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New Delhi, Mar 26: Former Research and Analysis Wing chief AK Verma on Friday rubbished Pakistan's claim that they have arrested an Indian intelligence operative from Quetta, saying that Islamabad is fabricating a tale to back its allegations of India brewing unrest in Balochistan. Verma said that Pakistan does not have enough evidence to substantiate its claim that the arrested individual was

Islamabad/New Delhi, Mar 25: A former Indian Navy officer has been arrested in Pakistan for alleged involvement in 'subversive' activities in Balochistan, but India quickly distanced itself from him by stating that he had no link with the government since his "premature retirement" from the navy. Kul Yadav Bhushan, described by Pakistan as a Commander- rank officer of the Indian Navy working for

Jammu, Mar 25: The BJP on Friday elected Nirmal Singh as its leader in the Jammu and Kashmir assembly and nominated him for the deputy chief minister’s post in the new PDP-BJP alliance government to be headed by PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti. Speaking after BJP legislators met here, state BJP president Sat Pal Sharma said: “The BJP legislature party has elected Nirmal Singh as its leader and nominated

Mumbai, Mar 25: Yousuf Raza Gilani, who was Pakistan's Prime Minister in 2008, had visited David Coleman Headley's home within weeks after the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, the Lashkar terrorist told a Mumbai court today, giving a new twist to his testimony. "It is not correct to say that the then Prime Minister of Pakistan--Yousuf Raza Gilani-- had attended the funeral of my father who passed away

Mumbai, Mar 25: Pakistani-American LeT terrorist-turned-approver David Coleman Headley said here on Friday that he nursed a hatred towards India and Indians since December 1971 when his school was bombed by Indian fighter planes during India-Pakistan war which saw the creation of Bangladesh. "I have this hatred... towards India since 7 December, 1971... When Indian planes had bombed my school

New Delhi, Mar 25: A Jet Airways aircraft carrying 242 persons including 28 crew members, who were stranded in Belgian capital Brussels following the deadly terror attack on airport and metro station, arrived here from Amsterdam Friday morning. The flight landed at the Indira Gandhi airport here at around 5:30, a Jet Airways spokesperson said. The flight had 214 passengers and 28 crew members, the

Srinagar, Mar 24: Mehbooba Mufti was today unanimously elected as PDP legislature party leader, with a senior leader saying that she is the PDP nominee for the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister's post. The 56-year-old PDP President was elected the leader of the legislature party at a meeting of PDP MLAs, MLCs and MPs at her residence in high-security Gupkar here this evening. Mehbooba is PDP's

Hyderabad, Mar 24: The non-teaching staff of Hyderabad Central University (HCU), who had gone on a strike protesting vandalisation of VC's lodge on March 22 allegedly by a group of students, resumed their duties today as the situation on the campus remained peaceful. Members of HCU Non-Teaching Staff Union had boycotted duties from Tuesday afternoon protesting ransacking of Vice Chancellor Appa

Mumbai, Mar 24: Pakistani-American terrorist David Headley, convicted in the US for his role in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, today told a court here that terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) wanted to eliminate Bal Thackeray but the person who was assigned the job to kill the late Shiv Sena chief was arrested. The 55-year-old, who has turned approver in the terror case, disclosed this fact during a

Pune, Mar 24: Amidst drama at Fergusson College over the purported raising of anti-national slogans, an NCP MLA was allegedly manhandled on Wednwesday on its campus as a clash broke out between workers of his party and ABVP supporters. A day after heated exchanges there between ABVP activists and students affiliated to Left organisations, NCP legislator Jitendra Awhad was allegedly manhandled on