Supreme Court upholds death for Red Fort attack militant

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New Delhi, Aug 10: The Supreme Court today upheld the death sentence of LeT militant Muhammad Arif alias Ashfaq in the 2000 Red Fort attack and said the "arrogant" assault was a "brazen attempt" by Pakistan "to overawe" India and wage war against it. "It was a blatant, brazen faced and audacious More

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PC Alexander is dead

Chennai, Aug 10: P.C. Alexander, the powerful former principal secretary to prime minister Indira Gandhi who also served Rajiv Gandhi briefly, died at a hospital here Wednesday morning, his family said. He was 90. Alexander was undergoing treatment at the Madras Medical Mission Hospital for More

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Influencing witnesses strikes at roots of judicial system: SC

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New Delhi, Aug 10: The Supreme Court today said attempts to influence witnesses in ongoing cases struck at the very roots of a strong judicial system in the country. "There has been subversion of the judicial process. What you have pointed out is individual cases. But your action strikes More

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BJP targets Chidambaram, stalls parliament

New Delhi, Aug 10: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Wednesday raised a chorus for Home Minister P. Chidambaram's resignation and stalled proceedings in both houses of parliament to protest a police crackdown on its workers in the capital a day earlier. The Lok Sabha began its day with shouts More

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Par panel favours improved conditions for anganwadi workers

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New Delhi, Aug 10: A parliamentary panel has recommended that the working conditions for Anganwadi workers be improved with pension facility for them, periodic review of their honorarium and fixing of minimum educational qualifications. The Committee on Empowerment of Women headed by Chandresh More

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Curfew in Moradabad after clashes; 50 arrested

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Lucknow, Aug 10: At least 50 people have been arrested in connection with the communal clash in Moradabad, where curfew continued in six police station areas and hundreds of security personnel were deployed. "The situation is Moradabad is under control and curfew is going in six police areas More

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‘37,000 Kashmiri manuscripts archived’

New Delhi, Aug 10: The preservation of the history of Jammu and Kashmir region has been given a new lease of life with the digitisation of thousands of rare manuscripts. The National Mission for Manuscripts has documented 37,379 ancient manuscripts through its two manuscript resource centre More

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'India, Pakistan welcomed dialogue process during talks'

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New Delhi, Aug 10: During the recently held Defence Secretary-level talks between India and Pakistan, both sides welcomed the ongoing dialogue process and acknowledged that the ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC) was holding since November 2003, Government told the Rajya Sabha today. " More

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'40,000 people killed in Kashmir'

New Delhi, Aug 10: Nearly 40,000 people have been killed in violence in Kashmir more than two decades ago, the parliament was told on Wednesday.Minister of state for home Jitendra Prasad said 39,918 had died, including 21,323 militants.“As per reports, 13,226 civilians and 5,369 security force More

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India-US defence contracts total ` 37,181 crore

New Delhi, Aug 10: The total value of military contracts between India and the US signed between 2004 and 2011 totals Rs.37,181 crore, the Rajya Sabha was informed Wednesday.Defence Minister A.K. Antony said in a statement that defence items were procured from various indigenous as well as foreign More

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‘Al Qaeda planning to target India’

New Delhi, Aug 10: India Wednesday said it had intelligence inputs that Al Qaeda and its commander Ilyas Kashmiri were planning to target the country. "There are some intelligence inputs, though not specific, regarding plan to target India by Al Qaeda and Ilyas Kashmiri," Minister of State More

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‘1,300 Pak nationals missing in 3 years’

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New Delhi, Aug 10: With nearly 1,300 Pakistani nationals untraceable over the past three years after their visa expired, Government today said it has introduced an online system of sharing information by various agencies for better tracking of the visitors. "As per information available, More

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