Thursday, September 8, 2011

New email, allegedly from IM, claims Delhi court blast

New email, allegedly from IM, claims Delhi court blast

New email, allegedly from IM, claims Delhi court blast

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 08:43 AM PDT

The National Investigating Agency (NIA) is examining a new email that claims responsibility for yesterday's bomb blast at the Delhi High Court in which 12 people were killed and more than 70 injured.

Cash-for-votes case: Amar Singh's bail hearing deferred till September 12

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 08:39 AM PDT

Tihar jail's newest high-profile prisoner Amar Singh will have to be wait for a few more days before he gets bail. A court in Delhi today deferred the hearing on the Rajya Sabha MP's bail plea till September 12. Mr Singh was sent to judicial custody till September 19 in the connection with the cash-for-votes scam.

Delhi High Court blast: Investigation into HuJI email in advanced stage, says Omar

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 08:25 AM PDT

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today said investigation into the email claiming responsibility for the Delhi High Court blast, which has been traced to Kishtwar district of the state, is in an "advanced stage".

Arrest me, it was my sting, says Advani on cash-for-votes scam

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 08:15 AM PDT

Holding up his wrists to solicit a pair of imaginary handcuffs, senior BJP leader LK Advani in Parliament dared the government to arrest him. Mr Advani said he was aware of a sting his party conducted in 2008 to expose the willingness of the government in 2008 to "purchase votes" to prove it was still in a majority.

Ex-DMK minister's son arrested on land grab charges

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 08:07 AM PDT

Former DMK Minister Pongalur Palaniswamy's son Pari has been arrested in Coimbatore on land grab charges. The Jayalalithaa government has been consistently targeting former DMK ministers and officials who close to Karunanidhi with several of its senior leaders already in jail in connection with land grab charges.

CAG report slams Air India expansion

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 08:06 AM PDT

The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on Air India has been tabled in Parliament. The report has indicted the Civil Aviation Ministry; the CAG said crores were wasted in the purchase and leasing of aircrafts and that was the basic reason which crippled the national carrier.

Delhi court blast: HuJI email traced to Kishtwar in J&K, say sources; 3 detained

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 07:23 AM PDT

It's over 24 hours since a high-intensity blast killed 12 people and injured over 70 at the Delhi High Court, but there are no clear leads in investigations yet. Three people have been detained in Kashmir as the National Investigation Agency (NIA) tries to check the authenticity of an email purportedly written by Bangladesh-based terror group Harkat-ul-Jehadi Islami (HuJI) claiming responsibility for the blast.

PM, wife pledge to donate eyes

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 07:22 AM PDT

Setting an example, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Singh today pledged to donate their eyes.

Delhi High Court blast: Death toll rises to 12

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 07:19 AM PDT

Delhi High Court blast: A 40-year-old man died at 7 am today at the Ram Manohar Lohia hospital, taking the death toll in yesterday's Delhi High Court blast to 12. Many of the 73 injured are battling for their lives.

Sonia Gandhi back in Delhi, returned early this morning

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 06:45 AM PDT

Congress President Sonia Gandhi is back in Delhi from her operation in the US. Sources say she flew in early this morning, and is now at her home at 10 Janpath.

Jagan denies closet business partnership with Janardhana Reddy

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 06:30 AM PDT

Jagan Mohan Reddy has denied allegations that his considerable business empire has secret links to another wealthy politician - G Janardhan Reddy, who is now in jail.

Full statement: Jagan Mohan denies links with Janardhana Reddy

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 06:28 AM PDT

A day after NDTV reported on the financial links between YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy and former Tourism Minister for Andhra Pradesh Gali Janardhana Reddy, Jagan has issued a statement denying any links with the businesses of the mining baron.

School for Dalit children in suspended IAS officer's house

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 05:40 AM PDT

A confiscated palatial house of an IAS officer, suspended for taking graft, became a full-fledged primary school today.

Delhi High Court blast: UN Security Council, Ban Ki-moon condemn attack

Posted: 08 Sep 2011 02:44 AM PDT

The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) today joined UN Chief Ban Ki-moon in strongly condemning the deadly terror attack in Delhi, saying such "heinous" acts of terrorism are "criminal and unjustifiable".

Earthquake in Delhi, neighbouring areas; 4.2 magnitude

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 06:49 PM PDT

Earthquake in Delhi: The tremors, measuring 4.2 on Richter Scale with Haryana's Sonepat as epicentre, were felt across Delhi and its adjoining satellite towns of Ghaziabad and Noida in Uttar Pradesh and Gurgaon in Haryana at 11:28 pm.

Delhi blast: Intelligence shared 'not actionable', says Lt Governor Tejinder Khanna

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 03:02 PM PDT

Delhi blast: In the wake of Home Minister P Chidambaram's comments that intelligence was shared with the Delhi Police, Delhi's Lieutenant Governor Tejinder Khanna said that the intelligence shared with the police was "not actionable."

Twitteratti offer help for blast victims

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 02:51 PM PDT

Soon after the blast outside Delhi High court, netizens in the city joined hands on social networking sites, especially on Twitter, offering all possible help to those affected in the terrorist attack.

Delhi court blast: 11 dead, 74 injured; sketches of suspect released

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 02:38 PM PDT

Delhi blast: A bomb placed in a brief case exploded at the Delhi High Court this morning killing 11 people and injuring over 70. The explosion took place in the reception area at Gate no 5, where hundreds of people had gathered to collect passes needed to enter the courthouse.

Rajiv Gandhi's killer Nalini breaks down

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 02:31 PM PDT

Nalini Sriharan, serving life sentence for the assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi on Wednesday broke down as she was shifted back to Vellore jail where her husband, one of the three men on death row for the same crime, is lodged.

Within hours of blast, High Court resumes proceedings

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 01:35 PM PDT

The Delhi High Court, along with several benches of the Supreme Court, initially suspended proceedings today after a powerful blast rocked its premises, but resumed functioning within hours to send a strong message that it "will not be cowed down by such terror acts".

What is PETN; why is it deadly?

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 01:16 PM PDT

Terrorists may have used hard-to-detect plastic-based explosive PETN in Wednesday's Delhi High Court blast - the same substance used in the underwear bomb plot on a 2009 Northwest Airlines Flight 253 and by the 'shoe bomber'.

Delhi blast: List of the 11 dead

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 12:27 PM PDT

Names of the 11 people killed in the Delhi High Court bomb blast that were released by Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital.

Supreme Court begins final hearing of 1993 Mumbai blasts case

Posted: 07 Sep 2011 11:34 AM PDT

As the blast at the Delhi High Court happened around 10.15 am, the Supreme Court began the final hearing at 10:30 am today in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case.
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