With a breakthrough elusive, government sources said the Delhi Police has obtained vital leads.
Fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami activists on Saturday held violent demonstrations, exploding several homemade bombs, to protest a Bangladeshi court ruling that barred it from contesting future polls.
It is a supreme irony. Maqbool Fida Husain, whose place in art history is unquestionable, who was largely instrumental in making a market for Indian contemporary art in the global art scenario, seemingly poses the biggest danger to the art summit today.
M Venkaiah Naidu, former president of Bharatiya Janata Party, flayed the Union government for threatening to impose president's rule in Orissa amid the continuing communal violence in the state.
A 'kiss of love' protest organised by a group of youngsters on Sunday against vandalism by the Bharatiya Janata Party at a coffee shop in Kozhikode has now drawn the ire of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad.
The incident occurred after suicide bombers struck an Istanbul airport, killing at least 36 people, though it is not clear if the attackers were motivated by that tragedy.
An anonymous handwritten letter, which so far has been received by three mosques in California and one in Georgia, warned Muslims to "pack your bags and get out of dodge as Trump is going to cleanse America and make it shine again".
Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader L K Advani on Monday condemned the recent spate of attacks on the Christian community in parts of Orissa and Karnataka. Winding up his two-day visit to Assam and Meghalaya, Advani told the media," I strongly condemn these act of violence and vandalism. The law must take its course and the culprits must be brought to justice."Advani said, "I had a very fruitful meeting with religious leaders of different faiths."
Noting that the pace of industrial development could not be hindered by such vandalism, Bhattacharya said, "This is an indisciplined party and it has acted in an indisciplined manner."
During the Jat mayhem in Haryana in February, the additional chief secretary (home) and the director general of police "fell short" of what could be expected of them.
>The ABVP has put the onus on Delhi University to verify Ankiv Baisoya's degree and is defending its leader. But there's not a single word of support from its political masters.
'The Sena can quickly reduce most solutions to violence.' 'When in power, it will revert to this gene which is coded into it and we will no doubt produce entertaining and frightening moments,' says Aakar Patel.
'Who has given them the right to decide that I am not a Hindu like them'
He said he wanted to tell those who damaged public property "not to forget that rights and duties go hand in hand".
The director of a private school has been arrested for allegedly molesting an 18-year-old girl student in Jobner town in Jaipur, the police said on Monday.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi led the delegation. She said Modi government was 'shutting down' people's voices and bringing legislations which are not acceptable to them.
A probe has been initiated to determine the source behind the editing of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's profile.
The channels were suspended for 48 hours over their coverage of last month's communal violence in Delhi, with the official orders saying they covered events on February 25 in a manner that 'highlighted the attack on places of worship and siding towards a particular community'.
Narinder Singh Gill, a former Khalsa School volunteer who testified against Ripudaman Singh Malik, said he had to face numerous unexplained vandal attacks, a drive-by shooting and regular taunts for cooperating with police.
He said that distortion of historic facts will not be tolerated at any cost, which was well communicated to the film maker five-six months back in Mumabi.
The Centre on Wednesday told Delhi high court that while the city police have taken steps to ensure safety of churches and institutes run by missionaries, it was "silent" on the issue of protecting other religious places like temples, mosques and gurudwaras.
Incidents of arson, firing and vandalism were reported from Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Punjab as protesters agitated against the dilution of the SC/ST Act.
The party released two videos as 'proof' of BJP workers vandalising the statue.
'The most serious issue is that of shooting a lawyer in the chest. That news has been buried.'
Trehan has not been allowed to take new patients at Escorts Hospital since his ouster on Friday but has been allowed to operate and attend to patients who had been granted appointments till May 19.
The Supreme Court overturned the conviction, a landmark verdict on Wednesday that sparked nationwide protests, death threats from hardline groups.
Dar was appointed as a daily wage employee in the state Health Department and has been on election duty since Wednesday.
Asked whether he will join politics, Ambani replied in the negative, saying "I am not made for politics."
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday visited the Sunped village in Haryana and consoled the family.
Eleven policemen were injured, including one seriously, in the vandalism at the Park Street police station, Deputy Commissioner of Police (South) Ajay Ranade said.
Right-wing groups were blamed for the violence.
Nearly 7,000 paramilitary forces have been deployed in the affected areas of the northeast district since Monday.
Two swimmers made the biggest waves in Rio, Michael Phelps racing to retirement as the greatest of all time and US team mate Ryan Lochte slipping out of the country before police could stop him.
A church in the Cantonment area in Agra was allegedly vandalised by unknown miscreants in the wee hours of Thursday, triggering outrage among the members of the local Christian community.
Two student leaders were arrested and the offices of the Communist Party-UML ransacked by the police ahead of a May 1 anti-King rally.
The police said it was not a case of hate crime.
The advocates will be permitted to remain present at the time of pronouncement of judgment.
Raj Thackeray and the MNS protested against tolls in Maharashtra to demonstrate that it still has political clout, says Neeta Kolhatkar.
Joshi said he does not want the 'dignity' of the prestigious event to be compromised by the Padmaavat controversy.
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