India

New Delhi, Jan 11: The suspension of veteran lawyer Ram Jethmalani from the BJP, for daring the party to act against him on the issue of appointment of CBI director, may be revoked. Indications to this effect were available after Jethmalani met senior leader L K Advani and BJP chief Nitin Gadkari this morning. Jethmalani was also vocal on the resignation of Gadkari as BJP president in the wake of

Islamabad, Jan 11: Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed, accused of masterminding the 2008 Mumbai massacre, said India was trying to destabilise Pakistan and predicted violence in Kashmir region could get "ugly". "We do not want any force to be used or any military operation for this. But the Indians are opting for the other alternative," Saeed said in an interview on Friday. Saeed founded Lashkar

Ballia, Jan 11: The family of the 23-year-old Delhi gang-rape victim today rued that Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi did not come to meet them or even call them up. "We are sad that Rahul, who is known for visiting people in distress, did not come to meet us. He even did not make a call," the brother of the girl said here. He said that when the body of her sister was brought from Singapore

New Delhi, Jan 11: The gang of men charged with the rape and murder of a physiotherapy student deliberately tried to find a woman to rape and kill and ended the night with blood on their clothes, a police report seen by Reuters said. Five men, along with a teenager who says he is under 18, gathered for dinner at a dwelling in a south Delhi slum on the evening of December 16 and there hatched the

New Delhi, Jan 11: The Supreme Court today said "there is no safety in Delhi" and that judges are "concerned about providing a safe environment for women to live with dignity." The remarks were made as the court asked the government to respond to a request that asks for the licence of a chartered bus to be cancelled if it violates any traffic law or provision of the Motor Vehicles Act. Last month

New Delhi, Jan 11: The government on Thursday rejected Pakistan’s suggestion that the UN should be asked to probe allegations that Pakistani troops killed and beheaded two Indian soldiers in Jammu and Kashmir. “That demand is rejected out of hand. We will not internationalise the issue nor go to the United Nations,” Finance Minister P Chidambaram told reporters after a cabinet meeting. “It was a

New Delhi, Jan 11: One of five men charged with the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student said police tortured him in custody and he and at least three of his co-defendants say they are innocent, lawyers said on Thursday. The five accused arrived in court for a closed hearing with their faces covered by scarves, and accompanied for the first time by defence lawyers. The woman

Islamabad, Jan 10: Indian troops killed a Pakistani soldier on Thursday in the disputed region of Kashmir, the Pakistani army said, as the nuclear-armed neighbors traded blame over a string of attacks. The soldier was killed by "unprovoked" Indian fire while manning a post in the Battal sector of Kashmir, which is split between the two sides by a heavily fortified border known as the Line of

Ranchi, Jan 10: Maoists cut open the stomach of a dead trooper to plant a bomb inside which was defused after doctors conducting an autopsy raised an alarm, police said Thursday. Eleven Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were killed Tuesday in an ambush by Maoists in Latehar district, 110 km from here. The bodies of four men were recovered only Wednesday. When the bodies were taken to

United Nations, Jan 10: The UN has asked India and Pakistan to de-escalate tension through dialogue and respect the ceasefire along the Line of Control, in the wake of the killing of two Indian soldiers during an attack by Pakistani troops. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon's spokesperson Martin Nesirky told reporters here that,"the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) is