Month: February 2016

With an eye on the forthcoming assembly election, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday unveiled a draft vision document titled "Vision Assam-2030: Everything for Everyone-Achieving inclusive and Sustainable Development".   Unveiling the document at a function at the Assam Administrative Staff College, he said it envisions a transformed future for the people of Assam,

Mumbai, Feb 11 : The Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist-turned-approver David Coleman Headley here on Thursday revealed he received terror funds, which included counterfeit currency, from both the LeT and Pakistan's ISI which was used for carrying out terror-related activity in India.   Continuing his deposition via video-conferencing from a US jail before Special TADA Court Judge G.A.

New Delhi, Feb 10 : Lance Naik Hanamanthappa Koppad who miraculously survived under 35 feet of ice and snow at the avalanche-hit army post in Siachen glacier continues to be critical, army hospital authorities said here on Wednesday.   Koppad has been kept on a ventilator in the ICU at the Army Research and Referral

Bengaluru: A leopard entered a private school near Varthur here and attacked people, injuring three forest department personnel, including a veterinarian, officials said. The feline has been tranquilised after a day long operation, and the three injured persons, including a veterinarian, have been shifted to a nearby hospital, they said. It attacked a man trying

This is the first time in India that any court will be conducting the prosecution of a high-profile international terrorist via video-conferencing. But the deposition of David Coleman Headley in a Mumbai court on Monday will be more optics than substance. Headley, who played a critical role in facilitating the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai,