“I was hurt and wanted to reply them, but being the Defence Minister I too have to follow some ‘maryada’,” said Parrikar.
Air Force day celebrations began at the Hindon air base in Ghaziabad with a large parade and an air display.
Ever year, an Ex-officio member of the non-teaching staff gets nominated for one year in the Senate.
"We do not comment on any orders given by the Supreme Court, but the liquor ban should not just be looked through the lens of legal procedures," said Ajay Alok.
Contrary to private sectors, Chandigarh has been ranked number one city in the country in the installation of solar rooftop plants on government buildings.
With assembly polls due in Punjab next year, the Municipal polls are seen as a litmus-test for the political parties including the BJP.
For the 13th consecutive Friday no congressional prayers were allowed inside the historic Jamia Masjid in old city's Nowhatta.
The AFT also dismissed the petition, saying that it did not have jurisdiction to hear petitions of this kind.
PIMS Principal Dr Kulbir Kaur neither picked her phone nor replied to the SMSes sent to her about this episode.
The 39 men have been missing since the last two years in Iraq.
The special judge, while stating that “he can’t rely on newspaper clippings”, asked the SIT lawyers to check these reports.
Jat quota stir: The Prakash Singh Committee submitted the report in May this year. Although Volume One of the report was made public by the government, Volume Two was termed “confidential”.
Kejriwal is also planning to visit the Umiya Mata temple, highly revered by the Patidars, in Unjha.
Patel narrated an incident where Modi rejected posters of artificial handcuffs and insisted that the team must photograph real handcuffs to drive the point home.
India has also received the consent of Prime Ministers of Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Myanmar (state counsellor) for the outreach meet of Bay of BIMSTEC.
Later in the day, the AAP lodged a complaint against Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and BJP spokesperson GVL Narsimharao for allegedly defaming and politicising Indian Army in their statements on armed forces.
Wrestler Kartar Singh Pehalwan (64) has been named as candidate from Tarn Taran. Kanwar Sandhu, (62) a former journalist and head of Punjab Dialogue, will be fielded from Kharar.
Each of the four yatras will travel across the state for 55 days and cover all Assembly constituencies before concluding in Lucknow on December 31, where a public rally will be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
While party UP in-charge Ghulam Nabi Azad symbolically flagged off the yatra in the presence of state president Raj Babbar, it will actually start on October 13.
“Effective monitoring is essential” if the government wants to achieve the target of sealing the border by 2018-end, said Singh.
Tamil Nadu Congress leaders are now busy assessing the impact of Rahul’s visit on the party’s tie-up with the DMK, especially ahead of local body elections.
Additional Solicitor General Tushar Mehta submitted before a bench led by Chief Justice of India T S Thakur that the process of consultation and seeking public opinion was still on and so there was no need for any imminent order.
During the hearing, the bench observed that liquor and fundamental rights might not go together, since no manufacturer could argue that he had a fundamental right to get a licence to either manufacture or sell liquor.
Under Section 2(q) of the 2005 Act, a complaint can be made only against an “adult male person”, thereby insulating women from being accused of offences mentioned under the law.
The law minister claimed to have definite knowledge about unease in the Congress party over Rahul Gandhi’s “khoon ki dalali” remark at the conclusion of his Kisan Yatra, but said the party was still going all out to defend him.