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On Saturday, Sajid, a Bangladeshi national and stated to be a Chief Commander of Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) terror group was arrested. Key conspirator of the blast Zia ul Haq was arrested on Friday.
Two Jamaat-e-Islami Bangladesh terrorists were killed in a blast at a TMC supporter's home in Burdwan in October 2014.
The case has revealed an extensive terror network in the area which raised questions against the TMC government.
Sena legislators today occupied opposition benches as the special three-day session of Maharashtra assembly began in Mumbai during which chief minister Devendra Fadnavis will seek a trust vote as mandated by the governor when he stakes claim to form the government.
Sena members, wearing saffron pheta (headgear) came to the legislative assembly in a group and occupied the benches meant for opposition, where their seating arrangement was made, in keeping with the norms for the second largest party in the 288-member house.
Lone's meeting comes days before Jammu and Kashmir goes to polls on November 25.
The former separatist leader recently met the senior BJP leader and former RSS spokesperson Ram Madhav who did not rule out a post-election alliance with Lone's People's Conference in poll-bound Jammu and Kashmir.
An earlier figure given by Reuters put the number of dead at at least 35.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack in Yobe State, a territory that has been hit by Sunni Muslim Boko Haram rebels during a five-year insurgency seen as the main security threat to Africa's leading oil producer.
Soldiers rushed to the grisly scene on Monday, but were chased away by people throwing stones, angry at the military's inability to halt the insurgency that has killed thousands and driven hundreds of thousands from their homes.
Ghosh, named in the CBI chargesheet in the multi-crore Saradha scam, claimed in court on Monday that investigation into the case was being influenced and threatened suicide.
Claiming that the probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation was biased, Ghosh said, "Influential people whose names have come up are not being arrested. If they are not arrested within 72 hours I'll commit suicide."
State governor C Vidyasagar Rao will administer oath to Jeeva Pandu Gavit as pro-tem speaker of the assembly in Raj Bhavan at 10am on Monday, an official said.
Assembly proceedings will start at 11am and the first two days will see the members of the 13th assembly take oath.
"Why should I resign? The BJP, which is asking for my resignation, should first answer about giving important posts to people like Y S Yeduruppa and even those facing vigilance cases and rape charges," Manjhi told reporters on the sidelines of a 'Janata ke Darbar Mein Mukhya Mantri' programme at his residence.
He, however, refused to identify the BJP leader facing rape charges and vigilance cases.
The National Prosecuting Authority also says it has been informed by Pistorius' defense lawyers that they will oppose the appeal.
Dutt is serving a five-year sentence in connection with the 1993 Mumbai blasts.
Khan had expressed his wish to hold a screening of the film for Dutt. "I was talking about this with Raj Kumar Hirani We have this thing in mind. We are planning to have a special screening for Sanjay but depending on the permission. We will try our best," Khan said recently.
Sanjay Dutt, 55, essays the role of a friend of PK, the character portrayed by Khan in the film.
The Maharashtra Police's prison department has denied permission to actor Aamir Khan to hold a special screening of his upcoming film PK for his friend and co-actor Sanjay Dutt in the Yerawada prison in Pune.
Dutt is serving a five-year sentence in connection with the 1993 Mumbai blasts.
Khan had expressed his wish to hold a screening of the film for Dutt. "I was talking about this with Raj Kumar Hirani We have this thing in mind. We are planning to have a special screening for Sanjay but depending on the permission. We will try our best," Khan said recently.
Sanjay Dutt, 55, essays the role of a friend of PK, the character portrayed by Khan in the film.
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Cerys Marie Yemm, 22, died from her injuries at Sirhowy Arms Hotel, a homeless hostel in Argoed, Blackwood, south Wales, in the early hours of Thursday morning.Her attacker, Matthew Williams, who had recently been released from prison, also died at the scene shortly after police discharged a 50,000-volt Taser and arrested him. Read
The Indian team is set to depart for Australia on November 21. India and Australia will be playing a four-match Test series for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy from December 4, 2014 to January 7, 2015.
The Tests are scheduled at Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney.
Modi is scheduled to leave for Myanmar tomorrow to attend the 12th ASEAN-India summit on November 12 and the ninth East Asian summit on November 13.
It will be the first leg of his three-nation 10-day foreign tour that will also take him to Australia and Fiji.
Refusing to answer questions on the new portfolio, Parrikar says he needs time understand his portfolio. "Let me study the department, talk to the PM, then I will take questions on my portfolio. Give me time, I will answer all queries," he says.
He said he was told he would be handling the defence portfolio at 11:35 pm yesterday.
Keeping his replies measured, Parrikar said he would complete all the pending issues required to strenghten India. "I won't allow the country to be defenceless against any enemy. I feel proud after filing my nominations for the Rajya Sabha and I feel lucky," he said.
Special CBI judge O P Saini, who had concluded recording of defence evidence in the case on September 10, had fixed the case for November 10 for hearing the final arguments.
CBI had alleged that there was a loss of Rs.30,984 crore to the exchequer in allocation of 122 licences for 2G spectrum which were scrapped by the Supreme Court on February 2, 2012.
Rajiv Pratap Rudy, the Union Minister for Skill Development may have been handed a new portfolio but there is no office he can work out of. In the last six months of the Modi government, nobody seems to have found the time to fix office space. Rudy, justifiably, is miffed.
The top three of the government -- PM Modi, BJP president Amit Shah and finance minister Arun Jaitley have been talking about the need for organisational changes in the party to be effected by the new year. Seniors including LK Advani and Rajnath Singh feel that the BJP needs a complete revamp and the union ministers should visit the BJP office on a weekly basis.
In the aftermath of the union cabinet reshuffle, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Nirmala Sitaraman and Dr Harsh Vardhan have been sulking as feel they have not been properly treated by the party.
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Jaitley will not only brief the media about the decisions of the Union Cabinet but also speak to various TV news channels and newspaper editors regularly and so, probably lessen the Modi government's mandate to keep the press at a distance.
Some doctors wondered whether the change might have had something to do with Harsh Vardhan's attempts to reform the Medical Council of India, the regulatory body for medical education that has long been tainted by corruption scandals.
"The current CM has big plans for the state. He wants to do good work for Maharashtra. But it will be better for them (the BJP) if they consult the Shiv Sena and know its stand before taking any decision on the capital of Maharashtra," the Sena said in an edit mouthpiece 'Saamana'. "What will you achieve by appointing a CEO ? We request you to not invite the wrath or curse of Mumbaikars," it said.
Fadnavis' idea to have a CEO is for administrative convenience, as several ongoing projects, according to him in Mumbai and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region are delayed due to lack of coordination and jurisdictional issues. As per the proposal, the CEO would be an officer of the rank of Additional Chief Secretary.
Citing a series of letters -- Nadda's correspondence with health minister Mr Harsh Vardhan -- the party said, "It clearly proves that he tried to get Chaturvedi removed at least thrice since an officer close to him (Nadda) was under scanner for alleged corrupt deals running into hundreds of crores.
Chaturvedi was removed from his post on August 20 with the Health Ministry giving no reason behind his sacking.
Special CBI judge O P Saini, who had concluded recording of defence evidence in the case on September 10, has fixed the case for December 19 for hearing the final arguments.
Shiv Sena on Sunday threatened to sit in opposition in Maharashtra if ruling Bharatiya Janata Party dared to take support of Sharad Pawars Nationalist Congress Party for the survival of its government but also kept the door open for reconciliation, saying it should come clear on the issue within two days.
Shiv Sena wont hanker for power at the cost of self-respect, Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said at Sena Bhawan, after a meeting of party legislators.
Had we been hungry for power, we would have accepted whatever came our way in today's (Union ministry) expansion, he said.
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