Politics

Mirwaiz met Owaisi briefly during which only pleasantaries were exchanged.

The senior Congress leader said the CBI searches "were not a court verdict against him" and that he will present his side of the story at an appropriate platform.

Velingkar had taken on the BJP government in Goa over its support for English-medium schools and was ousted from his post as Goa unit chief of RSS on August 31.

For former MLAs, the pension has been increased from Rs 10,000 to Rs 25,000. Likewise, railway coupons to former MLAs will be increased to Rs 1 lakh yearly from Rs 80,000.

A Home Ministry official in the know of what was discussed at the meeting between the two said, "No such demand was raised by the CM."

Earlier in the day, Pawar had accused the Maharashtra ATS of "terrorising" the Muslim youth "on mere suspicion of being associated with outfits like ISIS".

Known to be a staunch AAP supporter, Dadlani deleted the tweet and tendered an apology, saying he "made a mistake by offending the peaceful Jain community". He also apologised to the Jain monk on Twitter.

There is a need to educate youth in Kashmir against those working with vested interest to harm the country's unity: Union Minister Jitendra Singh.

Over a hundred followers also joined the TMC through the day, prompting GJM's student wing Vidyarthi Morcha to launch a relay hunger strike in Darjeeling and Kalimpong.

Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi will accompany the minister during the two-day visit, official sources said.

He also wanted the shrine be kept open on all the days in a year.

Banerjee, who is the Trinamool Congress supremo, said President Pranab Mukherjee's intervention would be sought against the Centre's arbitrary action.

Opposition leaders led by former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday called on President Pranab Mukherjee requesting him to urge upon the central government to find a solution to the present Kashmir crisis.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Saturday said those who consider India as their country should treat cow as their mother.

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Thursday released its second list of 13 candidates for the 2017 Punjab Assembly election.

After former BSP leader Swami Prasad Maurya, more leaders from Uttar Pradesh may join the BJP. Highly placed sources in the BJP have confirmed that 11 MLAs from the Samajwadi Party, the BSP and the Congress are set to join the BJP. This is probably the on...