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New Delhi, Jul 28: Amid debate over whether Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon should be hanged, late A P J Abdul Kalam had supported abolition of capital punishment saying that as President of India, he felt pain in deciding on such cases as most of them had "social and economic bias". Kalam had recently responded to a Law Commission consultation paper on capital punishment and was one of

New Delhi, July 28: The funeral of late former President A P J Abdul Kalam will be held in Rameswaram, his birth place in Tamil Nadu, on July 30 with full military honours. Home Ministry sources said Kalam would be given a state funeral and the last rites would be held at 11 AM on Thursday. The funeral will be held in Rameswaram in accordance with the wishes of the family of Kalam, whose elder

Guwahati, Jul 28: The body of former President APJ Abdul Kalam, who died in Shillong last evening, was carried to New Delhi early this morning by a special aircraft from here, as senior leaders and a host of officials joined in paying tribute to the country's 'missile man'. Last respects were paid to the late former President at the tarmac of the Lokapriya Gopinath Borodoloi International Airport

New Delhi, Jul 27: The gunbattle between terrorists and the Punjab Police in Gurdaspur district, which stretched for over 10 hours, came to an end at around 5:30 p.m. Police officials confirmed that four policemen, including an SP rank officer, and three civilians were killed in the attack. “Ruk ruk key fire aaraha hai [the gun shots are coming irregularly],” Salwinder Singh, the Superintendent of

New Delhi, Jul 27: The entire nation should speak in one voice and no party should indulge in politics over the terror attack in Punjab, union minister Venkaiah Naidu said here on Monday. "On the issues of terrorism, the entire nation should speak in one voice," Naidu said. Slamming the Congress, the urban development minister said, "It is unfortunate that a party like the Congress has started

New Delhi, Jul 27: India tightened security on the border with Pakistan on Monday after heavily armed men stormed a police station at Dinanagar town in Gurdaspur district of Punjab, killing five people and wounding seven. Armed police were exchanging fire with the gunmen, who were holed up in the police station, officials said. Counter-terrorism teams were on their way to the scene, the government

New Delhi, Jul 27: The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on a petition by the Karnataka government challenging the state high court verdict acquitting her and three others in a disproportionate assets case. An apex court bench headed by Justice P.C Ghose also issued notice returnable in eight weeks on the petition by DMK leader K. Anbazhagan and BJP

Gurdaspur, Jul 27: In the first major terror strike in Punjab in eight years, heavily-armed militants in army uniform today sprayed bullets on a moving bus and stormed a police station, killing six persons, including an SP, and injuring eight others in Gurdaspur bordering Pakistan. One militant was killed and another seriously injured in the gunbattle with security forces that stretched for over

New Delhi, Jul 26: The BJP on Sunday said efforts were being made to give a communal colour to the death penalty given to Yakub Menon, convicted in the Mumbai blast case, and asked people not to question the court verdict. "Every court has upheld the decision of giving the death penalty to Yakub Menon. After more than 20 years, there is now a sense of closure. But even now, people are playing

New Delhi, Jul 26: Social activist Anna Hazare on Sunday voiced his support to ex-servicemen protesting here over non-implementation of the One Rank One Pension scheme. "Assurances from the government are not enough. We need implementation of the scheme," Hazare told the 'Run for OROP' event here, organised by retired soldiers. He also attacked the Narendra Modi government, saying many promises