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RSS did not assassinate Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi tells Supreme Court! August 24, 2016 17:54

The Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi may be cleared of defamation charges after he backtracked in the Supreme Court and said he never meant to accuse the whole of the RSS of assassinating Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi. Following the Rahul recanting, the defamation case against the Congress vice president may just be dropped. The RSS activist who filed the criminal defamation case had offered to withdraw the case against Rahul if he absolved the RSS of the assassination. The Congress vice president's counsel, Kapil Sibal, said that, "Rahul Gandhi never accused the RSS as (an) institution for the crime." "Rahul never blamed the RSS but blamed a person associated with the RSS," the court said it inferred from Rahul's affdavit. Rahul had made these accusations during a Thane rally in March 2014. "RSS people killed Gandhiji and today their people (BJP) talk of him. They opposed Sardar Patel and Gandhiji," Rahul had said then. "Why did you make a sweeping statement against the RSS branding everyone associated with the organization in the same brush. You can't make wholesale denunciation of an organization," the SC bench said while hearing the defamation case. Also Read: Rajnath heads to 'Mission Kashmir'! Nandini

Myanmar President to visit India! August 24, 2016 16:13

The President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, U Htin Kyaw is planning to visit India, the President Office announced. The announcement came a day after External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj's one-day visit to the country to hold talks with Myanmarese leaders on key bilateral issues. The President Office said in a statement that, "U Htin Kyaw, President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and wife Daw Su Su Lwin will pay a State Visit to the Republic of India in the near future at the invitation of His Excellency Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, President of the Republic of India." The statement does not mention the date of his visit. Also Read: Rajnath heads to 'Mission Kashmir'! Nandini

Journalist stabbed to death at newspaper office in Gujarat! August 23, 2016 16:06

Some unidentified persons allegedly murdered a journalist at the office of a newspaper. He was working with in Gujarat's Junagadh district. According to the Superintendent of Police Nilesh Jajadiya, 53 years old Kishore Dave was stabbed to death at the office of a Gujarati daily at Vanjari chowk around 9.30 PM on Monday. Dave was the bureau chief of the newspaper which is published from Rajkot. Jajadiya said that, "He was stabbed six-seven times with knife. From injury marks, it appears that personal enmity could be a reason behind the murder." The investigation have been launched by the police and Dave's body was sent for postmortem. Also Read: Delhi constable shot dead Nandini

'I respectfully disagree, but Pakistan is not hell', says Congress member Ramya August 23, 2016 15:55

Reiterated Kannada actress and Congress member Ramya says "I respectfully disagree, but Pakistan is not hell." The comments came after the news broke that a lawyer has filed a complaint against her in court, asking a case of sedition be filed against her. Ramya explained that, "I don't have any ego at all and in any given incident, I would have apologized, but if I do in this case, the larger cause we're fighting for would go." The Kannada actress first indicated she thinks Pakistan may not quite be hell, when she recently addressed a women's rally in Mandya, Karnataka. The Times of India reported, "It's really sad that there is such a situation in the country today. Politicians want to polarise and spread hatred. Just because borders separate us we shouldn't hate others" Ramya said, referring to the complaint filed against her. Ramya, a former Mandya MP from Karnataka's Mandya constituency said that, "I'm free to express myself, am I not? Everyone is entitled to their views and that is what democracy is about. You can't force your ideology on anyone." "It's freedom of speech, it's also our duty to speak on inclusiveness and peace. Curbing freedoms is wrong in democracy," Ramya added. "I went there (Pakistan) for the SAARC Youth Summit. I spoke about peace, harmony and unity in diversity. When I got back, I was asked how Pakistan was and I said that the people there are just like us, and that we were treated very well. There was a lot of respect," Ramya said. "I don't think I'm wrong. I also love Bangladesh, Sri Lanka. Of course I won't leave India, it's my home and I am not going to leave my dogs," she said. Also Read: Pakistani Spy caught along with 35 Kg RDX Nandini

Hyderabad celebrates the Champ’s homecoming August 22, 2016 12:57

Olympic silver medallist PV Sindhu reached India on Monday morning to a grand welcome at Hyderabad International Airport. Amid scenes of jubilation and loud cheers from scores of people, Sindhu, accompanied by coach Pullela Gopichand, was greeted by her parents, P V Ramana and P Vijaya besides Telangana Deputy Chief Minister Mohd Mahmood Ali, and ministers from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. She waved to the cheering crowds from the open-top-motorcad ,displaying the silver medal. The procession began from the airport towards Gachibowli stadium where the Telangana government has arranged a gala felicitation in honour of her success. The Telangana government had announced Rs five crore cash reward for the 21 years old, a 1,000 square yard housing site near the Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy in Gachibowli and suitable government job, if she is willing to do. Telangana government had also announced cash prize of Rs one crore for Sindhu's coach Gopichand. Also Read: Sindhu, Made history for India, in Rio 2016 By Prakriti Neogi

Delhi constable shot dead August 20, 2016 17:41

A Delhi Police constable was shot dead by miscreants while he chased them after they had snatched a bag from a woman in Shahabad area on Friday night. DCP (Outer) Vikramjeet Singh said, "Anand was chasing three unidentified miscreants who had snatched the bag from a woman in Sector 5 industrial area around 9.30 PM, when he was shot at,". According to police, the constable, who was posted at sector five police chowki in Bawana, spotted the snatchers near Samosa Chowk in the area and chased them following which they fired at him. Anand sustained bullet injury on the chest. He was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead. The incident occurred hours after Delhi Police Commissioner Alok Kumar, instructed senior officials to curb street crimes in the national capital, during a crime review meeting. By Prakriti Neogi

Pakistani Spy caught along with 35 Kg RDX August 19, 2016 15:30

A Pakistani spy has been arrested today in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. After interrogation he has confessed that he played an instrumental role in smuggling around 35 kg of RDX into India. The spy named Nandal Maharaj, was nabbed based on intelligence inputs from the RAW. A cellular phone has also been recovered from him. U R Sahoo, ADG Intelligence said, "The accused who identified himself as Nandu is a Pakistani national and entered the country on visa". He added, "He was found in suspicious circumstances in Jaisalmer yesterday and was interrogated. He is now being taken to Jaipur. He will be placed under arrest later. We are probing his local connections in the border areas and those who helped him reach there” According to reports, this is the first time when Pakistan has sent a ‘Hindu’ spy on visa and passport. Maharaj had been staying in Jaisalmer since the last six months. He operated a textile showroom in Pakistan and has a well financial background. By Prakriti Neogi

Kashmir unrest: 4 civilians killed August 16, 2016 14:52

Four people have been killed and 15 others were injured on Tuesday morning in Jammu and Kashmir’s Budgam district as the security forces opened fire on protesters. Another youth succumbed to his injuries in South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Officials said, that the death toll reached to 65 in the violence, that erupted in the valley after Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani was killed in July. According to the police control room in Budgam, the incident in Budgam took place at Aripanthan area of Beerwah in the district when a convoy of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) came under attack by protesters forcing them to open fire. Dr. Fazil Kochak, chief medical officer Anantnag district, informed HT that in the Anantnag incident, the youth died from a bullet injury when forces fired on protesters during the protest in Dialgam area,. The valley has been extremely tense after two people died on Monday and a 10 years old was critically injured after being hit by a tear gas shell in Bijbehara in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. Sixteen-year-old Yasir Sheikh from Batmaloo area in Srinagar was killed when forces opened fire on protesters in the area on Monday. Medical superintendent of Srinagar’s SMHS hospital, Dr Nazir Choudhary informed that the Class 10 student was taken to the hospital with a bullet injury. Riyaz Ahmad,18 years old, from Tangmarg also succumbed to injuries during a clash last week at Srinagar’s SKIMS hospital in the morning. Batamaloo was extremely tense on Monday evening as Sheikh’s body was brought back to his home. While the country had been celebrating its 70th Independence Day on Monday, a CRPF commandant and two militants were killed in a gunfight near a famous Sufi shrine in downtown Srinagar. Nine security personnel were also wounded, three of them were shifted to AIIMS hospital in Delhi. Separately, the Indian Army has informed that five militants were gunned down while trying to sneak into India from Pakistan. Also Read: LeT terrorists unfurled infiltration secrets By Prakriti Neogi

LeT terrorists unfurled infiltration secrets August 12, 2016 13:41

Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist Bahadur Ali's interrogation has unfurled how Pakistan-based terrorists, manage to dodge security forces for days, after in filtrating into India through the line of control, sometimes months without any problem. Based on Ali's interrogation, Indian agencies -NIA and intelligence bureau-have identified several `infiltration routes' used by LeT, Jaish-e-Mohammad and Hizbul-Mujahideen cadres in north Kashmir. Ali's interrogation has revealed the modus operandi used by terrorists. 21 years old Ali, who was directed by Hafiz Saeed's son-in law Khalid Waleed to attack crowds in Kashmir with grenades, started for India on June 11-12 this year along with two others, Saad and Darda, after receiving full-fledged military training in LeT camps, identified as K2 in Manshera, Aksa (Muzaffarabad) and Tabbok in Muzaffarabad Ali claime, "Each of us were given a backpack consisting of 20 rotis, dates, almonds, compass, night vision device, GPS, map, matrix sheets (with coded targets), unicode sheets, wireless sets, two sets of salwar kameez, medicines, AK-47 with 5 magazines having 30 rounds of live ammunition each and extra ammunition. Haider gave Rs 30,000 each to Saad and Darda and Rs 23,000 to me for meeting our expenses," They cut the barbed wire near the border at Handwara and entered the Indian territory. Ali informed, "We typically travelled from the wee hours till 9-10 am in the morning, rested during the day and resumed our journey between 5-6 pm and travelled till midnight. We reached a village - Vadar around June 20-21," . Ali got separated from Saad and Darda on June 22, when they went to the village to collect food. Ali stayed in the jungle for almost one month and was continuously being assisted by suspected overground workers of LeT and other outfits. He said, "I spent three days near GR point 8 given by control room in Muzaffarabad.I got food from one Bakarwal (tribe on mountains) and then shifted to jungle near village Mokam. There one person provided me food,". Also Read: Lashkar-e-Taiba, fueling in Kashmir Agitation By Prakriti Neogi

Mahad bridge collapse accident wreckage found August 11, 2016 15:54

Bodies of some victims in the Mahad bridge collapse accident were never to be found. But the navy divers spotted the wreckage of the two buses on Thursday, that has given fresh hopes. Two buses were washed away in the Savitri River near Mahad after a British-era bridge collapsed on 2nd August. a Defence spokesperson said,"After working 12-14 hours a day for the last 8 days, the Naval teams have located wreckage of the two buses submerged in water at Mahad”. He added, "the wreckage seem to be parts of buses and were found approximately 170 and 200 metres from the collapsed bridge." Spot diving was successfully carried out despite presence of crocodiles, high current and tough conditions in the river. The spokesperson said in a statement, "the NDRF teams are being informed and crane for recovery of the wreckage is being requested," . But till Wednesday, the government admitted that hopes of finding bodies of victims were diminishing. According to a report, the Public Works Department Minister Chandrakant Patil admitted that the swift flowing river and crocodile hotbeds were an impediment to the search operations on Wednesday. According to the report, the government sources conceded that which each passing day, the anger and dispair in the kin of the victims were increasing even as NDRF and navy personnel combed the river despite unfavourable conditions. By Prakriti Neogi

“Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project”, one step closer August 10, 2016 12:26

A video-conference has been scheduled between the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin for an interaction regarding their plans to start the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project's first unit in Tamil Nadu. Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa will also participate through video link. According to the Newspapers the unit would be dedicated to the nation and "Indo-Russian friendship and cooperation." Since 2014, the Russian technology plant has been in service. It generates 1,000 mw of power, half of which feeds Tamil Nadu. India's atomic power plant operator Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited has been setting up two 1,000 mw Russian reactors at Kudankulam village in Tirunelveli district. The reactors at Kudankulam are being built by India's nuclear power corporation and a subsidiary of Russia's nuclear regulatory body, Rosatom jointly. Also Read: GST bill moves in Lok Sabha! By Prakriti Neogi

Former Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Kalikho Pul found dead! August 09, 2016 12:42

Kalikho Pul, the former Arunachal Pradesh chief minister and Congress rebel was found dead at his residence on Tuesday. He allegedly hanged himself. ANI reported, Congress President Sonia Gandhi expressed shock "at the untimely and tragic demise" of Kalikho Pul. "I am really shocked, I don't know what extreme reasons lead to this," said Congress party member Ninong Ering. "He was staying in CM's House, maybe loneliness crept into him. When your mind is empty, its a devils workshop. As per his (CM's) last conversation with him, he was positive about the state. He said he was sure people will choose him again," Ering said. Pul was sworn in as Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh in February, with the support of 18 dissident Congress lawmakers, 11 BJP lawmakers who gave him outside support in the 60-member Assembly and two independents. Also Read: Irom Sharmila to end 16-year long fast today! Nandini