New Delhi: At 3:15 pm on February 14, 2019, Jammu & Kashmir witnessed its worst terror attack ever since terrorism showed its ugly face in 1989 when a suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden SUV into a CRPF bus on the Srinagar-Jammu highway in Pulwama district, killing 40 CRPF troopers and leaving India and its security establishment…
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1 killed, 5 injured in shooting on Greyhound bus heading from LA to San Francisco Bay Area
LEBEC, California: A gunman killed one passenger and wounded five others on a Greyhound bus traveling from Los Angeles to the San Francisco Bay Area early Monday morning, the California Highway Patrol said. The shooting happened at about 1.20 am as the bus was on the Grapevine section of Interstate 5 high in the mountains…
Jamia firing: Two gunmen fire shots near gate 5 of university, third attack in area
Three days after a Noida youth opened fire at protests in Delhi’s Jamia Milia Islamia, unidentified gunmen once again fired shots around the university. According to reports, the incident of firing was reported near Gate number 5 of Jamia Millia Islamia. Locals say two men came on a scooty and fired shots in the air…
From Yakub Memom to Afzal Guru: Here is what their last wish was before they were hanged
New Delhi, Jan 23: The killers of Nirbhaya are yet to make a last wish, before they are executed. Their execution has been slated for February 1. The authorities at the Tihar jail said that they are yet to hear back from the four convicts about their last wish. Once they give it in writing, the…
Minor girl gang-raped by 3 men in outskirts of Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Patancheru police on Thursday arrested three people for charges of allegedly gang-raping a minor girl at Chitrapuri colony of Ameenpur in Patancheru Mandal. According to Hans News Service, the offenders first kidnapped the girl in a car while she was visiting a local store and they took her to a remote place near Vani Nagar…
Jaish-e-Mohammad planning to execute terror attacks in Ayodhya, reveal intelligence agencies
Banned terror group Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) is planning terror attacks in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya, according to intelligence agencies. Sources told Zee Media that a message of JeM chief Maulana Masood Azhar has been intercepted by intelligence agencies and the message sent via chatting app Telegram has revealed that Pakistan-based terror group is planning to execute attacks in Ayodhya. It is to be noted that Telegram is widely used by JeM and other terror groups for communication.
Woman Confesses Killing Cop Husband Before Haryana Minister, Case Registered
Ambala: A woman here handed over a letter to Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij, “confessing” she killed her police officer-husband two and a half years back and saying that she wanted to be hanged for the crime, officials said on Tuesday.
Nirbhaya case: Supreme Court rejects review plea of rape convict Akshay Kumar Singh
The Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the review petition filed by Akshay Kumar Singh in the 2012 Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case. Akshay Singh is one of six accused in the case. Of the total, prime accused Ram Singh had committed suicide in the Tihar jail during the trial of the case. Another accused in the matter was a minor and had appeared before a juvenile justice court.
Unnao rape case verdict: Ex-BJP MLA Kuldeep Sengar found guilty by Delhi court
A Delhi court Monday pronounced Kuldeep Sengar guilty of kidnapping and raping of a minor in Unnao in 2017. District and Sessions Judge Dharmesh Sharma, who reserved the judgment last week, had been hearing the case on a day-to-day basis since August 5 after it was transferred from a court in Lucknow on the Supreme…
7th anniversary of Nirbhaya case: A look at death penalties in India
As calls for hanging the rapists intensifies on the 7th anniversary of the gruesome Nirbhaya rape-and-murder case, there is a need to have a look at India’s record on death penalties to convicts and their execution. The Supreme court, which had on July 9 last year, dismissed the review pleas filed by three convicts in the case, is scheduled to hear a review of plea of one of the death-row convicts on December 17.
