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Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, Parameshwara clarified that Shivakumar's visit to Delhi is purely organisational in nature and aimed at election-related discussions.

he Rouse Avenue Court on Saturday heard initial arguments on behalf of former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on the point of framing of charges in the Delhi Excise Policy corruption case. Senior counsel appearing for Kejriwal submitted that there is no incriminating material against him and contended that the chargesheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is merely a cut-and-paste version of earlier chargesheets.

Cutting through the years of darkness, the sound of children learning about alphabets and numbers is resonating in a remote village of Chhattisgarh's insurgency-hit Sukma district. A small hut at village Dorlapara of Sukma, where Naxals were once running a parallel government, is emerging as a seed of education.

"Ahead of January 26, intelligence agencies have issued an alert warning that Khalistani terrorist organisations and Bangladesh-based terror outfits may attempt to target Delhi and several other cities across the country," intelligence sources said.

Shiv Sena leader Shaina NC on Saturday welcomed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) election results, saying that the people of Mumbai have expressed their trust in Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.

Disagreeing with Justice Varma's contention, a bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and AG Masih ruled that there is nothing in the Inquiry Act to suggest that rejection of a motion in one House would render the other House incompetent to proceed in accordance with law.