A special TADA court on Friday convicted 1993 Mumbai serial blasts accused Abu Salem under the charge of criminal conspiracy. Co-accused Firoz Khan, Mustafa Dossa, Abdul Rashid Khan, Tahir Merchant and Karimullah Shaikh were also convicted. Abdul Qayyum Ansari has been acquitted. The trial involved seven accused, including gangster Abu Salem. The attack left 257 people dead, 713 seriously injured […]
» Read moreSeveral people have died and over 50 people have been hospitalized after a huge fire ripped through a 24-storey London apartment block early on Wednesday, according to emergency services. Firefighters were alerted to the blaze at Grenfell Tower, an apartment block located in the neighbourhood of Kensington, shortly after Tuesday midnight, reports Efe news. London Fire Commissioner Dany Cotton said […]
» Read moreEnforcement Directorate has filed a chargesheet against liquor baron Vijay Mallya today in the Rs 900-crore IDBI Bank loan default case. The Enforcement Directorate had earlier hinted that it would able to file the chargesheet against Vijay Mallya under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) by early June. The investigating agency believes that the chargesheet will make the Mallya […]
» Read moreAn undersea earthquake measuring 7 magnitude struck off Mexico’s southwest Pacific coast on Wednesday, said the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center. The Hawaii-based center said that based on available data there was no tsunami threat from the quake off the Chiapas state coast.
» Read moreA special court has reserved for July 31 orders on framing of charges against a private firm, its two directors and another person in a case of alleged irregularities in the allocation of the Dhadhu coal block in Jharkhand. The CBI is prosecuting Pawanjay Steel and Power Limited (PSPL), its two directors, Gyanchand Prasad Agarwal and Umesh Prasad Agarwal, and […]
» Read morePrime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the United States on June 25-26. This will be his fifth trip to the U.S. in three years and his first in 2017. Mr. Modi is expected to meet U.S. President Donald Trump on June 26 and hold talks. He will meet Mr. Trump both one-on-one and with a delegation.
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