GOA: At least 23 people died and 50 were injured after a fire tore through a popular nightclub in North Goa’s Arpora village late on Saturday night, officials said. Most of the victims were staff members working at the venue. Goa’s police chief Alok Kumar told news agency PTI that the blaze was triggered by…
NEW DELHI: A Delhi court on Thursday remanded four accused in the Red Fort blast case to 10 days of NIA custody. The agency identified them as Dr Muzammil Shakeel Ganai of Pulwama, Dr Adeel Ahmed Rather, a Saharanpur-based practitioner originally from Anantnag, Dr Shaheen Saeed of Lucknow, and Mufti Irfan Ahmad Wagay of Shopian….
AIMIM supremo Asaduddin Owaisi (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: AIMIM supremo Asaduddin Owaisi on Wednesday reacted sharply to a widely shared video of Delhi car-blast suicide bomber Umar Nabi. Condemning the clip, the Hyderabad MP said, “Suicide is haram in Islam” and added that “killing of innocents is a grave sin.“Posting on X, Owaisi wrote: “There…
A powerful explosion rocked Nowgam police station in Srinagar, prompting an immediate response from a hospital guard and cook who rushed wounded officers to Ujala Cygnus Hospital. The medical team treated 23 casualties, showcasing their preparedness for mass-casualty events. The hospital manager highlighted the bravery of the initial responders. SRINAGAR: A thunderclap of fire, concrete,…
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday arrested Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui, the founder of Al Falah University, which came under scrutiny after the alleged involvement of three of its MBBS course professors in a terror module behind the i20 car blast near Delhi’s Red Fort on November 10. Siddiqui, Chairman of Al Falah group,…
Shehzad Poonawalla (ANI image) NEW DELHI: BJP spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla on Tuesday launched a sharp attack on the Congress after its MP Imran Masood referred to suicide bomber Umar Un Nabi as a “misguided youth”.Accusing the Opposition party of prioritising “vote bank niti over rashtra niti”, he said the Congress had repeatedly attempted to soften…
SRINAGAR: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) announced Monday the arrest of a Kashmiri college student from Srinagar linked to Delhi suicide bomber Dr Umar Un Nabi, hours after the suspect’s father died in hospital of burns suffered in a purported immolation attempt outside their home in Anantnag district’s Qazigund.Jasir Bilal Wani, aka Danish, had been…
NEW DELHI: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested another key associate of the terrorist involved in the car blast near Red Fort in New Delhi on November 10. “Active co-conspirator” Jasir Bilal Wani alias Danish, a Kashmir resident, was arrested from Srinagar in Jammu & Kashmir by an NIA team that was in…
Army chief Upendra Dwivedi (PTI photo) NEW DELHI: Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Monday delivered a strong message to Pakistan and terror outfits operating from its soil, declaring that India’s recent counterterror offensive, Operation Sindoor, was “just a trailer” and that the country is fully prepared for future challenges.His clear warning to Pakistan comes…
NEW DELHI: The NIA has arrested a Kashmiri resident who had conspired with suicide bomber Umar Un Nabi to carry out the suicide blast at Red Fort last Monday.Amir Rashid Ali, a resident of Samboora, Pampore, in whose name the car involved in the attack was registered, was arrested in Delhi.“Amir had come to Delhi…