are likely to come up for hearing on Tuesday.
The girls had said they would be molested if they travel to a senior secondary school located in a different village.
The Supreme Court turned down pleas by Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh governments and refused to modify an earlier order that cleared the decks for the nationwide release of the Sanjay Leela Bhansali flick on January 25.
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While Patel alleged that the Bharatiya Janata Party government in the state had denied permission as it was trying to thwart his agitation, the police said it was done keeping in mind the law-and-order situation since such protests had led to violence and arson in the past.
Police have arrested 22 people in connection with the attack on Dalits returning to Bhavnagar after attending a protest rally in Una town in which cops were also targeted.
The two East Bengal footballers were arrested for providing shelter to an alleged anti-social element.
Among the series of questions raised were how self-loading riffles found their way out of the armoury and came to be used in the firing, how snipers were perched atop vehicles and how persons came to be shot in the face and chest.
A recent study has found that eating food with pungent smell can adversely affect productivity.
Police did not rule out the possibility of it being a 'political murder'.
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The Maharashtra government has asked Mumbai police to conduct a probe into controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik's speeches amid reports that his sermons inspired one of the terrorists involved in the attack on a restaurant in Dhaka.
The total length of rath yatra procession stretches up to 1.5 km. It will return to the temple after almost 11 hours of journey.
'It was planned in such a manner that it was made to look like a communal incident.'
The group will not just seek permission for women to offer prayers in the mosques, but also fight for appointing them as 'imams' (clerics).
Last Friday, Ojha had said political power in Bihar has gone into the hands of anti-socials in the state.
A report by IndiaSpend shows that 97 per cent (68 of 70) of such incidents were reported after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government came to power in May 2014.
The incident comes close on the heels of a series of sporadic clashes between CPI-M and BJP workers in the past few months in northern Kannur district.
He tried to control damage by tweeting later that his remarks had been distorted and he had no intention of hurting religious sentiments.
'Having dealt with security and insurgency for 15 years, I am fully convinced that the steps taken by the government in regard to J&K and the measures in force there are essential,' says B S Raghavan, the distinguished civil servant.
'On the drive to the airport, the streets are lined with men in battle camouflage carrying assault rifles and bearing familiar faces -- Tamilians, Bengalis, Punjabis, feared by the locals and in turn fearing them,' notes Aakar Patel during a visit to Srinagar.
Hospital authorities said of the deceased at the GTB, at least nine received gun shots. One of the deceased is also a woman, they said.
Two groups of people clashed following damage to a Shiva temple and desecration and theft of some idols.
Home ministry officials told the parliamentary panel that those detained under the PSA can challenge their detention in a designated tribunal.
Demanding justice for his father, who was lynched by a mob over rumours in Dadri area of UP, his son Mohammad Sartaj on Monday appealed against politicising the issue.
Rajnath says incidents of atrocities against Dalits have come down since the Modi government took over.
