Former Union Minister and four-time parliamentarian Jyotiraditya Scindia resigned from the Congress this morning, shortly after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi.
He is expected to join the BJP sometime this week, days after criticising the party over violence in Delhi, and is likely to be rewarded with a Rajya Sabha seat.
A man who allegedly killed his wife, and threw her body on to the road has been arrested, along with his two accomplices, police said on Wednesday.
At about 9.28 a.m. the 44.4 metre tall, weighing 320 ton rocket blasted off from the second launch pad at the country's rocket port here. The launch was normal despite a clouded sky.
Two blasts rocked Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag and Srinagar districts on Tuesday, killing two people and injuring seven, police said.
Out on parole, gangster Abdul Rashid was shot dead in Malerkotla in the Sangrur district of Punjab on Monday night by a rival gang.
"Indira Gandhi's assassination left the country in a shock. Since she was killed by Sikh policemen, the whole Sikh community was portrayed as murderers by a particular community due to which riots broke across the country.
"This police constable should be the ultimate role model for the police. Look at the deep sense of sensitivity and empathy with which he listens to and wipes the tears of this elderly citizen"