The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Tuesday said the tri-nation T20 series in Sri Lanka, also involving the Indian team, will continue despite the country plunging into a state of emergency following communal violence.
Two unidentified men made an unsuccessful attempt to eliminate fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's younger brother Iqbal Kaskar on Tuesday evening, when they fired upon his car in South Mumbai.
'What can I do for my India except make films that showcase it's greatness to the world, which touch on national issues and arouse the feeling of patriotism?'
If single-minded terrorists want to carry out a deadly strike again, don't know if our govt and security agencies are prepared, feels Sidharth Tyagi, one of the many Mumbaikars who were singed by 26/11
The DGP said Jatt's killing, along with one of his associates, was a big success for the security forces.
Rediff.com's Bikash Mohapatra has been covering India's cricket tour of England. On Tuesday, he witnessed the mayhem that has enveloped the nation following the killing of a 29-year-old man in police firing during a protest march.
'The market recovery is fragile,' warns Raamdeo Agrawal, co-founder and joint managing director, Motilal Oswal Financial Services.
A towering inferno has ripped through a residential skyscraper in the United Arab Emirates -- the third such incident in just over a year.
Hizbul Mujahideen leader Mast Gul, involved in the 1995 siege of Charar-e-Sharief shrine in Jammu and Kashmir, was behind a suicide attack on Shias in Peshawar that killed nine persons, a Pakistani Taliban commander has said.
At a critical time in the history of the United Nations, when the global order itself may be reshaped, following a devastating pandemic, India has chosen an experienced, charming and upright diplomat to lead the Indian delegation to the UN in New York.
According to reports, the Hercules C-130 plane hit a hotel and houses in the northern Sumatra city of Medan.
Team shirts and a laptop computer belonging to a cycling official have been stolen from the Australian building in the athletes' village at the Rio Olympics, team chief Kitty Chiller said on Sunday.
Modifying its June 18 order in which it had said that this year's Yatra cannot be allowed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the apex court permitted holding of the Yatra after taking note of Odisha government's stand that it 'can be held in a limited way without public attendance'.
Saturday's terror blast in Pune comes almost 15 months since the 26/11 terror attacks on Mumbai
The terrorists who attacked Mumbai in November last year were instructed on mobile phones by their Pakistani handlers -- to look for ministers and VIPs at the Hotel Taj Palace in Mumbai and take them as hostages -- before setting rooms on fire. This was revealed on Friday in the Special Court, which is hearing the 26/11 trial, through CDs of four telephonic conversations between terrorists and their Pakistani handlers.
'The army major was arrogant with power and considered himself as my creator'
According to a report by BBC News, the battery operated Anti-Terrorist Assault Cart (Atac) (costing Rs 20 lakh) is said to resemble a bulletproof golf buggy with firing ports. Metaltech said that the squat and heavily armoured vehicle can also withstand grenade blasts and last for six hours on a single charge -- with a top speed of 25km/h (15mph).
Skip impersonal hotels and enjoy your next India holiday from the comfort of a home, says Puja Banta
The recent reports of incursions and firing along the India-China border has not deterred spirited tourists who have begun thronging the Buddhist monastry town of Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, over which China stakes claim.
Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) accused former selection committee chief Kapila Wijegoonawardena of hurting the morale of the national team ahead of their ICC World Twenty20 campaign by making "inaccurate and misleading" statements in the media. "Mr Wijegoonawardne's statements are inaccurate, misleading, and defamatory, and furthermore are of the nature to cause grevious injury to the moral of the Sri Lanka cricket team, currently intent on bringing home the ICC World Twenty 20," a statement from SLC read. Wijegoonawardena was fired by the Sports Minister last week and was replaced by former batsman Aravinda de Silva. In a statement later, Wijegoonawardena accused that he was victim of politics and a selection committee would not be required in future as politicians would be handpicking the team. He alleged that the decision to remove Lasith Malinga as captain and the team for the ongoing World T20 had been discussed at a team hotel room during the Asia Cup held in Bangladesh.
The crisis staring at the 13-month old government after over a dozen MLAs of the ruling combine quit on Saturday deepened with two Ministers and Independent MLAs -- H Nagesh and R Shankar -- resigning from the ministry and withdrawing their support to the coalition.
South Koreans learn how to talk to the enemy
Many point out that the US has been able to prevent another 9/11 because of the action it took to give additional powers to its police, the FBI, the Immigration and other departments fighting terrorism.There are repeated demands that the Govt. of India should emulate the US and other Western democracies and strengthen the legal infrastructure against terrorism.
There is a vocal constituency of educated, well-to-do, articulate Indian elites who would rather go with the idea that too much democracy is a liability. That India needs a spell of benevolent dictatorship. Of course, they have never lived under one, points out Shekhar Gupta.
'Ghost-like stands repel rather than attract audiences,' observes Ashis Ray.
'One cannot take it that the economy has recovered, and the GST payment has increased because of that, or that production is back to January 2020 level.'
Captain A K Singh, who lost his eye during the 26/11 operations, is hopeful that something good is round the corner.
'The terrorists will allow only those who practice their tenets to live in Kashmir,' argues Brigadier S K Chatterji (retd).
Suresh Dhanaji Manchekar was involved in the killing of trade union leader Datta Samant.
Brooke Satchwell,an Australian TV actress, who was trapped inside Mumbai's Taj Hotel when terrorists went on a shooting spree, hid herself in a two-by-three metre cupboard for an hour to escape death.
The top court last week gave Sahara a final chance to raise funds.
Bharti loses 24% in 2008 compared to 62% for Tata and over 73% for ADAG. He tried to light an oil lamp with a candle, but somebody had put in too much oil. The wicks were soaked and refused to catch fire.
Hidden, crouching in the darkness, Santosh pulled out his cell phone and called his family. They were angry that he was not home yet. "Leave the bus," said his mother sternly. "Just come back home. There is no need to put your life at risk." They believed that, when your time was up, no one could prevent death; but they thought he was being unnecessarily stupid...
The retreating Pakistani troops were heading towards Dacca and they had to be stopped at all costs. The Eastern Army Commander, in his orders to General Sagat Singh, had reiterated that he did not want the troops of 4 Corps to cross the Meghna river. But General Sagat had other plans to threaten Dacca and ensure that the pressure would make the Pakistani commanders capitulate. This is where the IAF helicopters came in.
Smeared with the other people's blood, Joey Jeetun laid completely still, fooling the terrorists who mistook him for dead.
The man, named as Micah Xavier Johnson, a 25-year-old Army reservist, was responsible for the deadliest attacks on law enforcers in America since 9/11 - shooting 12, killing 5.
