
New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has announced a cash reward of Rs 10 lakh for information on Ramchandra Kalsangra and Sandeep Dange in the 2007 Samjhauta blast case. Both the accused, believed to be the bomb-makers for the saffron terror module, are absconding. Their names are mentioned in senior Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh leader Swami Aseemanand's confession statement to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Aseemanand, 59, recently confessed...

11:10 AM, Jan 11, 2011

New Delhi: Following Swami Aseemanand's confession to the CBI about having planned the Samjhauta Express blast, Pakistan foreign office has summoned the Indian envoy in Islamabad. RSS leader Aseemanand confessed before the CBI that Hindu terrorists were behind the Samjhauta Express blasts of 2007. Seeking details on the Samjhauta blast, in which 68 people including 42 Pakistanis were killed, India's acting Deputy High Commissioner G V Srinivas was called by...

10:43 AM, Jan 11, 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

New Delhi: The RSS on Friday accused the CBI of deliberately leaking the confession of Swami Aseemanand in the 2007 Samjhauta Express blast which, it alleged, was given under duress. "This is a conspiracy and witch hunt. We have doubts about the manner in which this confessional statement has been taken. CBI is behaving like Congress Bureau of Investigation. The statement is full of contradictions," said Ram Madhav. "This deliberate...

01:30 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

New Delhi: Senior RSS leader Indresh Kumar was summoned to the CBI on Thursday to investigate any alleged role he may have had in Mecca blast of 2007. After five hours of questioning by the CBI, Indresh Kumar said that he was not even questioned about involvement in any terror strikes. Indresh said, "The CBI asked me about my personal life and my family." But Indresh's name has figured in...

09:48 PM, Dec 23, 2010