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Hillary arrives in New Delhi today for strategic dialogue »
US secretary of state Hillary Clinton arrives on Monday to attend the second round of Indo-US strategic dialogue on Tuesday during which a host of key bilateral, regional and international issues including situation in Afghanistan and Pakistan and security cooperation in the backdrop of recent Hillary, who will be in India for a two-day official [...]
Mumbai blasts probe: Usmani had heart attack, says post-mortem report »
Mumbai: The provisional post-mortem report on Faiz Usmani, the man who died after questioning by police in connection with Wednesday’s Mumbai blasts, is out. The report says that Faiz had a heart attack. The post-mortem report also says there was a blood clot in the brain; the hospital had said his blood pressure levels had [...]
Mumbai blasts: cop ignored tip-off, suspended »
New Delhi: The Maharashtra ATS said on Sunday it is very close to finalising the sketch of one of the suspects and is scanning CCTV footage with the help of eyewitnesses. Meanwhile, Prabhakar Bagrao, a constable who allegedly ignored a tip-off by a Kurla resident about a terror plot has been suspended for dereliction of [...]
Maha DGP orders inquiry into Usmani’s death »
Mumbai: Maharashtra DGP Ajit Parasnis on Sunday ordered a CID inquiry into the death of Faiz Usmani, who died after being questioned by the police in connection with the terror blasts in Mumbai. Usmani , a resident of suburban Govandi, was being grilled in connection with the serial blasts in Mumbai when he allegedly fell [...]
Police suspect local support in Mumbai blasts »
Mumbai: The twelve teams of investigators probing the triple blasts which rocked Mumbai on Wednesday evening have reached two clear conclusions and one likely setback. The ownership of the scooter used in Zaveri Bazaar was established and the identification of a dead body with wires jutting out eliminated the suicide bomber theory, but, a shift [...]
If Lokpal bill weak, relaunch stir: Anna »
‘Government had engaged men to find any corruption leads against me to weaken our movement’ Social activist and anti-corruption crusader Anna Hazare on Friday urged youth to relaunch the public movement for Jan Lokpal if the government presented a “weak draft” of the bill in Parliament on August 1. “Public awakening is the only way [...]
Govt moves SC for recall of order for setting up SIT on black money »
Governemnt today moved the Supreme Court seeking “recall” and ”modification” of its order for setting up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) comprising its retired judges to take over the probe into all black money cases contending it has ventured into the domain of the executive. The application, which said the SIT was formed without being [...]
Underworld angle to be probed in Mumbai blasts »
Mumbai: The officials of the National Investigating Agency (NIA), Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and the Crime Branch will try to ascertain underworld’s role in the recent multiple blasts in Mumbai, which left 18 dead and 133 wounded, reports said on Friday. Based on the investigation so far, the probe agencies are suspecting the possibility of [...]
Day after serial blasts, cops clueless as Mumbai seethes »
MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Investigators were struggling to find clues to the identity of the perpetrators of Wednesday’s serial blasts in Mumbai, raising the scary possibility that the fresh outrage may join the list of unsolved terror cases. Sources familiar with the probe acknowledged that the investigators have not yet found any lead worth mentioning. Although Indian [...]
FBI to probe News Corp 9/11 hacking allegation »
New York: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation is examining allegations that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp may have tried to hack into the phone records of victims of the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, the agency said on Thursday. “We are aware of the allegations and are looking into it,” said Peter [...]
