Congress general secretary and leader-in-charge of Andhra Pradesh Digvijaya Singh added to the confusion surrounding the Telangana issue on Thursday when he spoke about the possibility of a Constitutional Amendment to create a separate state.
The Supreme Court delivered a landmark judgment regarding leaders with a criminal background and said that they stand to be disqualified on date of conviction. The number of members of Parliament with a criminal background is 162, which means 30 per cent of those who govern the nation in the Lok Sabha have pending criminal cases.
Friday is a major day for the Telangana movement with the core committee expected to take a decision on the issue. A Member of Parliament from the region told Rediff.com that a decision to go ahead and form a separate state with 10 districts will be taken by the Congress on Friday.
The Andhra Pradesh government will soon have to deal with the Rohingya Muslims living in the old city of Hyderabad -- many of them illegally, reports Vicky Nanjappa
The attack on the Mahabodhi temple is a precursor before Pakistan-based terror outfits launch a major 'war' in support of Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims, reports Vicky Nanjappa
A Twitter account, allegedly operated by terror outfit Indian Mujaideen, has attracted the unwelcome attention of India's security agencies.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday delivered a landmark verdict with regard to convicted MPs and MLAs. The judgment has ruled that a convicted elected representative cannot continue in office and the conviction will lead to instant disqualification of the elected representative. The judgement is important considering the fact that India has 1,460 sitting MP's and MLA's with a criminal background.
A twitter account, purportedly belonging to terror outfit Indian Mujahideen, has warned that the next target would be Mumbai, prompting the state authorities to tighten security across the city.
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The two-pronged probed is likely to be launched in Sunday's Bodh Gaya blasts -- one by the National Investigation Agency and the other by a Special Investigation Team.
NIA officials told rediff.com that they have intimated both the Intelligence Bureau and the Research and Analysis Wing to seek more information from Bangladesh regarding the operational capabilities of an outfit named Hizbut Tahrir, which since the past three years has been working closely with the Indian Mujahideen.
Two days after ten explosions rocked the Mahabodhi temple in Bodh Gaya, investigating agencies are scouting for leads in the case.
Vicky Nanjappa reveals how the low intensity serial blasts in Bodh Gaya that injured two monks were orchestrated
A call made by Mamata Banerjee to Vijayamma, wife of late Andhra Pradesh chief minister Dr Y S Rajashekhar Reddy and mother of Jagan Mohan Reddy, is adding frown lines to the faces of Congress and Telegu Desam Party leaders alike.
The Bihar police have said they have the entire footage and this could help investigators crack the case.
The preliminary forensic sciences laboratory report on the Bodh Gaya blasts may have ruled out the use of RDX to trigger the blasts, but investigators say that the attacks bear resemblance with the blasts carried out at Ahmedabad and Jaipur by the Indian Mujahideen
The National Investigation Agency, while probing the serial blasts in Gaya, is taking a closer look at the Darbhanga module of the Indian Mujahideen. The Darbhanga module is considered to be one of the most notorious branches of the IM.
DIG, Magadh Range, Nayyer Hasnain Khan said an identity card was found within the temple premises on Sunday on the basis of which the person was detained.
A team of the National Investigation Agency will question Anwar Hussain Malik, a West Bengal-based suspected Indian Mujahideen operative in connection with Sunday's Bodh Gaya serial blasts.
Arvind Singh, a member of Mahabodhi temple management committee, said the two injured included a national of Myanmar and another of Tibet. They have been admitted to the Magadh MedicalCollege and Hospital, he said
An argument has already started over the nature of the alert issued by Delhi police to Bihar police, alerting the latter about a possible terror attack on Bodh Gaya
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