New Delhi - Special security measures are being put in place for more than 35 high-profile candidates contesting India's elections amid intelligence reports of possible terrorist attacks, news reports said Thursday.
India's five-phase general elections, spread between April 16 and May 13, are being held amid heightened threat perception.
New Delhi, Apr 2: The Samajwadi party on Thursday appointed Bollywood actor-turned-politician Sanjay Dutt as its National General Secretary.
Dutt, who was barred from contesting the elections by the Supreme Court because of his conviction under the Arms Act in connection with the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, told reporters here today, "Mein dil se kam karoonga aur sach ke liye kam karoonga (I will work with my heart and for the truth).
New Delhi, Apr 2: Former Union Minister Jagdish Tytler was on Thursday given a clean chit by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
De-sealing its final investigation report in a court, the CBI has recommended quashing of FIR against Tytler.
The CBI counsel told Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Rakesh Pandit that "We have filed the cancellation report in the matter and want to close the investigation."
New Delhi, Apr 2: The notification for the third phase of Lok Sabha elections will be issued today.
In this phase, polling will take place on April 30.
The states which will go to the polls are Bihar (11), Gujarat (26), Jammu and Kashmir (1), Karnataka (11), Madhya Pradesh (16), Maharashtra (10), Sikkim (1), Uttar Pradesh (15), West Bengal (14), Dadra and Nagar Haveli (1), Daman and Diu (1).
New Delhi, Apr 2: The Kakardooma Court will today consider the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) final investigation report on former Union Minister Jagdish Tytler''s involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
On March 28, the CBI filed the report in a sealed envelope before Metropolitan Magistrate Ram Lal Meena.
The CBI is reported to have said that there is no evidence against Tytler, sources said.
New Delhi, Apr 2 : The Supreme Court will today hear a petition filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi challenging imposition of National Security Act (NSA) on him.
The Bench headed by Chief Justice K. G. Balakrishnan will hear the matter.
In his petition, Varun says that the use of NSA against him was an act of political witch hunting by his political opponents.
New Delhi - Special security measures are being put in place for more than 35 high-profile candidates contesting India's elections amid intelligence reports of possible terrorist attacks, news reports said Thursday.
New Delhi, Apr 2: The Samajwadi party on Thursday appointed Bollywood actor-turned-politician Sanjay Dutt as its National General Secretary.
New Delhi, Apr 2: Former Union Minister Jagdish Tytler was on Thursday given a clean chit by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
New Delhi, Apr 2: The notification for the third phase of Lok Sabha elections will be issued today. 
New Delhi, Apr 2: The Kakardooma Court will today consider the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) final investigation report on former Union Minister Jagdish Tytler''s involvement in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case.
New Delhi, Apr 2 : The Supreme Court will today hear a petition filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Varun Gandhi challenging imposition of National Security Act (NSA) on him.
