An Indian national was detained at Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) for possessing six kg of gold and a huge amount of United Arab Emirates currency. Mohammad Sanud, 22, from the south Indian state of Kerala who landed in Nepal’s capital Kathmandu by a Flydubai flight Tuesday, was held for illegally bringing six gold bars […]
A 28-year-old Indian man has been sentenced to death by a court in Dubai for murdering a fellow national last year. According to Dubai Criminal Court records the defendant, identified by the initials of his name NS, had loaned the victim 8,500 dirhams (around $2300) to be paid back in three instalments, The National reported […]
The year 2014 is a “challenging” one as US troops would leave Afghanistan this year but the Indian Army is already mapping out a strategy and planning to counter any infiltration bid during the year, top army officials said Wednesday. Although 2013 was largely peaceful in Jammu and Kashmir, there were a large number of […]
Indian Mujahideen (IM) co-founder Yasin Bhatkal, allegedly involved in numerous terror attacks across the country, Wednesday complained in a court here that there is threat to his life as Tihar Jail officials are treating them “even worse than animals”. Bhatkal and his close aide Asadullah Akhtar has moved an application before District Judge I.S. Mehta […]
A Mumbai court Wednesday issued non-bailable arrest warrants against 12 more accused in the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks case in the matter of the terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and a key handler, Sayed Zabiuddin Anzari alias Abu Jundal, an official said here. All the wanted accused against whom the warrants have been issued are said […]
The Indian capital will host two back-to-back global conclaves on Afghanistan from Thursday, ahead of the drawdown of international forces this year and with the US and Afghanistan still to ink a key security agreement. The International Contact Group (ICG) on Afghanistan and Pakistan, a group of 53 countries, will meet Thursday. S.K. Lambah, the […]
Following a sexual assault on a Danish woman, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal Wednesday said he and Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung will meet Police Commissioner B.S. Bassi to analyse the cause of rapes in the capital. Kejriwal said he will also request the chief justice of India to set up more fast-track courts to ensure […]
The Supreme Court Wednesday issued notice on a law graduate’s plea to put in place a permanent mechanism to attend to the complaints of sexual harassment by both sitting and former judges at all levels of judiciary, including the apex court. The notice, returnable by Feb 14, has been issued to the centre, the secretary […]
In the wake of the worst diplomatic spat with India over the arrest of an Indian diplomat for allegedly underpaying her nanny, the White House has come out with a strategic action plan for human trafficking “victims”. The plan does not name Devyani Khobragade, India’s then consul general in New York, but it does address […]
A 51-year-old Danish woman was robbed and raped by eight men near the New Delhi railway station, police said Wednesday. The woman, who came to India Jan 1, had gone to visit a museum Tuesday morning but lost her way to her hotel in Paharganj, a tourist hub in the heart of Delhi. Around 4 […]