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Nine years after five terrorists hijacked Indian Airlines flight IC-814 to secure release of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Maulana Masood Azhar and two others, a special court in Patiala on Tuesday sentenced the three people to life imprisonment for providing logistical support to the terrorist. Today`s judgement comes when the masterminds behind the hijacking as well as the terrorists freed as ransom continue to walk free.

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has threatened not to allow trains coming from north India in Maharashtra if the north Indian leaders do not refrain from allegedly “provocative” speeches. MNS leader Vasant Gite accused north Indian leaders of being responsible for the ongoing problems in Mumbai and other parts of the state with their speeches and actions.

Warning that the April 10 Constituent Assembly election will not be possible unless the Madhesi issue is resolved through dialogue, India has asked the Nepalese government and the agitating groups to pursue “give and take” policy to ensure a “reasonably free and fair” vote.

The Advertising Standard Council
of India is likely to come up with self-regulatory guidelines
for automotive industry to check advertisements showing
dangerous and negligent driving by May this year.

The US intelligence believes that
Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Tayyaba(LeT) and Kashmir-focussed
insurgent groups will continue to plan and execute “attacks”
in India.

Arunachal Pradesh Governor J J Singh on Tuesday said there was “no interference” from the Chinese side in the border state and government was taking necessary steps to ensure national security interest.

With more and more scientists
invoking their Right To Information to settle disputes mostly
emerging out of their professional dissatisfaction, the
Central Information Commission (CIC) has asked the
intellectual class to refrain from misusing the transparency
law.

India on Tuesday said countries in
the Asian region should build strong channels of communication
between their defence establishments and share intelligence on
terror groups which will prove to be an effective bulwark
against spread of terrorism and other forms of conflict.

Though the SC did not approve of the dropping of the national anthem due to presence of foreign dignitaries, it chastised the complainant for dramatising the case.

UP CM Mayawati ranks 19th in the all-India individual taxpayers’ category, behind Shah Rukh Khan but far ahead of Sachin Tendulkar, who is a distant 85th.

The Suzuki car will sport a 660cc engine - as against Nano’s 623cc - and wear a tag of around Rs 1.5 lakh on road. The little car could hit the market by the end of 2008.

The state government fears retaliatory violence if Raj Thackeray is arrested. The police have been asked to be ready with a plan to counter violence if the arrest is made.

Rains played spoilsport again as the second ODI of the CB series between India and Sri Lanka was abandoned at the Gabba. Both the teams shared two points each.

Police said that 59 activists from Maharashtra Navnirman Sena and Samajwadi Party have been arrested for violent incidents across Mumbai.

Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh said the Maharashtra government is not taking action against Maharashtra Navnirman Sena for triggering violence in Mumbai.

The company said about 500 people resigned voluntarily after being asked to look for another job, as they failed to meet the performance requirements.

In the wake of Home Ministry’s warning that ISI had “tasked” Dawood with a mission to assassinate Advani, BJP on Tuesday postponed ten public rallies by him.

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena has threatened not to allow trains coming from north India to the state if the leaders from that region continue “provocative” speeches.

Highly-skilled Indian migrants rejected claims by the UK government that its changes to visa rules were not retrospective and that it promised migrants the right to settle.

Women, facing harassment anywhere, can straightaway write to the SC and their letter would be entertained as a PIL, new eligibility guidelines by the top court said.

In one of the first cases of its kind, a Nagpur court awarded one-year simple imprisonment to Shankar Balram Chelani for sending a vulgar SMS to a woman.

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, who introduced the West to transcendental meditation, has died at his home in the Dutch town of Vlodrop.

Notwithstanding a case of criminal intimidation against him, Raj Thackeray showed up at the wedding reception of Mumbai Police Commissioner DN Jadhav’s daughter.

Until last week, every public offer came with a ’subscribe’ tag. But not anymore.

International Business Machines Corp said on Tuesday it had launched a new centre in India to meet robust global demand for outsourcing.

Britney Spears’ next child custody court date has been pushed back to February 19 due to her latest hospitalisation, according to a Los Angeles court.

In an interview, the Duke of York said the aftermath of the Iraq war had left Britons with a “healthy skepticism” towards what is said in Washington.

Negotiators for Hollywood studios and striking writers have agreed to terms of a new contract that could be presented to union leaders in days and, if approved, end their three-month-old labor clash later this week.

Democrat Hillary Clinton said on Monday she would be wearing the pants in the White House and not her husband, former president Bill, if she is elected in November.

Pope Benedict has ordered changes to a Latin prayer for Jews at Good Friday services by traditionalist Catholics, deleting a reference to their “blindness” over Christ, the Vatican said on Tuesday.