| Thursday, 10 April 2025 |
| All 26/11 conspirators must face justice: Tharoor |
| Tahawwur Hussain Rana, an accused in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, has been extradited to India from the US. Former home secretaries believe he will be convicted and could face the death penalty. Rana was an associate of David Coleman Headley, who played a key role in the attacks. The extradition is seen as a significant achievement for India and a message to terrorists that they will face justice. Rana's testimony is expected to provide valuable information about the planning and execution of the attacks. |
| Rana likely to face death penalty in India: Ex-home secy |
| Senior BJP leader Ashwini Kumar Choubey has expressed his desire to see Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as the Deputy Prime Minister. However, the JD(U) and the RJD have dismissed Choubey's remarks as inconsequential, with the JD(U) pointing to Amit Shah's recent statement that Nitish Kumar is the coalition's leader for the upcoming assembly polls. The RJD has also ridiculed Choubey's statement, stating that the BJP is looking to get rid of Nitish Kumar and that Tejashwi Yadav will be the next Chief Minister of Bihar. |
| This BJP leader wants Nitish Kumar as Deputy PM |
| Senior advocate Dayan Krishnan, who led India's arguments for the extradition of 26/11 accused Tahawwur Rana in a United States court, is set to lead the National Investigation Agency's (NIA) prosecution in Delhi. |
| Lawyer who argued in US to lead NIA case against Rana |
| Over 100,000 tulips are already in full bloom at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine's research centre in Bonera, Pulwama. |
| I Saw Tulips Dancing In The Breeze |
| A three-judge Supreme Court bench will hear petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, on April 16. The petitions, including those by politicians and the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) and Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, were filed in the top court challenging the validity of the newly-enacted law. The Centre has filed a caveat in the apex court, seeking a hearing before any order is passed. |
Thursday, January 05, 2006
Bangalore no more a mere terror hideout
CHENNAI: For two decades, Bangalore was known to be an easy hideout for terrorists and underworld dons, especially those from Tamil Nadu. Most terrorists on the run were traced to Bangalore and killed in shootouts here by Tamil Nadu police. But the Wednesday shootout at IISc has proved that Bangalore is no more just a hideout. Can one ever forget the encounter with Sivarasan and Subha, co-assassins of former PM Rajiv Gandhi, along with other LTTE members in a hideout in Konanakunte? Sivarasan and company were not the first LTTE cadres to have taken refuge in Bangalore. Since the hard stand taken in Tamil Nadu against LTTE and its chief Villupillai Prabhakaran, the increasingly cosmopolitan Bangalore has provided an easy escape for the hunted Tigers. And experts believe that the city was used to hatch plots and re-group. It is now that Islamic terrorism which is raising its head here. As recent as 2002, gangsters had freed two terrorist of Al Umma, Imam Ali and Hyder Ali, from police custody in Madurai...
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