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An Indore court today issued a summons against Dwarkapeeth Shankaracharya, Swaroopanand Saraswati, over a private complaint about his controversial statement regarding Sai Baba of Shirdi.
Rajesh Shivsangia, the complainant, has alleged that the Shankaracharya committed offence under section 298 of Indian Penal Code (hurting religious sentiments) with his statement that Sai Baba, the 19th century saint, was no god, and therefore should not be worshipped.
Additional chief judicial magistrate Deepak Kumar Pande issued a fresh summons to Swaroopanand Saraswati today and directed him to appear on September 20, said complainant's lawyer Ashwin Kumar Adhyaru.
The court had issued a summons first on July 9, but it was not served. Similar complaints have been filed against the Shankaracharya in the courts elsewhere too.
"I assure the House, we will convene an all-party meeting after the examination, scheduled on the 24th," Parliamentary Affairs Minister M Venkiah Naidu said in Rajya Sabha after Leader of the Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad demanded a meeting to solve the row during current session.
Naidu said the issue requires a "detailed study" and "deeper discussion" and nothing could be done at the eleventh hour as there are contradictory views on it inside the House and outside while children are preparing for the examination.
"A total of 22 accidents have been reported involving warships and submarines during the last three years and the current year. 21 navy personnel including six officers and 15 sailors lost their lives in three of these accidents," Defence Minister Arun Jaitley said in reply to a written query.
The accidents involving INS Sindhurakshak and INS Sindhuratna account for 20 of these deaths. Eighteen personnel were killed in Sindhurakshak mishap which sank after an explosion in its torpedo compartment on August 14 last year while two officers had lost their lives in mishaps involving the INS Sindhuratna.
Singh is in coma and critical, said doctors. He was admitted to the ICU after he had a fall last night.
Union Women and Child Development Minister Maneka Gandhi's plan to strengthen the National Commission for Women has met with a roadblock from the law ministry, said sources.
Maneka had sent a proposal to the law ministry to strengthen the NCW in order to make it more effective in crime against women.
Activists demanding special status for the Dhangar community threw ink at the minister in Pune. Reports state that Patil was rushed to Ruby Hospital in Pune after he injured his eye in the attack.
The former BJP leader underwent a surgery this morning after he sustained a head injury. He has been admitted to the army's R and R Hospital.
Rajya Sabha deputy chairman P J Kurien said both Sachin and Rekha are yet to cross the 60-day threshold. "The seats can be declared vacant if members are absent for at least 60 days," he added.
RS MP Javed Akhtar said, "The membership of Parliament is not a trophy. Sachin must attend."
According to the Mumbai Port Trust, which has been assigned to plan and create the hub by Union Minister Nitin Gadkari, the last date for receiving the views of public and experts is August 8, mid-day reports.
The MbPT has planned to set up a floating hotel, restaurant, water sports, helipads, seaplane and waterways on the Eastern Waterfront, along with a Giant Ferris Wheel, on the lines of London Eye.
Gandhi also hosted a special premiere of the film in the Capital last evening which was attended by film's crew and members of her organisation People for Animals.
"The film has been endorsed by us. A dog has been used in the film but it has been used in a respectful manner. I am happy to have this event as our annual fund-raiser," Gandhi, who also attended the film's trailer launch couple of months ago in Mumbai, told reporters.
It said that Israel had failed to meet its demands, including the re-opening of Gaza Harbour to shipping.
Several rockets were fired from Gaza at Israel as the ceasefire ended at 08:00 local time. Israeli forces have not yet responded to the attacks.
Some 1,940 people have died in four weeks of fighting in Gaza.
The incident occurred yesterday at around 8 pm (local time) when the toddler got away from his parents, squeezed through the fence and entered the most protected White House grounds, triggering a brief lockdown of the White House.
The toddler was soon handed over to his parents.
The French government has confirmed that Qaraqosh has fallen into the hands of the militants and expressed France's concerns over the progress and the acts of violence that have been committed there, reported CNN.
France has immediately called for a United Nations Security Council meeting to discuss the threat posed by the militant group in Iraq. Thousands of Christians have reportedly fled from the city just like other minorities targeted by the group including, Shia Muslims.
Qaraqosh is a historic Assyrian town about 20 miles southeast of militant-occupied Mosul and is home to almost 50,000 people.
A case was registered March 2006 for leaking out about 7,000 pages of defence information of sensitive nature from the naval war room and the air force headquarters.
It was registered on a reference from the defence ministry after scrutiny of inquiry held by the Indian Air Force against the then wing commander S L Surve and the board of inquiry conducted by the navy.
PHE officials have now held a strike in Srinagar and are demanding that the minister be sacked.
Ramzan, the state minister for Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution, denied the charge saying there was no truth in it and he was only seeking an explanation for "failure" to execute a water supply scheme.
The People's Democratic Party has demanded action against the minister.
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ask them to ensure that all policy decisions are guided solely by "public interest" and that they operate with total "political neutrality".
The dos and don'ts are part of an amendment to the All India Service (Conduct) Rules issued in 1968 which serve as a charter for all civil servants.
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Out of the 30 injured, 20 people are reported to be in a serious condition, they said.
A short circuit in one of the AC ducts of three-storey Hotel Wanton House apparently led to the massive blaze at the premises, located in Sector 26 on the Palm Beach Road of Vashi, they said.
Singh, who was hospitalised after suffering a head injury, is critical, according to an NDTV report.
The President's sanction weakens the opposition Congress' allegation of "vendetta politics" behind the removal of the governor, who had a long-standing dispute with Narendra Modi, when he was chief minister of Gujarat, top government sources said.
Sources say the President was informed about the Centre's intention by Prime Minister Modi. When he sought evidence against Ms Beniwal, the government sent him a dossier with three specific allegations.
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More details on his condition are awaited.
The 76-year-old leader was expelled from the BJP earlier this year after he decided to contest the general elections from his home district Barmer in Rajasthan as an Independent when the party fielded someone else. He lost the election.
Singh held the finance, defence and external affairs ministries in previous BJP-led governments.
However, the president said US troops would be not be sent back to Iraq.
The US has already made humanitarian air drops to Iraqis under threat from Islamic State militants. IS has seized Qaraqosh, Iraq's biggest Christian town, prompting residents to flee, reports BBC.
"We can act, carefully and responsibly, to prevent a potential act of genocide," Obama said, referring to the attacks against the besieged Yazidi minority, thousands of whom are trapped on a mountain in northern Iraq.
"I therefore authorised targeted air strikes if necessary to help forces in Iraq as they fight to break the siege and protect the civilians trapped there," Obama said.