In May, a UK delegation led by Patsy Wilkinson, second permanent secretary, British Home Office, held consultations with Mehrishi in Delhi to sign the pact, but it was then turned down by India as one of the clauses was deportation of illegal Indian immigrants.
BJP leaders called the political crisis an internal “power struggle” in the NPF.
Sikkim standoff: “It is my job to be informed on critical issues. I met the Chinese Ambassador, Ex-NSA, Congress leaders from NE and the Bhutanese Ambassador,” Rahul tweeted in the evening. Senior Congress leader Manish Tewari identified the ex-NSA as Shivshankar Menon.
While the Congress, sources privy to initial discussions, has so far not suggested any name, and is in a mood to let the other parties come up with possible candidates, the Left parties are learnt to be pushing the proposal to get a non-political, retired top jurist or academic as the Opposition nominee.
Salem, who faces life imprisonment, submitted through advocate Sudeep Pasbola that he has already spent 15 years in prison.
The notices were issued on July 8 and the NGOs have time till July 23 to reply.
The BJP is putting pressure on Nitish to get deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav to resign after the CBI booked the latter in a corruption case
The first attack on this pilgrimage took place in 1993, when Pakistan-based Harkat-ul-Ansar announced a ban on the annual yatra. The militant outfit claimed that the attack was in protest against the demolition of Babri Masjid.
The girl is believed to have got off midway from the school van after reportedly telling her brother she was going to a relative’s house.
Funeral assembly on July 6 provides fresh evidence that the Lashkar-e-Taiba, banned under the United Nations Security Council’s resolutions and Pakistani law, continues to operate in plain sight of the country’s law enforcement despite a hyped crackdown on its top leadership.
The move is a radical shift from the Centre’s stand on the issue of surrogacy, which limits the option to only infertile married couples while entirely disallowing single men and women.
"The BJP is sometimes rioting, and at other times indulging in arson — this seems to be their only work."
“These yatris had not registered themselves, as is advised, and did not even become part of the yatra convoy, which is escorted by security forces, both to and from Amarnath, everyday. They also violated the 7 pm curfew on movement of yatris,” said CRPF DG.
A J&K Police spokesman said that at around 8:10 pm, militants first attacked a police bunker at Botengo. “There was retaliatory fire. No injuries were reported. The militants then opened fire at a police naka at Khanabal, and the police returned fire again,” he said.
Students at a driving school in Bihar’s Saran district remain unemployed after undertaking the skill development programme and wait not just for the course completion certificates but also for their commercial driving licences
In 1994, Pakistan-based Harkat ul Ansar said they would not allow the yatra until government removed bunkers at Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar. The bunkers were removed, but the militants announced other demands. The yatra, however, was peaceful that year.
Patel, the original owner of the vehicle based in Sabarkantha, told The Indian Express that he had sold the bus to Jawahar but since the payment was not settled, the bus ownership had not been changed on paper.
Amarnath Yatra terror attack: There was confusion at Amarnath Yatri Niwas in Bhagwati Nagar here over the movement of pilgrims. “We are yet to receive any information,” said an official at the yatri niwas in Jammu, which acts as the first base camp for pilgrims.
“Pained beyond words on the dastardly attack on peaceful Amarnath Yatris in J&K. The attack deserves strongest condemnation from everyone,” tweeted the PM. He said he had spoken to Mehbooba Mufti and N N Vohra on the issue, and assured them of all possible assistance.
Also, Trinamool has decided to raise the issue of BJP ministers and leaders “spreading communal tension” in Tuesday’s meeting, where 17 Opposition parties will meet to discuss their vice-presidential candidate.
The administration has decided to install the statue to give the university a “more pleasing look”.
Police had picked up three persons, including a juvenile, from the spot who were later placed under arrest. They are currently out on bail.
Amarnath Yatra terror attack: "I have no words to express my deep pain on the killing of innocent pilgrims traveling to the holy shrine of Amarnath," he said.
Nitish has not publicly commented on the FIR, which also names Tejashwi’s father and RJD chief Lalu Prasad and mother Rabri Devi, but the RJD received support from JD(U) leader Sharad Yadav and its other ruling ally Congress, which said it would not “allow BJP to succeed in breaking the Grand Alliance”.
During the probe into the conspiracy, Dileep had maintained that he was not linked to the attack on the actress. The Association of Malayalam Movies Artists (AMMA) had rally behind the beleaguered actor, who is a leading actor in the film industry.






