Mumbai: The nine people, who were accused in the 2006 Malegaon blasts case, got bail on Saturday and will finally be walking free after spending five years in prison. Their families, although relieved, want the state to compensate them for the trauma, the stigma of terror and their loss.
Father and brother of Noorulhuda, one of the accused in the 2006 Malegaon blasts case say they have suffered as much as Noorulhuda. Nooruddin, who couldn't continue with his studies due to lack of money after his brother's arrests, is now demanding compensation from the state.
Noorulhuda'S brother Nooruddin said, "The government has top compensate us for the mental trauma and the loss faced by us in the last five years.;"...
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07:33 AM, Nov 07, 2011
New Delhi: The National Investigating Agency (NIA) on Tuesday sought the custody of the Malegaon blasts accused Col Shrikant Purohit and Major Ramesh Upadhyay. The NIA wants to question Purohit among others things on his possible role in the Samjhauta Express blasts. Sources said that the NIA wants to find out whether Col Purohit funded Pragya Thakur and some other RSS activists. Sources also said that the NIA wants to...
11:20 PM, Aug 09, 2011
On Talking Point, Rajdeep Sardesai asks, 'Have Right-Wing terror groups been exposed'. ...
11:42 PM, Jun 20, 2011
New Delhi: It’s not just the Indo-Pak diplomacy that has been affected by Aseemanad’s confession statements. RSS too is feeling the embarrassment. RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat spoke out on Monday in an effort to distance the Sangh from reported acts of terror. He said that radical elements in the Sangh were acted against and told that the bomb for bomb kind of aggression was unacceptable to the organisation. Confessions by...
09:23 PM, Jan 10, 2011
Ramnathi: The VHP on Sunday accused the Congress-led government of trying to "malign the image of Hindu leaders by terming them as terrorists" and claimed it was the "greatest lie" that Swami Aseemanand has confessed to the Samjhauta Express blast. "We are trying to enlighten the people. If Congress tries to entangle Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Vishwa Hindu Parishad leaders, then a movement will be started against them (Congress)," VHP...
08:52 PM, Jan 09, 2011
Bhopal: In what can come out to be a big embarrassment for RSS, Swami Aseemanand, through his confessions has turned the spotlight squarely on three people: murdered expelled RSS pracharak Sunil Joshi, jailed Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, and RSS executive member Indresh Kumar. While Sadhvi Pragya Thakur has been jailed Thakur for her alleged involvement in the Malegaon blasts, Indresh Kumar’s name has figured in the charge sheet filed by Rajasthan...
08:51 PM, Jan 07, 2011
Panchkula: A special court in Panchkula on Monday extended, by 10 days, the police custody of Hindu group leader Swami Aseemanand in connection with the 2007 Samjhauta Express train blasts in Haryana that killed 68 people. Aseemanand was brought before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) court amidst tight security cover on Monday afternoon. The proceedings were in-camera and no media person was allowed to enter the court while he was...
05:36 PM, Jan 03, 2011
Purohit, posted in Deolali camp was entrusted with 60 kgs of RDX in 2006. ...
09:49 AM, Nov 16, 2008
Public Prosecutor says Purohit handed Army RDX from a consignment. ...
05:37 PM, Nov 15, 2008
New Delhi: With Virender Sehwag's double-hundred having sunk in and the series in the bag, the fifth and final ODI at Chennai's MA Chidambaram Stadium presents India an opportunity to test their bench strength ahead of their tour to Australia. The spotlight in the last two days has been on two names, albeit for contrasting reasons. On the one hand was Sehwag romancing with just the second ODI double-hundred ever...
07:58 PM, Mar 28, 2008
The probe in the Samjhauta Express blasts has become a diplomatic issue between India and Pakistan. ...
11:36 AM, Feb 22, 2007
