Ahmedabad:  BJP suspends 12 leaders for filing nomination papers as independent candidates in Gujarat assembly elections. The BJP has given a six-year suspension. Among the 12 people are former MLA from Padra Dinu Patel and former MLA from Bayad Dhavalsinh Sala.

Kuldeep Singh Raul (Sauli), Khatubhai Pagi (Shehra), SM Khant (Lunawada), JP Patel (Lunawada), Ramesh Sala (Umreth), Amarshi Sala (Khambhat), Ramsin Thakur (Kheralu), Mavji Desai (Dhanera) Lebji Thakur (Deesa) also received the suspension.

Gujarat BJP President CR Patil said in a press release that 12 rebels have been suspended for six years for engaging in anti-party activities.

Out of the total 182 assembly seats in Gujarat, polling will be held for 89 seats on December 1 and for the remaining 93 seats on December 5. The counting of votes will be held on December 8.

New Delhi: The Supreme Court rejected the CBI’s request to change the trial in the Katirur Manoj murder case. It is suggested that the proceedings of the case should be completed within four months. The court also criticized the CBI demand as being politically motivated.
The court said that the proceedings of the case should be completed within four months and criticized the CBI for prolonging the case. A bench of Justice Krishna Murari and Justice Ravindra Bhat pointed out that the court is not in favor of changing the case.

New Delhi: Archaeological Survey of India says Shivalinga said to be found in Gyanvapi Masjid cannot be carbon dated.
A report by the Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India was submitted to the Allahabad High Court stating that the inspection would damage the Shivalinga.

The Archaeological Survey of India also informed the court that carbon dating is not scientific as there is no presence of fossils. ASI has also asked for three months as another means of determining age.

Earlier on the 14th of last month, the Varanasi District Court had rejected the plea filed by four Hindu women seeking carbon dating of the Shivlingam.

There was an order by the Supreme Court not to allow any changes to be made in the Shivalinga. Based on this, the court rejected the demand of the petitioners. The mosque committee had also said that processes like carbon dating would not be allowed inside the mosque.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court had last May ordered the sealing of the place where the Shivlinga was said to have been found in Gyanvapi Church. The Supreme Court had also directed the Varanasi District Court to take charge of the security of the place.
The order, which was issued earlier, was extended indefinitely by a bench headed by the Chief Justice.

Advocate Vishnu Jain had claimed that the Shivlinga was found here during the survey conducted earlier in the church. It was said that a 12-foot tall Shivlinga was found when the devotees drained the water in the pond for purification before prayer. On the other hand, the opposing counsel argued that the Shivlinga was not recovered from the pond.

New Delhi:  The custody of Aftab, the accused in the case of killing his partner and disposed of in Delhi, has been extended by four more days. The Saket court accepted the request of the Mehrauli police to conduct a polygraph test on the accused.

At the same time, the police informed the court that the collection of evidence is yet to be completed and other tests including narco are also to be conducted. The accused told the court that he would fully cooperate with the investigation and that he could not remember exactly where the remains were deposited. The accused told the court that the killing was not deliberate and was done in the circumstances at that time.

On May 18, 28-year-old Aftab Poonawala, her boyfriend, killed Shraddha Walker and cut her into pieces and kept them in the fridge. Agarbathy and fresheners were kept inside the room to prevent bad smells. The body parts, which were kept in the fridge for three weeks, were dumped in different parts of the city within 18 days.

Aftab had admitted to the police that he understood everything by looking on the internet. The police found Shraddha’s body a month after she was killed. Shraddha’s blood-stained clothes were dumped in the municipal garbage dump. Only ten body parts were found in the Meharoli forest near the apartment where they lived.