India

US President Barack Obama had sent a holy cloth to on the occasion of 803th annual celebrations of Urs of Hz.Khawaja Moinudeen Chishty.

Pitching for a country-wide ban on cow and buffalo slaughter, Union Minister for Women and Child Development Maneka Gandhi on Monday Night said that it would be wrong to give a religious colour to such a move.

"Highly sophisticated methodology of crime by manipulating the software of the system is suspected," the official said.

Gandhi walked upto her and had a chat with a smiling Swaraj, who also spoke to the Congress chief. The Minister was

"Well Olpad-31 caught fire during repair maintenance job yesterday. The experts are expected to reach the well site soon," the company said in a statement in New Delhi.

While New Delhi posted 40.6 degrees Celsius while Jaisalmer recorded the hottest temperature at 44.5 degrees Celsius.

The incident reportedly took place after an argument between a local and the toll plaza staff.

The team will propose a draft to the DU's admission committee, which will give its final nod to the policy.

Police said the SI was rushed to a local hospital where his condition was stated to be critical.

The process of selection and appointment of judges should conform to the highest of standards, President Pranab Mukherjee said on Saturday, describing an independent judiciary as the "cornerstone" of democracy.

Inaugurating the centenary celebration of the Patna High Court in Patna, the President said there would be cases of

Gadkari had alleged that he was defamed by the AAP leader who had included his name in the party's list of "India's most corrupt".

Kejriwal held a meeting with all the party MLAs, district heads, and senior leaders including Manish Sisodia, Kumar Vishwas, Sanjay Singh and Ashutosh to discuss the details of the agitation.

Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Thursday termed as "fraud" the merger of six 'Janata Parivar' offshoots and wondered if it was for real as the new party was without a name, flag and symbol.

Chief Justice SK Kaul and Justice S Manikumar, admitting the petition filed by a city-based advocate, asked the Secretary general to be impleaded.

According to sources, while returning the order, the CBI had said that the scope of investigation cannot be decided by the state government.