
Mumbai: Residential property prices in Mumbai declined 9.1 percent last fiscal, recording the first price fall since the 2008 crisis, according to a survey by consultancy firm Knight Frank. The survey, titled `Knight Frank Prime Global Cities Index Q1 of 2012', said that property prices of global prime cities reported a 1.4 percent growth during the period, compared to April 2010-March 2011. On year-on-year basis, the prices of properties in...

01:36 PM, May 15, 2012

New Delhi: A suspect wanted in connection with the 2008 Ahmedabad blast case was killed in an encounter with the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in Aurangabad on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Mohammed Abrar, a resident of Gulmohar Colony in Ahmedabad, police said. Mohammad Abrar's name figured in the chargesheet of the Ahmedabad 2008 blast case and Gujarat Police say he was in touch with Indian Mujahideen operative...

03:02 PM, Mar 26, 2012

New York: The S&P 500 closed above 1,400 for the first time since the 2008 financial crisis on Thursday as stocks resumed the upward climb that has produced a steady stream of gains this year. The benchmark index is up for six of the past seven sessions and is on target for its best week since early February. Financial stocks, which have dragged lately, led the day with the S&P...

09:20 AM, Mar 16, 2012

New Delhi: The 2008 Mumbai terror attack case is scheduled to come up for hearing in an anti-terrorism court in Islamabad on Tuesday. The court had previously adjourned proceedings after defence lawyers of 7 suspects failed to appear before the judge. The Federal Investigation then, filed an application that requested the judge to nominate an official to take records of the court's proceedings to India along with a Pakistani judicial...

08:52 AM, Jan 17, 2012

Lahore: Khwaja Sultan Ahmed, the lawyer of Lashkar-e-Taiba commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, died in Lahore on Saturday following a brief illness at the age of 82. Ahmed's son-in-law Muhammad Hasan told PTI that the noted lawyer had been admitted in Lahore's Ittefaq Hospital on December 29 after he was diagnosed with meningitis. "He recovered but a few days ago, he contracted pneumonia which proved fatal," Hasan said. He was a...

03:46 PM, Jan 14, 2012

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has opposed the bail plea of Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, saying she has a direct role in the 2008 Malegaon Blasts. Her motorcycle was allegedly used to plant the bomb. The agency also says there is strong incriminating evidence against her. The case will now be heard on January 21. Sadhvi Pragya is the main accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast that killed 6...

03:16 PM, Jan 07, 2012

New Delhi: A Delhi court is likely to pronounce its order on the National Investigation Agency's (NIA) chargesheet against American Lashkar operative David Coleman Headley. Last month, the agency had charged him and eight others including JuD chief Hafiz Mohd Saeed and Zaki-ur Rehman Lakhvi. They were chargesheeted for hatching the 26/11 conspiracy. Headley entered into plea bargain with the United States without taking India into confidence. Headley did a...

08:58 AM, Jan 07, 2012

Islamabad: A Pakistani court has approved a plea to send the records of the trial of seven suspects charged with involvement in the 2008 Mumbai attacks along with a judicial commission that is set to visit India to interview key officials. Anti-terrorism court judge Shahid Rafique accepted the Federal Investigation Agency's application to send the records of the trial and other court documents to the Indian judge who will work...

01:45 PM, Jan 06, 2012

Hyderabad: A collapse of the euro and break-up of the European Union would have catastrophic consequences for the global financial system, billionaire investor George Soros was quoted as saying in Hyderabad on Thursday. "Today, the euro is potentially endangering the political cohesion of the European Union," the Business Line newspaper cited Soros as saying. "If the common currency were to break down, it will lead to the break up of...

12:42 PM, Jan 06, 2012

New Delhi: The Supreme Court rejected the bail application of Abdul Naseer Madani, accused of conspiracy in the 2008 Bangalore blast. The court has directed the Karnataka government to provide a medical treatment to Madani in Bangalore. Madani has been in jail for almost one and half years. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) leader was also an accused in the 1998 Coimbatore bomb blast case but was acquitted by the...

12:22 PM, Jan 03, 2012

New Delhi: Pakistan has formally conveyed to India that its nine-member judicial commission will visit India next month to interview key persons linked to the probe into the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks. New Delhi was informed on Tuesday that the Pakistan judicial commission will visit India in January 2012 and the mutually convenient dates of the tour will be finalised soon, official sources said. The commission will take the statements...

05:48 PM, Dec 29, 2011

New Delhi: A Special Judge of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court is scheduled to hear Sadhvi Pragya Thakur's bail application on Thursday. She is the main accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast that killed 6 people and injured 100 others. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will file its response to her bail application on the next date. In October early this year the Supreme Court had...

08:58 AM, Dec 29, 2011

Gilani also slammed the army for not detecting Osama Bin Laden's presence in Pakistan, asking who issued him the visa to stay. ...

07:04 AM, Dec 23, 2011

Islamabad: Pakistan Premier Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday in an unprecedented tongue-lashing against the powerful military said it is "unacceptable" if the army "considers itself a State within State" and warned that "conspiracies" are being hatched to "pack up" his government. Prime Minister Gilani also strongly criticised the army for failing to detect Osama bin Laden's presence in the country and said government firmly stood with the institutions and fully...

02:48 AM, Dec 23, 2011

New Delhi: The special MCOCA court is expected to hear Sadhvi Pragya Thakur's bail application on Monday. Sadhvi Pragya Thakur is one of the main accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case. In October, the Supreme OCurt had rejected her bail application. The NIA is likely to reply on the application. ...

08:30 AM, Dec 05, 2011