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Mumbai, Feb 8: Pakistani-American LeT operative David Headley wanted to fight actively in Kashmir against the Indian Army but LeT commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi stopped him, saying something more "adventurous" was in store for him. Giving details about the deposition of Headley which began at 7 AM here, Public Prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam told reporters here that the terrorist said he wanted to fight

Boston, Feb 8: Taking a jibe at the Modi government, former minister and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor has said policies like 'Make in India' and hatred cannot go together as he asserted that "outrageous" statements against minorities by ruling party members only undermine the country's soft power. To attract foreign direct investment, which is key to the construction and modernisation of the

Mumbai, Feb 8: Pakistani-American LeT operative David Headley today deposed before a court here via video-link after being made an approver in the 26/11 case and said he came to India seven times before the 2008 terror attacks and that his main contact in LeT was Sajid Mir, also an accused in the case. This is the first time that Headley deposed before the court. In his deposition through video

Mumbai, Feb 8: When Pakistani-American and Lashkar-e-Taiba agent David Coleman Headley deposes before a Mumbai court on Monday through video-conferencing in connection with the 26/11 terror attacks of Mumbai, it would be the first time in the judicial history of India that a man would give evidence on an act of terror from foreign soil. “This is very important in the judicial history of India,”

New Delhi, Feb 6: As many as 74 drugs, including life saving ones used for treating cancer and HIV, will see sharp rise in prices as the government has withdrawn customs duty exemption on their imports. The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) last week issued a notification withdrawing exemption of levy of basic customs duty on as many as 74 drugs. The medicines on which customs duty will

New Delhi, Feb 6: A hoax call about a bomb threat may soon lead to life imprisonment as the authorities consider invoking the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against Safety of Civil Aviation Act. Airports across India, including Delhi, receive threat calls almost every day and passengers often miss their connecting flights and lose their baggage in the chaos caused by flight delays. The Bureau of

Hyderabad, Feb 6: The ruling TRS saw today's results in Hyderabad municipal elections that gave it a spectacular victory and majority in the 150-member civic body as a vote of confidence in the leadership of Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao (KCR). "Basically, our work is reaching the people...", TRS leader and KCR's daughter, Kalvakuntla Kavitha, who is also Lok Sabha member from Nizamabad, said

Moran (Assam), Feb 5: Singling out the Sonia Gandhi family, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today accused the Congress President and her son Rahul Gandhi of disrupting Parliament to avenge defeat in 2014 Lok Sabha polls and hence blocking the passage of bills aimed at benefitting the poor. Addressing tea garden workers in this poll-bound state of Assam, Modi alleged that "one family" was indulging in

Dibrugarh, Feb 5: Seeking to create more jobs, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today called for value-addition of natural resources and creation of ancillary units that will help reduce imports as well as generate employment. Inaugurating a Rs 10,000-crore petrochemical plant that will make raw material for manufacturing plastic and a wax making unit at an oil refinery here, Modi said his government

New Delhi, Feb 5: Business associates of Anar Jayesh Patel, 45, daughter of Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel, own a company that's sitting on 400 acres of land near the Gir lion sanctuary in the state —and 250 acres of that land was given to that company at an official rate of Rs 15 per square metre. Anar Patel describes herself as a social worker and an entrepreneur. Filings with the