Reader Zarrin Suhail has sent us a photograph.
Lashkar is one of the largest powerful organisations in Pakistan. It receives a fair amount of international financial assistance, says Stewart Bell, a Canadian journalist who has visited the terrorist group's camps in Pakistan.
Reader Girish sent us these pictures from Bangalore.
Everton manager David Moyes admitted an FA charge of improper conduct on Monday after his reaction to a decision by the referee in a Premier League match against Stoke City two weeks ago.
Till recently, Khan was in-charge anti-militancy operations Budgam district
Reader Milind Dhanraj Patil spotted Spain's former world champion Fernando Alonso at Walldorf, Germany.
Grand Prix racing's governing body said on Wednesday it planned to revive the defunct Formula Two category as a low-cost feeder series for Formula One from 2009. Inviting tenders for the series, the International Automobile Federation (FIA) said it would be "used as an inexpensive platform to develop emerging driver talent for Formula One.
"Despite heightened ground confrontations between troops and LTTE at the Wanni battle theatre, it was reported that three bombs were dropped by LTTE on Sunday at the military forward defence lines in Welioya at around 1.45 am," a defence spokesman said.
The second edition of the Microsoft Corporate Challenge began in Kochi on Friday with 34 teams from across India, representing various companies, including Infosys, Microsoft, Reliance Capital and Pepsi Foods, participating in the three-day event.
Reader Munawar Tarawala sends us a photograph.
Soha Ali Khan on Tuesday said that she will not be a part of the Olympic torch relay in New Delhi this week for 'strong personal reasons'.
The bomb, which appeared to be similar to the one which exploded inside the dargah complex on Thursday, has been defused.
Four militants of the banned outfit United Liberation Front of Assom were killed in a joint operation by the Army and the police in Sibsagar district of Assam early on Saturday morning. Acting on a tip-off about the ultras having put up in a house at Naphuk Naharani village after threatening the inmates at gunpoint, the security forces cordoned off the area at around 2.30 am. The militants fired at the security forces, and they retaliated by killing four of them.
Reader Gaurav Pai sent us this picture from Goa.
On the sidelines of the opening of its Mumbai showroom, Deesch Papke, managing director, Porsche Middle East and Africa, spoke about the company's India plans to Business Standard.
Mitrokhin revelations: Congress, CPI dismiss Advani's demands
Mohun Bagan, despite being reduced to ten men, beat Mohammedan Sporting 1-0.
The Army has also provided the schools with infrastructure for sports.
The last 24 hours have been a follow-through to that and other sporting events across the world. Rediff.com brings you five Best Sports Photos of all the action that sum up memorable events of the last 24 hours.
Odafa Okonji scored a brace to guide Churchill Brothers to a 2-0 win over Sporting Clube de Goa in their opening National Football League encounter on Sunday.
Reader Ravi Bathla caught the actor gyming next to him.
Prasanna D Zore/Rediff.com reveals how the BMC has contained the spread of COVID-19 in Dharavi, India's largest slum, which WHO wants to know more about.
The Belgian world number 36 was banned for "aggravated behaviour" after being kicked out of the Nasdaq-100 tournament.
Belgium's Justine Henin- Hardenne secured the year-end number one ranking in resounding fashion on Friday.
North and South Korea plan to repeat the march they first made under the same flag at the 2000 Games in Sydney.
"Chief Minister S M Krishna, who is in Delhi, spoke to his Tamil Nadu counterpart, Jayalalithaa, and both decided to launch operations immediately," Kharge said.
Here's a recap of moments captured in India in the past 24 hours.
The Jammu zone Inspector General Danish Rana said that the encounter took place on early Thursday morning in which two SPOs, who had deserted the police force in September and joined militants, were eliminated.
An army jawan, identified as Happy Singh of 19 Rashtriya Rifles was killed in the encounter,
The martyred policemen were identified as Constable Ishfaq Ahmad Mir, Constable Javaid Ahmad Bhat, Constable Mohammad Iqbal Mir and SPO Adil Manzoor Bhat.
Four persons, including two policemen, were injured in fresh clashes which broke out in Kishtwar on Monday as locals defied the curfew to protest against the arrest of a youth for his alleged involvement in Friday's communal violence in the area.
The police on Thursday claimed to have busted a module of Hizbul Mujhaideen by arresting four terrorists involved in the killing of a Special Police Officer and attack on a sarpanch in Sopore area in Baramulla district of north Kashmir.
A recipient of President's gallantry award, Sub Inspector Shiv Kumar Sharma was arrested in Doda for his alleged involvement in terror activities
"I have been brought here forcibly from my rented room in Rambagh (area of the city)," Manoj Kumar, a labourer from Bihar, said.
The policemen were abducted nearly three weeks after terrorists had abducted relatives of policemen from various places in south Kashmir on August 30.
'Unless the living conditions change here, no amount of testing, screening, treatment would make a difference.'
© 2026 Rediff.com - Investor Information - Advertise with us - Disclaimer - Privacy Policy - Sitemap - Feedback - About us - Terms of use - Grievances