This is to enable him to attend his daughter's wedding.
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Their lawyers said there was no evidence to suggest that they had entered into a criminal conspiracy with former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi to get the Rs 14.37 billion contract awarded to Bofors.
Suresh Kumar Kukreja denied he had given his mobile phone to prime accused IPS officer Ravi Kant Sharma
Warm or warring, back home too Bollywood has depicted many, MANY faces of sisterly love.
Kamla Sharma accused her son of trying to keep her away from the house she own in Panchkula near Haryana.
All the accused pleaded not guilty. The court fixed March 20 for commencement of submission prosecution evidence.
Varun Dhawan's winning streak at the box office continues.
The Supreme Court has held that no copyright exists on the "title" of a literary work while quashing a criminal case against the producer of a Bollywood movie.
The hits and misses of the week.
Trade analyst Vinod Mirani gives us the weekly verdict.
The central government had also sent a team of doctors to Kashmir Valley to treat youths injured due to firing by pellet guns.
A set of new standard operating procedures have been issued by the force headquarters in Delhi for vehicle-mounted movement of troops in Jammu and Kashmir, and it has also been ordered that the 'passenger manifest discipline' for each vehicle in the convoy be strictly adhered to.
Salman Khan's big Eid release Tubelight is also a major loser.
Salman Khan's much awaited Eid release Tubelight turned out to be a damp squib at the box office. Distributors stand to lose on their investments.
His resignation as chairman of the government's skill development agencies triggered talk that he may be headed back to the Tata Group where a search committee is looking for a full-time chairman.
'Some Indians take the extreme view that everything was known to our ancients, but others go to the opposite extreme and consider everything Indian was superstition and rubbish.' 'Indian science was perhaps more rational than the European science of the time.'
Police had clashed with about 3,000 followers of obscure sect Azad Bharat Vidhik Vaicharik Kranti Satyagrahi which had encroached on 260 acres government land. Twenty-four people, including a superintendent of police and a station house officer, were killed in the violence which took place when police went to evict the sect from the land.
The hits and misses of the week.
These videos are like butterflies in a case, says Sreehari Nair. They have neither aged badly nor grown over-familiar.
"Our neighbouring country thinks such terror attacks can weaken us, but their plans will not materialise," he said at a function to flag off a new semi-high speed train from Delhi to Varanasi.
Hrithik Roshan has played challenging roles before and nailed them to perfection. This time too, he doesn't disappoint, says Namrata Thakker.
It said it was not convinced with the grounds of the CBI to condone over 4,500 days' delay in filing the appeal. The CBI had filed the appeal on February 2 this year.
Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore hopes the stupendous success of FIFA Under-17 World Cup would motivate the country's budding footballers to improve their game and eye a World Cup qualification in near future.
World Championships bronze medallist Simranjit Kaur (60kg) and GeeBee Boxing silver medallist Dinesh Dagar (69kg) confirmed their places in the final, while Ankush Dahiya (64kg) and Ananta Pralhad Chopade (52kg) made it to the semi-finals.
Industry says though most pending issues have been deliberated upon by Tourism ministry, they are yet to be implemented
"The JNUSU rejects the punishment handed down by the administration on the basis of a farcical committee!" Kanhaiya tweeted.
It was an unprecedented challenge that required meticulous planning, innovative solutions and quick action.
The hits and misses of the week.
Police identified the suicide bomber as Adil Ahmed, who officials said joined the Jaish in 2018.
The process of decision-making and making large policy moves in the force has slowed down owing to the absence of the designated chief.
There's a reason he was called Baba Ranchoddas in 3 Idiots.
The top posts on social media from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
They came, they wowed and won our hearts with these gorgeous outfits representing their states.
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