India is committed to protecting the interests, safety and honour of its professionals working in foreign countries, Union Human Resource Development Minister Murli Manohar Joshi asserted on Saturday.
Mulayam Singh Yadav's son took exception to certain remarks made by a BSP member against his father.
An all-religion prayer was held at his samadhi in Rajghat, Delhi.
It has sought permission to begin prosecution proceedings against Deputy Prime Minister Advani, Union minister M M Joshi and 19 others.
The auction by National Textile Corporation for the 4.8 acre Kohinoor Mill No 3 land in Dadar area has been won by city-based Kohinoor CTN for Rs 421 crore.
Both Houses of Parliament were adjourned on Tuesday on the opening day of the winter session after tributes were paid to the members who died during the inter-session period.
Deputy Prime Minister L K Advani said that the Parliament House complex is a much safer place since last year's attack.
'I believe and agree with the view that the demolition case is politically motivated and that it does not involve issues of criminal and moral turpitude,' he said.\n\n\n\n
The petition challenges the Rae Bareli court decision against him in the Ayodhya demolition case.
'The moment the NDA government came down, most of the allies moved out of the partnership,' he said.
He expressed his resolve to take the Ayodhya issue to the people and fight the case to its logical conclusion in the court.
A spokesperson told reporters in New York that Vajpayee has been in touch with Joshi, who resigned after a special court in Rae Bareli decided to frame charges against him and six others in the Babri Masjid demolition case on Friday.
The case is thus political motivated and does not have any moral turpitude, he said.
The Special Court trying the Ayodhya demolition case reserved its orders on the framing of charges till September 12 next.
Maneka Gandhi will contest from Sultanpur and Varun Gandhi from Pilibhit.
The Bharatiya Janata Party is likely to announce the names of its candidates for over 150 Lok Sabha seats on Thursday.
Lok Sabha Speaker Manohar Joshi and Chief Minister Sushilkumar Shinde performed the dhwajarohan (flag-hoisting) ceremony at Ramkunda on the banks of Godavari River.
The Congress Party said it is ready to lift its boycott of Defence Minister George Fernandes in Parliament if there was 'full-fledged' discussion.
Narendra Modi is all set to be elected leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the National Democratic Alliance parliamentary coalition on Tuesday as jockeying for positions in the new Cabinet gained momentum on Monday.
Justice Babu is the 34th Chief Justice of independent India. He will hold the office only for 31 days as he is due to retire on June 1.
The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said he was betrayed by the BJP-RSS leadership.
Fadnavis and his entourage, which included several senior BJP leaders, moved on without reacting to the jeers.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said the government was open to supporting an amended or an altogether new bill if unanimity was not possible on the legislation in its present form.
The special court hearing the demolition case fixed May 31 for the next hearing.
That is only if a 'consensus is arrived at a meeting of political parties convened by Speaker Manohar Joshi on June 16', according to Sushma Swaraj.
Party chief Uddhav Thackeray, Yuva Sena leader Aditya Thackeray and former CM Manohar Joshi, among others, paid tributes.
Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar and Lok Sabha Speaker Manohar Joshi are among the 54 witnesses who would depose before the Kurdukar commission that is probing the legality of the multi-crore Dabhol
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In his report, Justice Liberhan said the senior police officers were at hand to ensure that their men toed the line and that the demolition of the disputed structure was allowed to go ahead with "military precision as orchestrated by the leaders present at the spot and carried out by their henchmen."
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