Arrested Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF) chief Jagtar Singh Tara’s interrogation this year had revealed that Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) had a bigger strike plan in Punjab. Sikh militants and LeT had jointly hatched a plan in Pakistan to air drop four Lashkar terrorists in Punjab’s Pathankot in 2014 using a specially designed glider. Surprisingly, the police had […]
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Investigations into the Gurdaspur terrorist attack have revealed that 270 passengers had providential escape on July 27 morning as two trains passed the point where the three Pakistani jihadis had planted 2.5 kg RDX to blow the rail track before attacking the Dinanagar police station. Police sources confirmed to Hindustan Times that one goods train
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Governor of Tripura, Tathagata Roy, on Friday said all those who attended the last rites of Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon in Mumbai on Thursday were potential terrorists who must be now watched keenly by the Indian intelligence agencies. “Intelligence shd keep a tab on all (expt relatives & close friends) who assembled bfr
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Bangladesh and India prepared on Friday to swap tiny areas of land, ending one of the world’s most intractable border disputes that has kept thousands of people in stateless limbo for nearly 70 years. Officials of two nations will hoist their respective national flags in 162 enclaves – 111 in Bangladesh and 51 in India
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In a scenario where change is constant, Salman Khan’s Bajrangi Bhaijaan, that has been galloping at the box office, breaking records along the way, crossed the Dhoom3 box office collection yesterday. This Indo-Pak social drama directed by Kabir Khan that has the seven-year-old Harshaali Malhotra as the little Pakistani moppet stealing hearts, drives home a
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Pakistan has violated the ceasefire as many as 1,140 times since 2013, with the focus of its firing being concentrated more across the settled International Boundary (IB) than the line of control in Jammu and Kashmir. Defence minister Manohar Parrikar, in a written reply in Rajya Sabha, said while there were 347 ceasefire violations in
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Plane wreckage washed up on a tiny Indian Ocean island will be sent to France for investigation, as hopes mounted on Thursday the mysterious object could unlock the riddle of missing flight MH370. Several experts were convinced the debris was a flaperon from the wing of a Boeing 777, which if proven meant it almost
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The government on Thursday clarified that there is no plan to make teaching of yoga compulsory at all educational institutions in the country. However, it said yoga is a subject along with physical and health education for schools affiliated to the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). “Yoga is one of the subjects along with
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Chhota Shakeel, one of the accused in the Mumbai serial blasts case and the chief henchman of Dawood Ibrahim has angrily reacted to the hanging of Yakub Memon, calling it “a legal murder” and accusing the Indian government of betraying the promises it made to lure him back to India. A furious Shakeel called up
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Punjab police on Wednesday identified BSF border outpost at Bamiyal in Pathankot, neighbouring Gurdaspur, as the exact location from where the three terrorists entered into Gurdaspur from Pakistan to wreak havoc in Dinanagar town on Monday. The officials also suspect that village Mastgarh was their first stay on July 25, two days before the attack.
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An award of Rs. 50,000 has been approved for the railway employee, Ashwani Kumar, for alerting authorities about a bomb being planted on railways tracks in Gurdaspur, by Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu. Mr Kumar’s alertness and courage in detecting the bomb helped in saving the lives of hundreds of passengers in Punjab, according to
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Police have arrested four persons, including a woman and two young girls, from a house here for their alleged involvement in a sex trade racket. Police said today that the arrests were made late last night during a raid following a tip-off about such activity being run from a rented accommodation of the woman. Besides
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Thousands gathered to bid farewell to the People’s President, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam who was buried with full state honours at a public ground in Tamil Nadu’s Rameswaram town where he was born. At the Pei Karumbu ground, Prime Minister Narendra Modi saluted Dr Kalam’s body which was wrapped in the Indian Tricolour, before the
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Gold prices in India may even dip to Rs. 20,500 per 10 grams, a level last seen about 5 years ago, in case of a rate hike by the Federal Reserve later this year, according to India Ratings and Research. Maintaining the negative outlook on gold prices for the current fiscal year (2015-16), the rating
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Memon was hanged at a prison in Nagpur in the western state. The serial blasts killed 257 people, and were allegedly to avenge the killing of Muslims in riots a few months earlier. India rarely carries out death sentences – only three people have been executed since 2004. There was tight security around the Nagpur
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A massive search operation has been launched in the district following the terrorists attack in neighbouring Gurdaspur district yesterday. District Police Chief Rakesh Kaushal today said that a police party conducted special searches in the semi hilly areas of the district. He said that special Nakas (check-points) have been set up and vehicles are being
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Indian cricket board (BCCI) secretary Anurag Thakur reiterated on Tuesday that there was no way back for Sreesanth, Ankit Chavan and Ajit Chandila because the BCCI would not lift the penalties imposed on them. Thakur, however, said the three Rajasthan Royals players could appeal to the court of law. “Any Indian citizen can go to
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Virat Kohli, it seems, is a man on a mission. Since December 2013, India have played only one Test in the subcontinent, against Bangladesh, in a match in which Kohli scored only 14 runs. And in his 34-Test career, he has not played a single Test against Sri Lanka. So it’s no wonder that with
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Whether 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon will hang on Thursday will be decided today by a Supreme Court bench set up by the Chief Justice of India after a sharp divide between two judges. The 53-year-old chartered accountant is to be hanged at a jail in Nagpur for his role in the deadly terror
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Bharat has lost a Ratna, but the light from this jewel will guide us towards A P J Abdul Kalam’s dream destination: India as a knowledge superpower, in the first rank of nations. Our scientist-President — and one who was genuinely loved and admired across the masses — never measured success by material possessions. For
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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan was pleasantly surprised by the “hidden talent” of his granddaughter Navya Naveli, who regaled him by playing some tunes on a piano. The 72-year-old actor, who is married to actress Jaya and has daughter Shweta and son Abhishek, took to his official blog to share some photographs featuring Navya Naveli working her
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The 11 hours it took to neutralize the three terrorists who stormed into Gurdaspur was because of a deliberate strategy to try and capture at least one of the terrorists alive, sources said. The plan was to have an Ajmal Kasab, the lone gunman seized in the Mumbai terror attacks of 2008 who provided elaborate
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India’s 11th president, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, whose role in advancing India’s nuclear program made him one of his country’s most beloved figures, died on Monday after collapsing at an event where he was to deliver a lecture. He was 83. The cause was cardiac arrest, doctors told NDTV, an Indian news channel. Kalam, an ardent
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Barely making Rs. 2,000 a month as a domestic help, Urmila Yadav of Kanpur was in for the shock of her life as she found out last week that she suddenly had more than Rs. 9.57 lakh crore in her account, media reports said. According Dainik Bhaskar, a few days ago, Ms Yadav received a
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Actor Saif Ali Khan says Ranbir Kapoor, who is his wife Kareena’s cousin, is very lucky to have Katrina Kaif as his girlfriend. Kareena had earlier said that Ranbir and Katrina would make a good couple. However, Katrina and Ranbir have never admitted to their relationship. Talking about Kareena at an event here last night,
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Salman Khan has retracted his controversial tweets over the death sentence of 1993 Mumbai blasts accused Yakub Memon, following furore over his remarks, and has ‘apologised unconditionally’ for his remarks. Earlier the Bajrangi Bhaijan star had faced flak over his tweets that condemned the hanging of Yakub Memon and demanded that Tiger Memon be brought,
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Yesterday saw an extraordinary turn of events that once again brought into question the BCCI’s ability to manage corruption. A court in Delhi has decided that the high profile Sreesanth is not guilty of spot fixing in IPL 6. In fact, it emphatically ruled that the charges against him were so far from being proven
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All eyes in the Supreme Court on Monday are likely to rest on court room No 3, where 1993 blasts convict Yakub Memon’s plea against his execution is scheduled for hearing. Among those who are likely to be there to watch the proceedings is eminent lawyer Ram Jethmalani. It will be exactly eight years to
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Terrorists attacked a police station and a bus in Punjab’s Gurdaspur on Monday morning killing at least 3 people and leaving many others injured. Here’s what we know till now. * Terrorists, three to four in number, hijacked a white Maruti Alto car. * They first attacked a state roadways bus going to Jammu. One
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Riding high on the success of his Salman Khan starrer ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’, director Kabir Khan unveiled the first look posters of his next ‘Phantom’, a counter-terrorism drama, featuring Saif Ali Khan and Katrina Kaif. The trailer will be out of July 25. As soon as Kabir Khan revealed the posters, Phantom started trending on Twitter.
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