Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi was defeated by Aam Aadmi Party's first-timer and an eye surgeon from Bhadaur and Chamkaur Sahib seats, respectively.
The special court had convicted them on Friday in the murder case of a Dera manager, Ranjit Singh.
The MPs criticised the Shiromani Akali Dal leadership for being in the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA even after these bills were proposed by the government.
People came out of homes in large numbers, offered namaz at mosques, greeted each other with hugs and exchanged food and gifts across the length and breadth of India to celebrate Eid-ul-Adha on Sunday.
A Delhi court has issued a proclamation against five alleged Sikh terrorists, who were deported back to India in 2000 after serving a life term in Pakistan for hijacking an Air India plane to that country in 1981, asking them to appear before it on December 3.
The Congress also stepped up the offensive against the government by launching an online campaign in support of the farmers' agitation, with party leader Rahul Gandhi accusing the government of betraying the farmers for benefitting their 'corporate friends'.
Pakistani drag flicker Syed Imran Warsi, the tournaments highest goal scorer, missed chances galore as Chennai Cheetahs suffered a crushing 3-5 defeat against Karnataka Lions in a World Series Hockey match, in Chennai, on Saturday.
This misleading information claims remittance of such funds by overseas entities to banks in the country.
The Beas election was postponed by the Election Commission due to pre-poll violence.
People scampered out of their homes on Thursday as a mild tremor hit the Sikkim capital only four days after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake had caused large-scale deaths and devastations in the state, northeast region and some other parts of the country.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday concluded its arguments before a Delhi court by supporting its closure report giving a clean chit to former Union Minister Jagdish Tytler in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case and terming the witnesses' statements as "false and concocted".
"No, I was not present in the court when the judgement was delivered. I came to know about it only through television reportage. I am relieved that the falsehood of the case has finally been nailed. I have always maintained it was a case foisted upon me to harass me. I do plan to visit important gurdwaras as thanks giving, said Tytler, who had a reason to smile for a change.
In a reprieve to Jagdish Tytler, a court in New Delhi let off the Congress leader in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case on Tuesday after accepting the Central Bureau of Investigation's closure report giving clean chit to him.
A group of Sikhs protesting the holding of a religious congregation by sect leader Ashutosh Maharaj in Ludhiana clashed with the police, which used tear gas and batons to quell them, leaving one dead and 12 others injured.
Rathore was recently handed down a six-month imprisonment by a CBI court at Chandigarh for molesting 14-year-old Ruchika in Panchkula on August 12, 1990.
The Central Bureau of Investigation feels the two witnesses examined by its team in the United States in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots were not credible enough and failed to give any proof linking former Union Minister Jagdish Tytler to the rioters.
Two key witnesses in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots have again ruled out returning to India to depose before the courts, but their testimony has been recorded by a visiting two member CBI team in the US.
Appearing for the CBI, additional solicitor general P P Malhotra told Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul that Singh had never appeared before the agency to prove his credentials, so it would be difficult to record his statement through video conferencing.
A two-member special CBI team has arrived in New York en route to San Fransisco to record the statement of Singh, who is now based in California in the US west-coast. Though Singh has been making allegations for the past three years, he has repeatedly refused to return to India to testify before the special courts hearing the 1984 riot cases, saying he feared for his life.
Special Judge, CBI Court, R K Saini framed charges against the five -- Kishan Lal, Avtar Singh, Inder Saini, Jasbir Singh and Sabdil Singh -- in the Ranjeet murder case.
Taking into account the High Court's notice to the CBI, over Singh's petition seeking to record his version through video-conferencing from America, the court asked the agency to file its report under Section 173 CrPC (investigation report) on March 12.
The agency said it had made efforts to contact Jasbir Singh, but neither his wife nor mother was willing to give the address of the prime witness against Tytler.
"In view of threats to my life (in coming back), the officials of CBI should come here (California) to record my statement in the case," Jasbir Singh was quoted by news channel NDTV in a telephonic interview.
Shortly after a Delhi Court directed the CBI to re-investigate a 1984 anti-Sikh riot case involving him, former union minister and Congress leader Jagdish Tytler on Tuesday expressed doubts over the veracity of the affidavit of a witness, who has expressed his desire to assist the investigating agency.
The witness, Jasbir Singh, in California, told TV news channels that the CBI had never contacted him before and that he was ready to testify before a court in Delhi if he was assured security.
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The prime accused in the murder of a Punjab non resident Indian has been arrested while two other co-accused gave themselves up, police said in Hoshiarpur Thursday.
Jasbir Singh, a key witness in the anti-Sikh riots case against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler, on Friday said that the Central Bureau of Investigation should approach him in the United States to record his statement as he feared for his life in India. "I will give 100 per cent cooperation to them (CBI) if they approach me here (California). Why won't I cooperate? For 23 years, I am waiting for justice," Singh told NDTV.
Six policemen, including a Deputy Superintendent of Police, were on Friday convicted by a Patiala court for kidnapping and murdering human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra in 1995.
The court asked the commissioner to furnish report regarding investigation against all the accused who have returned to India after serving jail terms in Pakistan.
Rain continued to prove a dampener as the third day's play between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka in the Elite Group 'A' Ranji Trophy match was abandoned without a ball being bowled on Sunday
Additional Sessions Judge Jasbir Singh Kundu dismissed the plea of the accused saying the stage was not fit for granting bail.
Medium pacer Sudhakar Ghagh's six-wicket haul helped Services bundle out Goa for 142 and take a vital 70-run first innings lead in the Plate 'B' Ranji Trophy match.
Former Delhi high court judge Reva Khetrapal will be Delhi's new Lokayukta, a post which was lying vacant since 2013.
Once a Congress-led government is formed at the Centre, the farm laws will be revoked and dumped into the 'dustbin', he said, addressing a gathering in the evening here on the conclusion of his 'Kheti Bachao Yatra' (save the farming march), which began from Punjab's Moga district on Sunday.
The court imposed a cost of Rs 21,000 for "wasting court's time" in baseless litigation.
A day after it was set up, the Haryana government control room has so far got information about 45 persons from the state, stranded in strife-torn Iraq. Majority of those stranded in Iraq hail from the northern parts of Haryana
The agency had earlier given a clean chit to the Congress leader in the case.
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