For Muslims in the Old City of Hyderabad, the anger against the police seems to be growing with each passing day. A majority of the people say that the people who have suffered the most in the aftermath of the blasts are the victims and the Muslim community
Khwaja is a self styled commander of the HuJI and had concentrated largely on operations in south India. The police say that he is likely to have information on the manner in which the HuJI had masterminded the Hyderabad twin blasts.
Railway Protection Force (RPF) constable Chetan Singh, arrested on charges of gunning down his senior officer and three passengers on a moving train last week, has now been booked for promoting enmity between groups, while a court in Mumbai on Monday extended his police custody till August 11.
The suspended Bharatiya Janata Party MLA was picked up under Act No.1 of 1986 (Preventive Detention Act), police said.
With communal violence spreading to many more areas of Hyderabad city and miscreants killing another man on Tuesday, the authorities have clamped curfew in the limits of eight more police stations.
A massive data breach that has implications for national security was unearthed by the Cyberabad Police in Hyderabad, who arrested seven people of a gang allegedly involved in the theft and sale of sensitive data of the government and important organisations, including details of defence personnel as well as the personal and confidential data of about 16.8 crore citizens.
A clash erupted between All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen and BJP councillors of the Meerut Municipal Corporation at the oath-taking ceremony on Friday, following a disagreement over the singing of Vande Mataram to begin the event.
Geeta Johri, the investigating officer in the case, is likely to visit the CRPF Mess in Chandrayangutta.
At least six persons, including two children, were on Tuesday killed when the wall of a building collapsed on two adjacent huts in MJ Colony in Hyderabad.
Thanking people and religious heads for their cooperation in ensuring peace on Friday, the Hyderabad city police commissioner A K Khan said that the curfew will be relaxed on Saturday in a phased manner in all the 25 police stations in South and West Zone.
Vicky Nanjappa reports on the travesty of the family of a Maulana, whose members find themselves on the wrong side of law every time a situation arises.
In what is being suspected to be a terror attack, one home guard was killed and a head constbale was seriously injured when unknown motor cycle borne-assailants opened fire at a police picket in the old city area of Hyderabad.
Some cricket enthusiasts said they came to the ground in the early hours of the day to purchase tickets.
A 24-year-old man reportedly upset over the "delay" in formation of separate Telangana state committed suicide in Hyderabad, the police said on Wednesday.
He was among the two persons, who had been identified by the security agencies and police, suspected to have planted the bombs that went off in Hyderabad on August 24, killing more than 40.
The Hyderabad incident had sparked demands of swift punishment to rape convicts. The news of the 'encounter' killing led to celebrations in some quarters and concern in others.
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Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot was on Thursday denied boarding on an Air India subsidiary AIX Connect flight over alleged 'delay' in reporting.
Polling is underway to elect 119 members of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, with voters queuing up to exercise their franchise amid tight security on Thursday.
Terror struck Hyderabad killing 16 people and injuring 83 others tonight when two powerful near simultaneous blasts ripped through a crowded area close to a cluster of bus stands in Dilsukhnagar area.
Old City areas on Saturday morning wore a deserted look due to a day-long `Hyderabad Bandh' called by Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen to protest against the blast.
It will be clear whether the voters preferred the Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao-led regime for a third term or the "six guarantees" by the Congress worked any miracles or the BJP's BC chief minister 'mantra' wooed the electors or if there will be a fractured verdict, by tomorrow evening.
Even as details regarding the financial transactions which financed the Mumbai terror attacks emerge, another man who the police suspect could be associated with the financing has been put on the radar of investigating agencies.
Leaders and activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Telangana Rashtriya Samiti were taken into police custody on Friday while protesting against the central government's delay in giving approval for the creation of a separate state of Telangana.
As the interrogation of self-styled Harkat-ul-Jihadi commander, Abdul Khwaja progresses, the Hyderabad police have stumbled on vital clues regarding his sinister plans for South India. Khwaja, it is learnt, has told the police that his main target was Chennai and the purpose behind his visit to India was also to recruit more youth for terror operations.
CAB President Snehasish Ganguly said an India vs Pakistan semifinal at the Eden Gardens would be a dream contest.
Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal was on Saturday arrested by the National Investigation Agency Hyderabad in connection with the February 2013 Dilsukhnagar blast case after a Delhi court allowed its plea and granted the probe agency his two-day remand.
Confirming the arrest of passport agent and kingpin of human trafficking racket Rashed Ali alias Rasheed, the Commissioner said he had no information about the visit of a Delhi police team to take him away.
The quantum of sentence for the convicted Indian Mujahideen operatives, Aneeq Shafique Sayeed and Mohammed Akbar Ismail, will be announced next Monday.
Ace shuttler P V Sindhu said that a lot of respect was given to women in foreign countries, but in India people do not practise what they preach.
The high court directed that the video of the post-mortem in compact disc form or pen-drive be handed over to the principal district judge, Mahabubnagar, after completion of the post-mortem of all the accused.
A local court granted bail to 25 students and two faculty members of HCU who were arrested in connection with the violence on the campus last week.
CAB requested ICC recce team about concerns raised by local security agencies with regards to World Cup match between Pakistan and England on November 12 coinciding with Kali Puja.
The bride's father told reporters that the groom's parents misbehaved with him when he had gone to their house.
Violence again rocked the old city of Hyderabad after the police barricaded the entire area around Charminar to prevent people from gathering near the monument.
People can send their Rs 2,000 banknotes to specified regional offices of the Reserve Bank through the insured post for credit in their bank accounts. This is a hassle-free option for the people who are away from the regional offices of the Reserve Bank. Besides, the RBI is offering TLR (Triple Lock Receptacle) form to people for a deposit of Rs 2,000 banknotes in their bank account.
The list, prepared by the Special Investigations Team and the counter-intelligence wing of the police, ranges from the youth who were missing for last one-and-a-half decade to several others who have been untraceable since last year's series of blasts in the city.
The RPF officer said a team of personnel of the force was accompanying the mortal remains to Sawai Madhopur and they will carry them to his native place from the railway station for the last rites.
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