Lt Col Purohit, it is now being reported quoting statements made by officers in the court of inquiry, had actually infiltrated Hindu radical outfit Abhinav Bharat while being posted at Pachmarhi in Madhya Pradesh to snoop in on plans to carry out terror strikes in India.
Devotees from as far away as Nepal throng Sant Rampal's ashram for blessings, particularly the kheer made from the milk in which he takes his daily bath. That's how revered the godman is. But all that might be coming to an end.
People who were earlier involved in religious clashes in the city are now playing the role of moral police, reports Vicky Nanjappa.
Ajay Pandita, sarpanch of the Larkipora area in Anantnag district and a member of the Congress party, was shot at by terrorists in his native village at around 6 pm, a police official said. He said Pandita was rushed to a hospital where he succumbed to injuries.
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has added about 10,000 shakhas during the last decade and more than half of these came up in the last one year.
The identity of the two men, who also shouted slogans of "CPI(M) murdabad" and "Hindu Sena zindabad", could not be immediately known.
13 of the 17 militants who were presumed to have plotted the attack were killed in encounters so far, said police.
We used to hear of the Modi-Shah pair as the hyphenated top of the BJP leadership. Lately, the hyphen has disappeared and it is only Modi at the top. Yogi Adityanath gets honourable mentions, but he is still a good distance away from being anointed a worthy successor, observes Shreekant Sambrani.
Unidentified persons on Thursday hurled crude bombs at the office of a popular Tamil TV channel in Chennai, police said. No one was injured in the attack.
Seven people were arrested in the cow slaughter case, officials said, adding that three of them -- Azhar Khan, Nadeem Khan, Mehboob Ali -- were charged under the NSA.
'You don't win elections on the basis of borrowed players.' 'There is a great crisis of leadership for the BJP in Bengal'
A car which Dawood Ibrahim purportedly used in his heydays was on Wednesday set ablaze by a right wing outfit in Ghaziabad.
Sameer Gaikwad, in his early 30s, was arrested from Sangli in a joint operation by the Kolhapur and the local police.
Condemning the incidents of intolerance, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that it is against the traditions of our culture. He said publicising the acts of vandalism is also a matter of great concern.
The bullets in both cases 'have been fired through a single country made pistol chambered for 7.65 mm caliber pistol cartridges', a source said quoting the report.
Elaborate security arrangements have been made in districts like Kodagu and Chitradurga, coastal regions among others, where local communities are opposed to the celebrations.
Two government school teachers, including a woman, were shot dead by terrorists in Eidgah area of Srinagar amid increasing attacks on civilians in Jammu and Kashmir, police said.
Temple priest performed a 'purification' ritual for an hour before the doors were opened again.
It is a record that the saffron party has created, where the majority of its legislators belonged to the minority community.
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday alleged that inputs provided by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi -- that 'radicalised Hindu groups' could pose a bigger threat than outfits like Lashkar-e-Tayiba -- were responsible for the 'pro-Pakistan policies' of the United States. "Now it is clear who was prompting USA to speak in favour of Pakistan," Modi said, reacting to US diplomatic cables released by whistle-blower website WikiLeaks on Friday.
The top Lashkar-e-Tayiba militant commander claimed to be have been killed by the army and police in a joint operation on Sunday in Jammu region turned out to be a mentally challenged civilian.
'But India, increasingly, is not that far behind, which is a story I never expected to tell.'
Close on the heels of the arrest of a man allegedly having links with right-wing outfit Sanatan Sansthan in connection with the murder of Communist leader and rationalist Govind Pansare, a 32-year-old woman has been picked up by police for questioning from Kanjurmarg in Mumbai suburb.
Coming under attack after his reported statement that 'radicalised Hindu groups' posed a bigger threat than outfits like Lashkar-e-Tayiba, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday diluted his comments by saying that terrorism and communalism of all types are a threat to India. "Rahul Gandhi's view is that terrorism and communalism of all types are a threat to India. We need to remain vigilant against acts of terrorism of all kinds no matter who commits them," said Congress.
Remember the US withdrawal agreement was signed in February 2020. In the intervening period, a proper evacuation plan ought to have been in place. It was not. Consequently, tens of thousands of Afghans who had worked as interpreters, drivers, suppliers of goods and services, etc, face brutal retribution from the Taliban, Virendra Kapoor points out.
Police said the FIR was filed at a police station in Dakshina Kannada district based on a complaint against the writer whose utterances on Hinduism and Hindu Gods have come under vicious attacks from fringe rightwing outfit.
The outfit, however, backtracked on its demand for Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to resign.
Denying reports about her organisation's involvement, outfit's president, Himani Sarvarkar said: "This is totally shameless on the part of the government to put the blame on us. They have not been able to prevent the blasts or arrest the culprits, and now to divert attention they are putting the blame on us merely because we protect the interests of Hindus."
Narendra Modi seems to prefer that Hindu strongman image remain tucked in reserve, to only come when called; life's been more complicated.
Ashok Singhal asks the prime minister to mend his "secular" ways.
The groups clashed over the installation of a board and renaming of a chowk (intersection) in Phagwara, police said.
"Whatever the sants decide, we will certainly execute that," VHP vice-president Acharya Giriraj Kishore.
The London Fashion Week saw an Indian celebration of sorts, on and off the ramp.
Devendra Gupta, arrested in connection with the 2007 Ajmer Dargah bomb blast and suspected to have links with a Hindu militant outfit, filed a revision petition in an Ajmer court on Thursday against the proposed narco and brain mapping tests on him by Rajasthan ATS.
"The other Hindu organisations have some or the other backing. They have not been taking the hard stance on certain issues like we do," he added.
An unknown group called the Laskhar-e-Taiyba Al Alami on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the blast in Pune's German Bakery that killed 9 people and injured many more.A person, calling himself Abu Jindal, called a national daily and claimed to be the spokesperson of the LeT Al Alami (international). Jindal declared that the group had carried out the attack because of 'India's refusal to discuss Kashmir' and 'India's alliance with America'.
Congress leadership would take a call on who would be its deputy chief minister on Tuesday.
Nothing would suit the BJP better than to let Rajinikanth be the chief minister and pretend to abide by his spiritual path while quietly consolidating its vote bank, observes Amulya Ganguli.
'The Mallahs may remain divided between the two competing coalitions in Bihar,' says Mohammad Sajjad.
