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Did Gujarat govt consult Centre on Bilkis Bano case: Chidambaram
Chidambaram in a tweet said on Thursday, "The settled position of law is that in a case where the prosecuting agency was the CBI, the state government is obliged to consult the central government before granting remission of sentence." He said the obvious questions that arose were that "did the Government of Gujarat consult the Central government? and Next, what was the view of the central government?"
By defending Anubrata Mondal, Mamata Banerjee has owned up his crime: BJP
West Bengal BJP co-incharge, Amit Malviya said, "Investigating agencies have so far unearthed unaccounted FDs worth Rs 17 crore and Calcutta HC has asked Anubroto Mondal's daughter, who got a teacher's job without even taking the TET, to appear. By defending him publicly after his arrest, Mamata Banerjee has owned up his crimes."
Mehbooba seeks all-party meet to oppose right to vote for non-locals
Addressing a press conference here, Mufti said that she has already spoken to Dr.Farooq Abdullah, head of People's alliance for Gupkar declaration (PAGD) and president of National Conference (NC) to convene an all-party meeting to decide on the future course of action to oppose and fight the decision announced by the election commission on Wednesday that anybody living ordinarily in J&K can vote here.
Delhi HC orders FIR against BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain
Shahnawaz Hussain was challenging a local court judgement dated July 12, 2018, which dismissed his revision petition on July 7, 2018. "In the present case, there seems to be a complete reluctance on the part of the police to even register an FIR. In the absence of the FIR, at best, the police could have, as correctly observed by the special judge (trial court), conducted only what is a preliminary inquiry. The very fact that it was only a reply that was filed by the police before the metropolitan magistrate, sufficiently establishes that it was not a final report that was submitted by the police," Justice Asha Menon said in the order passed on Wednesday.
Yogi seeks list of officials who 'refuse to listen'
This is the first time that the chief minister has openly taken up an issue for the party workers against the bureaucrats. The chief minister gave the instruction when, after a meeting with the MLAs and other local leaders at the police lines in Saharanpur on Wednesday evening, some BJP leaders complained that some officials of the district refused to listen to them due to which public work was being impeded.
Idgah Maidan Row: If Ganesh festival is not allowed, offering namaz will also be questioned, says CT Ravi
Talking to reporters here, BJP MLA Ravi said the Idgah Maidan belongs to the revenue department, and the decisions pertaining to the ground have to be taken by it. The celebration of Ganesh festival began during the British rule, he claimed. "When permission is denied for installing Ganesh idol in the premises of Idgah Maidan, it becomes a matter of rights. The revenue department will have to take a call over granting permission. And I would say that permission should be given," Ravi said.
Prime Minister, Cabinet colleagues attend special screening of 'Swaraj'
Modi attended the screening at 5 pm at the Balayogi auditorium in the Parliament House, along with Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Cabinet ministers Amit Shah, Anurag Thakur and Piyush Goyal, and BJP chief J.P. Nadda, among others. Earlier in the day, Thakur had informed mediapersons that Modi would be attending the special screening of the teleserial along with his Cabinet colleagues.
JD-U MLA accuses Bihar minister Leshi Singh of extortion, anti-party activities
"Why Chief Minister Nitish Kumar made Leshi Singh minister in Bihar government despite she is facing some serious charges including murder and extortion. If Nitish Kumar does not remove her from the cabinet minister post, I will resign from the MLA�post�and the party; and will stage dharna outside the Chief Minister's residence," Bharti said.
Warrant against Bihar law minister triggers 'tension' between JD-U and RJD
On Wednesday, neither deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav or any other minister from the RJD were not present at an event organised in the Bihar Vidhan Parishad which was attended by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar along with other ministers of the JD-U. Similarly, in another instance, state Agriculture Minister Sudhakar Singh as well as Disaster Management Minister Mohammed Shahnawaz Alam -- both from RJD quota, remained absent during an assessment meeting on state's drought situation. The meeting was chaired by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Anubrata Mondal's daughter's name surfaces in primary teachers' recruitment scam
Based on the charge levelled by Firdaus Shamim, the counsel of the petitioners in the matter, that Sukanya Mondal secured the job of a primary teacher at a state-run school in Birbhum, where Anubrata Mondal is the district President of Trinamool Congress. Now, Calcutta High Court's single-judge bench of Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay has directed Sukanya Mondal to be present before the court on Thursday.
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