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Addressing a press conference, Anand Sharma said the Congress did not need a certificate from the BJP on patriotism, as two of its prime ministers sacrificed their lives in the fight against terror.

Eighteen other children who were in the van were rescued by villagers and rushed to a hospital. The incident took place when the children had boarded the van to go home after the school.

Popularly known as ‘Manu da’ among his friends and well-wishers, renowned lawyer Siddhartha Ray had helmed the last Congress government in West Bengal between 1972 and 1977.

The Delhi HC order came after the MP's son had moved a habeas corpus plea alleging that the other woman and the legislator were illegally confining his mother — JD(U) Rajya Sabha member Mahendra Prasad's legally wedded wife.

The Minister for Civil Aviation and Housing and Urban Affairs said there is talk of economic slowdown and he is one of those who always acknowledges a problem.

Speaking to reporters Karnataka Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai said the detention centre will be for foreign nationals involved in illegal activities, until they are deported.

Even as the administration has been exerting pressure, the family said it would receive the body only if the state government issues a certified copy declaring that Paul was an Indian citizen and not a foreigner.

Iqbal Mirchi, a drug lord and an accused in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, died in London some years back.

In its manifesto for Maharashtra polls, the BJP has promised to confer country's highest civilian award on Veer Savarakar.

Shah in September had pitched for Hindi as a common language for the country, reigniting the debate on the issue even as regional satraps in the south said they would oppose any attempt to 'impose' the language.

Sleuths of the ACB also carried out searches at the houses of Jasvinder Singh Dua (Managing Director, JK Handicrafts Corporation) and AK Khullar (retired MD, SICOP).

The Congregation had charged Sister Lucy Kalappura with publishing poems, purchasing a car and taking part in a protest against a rape accused former bishop of Jalandhar diocese.

The protracted hearing in the Ayodhya dispute had entered the crucial final leg on October 14 when the apex court resumed proceedings on the 38th day after the week-long Dussehra break.

Axe has fallen on the senior officials after the Bihar government had cracked whip on several middle level officials of the Patna Municipal Corporation and BUIDCO, responsible for upholding civic facilities in the capital city.

India is keen on a fair and reasonable trade deal in which its request for market access is secured while also addressing the trade deficit issue raised by the US.

The reference to the pictorial map showing the exact birthplace of Lord Ram at the disputed site in Ayodhya by Senior advocate Vikas Singh, representing the All India Hindu Mahasabha, was objected to by Dhavan.