National News

Jammu, Nov 24 (PTI) National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah today said countries across the world, including the US and China, are working silently for bringing peace to Jammu and Kashmir, a "battleground of terrorism".

New Delhi, Nov 24 (PTI) Twelve people, accused of rioting after barging into the Sri Lankan High Commission here last month to protest against plight of Indian fishermen and Tamils in the island nation, were today granted bail by a Delhi court.

Jalandhar, Nov 24 (PTI) The Dal Khalsa today appealed to the Centre to take strict action against those, including the top brass of the BJP, who have been held responsible by the Liberhan Commission for the demolition of Babri Masjid.

Lucknow, Nov 24 (PTI) Former Additional Solicitor General R K Trivedi today said the indictment of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee by the Liberhan Commission was "legally wrong".

Sirsa (Haryana), Nov 24 (PTI) Pandemonium prevailed during Haryana Congress workers meeting held at Congress Bhawan here today and chinks in the ranks of the party came to the fore.

New Delhi, Nov 24 (PTI) The environment department of Delhi Government has won the 'Indira Priyadarshini Vrikshmitra' award for its efforts to enhance the green cover in the national capital.

Amritsar, Nov 24 (PTI) The Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) will announce its new president tomorrow, even as incumbent Avtar Singh Makkar is likely to get another one-year term as the head of the religious body.

Kurukshetra, Nov 24 (PTI) Haryana Governor Jagannath Pahadia along with Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today inaugurated the five-day Kurukshetra Utsav.

Jaipur, Nov 24 (PTI) As part of the drive to inject young talent into the party, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi today embarked on a two-day tour of Rajasthan urging youths to join politics.

The US investigators have zeroed in on a Pakistani national who is suspected to be a key link between LeT operatives David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana about whom India is expected to know in a week whether they were involved in Mumbai attacks.

Tracing new links to the Mumbai carnage, a Pakistani father-son duo were today arrested from Italy for allegedly managing money transfer to finance phone communications of the attackers following leads from Indian and US investigators.

Taking exception to the way parole was granted to Jessica Lall murder case convict Manu Sharma, the Delhi High Court on Friday pulled up the city government for giving preferential treatment to convicts having high connections.

American terror suspect David Headley visited the 'Osho Ashram' here twice during 2008-2009, a top police official said today.

Terming the money laundering charges against him as a 'political conspiracy', former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda today said he would cooperate with the probe into them and would quit politics if they were proved to be correct.

Continuing its agitation for the 'sons of the soil' cause, Raj Thackeray-led MNS has written a letter to State Bank of India (SBI) to give priority to locals while recruiting.

The Maoists are ready for a ceasefire with the government, but they will not accept Centre's demand to abjure violence, top Maoist leader Kishenji said today.

Washington, Nov 10 (PTI): A team of Indian intelligence officials left the US disappointed after a week-long stay here as they could not question American national David Coleman Headley, arrested by the FBI on charges of plotting a major terror attack in India at the behest of Pakistan-based LeT.

Reaching out to Pakistan for the third consecutive day, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said India wishes to resolve all outstanding issues with it and all other neighbours through dialogue and spirit of partnership overcoming the "areas of difficulties".

Barring an incident of firing by naxalites in Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra, polling was Tuesday by and large peaceful in India's western state, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh with low to moderate turnout being reported in the first few hours.

Maoists today blew up a stretch of railway track and set ablaze three trucks in Jharkhand as they began their two-day Jharkhand-Bihar shutdown in protest against what they alleged the Centre's effort to put down the CPI(Maoists) movement by force.