The Obama administration has announced a grant of more than half a million dollars for the victims of the Oak Creek Gurdwara shootout a year ago, as the Sikh community began a four-day memorial service observing the tragic incident in Wisconsin that killed six Sikh worshippers.
During the search with the help of divers, the NIA also recovered routers, computer cartridges and other materials from the river.
A Thane court on Wednesday directed the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) to stop its investigation into the death of businessman Mansukh Hiran and hand over case records to the National Investigation Agency immediately.
National Investigative Agency on Wednesday confirmed that the person, seen in a CCTV grab walking near Reliance Industries chairperson Mukesh Ambani's residence on the night of February 25 when an explosive-laden vehicle was found, was Sachin Waze.
Mansukh Hiran was subsequently killed as Waze thought him to be the 'weak link' in the conspiracy, the NIA stated.
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Mumbai assistant police inspector Riyaz Kazi, a colleague of police officer Sachin Waze, was suspended from service on Monday, a day after he was arrested by the NIA probing the recovery of an explosives-laden SUV found outside industrialist Mukesh Ambani's residence in Mumbai and the subsequent murder of Mansukh Hiran, an official said.
The NIA also conducted a raid at the residence of Shiv Sena leader and former 'encounter specialist' of Mumbai Police, Pradeep Sharma in connection with the Antilia bomb scare and Mansukh Hiren murder case on Thursday, sources said.
India is planning to deploy a hovercraft for keeping surveillance in 'Harami Nala'-- a 22 km long water channel accessible from Pakistan -- infamous for being prone to infiltration from the neighbouring nation.
The National Investigation Agency has invoked the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act against suspended Mumbai police officer Sachin Waze in connection with the Antilia bomb scare case.
Facing heat over Assistant Police Inspector Vaze's alleged link to Hiran's mysterious death, the government earlier in the day announced his transfer from the Mumbai crime branch.
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The NIA has CCTV footage which shows the presence of Waze at the spot, the sources said.
The National Investigation Agency on Wednesday claimed before the Bombay high court that former police officer Pradeep Sharma was the main conspirator in the "cold-blooded murder" of Thane businessman Mansukh Hiran, who was considered a weak link in the "larger conspiracy of terrorising" the family of industrialist Mukesh Ambani.
Less than six months ago, Delhi was gasping for breath. Authorities said air quality had reached "unbearable levels". Schools were shut, flights were diverted, and people were asked to wear masks, avoid polluted areas and keep doors and windows closed. But during the lockdown that began on Mar 22, the concentration of poisonous PM2.5 particles in a cubic metre of air averaged at 44.18, according to a Reuters analysis of government data, indicating a rare "good" rating, the safest level on the scale.
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The scene was recreated late on Friday night, in which Waze was asked to walk there for some time wearing a white kurta.
A day after Param Bir Singh was shunted out as Mumbai police commissioner, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Thursday said he was transferred after some of his colleagues committed 'serious and unforgivable mistakes'.
Hitting back at Gujarat Chief Minister for his comments on Sir Creek, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid today said Narendra Modi should not 'compromise on national interests' for electoral gains.
Rebutting Chief Minister Narendra Modi's claims on development in the state and Sir Creek issue, Congress president Sonia Gandhi said in Kalol on Friday that the Gujarat government is making false promises to electorates.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday said the National Investigation Agency taking over the case of a vehicle laden with explosives being found near industrialist Mukesh Ambani's residence in Mumbai suggests something was 'fishy'.
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Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday accused the PMO and Congress party of "keeping the country in dark" over Sir Creek issue and slammed UPA for "lacking the guts" to take on "authoritative" Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik for his remarks.
The gurudwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, where six worshippers were killed in a shooting spree by a white supremacist on August 5, will receive the 2012 Solidarity Award by an eminent American Muslim organisation. The award by the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations would be presented to a gurudwara representative at the organisation's banquet and Leadership Skills Training Conference in Virginia.
At least one gunman opened fire at a Gurudwara in Wisconsin, United States during morning prayers on Sunday injuring up to 20 people, some seriously, amid reports that children have been taken as hostages.
A dramatic video of the tragic Gurdwara shooting incident in Wisconsin has been released in which Wade Michael Page, the white supremacist who gunned down six Sikh worshippers, is shown on the rampage.
A 1990-batch officer of the Maharashtra cadre, Waze, also known as an "encounter cop", was earlier suspended after his arrest by the National Investigation Agency in the SUV-cum-murder case on March 13.
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The cost of such treatment is to be borne by Waze and his family, the court said.
Michelle Obama spent a little over 30 minutes with the victims and families.
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Ahead of the Indo-Pak Home Secretary talks, Pakistan High Commissioner Shahid Malik on Friday hoped that dialogue between the two countries on all issues, including Siachen and Sir Creek, will make progress.
The suburban trains on the Central Railway's main line as well as the Harbour line are running 20 to 25 minutes behind their schedule, an official said.
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"It was a well-thought-out plan. Waze was interrogating Hiran for three days and made him write false complaint of several agencies and police officers calling him including Waze himself. The letters were addressed to chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and Mumbai police commissioner, he said.
An orange alert has been sounded for Srinagar, Avantipur, Jammu, Pathankot, Hindon airbases after the monitoring of the terrorists' movements by the intelligence agencies.
Hiran's body was found in a creek in Thane district on March 5.
