BrahMos Aerospace, an Indo-Russian joint venture, has initiated efforts to develop technology for hypersonic version of the BrahMos missile which can travel at five to seven times the speed of sound, a top company official has said. “The company is roping in academics to develop there quisite technology before going in for designing and developing missiles which can travel at Mach 5 to 7 (five to seven times the speed […]

New Delhi, February 24: Union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Sunday said the culprits involved in the Hyderabad blast, which killed 16 persons and left several injured, would be booked soon. “We have got some materials there (at the blast site) and tests are being done in the forensic laboratory. Soon we will get the results and the culprits will be booked soon,” Shinde told newspersons here. He said the […]

Hyderabad: Muslim youths from Hyderabad detained Sunday morning by Special Investigation Team and task force have been released late in the night after whole day of interrogation in connection with the Dilsukanagar twin blasts. Mohammed Rayeesuddin, who was acquitted in the Mecca Masjid blast case, was taken for interrogation by the SIT today morning. From East Zone Task Force he was shifted to Osmania University police station. Immediately after his […]

KHARTOUM, Sudan: Sudan’s state news agency says 60 people were killed in renewed fighting between two Arab tribes over mining rights in the northern Darfur region. The United Nations says fighting broke out last month in the Jebel Amir area, leaving 100 dead in January and forcing 70,000 people to flee their homes. The state news agency said the fighting Saturday was the worst since a cease-fire agreement was reached […]

KABUL: Suicide bombers targeted Afghanistan’s intelligence agency and other security forces in four coordinated attacks in the heart of Kabul and outlying areas yesterday, officials said, a bloody reminder of the insurgency’s reach nearly 12 years into the war. The brazen assaults, which occurred within a three hour timespan, were the latest to strike Afghan forces, who have suffered higher casualties this year as US and other foreign troops gradually […]

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh yesterday appealed for calm as he flew to Hyderabad and visited some of the 117 people wounded in twin bombings last week, which killed 16 people. Singh also visited the blast site in Dilsukh Nagar, where two bicycle bombs exploded within a few minutes of each other outside a cinema and near a bus stand on Thursday evening. The prime minister met with […]

BJP today warned the government against going ahead with the Sethusamudram project, saying the sentiments of crores of Hindus are attached to the issue and it will not tolerate any tampering with the Ram Setu. Please follow and like us:

The Indian Mujahideen , which has been suspected of carrying out the Hyderabad blasts that claimed 16 lives, was trying to set up a terror outfit to take care of its operations in southern India, according to officials in the National Investigation Agency. NIA officials have found that one of the key accused, Asadullah Akthar alias Tabrez, was constantly in touch with operatives from south India. The IM was trying […]

A Muslim man was gunned down in broad daylight in Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav’s hometown Etawah on Sunday. Adnan, 22, was allegedly killed for daring to marry a Hindu girl.   Kirti, 21, who had married Adnan after years of courtship, squarely blamed the registrar of marriages — the local city magistrate Surendra Kumar Sharma — for the incident. “Six months ago, we had applied for a court […]

The very hazy images that the police have managed to get from the close circuit television in the area implicate three men who planted the bombs at Dilsukhnagar in Hyderabad.   Sources in the Special Investigation Team of the Hyderabad police told rediff.com  that while two among the trio planted the bombs, the third man was guiding them. “There were three suspects at the spot. None of their faces are clear […]