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Justice V Ramasubramanian, while passing interim orders on a writ petition filed by the DMK chief, said, "The immediate question of Karunanidhi appearing before the Commission does not arise."

In the 2009 Assembly elections, the Congress had won 44 seats to emerge as the single-largest party in the state.

Bishnu Prasad Adhikari of Congress finished last with only 28 votes, less than 46 votes cast under NOTA.

Representatives from all walks of life such as various organisations of farmers, teachers, doctors, sportsmen, NGOs and social service groups would discuss their vision of development through the 'Loksamvad' exercise.

"The forthcoming Assembly elections will be the sixth election which Congress and NCP will fight. Discussions are on whether a post-poll or a pre-poll alliance is favourable for both Congress and NCP," Chavan said.

Special CBI Judge OP Saini made it clear that CBI cannot keep "withholding" documents and keep approaching the court seeking permission to file fresh material on record.

The district court in Bagalkot had ordered to submit a detailed report on the complaint.

"If you do not conduct elections till November-December then some of the areas of our state will get cut off," Omar Abdullah said.

Al-Qaeda would start a new wing dedicated to waging 'jihad' in the Indian subcontinent and beyond, Ayman al-Zawahiri announced in a video posted online earlier this week.

Congress is reportedly split between the old guard and the new with the latter backing Rahul Gandhi and seeking an end to all criticism of him.

A Division Bench comprising Justices Akil Kureshi and JB Pardiwala on Tuesday disposed of the public interest litigation as the matter pertained to the elections in 2012 and there has been now a change of guard at the Centre.

"You (Congress) were sitting on it for three years. We took up the matter and said that we will bring out the truth," Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said.

The Human Resources Development Ministry has directed schools to stretch their schedule and show PM Narendra Modi's speech live to students on September 5.

Modi has promised to make it easier to do business through speedier clearances, allowing investors in Asia's third-largest economy hope of a rosier future.

While 11 ex-ministers out of 17 have vacated their bungalows, 230 former MPs out of 258 have also surrendered the houses till now.

The apex court on December 6, 2013 had made it clear that it would quash the Jet-Etihad Airways deal if there are any irregularities in it.