Pratapgarh: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday arrested Babloo Yadav, son of deceased village pradhan Nanhe Yadav, claiming he was directly involved in the killing of Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Zia-ul-Haque. The accused has reportedly confessed to shooting the DSP, but further probe is on. Parveen Azad, Haq's wife, had alleged hand of the controversial UP politician Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiya in the murder. The...
04:48 PM, Apr 13, 2013
New York: Members of the UN Security Council have condemned in the strongest terms the killing of five Indian peacekeepers in South Sudan and asked that the perpetrators be brought to justice. The members condemned the April 9 attack by unidentified armed persons on a UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) convoy in Jonglei, South Sudan, in which five Indian peacekeepers and at least seven civilians were killed, said a...
11:50 AM, Apr 10, 2013
Kolkata: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday described India's diplomatic row with Italy over the two Italian marines accused of killing two Indian fishermen as an "insult" to the country. Advocating a "proactive" foreign policy, Modi asked how Italy had dared to take on India after its marines shot dead two Indian fishermen. "We let two under-trial Italians go to their country to vote. Here, under-trial citizens are not...
01:49 PM, Apr 09, 2013
Pulwama: Another sarpanch has been killed by suspected terrorists in the Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir. 45-year-old Ghulam Mohammad Lone was shot by the militants inside his residence at Kulpora village. Lone, who was associated with the ruling National Conference, died on the spot. No terrorist outfit has so far claimed responsibility. This is the 6th killing of a sarpanch since Panchayat elections in April 2011. While three sarpanches...
09:15 AM, Apr 09, 2013
Srinagar: Suspected militants on Monday night gunned down a sarpanch affiliated to the ruling National Conference (NC) in Pulwama district of south Kashmir, police said. Ghulam Mohammad Lone, 45, was shot by the militants inside his residence at Kulpora village, 35 km from Srinagar, they said. Lone, who was associated with ruling NC, died on the spot, they said. No militant outfit has so far claimed responsibility for Lone's killing....
11:11 PM, Apr 08, 2013
New Delhi: Notwithstanding NIA slapping murder charge against two Italian marines, India will honour the assurance given to Italy that the duo will not face death penalty for allegedly killing two fishermen off Kerala coast. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) will not press for death sentence against the marines - Massimiliano Lattore and Salvatore Girone - as per the assurance given by India to Italy even if they are convicted...
10:57 PM, Apr 08, 2013
Patna: Maoists on Saturday blew up a railway track in Bihar to enforce a two-day strike called by them to protest against the killing of their cadres in Jharkhand, railway police said. Ten Maoists were killed in a gun battle with the Tritiya Prastuti Committee (TPC), a rival splinter group of the Maoists, in Chatra district of Jharkhand on the intervening night of March 27-28, 2013. "Maoists blew up a...
05:12 AM, Apr 07, 2013
Lucknow: Another case was filed against former Uttar Pradesh minister Raghuraj Pratap Singh alias Raja Bhaiyya, the accused in killing of a village headman and a police officer, on Saturday when a prime eyewitness accused him of intimidation and threatening his life. The case was registered at the Sangramgarh police station in Pratapgrah district after Diwakar Tripathi, a witness, said he had been intercepted by bikeborne men who asked him...
04:28 AM, Apr 07, 2013
Rome: Italy, which has pardoned a US air force officer convicted in absentia for his role in CIA abduction of an Egyptian terror suspect, hoped that India will follow the same principle for two Italian marines facing murder charges for shooting two fishermen in India. President Giorgio Napolitano on Friday pardoned Colonel Joseph L Romano, one of the 23 Americans tried and sentenced by Italy's top court of appeals over...
10:50 PM, Apr 06, 2013
Mathura: The wife of slain soldier Lance Naik Hemraj was duped of Rs 10 lakh on Friday in the presence of her brother-in-law and a relative near a petrol pump in the outskirts of Kosi town area. In her complaint, Dharmvati, the widow of Hemraj said that one Amit Kumar, who claimed that he was an Army officer and sent by the Army Headquarters, approached her at her native Shernagar...
07:50 AM, Apr 06, 2013
New Delhi: Three days after the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) handed over the Italian marines case to the National Investigative Agency (NIA), a case has finally been registered against them. The First Information Report (FIR) will be presented before the special court in Patiala House on Friday. The MHA had on Monday asked the NIA to investigate the killing of two Indian fishermen allegedly by two Italian marines off...
09:53 PM, Apr 04, 2013
New Delhi: A Supreme Court appointed committee probing six cases of alleged extra-judicial killings in Manipur informed the court on Thursday that these were not genuine encounters and the victims, including a 12-year-old boy, did not have any criminal records. A bench comprising Justices Aftab Alam and Ranjana Prakash Desai perused the committee's report which said none of the six cases qualify as encounters and they are fake. The committee,...
01:30 PM, Apr 04, 2013
Two days after the Home Ministry handed over the Italian marines case to the National Investigative Agency (NIA), the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Wednesday that it has not received any notification on the same. Sources had said the NIA was asked to take over the case after the Supreme Court of India had ruled Kerala police had no jurisdiction in the matter. ...
08:14 PM, Apr 03, 2013
The Uttar Pradesh government is all set to order the transfer of all the policemen, including four Station House Officers or SHOs in Kunda in Pratapgarh district in connection with the triple murders. ...
10:33 AM, Apr 03, 2013
The NIA, which has been asked to probe the killing of two Kerala fishermen allegedly by Italian marines, will not press for death sentence against the two accused, honouring an assurance given to Italy by India. A top Home Ministry official said the National Investigation Agency will not press for death sentence against the marines - Massimiliano Lattore and Salvatore Girone - as per the assurance given by India to...
09:40 PM, Apr 02, 2013
The Supreme Court lifted on Tuesday a three-week order banning Italy's ambassador from leaving the country after Italy sent two marines back to India to face trial over the deaths of two Indian fishermen. ...
04:21 PM, Apr 02, 2013
The Supreme Court will decide on Tuesday on its earlier order to bar the Italian Ambassador to India Daniele Mancini from leaving India. The apex court had issued the order following Italy's decision to not send back the two Italian marines who were arrested in connection with the murder of two Kerala fishermen in February 2012. ...
08:21 AM, Apr 02, 2013
The announcement for the special court where the trial of the two Italian marines will be conducted is expected on Monday. The announcement will be made by the Attorney General. ...
09:43 AM, Apr 01, 2013
External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid says India knows how to take pressure when it comes to its foreign policies. While speaking to Karan Thapar on Devil's Advocate, Khurshid called the Italian government sensible in connection with the marines row. ...
08:41 PM, Mar 31, 2013
Parveen Azad, wife of the slain Kunda DSP Zia-ul-Haq, is scheduled to depose before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday. Akshay Pratap, cousin of former cabinet minister Raja Bhaiya, who was forced to resigned after Azad named him in the FIR, was questioned by the investigative agency. ...
08:51 AM, Mar 31, 2013
