'They will wait and watch for some time before making any new move. There have been too many arrests in the past couple of months and the organisation has been shaken up, but only temporarily.... We planned to hit tourist spots in Rajasthan, blow up a train... We had planned on carrying out an attack at the Taj Mahal.' Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa accesses Indian Mujahideen bomb-maker Tehseen Akhtar's confession.
What puts off some would-be AAP supporters is the party's ideological incoherence, says Rupa Subramanya
Fabiano Caruana of United States made sure of his maiden title after beating Jan-Krzysztof Duda of Poland.
'When the Congress attacked Modiji, Vasundharaji kept mum.' 'Why was she so tongue-tied?' 'Everybody knows why she kept quiet then.'
Policymakers need to work towards raising the median household income rather than per capita income.
Padmini Rout has 6.5 points, one behind the leader, Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, in the girls' section at the World Junior Chess Championships in Pune.
Five-time World champion Viswanathan Anand gave a fine endgame lesson to young Alireza Firouzja, jumping to joint sixth position at the end of 11th round of Tata Steel Masters, in Wijk Aan Zee, The Netherlands, on Saturday. With his second victory, Anand clawed his way back to a fifty percent score and will now hope to end the tournament on a high. At just 16 years, Firouzja is less than one third of Anand's age, and the Indian ace showed that the Iranian still has a lot to learn.
Alireza Firouzja remained in joint lead with Caruana on 5.5 points and these two are now ahead of Wesley So of United States and Jorden Van Foreest of Holland.
Former premier Yousuf Raza Gilani's son Ali Haider, kidnapped by gunmen while campaigning for Pakistan's landmark elections, had received threats from the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi and Sipah-e-Sahaba.
Policy focus should shift to targeting modestly good growth and using its fruits to improve lives.
Pakistan on Tuesday summoned Indian Deputy High Commissioner Gopal Baglay to lodge a protest over the road-rage incident involving a Pakistani diplomat in New Delhi. "He was summoned by the director general south Asia to lodge a protest. She has asked him to conduct a thorough probe into the incident and to bring the guilty to justice. He was also asked to ensure the security of our diplomats working in India," an official source said.
How the teams finished in the league stage of the Olympics men's hockey qualifier in Delhi.
National Rifle Association of India president Raninder Singh has made an appeal to not politicise the federation's upcoming elections and said its constitution is not in conflict with the government's sports code and the IOC.
Security cooperation and enduring stability in Asia will be on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's mind during his visit to the two friendly nations, reports Rediff.com's Vipin VIjayan, who is part of the media contingent accompanying the PM
India's hopes in the Under-18 Open brightened as R Praggnanandhaa outclassed compatriot P Iniyan in the highly-anticipated battle between two Indian Grand Masters in the World Youth Chess Championship, in Mumbai.
While RBI is likely to cut repo rate by 25 basis points on Wednesday, the government is also expected to push reform initiatives like increasing FDI limit in insurance sector in the Budget session, it added.
Anand has been trying to play very complicated positions and the sixth round was no different.
It was on move 21 that Giri thought he was out of trouble and proposed a draw.
The day produced four decisive games and it was again the youngsters who provided most of the entertainment.
There's a new top dinosaur in town: The 122-foot-long Titanosaur.
Growth is happening faster than we ever imagined. Construction is booming and expansion is gobbling agricultural land.
Suspected ultras belonging to the Karbi People's Liberation Tigers outfit in Assam's Karbi Anglong district abducted nine labourers from a construction site, police informed on Friday.
The film is directed by Claude Lelouch.
Harika had carried the Indian hopes nicely till the tie-breaker of the third round. However, she got a jolt in the first game of the rapid tie-break where both players had 25 minutes on their clock.
The Republican leadership has intensified its attack on the Barck Obama administration's handling of the current volatile situation in the Middle East, with one of its top leaders arguing that the attack on the United States Consulate in Benghazi was "an act of war" and not "senseless violence."
After coming under severe criticism for the unruly behaviour of its workers at an anti-government congregation in Kolkata, the Congress, the main opposition party in the state, has promised to display a restrained demeanor during the 12-hour bandh called by the party on Monday to protest the police excesses at the Thursday's rally.
Cinematographer Azhagappan is making his debut as a director
Pakistan interested in importing furnace oil, diesel: Pak Petroleum Min.
While Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's moral argument has been severely weakened by the judgment, on the political turf he is unlikely to lose, or gain, from it. However, the story is not about politics but justice, says Sheela Bhatt
Vigilance officials on Wednesday conducted raids at premises belonging to former Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam minister Thangam Thennarasu and his relatives across Tamil Nadu in connection with a disproportionate assets case.
Downplaying differences between the Congress and its United Progressive Alliance partner Trinamool Congress, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal on Friday squarely blamed the Opposition for the government's inability to get through the Lokpal Bill and Foreign Direct Investment.
An FIR has been lodged against the newly-elected civic body chairman of Bisharatganj, Uttar Pradesh, after it was found that the bullet, which fatally hit a nine-year-old during celebratory firing, was fired from his gun, said the police.
Interior Minister Rehman Malik caused consternation on Tuesday by thanking the Taliban for maintaining peace during Muharram, for which authorities had deployed tens of thousands of security personnel across Pakistan to prevent any sectarian attacks.
Asian Games gold medallist Pinki Pramanik, who was arrested on the charge of 'raping' her live-in-partner and accused of being a 'male' has been suspended by the Eastern Railway from service.
America's maverick politician Sarah Palin, infamous for her gaffes, believed it was the Queen, and not the then British premier Gordon Brown, who had decided to keep the United Kingdom forces in war-ravaged Iraq, it has emerged.
Four low-intensity explosions occurred on Wednesday evening in the busy Junglee Maharaj Road area in Pune injuring one person, police said.
Nico Hulkenberg delivered a superb qualifying session in his home race as he secured a season-best fifth position on the grid while Paul di Resta was ninth as Sahara Force India got itself in a good position to score some points from the German Grand Prix on Sunday.
After a gap of nearly six years, the United States and India will hold their first political-military dialogue in New Delhi next week during which the two countries are expected to discuss a wide range of bilateral issues.
Communist Party of India - Marxist veteran Prakash Karat was on Monday re-elected general secretary for the third consecutive term at the party's 20th Congress, which concluded in Kozhikode, Kerala. Karat, 64, was elected as general secretary in 2005 at the New Delhi Congress and reelected at Coimbatore for the second term. Attended by over 700 delegates from all states, the meet, which had deliberated on the poll debacle the CPI-M suffered in West Bengal and Kerala.
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