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Justice delayed, not denied: Yakub Memon hangs, finally
30 Jul 2015
Yakub Memon, one of the masterminds of the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts that left 257 people dead and over 700 injured, was hanged to death at Nagpur central jail early on Thursday
ISIS wants to `trigger war in India' report
29 Jul 2015
An ISIS recruitment document found in Pakistan’s lawless tribal lands reveals its plans of raising a new terrorist army in Afghanistan and Pakistan, to trigger a war in India
SC shows no mercy on Yakub Memon, President the lone hope
29 Jul 2015
A three-judge Supreme Court bench today dismissed the 1993 Mumbai serial blast convict Yakub Abdul Razak Memon's plea to stop his execution scheduled for tomorrow
SC bench refers Yakub Memon's petition to larger bench
28 Jul 2015
The Supreme Court on Tuesday referred the hearing of 1993 Mumbai serial blast convict Yakub Memon's petition against his death sentence to a larger bench of Chief Justice H L Datu
Terrorists on a rampage in Gurdaspur, shoot down 5
27 Jul 2015
The gunmen, numbering about five, are now holed up in Dinanagar police station complex and the Army has cordoned off the whole area
Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon to be hanged as SC rejects his plea
21 Jul 2015
The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a curative petition filed by Yakub Memon, the lone convict facing death sentence in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, paving the way for his hanging on 30 July
Iran offers India expanded role in strategic port: report
18 Jul 2015
Chabahar in southeast Iran is key to India’s efforts to access and pursue its economic and security interests in landlocked Afghanistan and the Central Asian nations circumventing Pakistan
Pakistan decides to engage Kashmiri separatists: puts India on notice
14 Jul 2015
Pakistan has decided to bury the five-point roadmap for bilateral engagement with India and instead engage its detractors, Pakistan-supported separatists in Jammu and Kashmir
NSAs of India and Pakistan to meet in New Delhi
10 Jul 2015
After South China Sea, China sets sights on Indian Ocean
02 Jul 2015
China seems to be annoyed by India's move to build strategic assets in two Indian Ocean countries, Mauritius and Seychelles
Terror attacks rock France, Tunisia and Kuwait; leave 41 dead
26 Jun 2015
Terrorist attacks in a factory in France, a Shiite mosque in Kuwait City during Friday prayer, and a beach hotel in Tunisia have left 41 dead
China backs terrorist Lakhvi, blocks India’s UN move against Pakistan
23 Jun 2015
China has blocked the UN Sanctions Committee’s move to seek clarification from Pakistan on the release in the Mumbai terror mastermind, Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi, saying that India did not provide sufficient information
Seven Taliban attackers killed in suicide attack on Afghan Parliament
22 Jun 2015
The attackers triggered massive explosions and gunfire that injured at least 31 people, mostly women and children
China eyes Chittagong port via rail corridor to Bangladesh
19 Jun 2015
The Kunming-Kolkata link, a part of the China-Myanmar-Bangladesh Economic Corridor aimed at boosting trade and investment, is also aimed at providing China access to Bangladesh's Chittagong port
India asks its citizens to leave Saudi city of Najran
08 Jun 2015
India has asked its citizens in conflict-hit Saudi Arabian city of Najran bordering Yemen to leave immediately, following a missile attack on the province by Houthi rebels from Yemen
India asks its citizens to leave Saudi city of Najran
08 Jun 2015
India has asked its citizens in conflict-hit Saudi Arabian city of Najran bordering Yemen to leave immediately, following a missile attack on the province by Houthi rebels from Yemen
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