Jaipur: A voluntary group working for Pakistani refugees in India has requested Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to raise the problems of Hindus living in Pakistan with visiting President Asif Ali Zardari who is coming to India on Sunday, a representative said. The Seemant Lok Sangathan (SLS) on Saturday submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister's office and drew attention to the alleged religious persecution of Hindus in Pakistan. "Till date,...
01:17 AM, Apr 08, 2012
Rajahmundry: Andhra Pradesh Minister of Minor Irrigation TG Venkatash on Sunday said Seemandhra region has witnessed a gradual rise in investment despite the recent Telangana agitation in the state. "There is every chance for development in Seemandhra...Due to the agitation, investment in the Telangana region has decreased while investment in Seemandhra region has increasing vastly. After taking all these aspects in coming years, Seemandhra will be developed in all aspects...
08:36 AM, Mar 12, 2012
Panchkula: Kamal Chauhan, a disgruntled RSS worker arrested by the NIA, in connection with the Samjhauta Express blast, on Friday claimed that he does not know another accused Aseemanand facing trial in the same case. Chauhan, who was remanded to NIA custody after being produced in the court here, told reporters outside the court premises that "he knows nothing about Aseemanand." "I don't know Aseemanand," he told reporters while being...
07:29 PM, Feb 24, 2012
Chandigarh: Samjhauta train bombing case accused Aseemanand on Wednesday denied knowing Kamal Chauhan, a disgruntled RSS worker arrested by the NIA recently in connection with the case. "I don't know Kamal Chauhan," Assemanand told reporters outside the special NIA Court. Assemanand, who had earlier pleaded that he was not involved in the bombings, when asked if he knew Chauhan, claimed that he does not know who he is. "It's a...
01:51 PM, Feb 22, 2012
Coimbatore: Tamil actor-director and founder-president of Naam Tamizhar Katchi (NTK), Seeman, was arrested on Monday along with 300 of his partymen at Walayar on the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border for picketing the road demanding that the Centre immediately find a solution to the Mullaperiyar dam dispute. Seeman picketed the Palakkad-Coimbatore highway alongwith his partymen. Raising slogans against the Kerala government, nearly 1,000 NTK workers demanded that the neighbouring state implement the...
08:59 AM, Dec 27, 2011
After Swami Aseemanand's confession, 7 of the Malegaon blast accused walked out of jail after bail on Wednesday. ...
10:00 PM, Nov 16, 2011
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...
07:33 AM, Nov 07, 2011
Mumbai: Hours after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) told a special court in Mumbai that it won't oppose the bail plea of the nine accused in the 2006 Malegaon blasts case, the court granted them bail. After the Maharashtra ATS made the nine arrests and filed a chargesheet in 2006, the probe was handed over to the CBI. The NIA took charge of the investigation after the Swami Aseemanand's confession...
09:12 PM, Nov 05, 2011
Mumbai: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday informed a court hearing the 2006 Malegaon bomb blast case that it would file additional charge sheet against the nine accused on November 4. NIA also told the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) court that it would file its say on the bail petition of the nine accused on the same day. All the accused were on Sunday produced before...
02:50 PM, Oct 31, 2011
New Delhi: Four months after the National Investigation Agency (NIA) took over all terror cases relating to Hindu extremism, the agency on Monday filed the chargesheet in the 2007 Samjhauta blast. The Samjhauta Express was bombed killing 68 people, several of them Pakistani nationals. Swami Aseemanand, who first allegedly confessed to his role and later withdrew his confession - has been named a key conspirator. In an embarrassment to the...
08:08 PM, Jun 20, 2011
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed a chargesheet on Monday before the special court at Panchkula, Haryana against Swami Aseemanand, Sunil Joshi (now dead), Lokesh Sharma, Sandeep Dange and Ramchandra Kalasangra in the Samjhauta blast case. Assemanand's judicial custody ended on Monday. Aseemanand had told the Panchkula court in May 2011 that he had no role in the 2007 Samjhauta Express train bombing that killed 68 people, mainly...
02:03 PM, Jun 20, 2011
Jaipur: A local court has extended the judicial custody of Swami Aseemanand, an accused in the Ajmer Dargah bomb blast case, till June 24. Aseemanand and Lokesh, Mukesh, Bharat, Devendra and Harshad -- the other accused in the case -- were produced before the court yesterday which extended their judicial custody till June 24. Apart from 2007 Ajmer Dargah blast, which claimed three lives and left 15 others injured, Aseemanand...
01:32 PM, Jun 11, 2011
Hyderabad: A chargesheet was on Monday filed against right-wing activist Swami Aseemanand by the NIA for his alleged role in the conspiracy behind the 2007 Mecca Masjid blasts that left nine people dead. 59-year-old Nabakumar Sarkar aka Swami Aseemanand, who is also an accused in the Samhjauta Express bomb blast case, was arrested from Haridwar on November 19, 2010 where he was found hiding with fictitious name Swami Omkaranand. The...
06:45 PM, May 16, 2011
Jaipur: A CBI court on Saturday extended the judicial remand of Swami Aseemanand and three other accused in the 2007 Ajmer Dargah blast case till May 27. Besides right-wing activist Aseemanand, who is also allegedly involved in several terror cases, the other three accused in the Ajmer blast are Bharati Bhai, Harshad Solanki and Mukesh Vasaani. The CBI court extended the judicial remand of all the four accused to May...
07:43 PM, May 14, 2011
Panchkula: Swami Aseemanand, an accused in the Samjhauta Blast case, on Thursday denied any role in the incident before a sessions court which rejected his bail plea and extended his custody till May 26. Assemanand's bail plea, filed on the ground that the NIA failed to file a charge sheet within 90 days, was rejected by the Court of District and Sessions Judge Subhash Gehla. Aseemanand denied having made any...
06:49 PM, May 12, 2011
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