NEW DELHI — The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Tuesday issued an advisory to all private television channels against telecasting visuals that could aid, abet or promote unlawful activities. The advisory comes in the wake of certain television channels carrying content on making explosives in the aftermath of the recent blast near the Red […]
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ED raids against Al Falah University, linked persons in Red Fort blast case
NEW DELHI — The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday conducted simultaneous searches in Delhi-NCR against the trustees and promoters of Al Falah University of Faridabad, the varsity central to the Red Fort area car blast case, officials said. Multiple teams of the federal probe agency raided at least 25 premises of the Al Falah trust and […]
Delhi blast fallout: JKSA alleges ‘collective suspicion’ of Kashmiri students; seeks PM’s intervention
NEW DELHI — The Jammu and Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) on Monday alleged that Kashmiri students across several northern states are facing profiling, eviction and intimidation in the aftermath of the Red Fort blast in Delhi, and urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to publicly intervene to “call off the vilification” of the community. Addressing a […]
45 Indian Umrah pilgrims killed in deadly Saudi Arabia bus accident
HYDERABAD/JEDDAH — At least 45 Indians, majority of them Umrah pilgrims from Telangana capital Hyderabad, were killed in Saudi Arabia’s Madina after their bus collided with an oil tanker, officials said on Monday. Citing preliminary information, Hyderabad Police Commissioner V C Sajjanar put the toll at 45, saying a total of 54 persons from the […]
Al-Falah University under scanner
FARIDABAD — Al-Falah University and its 76-acre sprawling campus the Muslim-dominated Dhauj village in Haryana’s Faridabad district has come under the scanner following the arrest of three doctors in connection with the “white-collar terror module” and the high-intensity explosion near Delhi’s Red Fort. With educated individuals found to be “acting at the behest of Pakistan-backed […]
Red fort blast: Two cartridges, explosives among over 40 samples collected from site
NEW DELHI — Two cartridges, including a live ammunition, and samples of two different types of explosives are among more than 40 samples that have been collected by the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) team from the blast site near the Red Fort, officials said on Wednesday. Preliminary analysis suggests that one of the explosive samples […]
Shah instructs security agencies to hunt down every culprit involved in Delhi blast
NEW DELHI — Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday instructed the security agencies to hunt down each and every culprit behind the Delhi blast that claimed 12 lives. He said everyone involved will face the full wrath of security agencies. Shah said this after chairing two subsequent security review meetings which were held in […]
Delhi blast: Pulwama doctor was driving car, Amit Shah to hold review meet; FIR lodged under UAPA
NEW DELHI — Delhi Police registered an FIR on Tuesday into the blast near the Red Fort under the UAPA and conducted raids at multiple locations in the national capital as preliminary findings suggested a link to the terror module uncovered in Faridabad. Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to chair a high-level security […]
Eight killed in blast near Red Fort in New Delhi, cars gutted and several injured
NEW DELHI — A high-intensity explosion ripped through a car parked near the Red Fort metro station on Monday evening, gutting several vehicles and killing at least eight people, officials said. Twenty-four people were injured in the blast that took place on a busy evening when the area was milling with people. The injured were […]
Fire breaks out in Amritsar-Saharsa Garib Rath Express in Punjab, one injured
FATEHGARH SAHIB — A fire broke out in a coach of the Amritsar–Saharsa Garib Rath Express near Sirhind railway station on Saturday morning, officials said. According to the Railway Board, one passenger sustained minor burn injuries in the incident, the cause of which is yet to be ascertained. The fire erupted around 7:30 a.m. when […]








