Saini, 54, a low profile OBC leader, rose through the ranks in the party and was unanimously elected as the leader of the state BJP's legislature group at a meeting held in Chandigarh on Tuesday.
Chief of the command Lt Gen Alok Kler and his deputy Lt Gen K K Repswal are at loggerheads for the past several months over the role, charter and duties of various appointments as well as on running of the command that takes care of security along the borders in Rajasthan and Punjab.
Vice Chief of the Army Staff Lt Gen S K Saini will embark on a four-day visit to the US beginning Saturday to explore ways to further deepen military cooperation between the two countries. The visit comes ahead of the third edition of the two-plus-two dialogue between India and the US which is slated to be held in India later this month.
Some abandoned boats have been recovered in the Sir Creek area, Lt Gen S K Saini, GOC-in-C of the Army's Southern Command, told reporters at an event near Pune.
The IAF has deployed almost all its frontline fighter jets like Sukhoi 30 MKI, Jaguar and Mirage 2000 aircraft in the key frontier air bases in eastern Ladakh and elsewhere along the Line of Actual Control.
A security guard on Friday deposed before the special Central Bureau of Investigation court, hearing the Aarushi-Hemraj murder case, that he had seen no 'outsider' on the fateful night while another witness claimed he had painted a portion of the Talwars' house more than a year after the incident.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday told a special court in Ghaziabad that Rajesh and Nupur Talwar killed their daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj in a fit of rage after finding them in a compromising position, a claim strongly refuted by the dentist couple.
Nupur Talwar, mother of murdered teenager Aarushi, on Monday surrendered before a special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Ghaziabad following a Supreme Court directive to her to do so in the twin murder case of her 14-year-old daughter and domestic help in Noida four years ago.
'The equipment that you make for us must be the best in the world so that it complements the Indian soldier who is without doubt the very best in the world.'
The Central Bureau of Investigation's court on Monday remanded Krishna, who was arrested in connection with the Noida double murder case, to four days in CBI custody, allowing the investigating agency to conduct some more scientific tests on him.Krishna, who used to work as the compounder of Dr Rajesh Talwar, was arrested in connection with the case on June 13.Talwar, who was arrested for the murder of his daughter Aarushi and servant Hemraj, is currently in judicial custody.
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.
With investigators failing to make much headway in the Noida double murder case, a court on Tuesday remanded dentist Rajesh Talwar's compounder Krishna in six days of CBI custody as the agency claimed he was required for recovery of weapon used in murders.
Special CBI Judge R K Saini, who on Monday reserved his order after the defence concluded arguments, allowed the regular bail plea as his 'prima facie involvement' in the three cases had not been established, Singh's lawyer Jasmir Singh told media persons in Ambala.
A local court on Thursday extended till October 15 the interim bail given to Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmit Ram Rahim Singh in three cases of murder and sexual harassment
The small lightweight aircraft was taken back to the army centre, they added.The reasons for the force-landing were being looked into.\n
Concluding its arguments in the Aarushi murder case, the Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday claimed that dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar "mislead" the investigators during the course of probe on different occasions and were involved in the destruction of evidence.