Politics

Singh was critical of the prime minister for not speaking on issues like beef or communal riots in Muzaffarnagar and elsewhere.

The plea was made after her application for passport was rejected in November 2015 on the ground she did not produce a marriage certificate or a joint affidavit to prove that she is married to Modi.

The show-cause notice to Nirupam was issued just days ahead of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi visited Mumbai on January 15 and 16.

The PDP, with 27 MLAs in the 87-member Assembly and BJP with 25 legislators, ran a coalition government headed by Mufti Sayeed for 10 months before his demise on January 7.

Soon after the order, Chavan hit out at the BJP government and termed the order a "political vendetta of against him."

A five-judge bench headed by Justice J S Khehar examined in detail certain communications between the offices of the Governor and the Chief Minister before the imposition of central rule in the crisis-hit hill state.

PDP leader Naeem Akhtar said, "We called a party meeting where all our senior leaders were present. We discussed about the party work and government formation."

The Delhi government had in 2015 held mohalla sabhas in 11 Assembly constituencies for preparing a "participatory budget" at which the residents were asked to decide which development projects should be taken up in their localities.

The accused allegedly converted 3 Hindus to Christianity, made them eat pork and beef and also made them walk over photographs of Hindu deities.

The court had called the whole episode a serious matter and asked the government to explain it's stand.

The book, titled 'Nathuram Godse - The Story of an Assassin' and written by Anup Ashok Sardesai, is scheduled for release on Saturday at the government-owned Ravindra Bhavan in Margao by BJP leader and the bhavan's chairman Damodar Naik.

Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, Nabam Tuki, said such a decision (President's rule) in a sensitive border state was unprecedented and unacceptable.

Gogoi's allegation came ahead of the assembly polls scheduled for April-May in the northeastern state.

Kumar dismissed opposition's charge of "jungle raj" in Bihar and asserted that "rule of law" prevailed in the state pointing to the action taken against JDU MLA Sarfaraz Alam in a case of misbehaviour and abusing a couple in a train.