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23 killed in fire cracker factory blasts in Maharashtra

Twenty-three persons were killed and 48 injured as fire broke out at a fire cracker factory at Parola, around 60 km from Jalgaon in Maharashtra on Friday afternoon. According to police, the explosion occurred in Savitri Fireworks factory, about three kms away from Parola town, at around 1700 hrs, leading to collapse of parts of [...]

India expects Pak to act fast against 26/11 perpetrators

India on Tuesday said it expected Pakistan to act fast in bringing the perpetrators of Mumbai attacks to justice and promised cooperation in this regard. “Certainly, we would hope that those things (bringing perpetrators to justice and dismantling terror infrastructure) would happen and happen as soon as possible and we will do everything we can [...]

Menon to discuss progress in Mumbai probe, N-deal in US today

A wide range of issues, including progress in probe into Mumbai attacks, aspects related to civil nuclear deal and the upcoming G-20 meet, are expected to figure in talks Foreign Sec Shivshankar Menon will have with top US officials in Washington on Monday. In the first high-level Indo-US interaction in Washington after President Barack Obama [...]

Pak has to dismantle terror infrastructure: Chidambaram

Making it clear to Pakistan that arrest of one or two persons in connection with the Mumbai attacks was not enough, Home Minister P Chidambaram said it has to dismantle the terror infrastructure to end the menace. P Chidambaram also asked Islamabad to declare zero tolerance towards the scourge. “If the terror infrastructure remains intact, [...]

BEST to increase fleet of buses

The city’s civic bus utility(BEST)The Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking is all set to get bigger and cooler buses. The BEST has sought Rs 300 crore under the Centre’s Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) for purchasing 1000 buses, of which 200 will be air conditioned. “We expect to place the orders for [...]

Delhi, Mumbai slip in most expensive cities list

Delhi and Mumbai have dropped two notches in the list of the most expensive cities in the world, thanks to softening realty prices and ongoing economic slowdown. According to realty consultant Cushman & Wakefield (C&W), Connaught Place in New Delhi and Nariman Point in Mumbai has been ranked at 12th and 6th places respectively in [...]

26/11 terror attacks chargesheet filed

Three months after the terror attacks which claimed over 160 lives in Mumbai, Mumbai Police has filed the chargesheet in the case naming 38 people including Pakistani nationals Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab and suspected mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi. Indian nationals Fahim Ansari and Sabbauddin Ahmed, arrested in the case for allegedly carrying out a recee of [...]

To ensure ‘self-regulation’, Govt forms media comm

The Government formed a media consultative committee to ensure regular exchange of views between the administration and the various media panels in the wake of criticism over the coverage of Mumbai terror attacks. The committee, formed in the backdrop of recent debates on the need for guidelines for the media while covering incidents related to [...]

Finally Pak admits Mumbai conspiracy hatched on its soil

Two months after being in constant denial mode, Pakistan finally admitted that “some part of the conspiracy” behind the Mumbai attacks took place on its soil and a case has been registered against nine people including Ajmal Kasab, the lone captured terrorist. After a series of flip-flops denying Kasab’s nationality and the role of Pakistani [...]

Cases against Kasab: India to wait for official communication

India adopted a wait-and-watch approach on reports from Pakistan that cases have been filed against Ajmal Amir Kasab, the lone surviving terrorist of Mumbai attacks, and 13 others, saying it will comment only after receiving official communication. “I do not know, until you get the report from them,” External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee told reporters [...]

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