The Congress leaders in their application had opposed the transfer of the case from the court of Justice Sunil Gaur who had part-heard the matter for eight months to another court of Justice P S Teji.
India has had a cordial relationship with African nations with most of them supporting New Delhi’s efforts to become a permanent member in an expanded UN Security Council.
Virbhadra Singh had filed a petition in the high court pleading that the raids on his private residence and other premises.
Visuals aired by television channels this morning showed the speaker's driver, squatting on the floor and putting on the straps of Sakthan's sandals as many people looked on.
The court asked the CBI Director to conduct an inquiry against the "erring officials" for filing such a charge sheet in the case.
Zoramthanga was involved in the peace deal between the rebel groups and Myanmar government and had travelled earlier to Yangon, Naypyidaw and Bangkok where he held talks with both Myanmarese rebel groups and the government as a go-between.
India also asserted that Kashmir is, has always been and will remain an integral part of India.
Demanding FIR against cops who opened fire on protesting Sikhs at Behbal Kalan on Wednesday, the families of deceased Krishan Singh and Gurjit Singh had refused post mortem and cremation.
The D-Block Durga Puja in the south Delhi locality of CR Park proudly proclaims that it has "continued with tradition of constructing a completely eco-friendly pandal for the last 18 years".
Modi will also be attending the birth anniversary celebrations of former President A P J Abdul Kalam.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notice to social activist Teesta Setalvad on a petition by the CBI alleging that an NGO run by her received foreign grants from Ford Foundation which were prohibited under then Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA).
The Sikh protesters were sitting on a dharna since October 12 when few pages of a torn Guru Granth Sahib were found near a gurdwara.
After about 30 minutes of exchange of fire, Govind Singh sustained a bullet injury. He succumbed while being taken to hospital.
Earlier, the apex court had suspended for two months a controversial court order for enforcing a legal bar on the sale of beef in Jammu and Kashmir.
Jaitley said the government has decided to invoke the Rs 500-crore Price Stabilisation Fund that will be used to pay for transportation, handling, milling and processing -- aimed at reducing the cost of imported pulses.
India’s longest rail-cum-road bridge, the Bogibeel bridge on the Brahmaputra river in upper Assam, will be commissioned in June 2017, an official of the Northeast Frontier Railway said here on Wednesday.
President Pranab Mukherjee today called for a peaceful resolution of all disputes to which the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded by affirming that his country wanted to co-exist with Arabs but would firmly fight terrorism.
"Narendra Modi is suffering from selective amnesia. He has forgotten that he is the Prime Minister of entire country and safety and protecting the life of 125 crore citizens of India is his responsibility," Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said in Delhi.
Leaders from the grand alliance in Bihar today urged the Election Commission to order the removal of banners and posters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah from the Patna airport, saying they are "flagrant violation of norms".
An additional district sessions court in Kochi on Wednesday served capital punishment to a contractor for killing three workers by setting them on fire.
Narendra Modi told a Bengali daily that the murder of a Muslim man in Dadri over rumours of eating beef and the opposition to Pakistani singer Ghulam concert is "undesirable and unfortunate."
Sporting banners against the online sale of medicines and demanding suitable amendments in relevant Acts to check it, the protesters marched through markets at different places in the two states and Chandigarh.
The Prime Minister, in his monthly 'Mann Ki Baat' radio programme on September 20, had said he would be receiving over 50 members of Netaji's family members at his residence in October.
On Tuesday, CBI arrested BoB assistant general manager S K Garg and foreign exchange officer Jainish Dubey after searches of their homes led to the recovery of some documents.
Dhoraji police in Rajkot district registered a non-cognisable offence against Radadiya, Karsan Bharvad and Rajesh Mehta, a travel agent of Dhoraji, filed a complaint against them.







