Karkare aftermath: BJP candidate Pragya gets notice

Bhopal, Apr 20 (UNI) The District Returning Officer issued a notice on Saturday to the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Bhopal parliamentary constituency candidate Pragya Singh Thakur vis-a-vis her statement regarding Ashoka Chakra-recipient 1982-batch Indian Police Service officer and Anti-Terrorism Squad chief Hemant Karkare who attained martyrdom after being shot thrice in the chest while combating perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai attacks. 

PM Narendra Modi backs selection of Pragya Singh Thakur as BJP's candidate from Bhopal

New Delhi, Apr 20 (IBNS): Indian PM Narendra Modi has defended the Bharatiya Janata Party's decision to field Malegaon blast case accused Pragya Singh Thakur as its Lok Sabha polls candidate from Bhopal and tried to corner Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi over cases against them.

2008 Malegaon blast case: Colonel Prasad Purohit and Sadhvi Pragya won't be tried under MCOCA

New Delhi, Dec 27 (IBNS): In a major development, a special National Investigating Agency (NIA) court on Wednesday dropped charges under  Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, 1999 against Malegaon blast case accused Lieutenant Colonel Prasad Purohit and Sadhvi Pragya.

Maharashtra civic polls results : Congress-NCP ahead in two corporations,BJP in one

Mumbai, May 26 (IBNS) : Results for three civic bodies in Maharashtra have started trickling in with the Congress and NCP taking early lead in two and the BJP being ahead in one municipal corporation body.

2008 Malegaon bomb blasts case: Court rejects Sadhvi Pragya's bail plea

Mumbai, June 28 (IBNS): A special court on Tuesday rejected the bail application of Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur in connection with the 2008 Malegaon bomb blasts case.