Gorakhpur, March 27 (IANS) Two suspected terrorists said to be Pakistanis have been arrested here in Uttar Pradesh, officials said Thursday. The two were part of a terror module planning to target senior political leaders, including BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, during campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls, informed sources told IANS. Both men, identified […]
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Delhiites woke up to light drizzle Thursday and the Met Office has forecast brief spells of rain in the day. “The skies will remain partly cloudy with spells of rain and thundershower in some parts of the city,” an official of the India Meteorological Department said. The minimum temperature was recorded […]
New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Delhiites woke up to light drizzle Thursday and the Met Office has forecast brief spells of rain in the day. “The skies will remain partly cloudy with spells of rain and thundershower in some parts of the city,” an official of the India Meteorological Department said. The minimum temperature was recorded […]
Lucknow, March 27 (IANS) Two suspected terrorists were arrested late Wednesday near the railway station in Gorakhpur city of Uttar Pradesh, officials said Thursday. The suspected terrorists were part of a terror module which was planning to target senior political leaders, including BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, during campaigning for the Lok Sabha polls, informed […]
Guwahati, March 26 (IANS) Forty candidates have filed nominations for the three Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam, which are going to polls in the second phase April 12, officials said Wednesday on the last day of filing of nominations. The three constituencies are the Autonomous District constituency, Silchar and Karimganj. Assam will see three phase polling […]
Mumbai, March 26 (IANS) The Lok Sabha election in Mumbai North-West constituency will get a dose of glamour with the entry of Bollywood item girl Rakhi Sawant as an Independent candidate. “I have been virtually mobbed by people demanding that I should fight the election, so here I am,” Sawant told media persons here Wednesday. She […]
New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Delhi Police Wednesday informed a court here that they will quiz Indian Mujahideen operative Waqas to establish the missing links in the 2010 Jama Masjid attack case. Police told the court that they will later seek custody of Waqas, a Pakistani national who is currently being questioned in the 2011 illegal […]
Amritsar, March 26 (IANS) Border Security Force (BSF) personnel have recovered seven kg of heroin following a run-in with smugglers from Pakistan in Amritsar sector, BSF officials said here Wednesday. The seizure was made near the Rajatal border outpost in Amritsar sector, 35 km from here, a BSF spokesman said. The incident took place Tuesday night. […]
New Delhi, March (IANS) The Congress in its election manifesto released Wednesday promised to bring a new legislation to protect the rights of sexual minorities. Listing the legal reforms it plans to move in if voted again to power in the Lok Sabha polls, the party said it “will enact a law to ensure that consensual […]
Villapuram (Tamil Nadu), March 26 (IANS) AIADMK and DMK give false promises and they have to be taught a lesson in the general election, DMDK leader A. Vijaykant said Wednesday. Addressing an election rally here around 160 km from Chennai, the actor-turned-politician said: “The AIADMK and DMK give only false promises to the people of Tamil […]