Politics

Swamy was convicted on August 12 after the court found him guilty of abduction and murder of Bharat Singh, brother of Damodar Singh, who was the Janata Dal-United candidate from Maharajganj assembly constituency in 2000.

Bhagwat recalled how Vajpayee "had almost solved the Kashmir issue but later governments did not follow up on Vajpayee's efforts".

Instead of focusing on increasing the population of Hindus to counter the rising Muslim population, the Narendra Modi government needs to implement the uniform civil code at the earliest, Sena said.

The delegation will include CPI-M MLA Mohammed Yusuf Tarigami, state Congress President G A Mir, senior leaders of National Conference and some Independent MLAs.

BSP chief Mayawati, while addressing a rally in Agra, also criticised Bhagwat for this comment on Hindu population.

"People trusted Parrikar and all of them are feeling cheated now. They now believe that the BJP is even worse than the Congress.

"After the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, the then Congress government's silence was unrepentant. The statement of Rajiv Gandhi itself was very shameless. "But the Congress leaders are shamelessly propagating it. This is mean and hateful. Instead of healing the wo...

"When a big tree falls, the ground shakes," read the tweet referring to the infamous remarks made by Rajiv Gandhi during the anti-Sikh riots of 1984 that followed the assassination of his mother and then prime minister Indira Gandhi.

Rajiv Gandhi, born on August 20, 1944, served as the sixth Prime Minister of India from 1984 to 1989.

NCBC chairman Justice Eswaraiah said that preliminary exams in any government services should only be considered as mere facilitator like any other relaxation - age or entrance fees - for a reserved category candidate.

Rajya Sabha members on Friday demanded that their salaries should be higher than the revised scale of the Cabinet Secretary.

Violent protests rocked Kashmir a day after Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani was killed in an encounter with security forces on July 8.

In the last one year, sporadic yet numerous incidents of zealots taking law into their hands have been reported from across the country.

Hema shared that she also had a meeting with administration heads and all departmental officers regarding development progress in Mathura.

On the grant of special status to AP, the Union Minister said a dilemma had arisen following the recommendations of the 14th Finance Commission.

Rupani and Patel were decided as the new incumbents on Friday after Anandiben Patel submitted her resignation earlier this week.