How should one billion Indians, for whom deprivation has become an inescapable way of life, join us in celebrating 75 years of Independence? And where do we go from here? asks Kalyan Singhal.
According to the reports of interrogation of Mohammed Danish and Atif Muzzafar accessed on Thursday, the duo, along with other friends owing allegiance to the banned Islamic State, had planned to plant a bomb at Ramleela ground in Lucknow where the prime minister was scheduled to address a rally on October 17 last.
Following are their brief profiles and roles as alleged by the NIA.
Police found the bomb kept inside an air bag from seat number 22 of S5 coach during routine search of the Kolkata-Guwahati Kanchenjunga Express at the Guwahati Railway Station, sources said.
A quick look at the 66-year-old leader's political journey in the mid-1970s shows how injuries and physical assaults have shaped her political career over the years.
Bilateral cricketing ties between them have remained suspended since 2008 and relations further soured in February this year after a suicide car bombing that killed at least 40 Indian paramilitary police in Pulwana district in South Kashmir.
China, the Ukraine crisis and Quad will dominate the discussions, observes Dr Rajaram Panda.
When Barack Obama lands in Delhi for the Republic Day celebrations, he will be taken along the city's prime esplanade in a vehicle fitted with a special night-vision system, tear gas cannons, steel wheels, a blood bank holding the president's blood type and its own oxygen supply. Obama's Cadillac limousine, or the 'Beast', as the US Secret Service likes to call it, will be used to ferry him during the course of his visit to India. Obama's, however, is not the only fortress on wheels that will trundle down Rajpath. Prime Minister Narendra Modi travels in a BMW 7-Series 760Li Security Edition Here is a comparison between Obama's Cadillac and Modi's BMW
Land acquisition for the Posco steel plant continued for the third day on in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur district as anti-Posco as protestors took out a rally defying prohibitory orders carrying bodies of three activists.
Amid tension in proposed Posco plant area where three anti-project activists were killed on Saturday night while allegedly making bombs, Odisha government on Sunday resumed land acquisition for the mega steel project.
Bulandshahar District Magistrate Abhishek Singh said most of the munitions are rusted but have explosive content.
About 250 acres of land had been acquired during four days of acquisition drive undertaken last month.
As many as 29 people have been injured in an explosion that rocked New York's busy and upscale neighbourhood also frequented by tourists, authorities said about the "intentional act", hours before world leaders arrive in the city for the high-level UN General Assembly session.
The module was in touch with foreign handlers, whose identity is yet to be established, NIA Inspector General Alok Mittal told reporters.
If there is a morality tale here, it is that debt and death spare no king.
India's breakthrough in countering a 'dirty bomb'.
Eight persons were injured in a powerful hand grenade blast outside a mosque in south Kashmir's Shopian district on Thursday morning.
Maoists on Friday exploded a bomb in Meghatpur mine and planted another at Kiribur, both run by public sector Steel Authority of India Limited along the Orissa-Jharkhand border. The attack comes hours after the Maoists blasted rail tracks in Jharkhand's West Singhbhum district that derailed the Tata-Bilaspur passenger train leaving two passengers dead.
Akhtaruzzaman Elias's The Raincoat describes the effect of the 1971 war on a college and on one of its teachers in particular.
The much-awaited trial in the 26/11 terror attack case is all set to begin in Mumbai today amid high security in a special bomb-proof court inside the city's largest prison.
Two Indian-origin women were among the 52 victims of the July 7 bombings honoured at a memorial ceremony to mark the 10th anniversary of the London bombings in London on Tuesday.
The incident caused panic among passengers who were not allowed to exit the terminal for some time.
Making his first public appearance after claims of injuries he sustained surfaced over three months ago, Tamil Tiger leader V Prabhakaran paid homage to a slain pro-LTTE lawmaker in the rebel-held Wanni area in northern Sri Lanka. Attired in combat fatigues, Prabhakaran offered floral tributes to K Sivanesan, a Tamil National Alliance MP who was killed in the blast.
The Beast goes wherever the United States president travels. So whether of not Barack Obama follows protocol and hops into his Indian counterpart Pranab Mukherjee's ride to head out for the Republic Day parade, the potently-luxurious limousine will be around the corner.
Survivors of the attacks and relatives of the victims were among those to mark the 10-year anniversary at a ceremony at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
The missing 400 pounds of explosives includes 150 pounds of the deadly C-4 plastic.
Corporate India is joining the AIDS battle.
Then chief minister, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, had laid the JSW project's foundation stone on November 2,2008, for the 10-million tonne capacity plant.
The JeM terrorists also carried 'armoured piercing steel core ammunition' which can go through Level 3 protection bulletproof vehicles that police and other security forces use, they said. The ammunition was in large quantity and could have posed a grave threat, top police officials said.
The first prime minister to visit this Maoist hotbed in three decades, Narendra Modi on Saturday asked Naxals to abjure gun and allow peace so that the macabre drama of death will end to pave the way for development.
Some 35 rocket shells, some of them live, arrived in scrap trucks at Bhushan Steel Factory in Ghaziabad
"At its core, the spirit of Ramadan strengthens awareness of our shared obligation to reject violence, to pursue peace, and to give to those in need who are suffering from poverty or conflict," Trump said in his first Ramadan message to the Muslim world as the president of the United States.
One person was killed and eight others injured when a series of home-made bombs packed with ball bearings exploded in front of a provincial office of the ruling Chinese Communist Party, two days ahead of the party's key meeting to finalise political and economic reforms.
Watch the Rockstar Baba's latest film only if you need some comic relief, warns Prasanna D Zore.
Market players said the sell-off was triggered by pessimism that the government may not be able to balance growth with macro-stability.
The 29-year-old, who has studied electrical engineering in Sudan, lived in Birmingham's Sparkhill district. He describes himself as a shop manager.
The code says the process is intended to balance the interests of all stakeholders and the resolution plan is also required to make a statement as to how it has dealt with these interests.
Two people at the scene were treated for injuries after the vehicle crashed into the large steel barriers erected around the Houses of Parliament complex.
A year after the worst earthquake in Nepal's history struck at four minutes to midday on April 25 last year, its residents still live in fear.
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