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  • Two wheeler used in Mumbai blast identified

    Security agencies have identified the owner of the two-wheeler in which the explosive material was planted at Zaveri bazar in Mumbai as cyber experts are looking into an email which may have some cross-border links. Union Home Secretary R K Singh said an investigation into the serial blasts in the metropolis was going on and […]

    Govt accepts resignation of Solictor General Gopal Subramanium

    The Government has accepted the resignation of Solictor General Gopal Subramanium. He resigned after he was upset over appointment of a private advocate for representing the government in the 2G spectrum case. Official sources said Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh has accepted the resignation. After taking over as Law Minister, Mr. Salman Khurshid had said […]

    SC slams Delhi Police for callous probe in cash-for-vote scam

    Supreme Court today slammed Delhi Police for callous probe in cash-for-vote scam. The apex court said no substantial progress has been made in the case by Delhi Police in the last two years.Saying that it is not happy at all with the probe, the court asked for a fresh status report within 2 weeks from […]

    Railways to do away all unmanned level crossings by 2016 says Trivedi

    After taking over as the new Railway Minister, Dinesh Trivedi has unveiled an 11-point programme to modernise the public-sector behemoth and announced that there will be no unmanned crossings by 2016. He said currently, there are 32,694 level crossings across the country, of which 14,853 are unmanned. According to official data, 229 people were killed […]

    Osama planned 9/11 anniversary attack in US: report

    Slain al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and his operations head were plotting to attack the US on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 strikes, a media report has claimed. Osama bin Laden was shot dead by US commandos during a surprise raid at his safe house in Pakistan’s garrison town of Abbottabad […]

    Mumbai blasts: Every hostile group on radar, no specific leads yet

    Investigators on Thursday probed “every possible hostile group” in their search for culprits behind the Mumbai terror attack and the involvement of a suicide bomber was not being ruled out. As Mumbaikars slowly came to grips with Wednesday’s evening’s three serial blasts, no specific leads emerged and authorities did not want to speculate on who […]

    Maha ATS going through CCTV footage

    The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad probing the serial blasts in the city, is sifting through the CCTVs installed near the blast sites, particularly the footages at the Opera House which may give some vital clues, an ATS official said. “We are going through all the CCTV footages obtained from the three blast sites. While going through […]

    Metro reaches Ghaziabad; brings smiles to residents

    A Delhi Metro train rolled into Ghaziabad on Thursday, bringing the satellite city a little closer to the national capital and fulfilling the desire of the residents for an effective transport system. Without much fanfare, the 3-km link connecting Anand Vihar ISBT with Vaishali in Ghaziabad was thrown open to the public at 7 AM […]

    Govt will do everything to prevent attacks in future: PM

    Strongly condemning the “barbaric” bomb blasts in Mumbai, PM Manmohan Singh said the perpetrators must be pursued relentlessly to bring them to justice quickly and promised the govt will do everything in its power to prevent such attacks in future. Singh said he understood the “shock and outrage” of the people of Mumbai and “I […]

    PM, Sonia review security in Mumbai after blasts

    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi, who arrived in Mumbai Thursday evening, reviewed security in the metropolis at a meeting convened at the city airport in the wake of Wednesday’s serial blasts. Maharashtra Governor K Sankaranarayanan, Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, his deputy Ajit Pawar and Home Minister R R Patil were among […]