Vicky Nanjappa &Amp; K Anurag

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Businessman from Karnataka killed in Nairobi attack

Businessman from Karnataka killed in Nairobi attack

Rediff.com   24 Sep 2013

Life took a cruel turn for the family of V N Sudarshan when he was killed in the ghastly attack by the jihadis in the ongoing Nairobi mall terror strike.

The good, the bad and the political fall-out of Jagan's release

The good, the bad and the political fall-out of Jagan's release

Rediff.com   24 Sep 2013

The TDP and the Congress are nervously watching the political outcome of Jagan Mohan Reddy's release, while the TRS is probably celebrating. Vicky Nanjappa tells us why

Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad's string of blunders

Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad's string of blunders

Rediff.com   24 Sep 2013

Criminal jurisprudence is based on an interesting saying, "It is better that ten guilty persons escape than one innocent suffer." However, that does not seem to apply to the Maharashtra Anti Terrorist Squad. There are several instances to show that the agency has botched up its investigation, the latest being Pune Bakery blast main accused Himayat Baig.

Tripura govt relents to mass protests against renaming of palace

Tripura govt relents to mass protests against renaming of palace

Rediff.com   23 Sep 2013

In a row over the re-naming of Ujjayanta Palace, the home of erstwhile Royal family of Tripura, the Left Front government has apparently given in to the massive public protests orchestrated by Tripura Students' Federation.

YSR Congress to intensify unified Andhra Pradesh protest

YSR Congress to intensify unified Andhra Pradesh protest

Rediff.com   23 Sep 2013

YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy's legal team, which is completing the formalities following his bail order, will move the high court seeking relaxation of one condition.

TDP eyes alliance with Third Front, keeps BJP hanging

TDP eyes alliance with Third Front, keeps BJP hanging

Rediff.com   23 Sep 2013

Telugu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu is keeping everyone guessing about whether he plans to join hands with the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance for the forthcoming Parliamentary polls.

Assam: NHPC GM abducted at gunpoint

Assam: NHPC GM abducted at gunpoint

Rediff.com   22 Sep 2013

Unidentified armed militants abducted a senior official of the National Hydro Power Corporation in Sonitpur district of north Assam while the official was coming from his work site at Tawang on Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday evening.

Assam: Action plan to check crime against women on cards

Assam: Action plan to check crime against women on cards

Rediff.com   21 Sep 2013

In view of rising incidence of crime against women, Assam chief minister Tarun Kumar Gogoi has set one-month deadline for the State's Home and Political Department to prepare a detail action plan to prevent and control such incidents.

MPs of top parties face charges of inciting communal tension

MPs of top parties face charges of inciting communal tension

Rediff.com   20 Sep 2013

Several Members of Parliament and Members of Legislative Assembly have declared cases in which they have been charged with inciting communal tension. The Association for Democratic Reforms in a report gives details of elected representatives with such charges.

Yasin Bhatkal spills the beans on IM's sinister terror plot

Yasin Bhatkal spills the beans on IM's sinister terror plot

Rediff.com   20 Sep 2013

Pakistan's spy agency Inter Services Intelligence had drawn up a plan to target Buddhist religious sites in India to avenge the alleged atrocities against the Rohingya Muslim community in Myanmar.

Yasin Bhatkal: The schoolboy who loved cricket, I-Day

Yasin Bhatkal: The schoolboy who loved cricket, I-Day

Rediff.com   20 Sep 2013

Long before he became one of the most wanted terrorists in India, Yasin Bhatkal, or Ahmed Siddibapa as he was known back then, was just another student at a school in Bhatkal, a coastal town in Karnataka.

Rajnath demands PM statement on 'nuclear liability dilution'

Rajnath demands PM statement on 'nuclear liability dilution'

Rediff.com   19 Sep 2013

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday demanded a statement from the prime minister on media reports about the government's 'decision' to allow an American company to install a nuclear reactor diluting the provisions of Nuclear Liability Bill.

No merger with BJP but will back NDA under Modi: BSY

No merger with BJP but will back NDA under Modi: BSY

Rediff.com   19 Sep 2013

Former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has told the state executive meeting of his newly-floated Karnataka Janata Paksha that the merger with Bharatiya Janata Party has not materialised.

Assam: 5 teenagers arrested for gang rape of minor

Assam: 5 teenagers arrested for gang rape of minor

Rediff.com   18 Sep 2013

Five teenagers have been arrested by the police on charges of gang rape of a minor girl following a first information report lodged by the victim's parents at the Basistha police station in Guwahati

REVEALED: Yeddyurappa's list of demands to the BJP

REVEALED: Yeddyurappa's list of demands to the BJP

Rediff.com   18 Sep 2013

B S Yeddyurappa, who had quit the Bhratiya Janata Party in a huff after he was forced to give up the Karnataka chief minister's post over corruption charges, is planning to return to the saffron party.

'Maoists ONLY seek a marriage of convenience with anti-India groups'

'Maoists ONLY seek a marriage of convenience with anti-India groups'

Rediff.com   16 Sep 2013

Indian intelligence agencies have often claimed that left-wing extremists are trying to make inroads in the militancy-hit regions of north-east to foment further unrest. But Jaideep Saikia, noted terrorism and conflict analyst, claims, "People who speak of Maoism taking roots in the north-east have not read history".

Fishing to become an offence in India soon?

Fishing to become an offence in India soon?

Rediff.com   14 Sep 2013

The livelihood of lakhs of fishing community people we well as lakhs of common villagers in the country may be jeopardised if a particular section of the latest amendment proposed to the Wildlife Protection ) Act gets the approval of Parliament.

75 pc of total funds received by parties can't be traced!

75 pc of total funds received by parties can't be traced!

Rediff.com   14 Sep 2013

Political parties in India have received funds to the tune of Rs 4,895.6 crore between 2004 and 2012, and the irony is that 75 per cent of these funds cannot be traced.

2007 Hyd blasts: Bombs made in Mangalore; financed from Gulf

2007 Hyd blasts: Bombs made in Mangalore; financed from Gulf

Rediff.com   13 Sep 2013

Investigators from the National Investigating Agency have found that the bombs used in the August 25, 2007 Hyderabad blasts that killed 42 people, were prepared in the heart of Mangalore city, and the finances came from a dedicated network in Saudi Arabia. Vicky Nanjappa reports.

Congress may put Telangana creation on hold IF...

Congress may put Telangana creation on hold IF...

Rediff.com   13 Sep 2013

Defence Minister A K Antony, who has been briefing the Congress high command about the steps to be taken to create the state of Telangana, has stated that the party needs to make its intentions clear for the people of Andhra Pradesh.