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Purohit planned Israel-based Hindu govt-in-exile, support from Thai contacts: ATS chargesheet today

Tuesday 20 January '09

The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad chargesheet in the Malegaon blast case claims that as per statements from the accused the town was singled out for the blast as “it was the ideal place where the Muslim community crowd...
A free run

Thursday 1 January '09

Four years ago, when 17-year-old Angad Dugal took a few steps in his garden, his family saw it as a big leap of faith....
Tough measures on anvil to plug loopholes in coastal security

Saturday 27 December '08

After the 26/11, the coastal security agencies have geared up to take stringent measures to ensure that another Kuber is not repeated.
In the Malegaon net

Saturday 27 December '08

It's been a month since their chief Hemant Karkare was killed in the Mumbai attacks. A month in which the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad...
DNA profiles ready of nine terrorists, including Kasab

Tuesday 23 December '08

The state Forensic Science Laboratory at Kalina in Mumbai has prepared the DNA profiles of nine terrorists...
Wrong start with wrong squad

Thursday 18 December '08

Three weeks after Mumbai’s darkest hours, as a government inquiry is conducted into the response of authorities to the 26/11 attacks, Newsline launches a series that evaluates the performance of each arm of the state.
Quick response to live up to name, whatever the obstacles on the way

Monday 8 December '08

Constable Tarun Raj (name changed) will never forget the press photographer he met soon after firing began at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus.
Journalist’s Taj Palace story, from up close

Sunday 30 November '08

Journalist Bhisham Mansukhani changed his mind at the last minute and lived to tell what unfolded before him on the fateful night of November 26...
‘He was a rare combination of humility and high thinking’

Sunday 30 November '08

Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad chief Hemant Karkare, killed leading the battle against terrorists in Mumbai, was given a state funeral...
Identity crisis

Sunday 30 November '08

A 19-page document, called the seaman’s identity card, used by mechanised boats in India, allows holders to enter and exit foreign ports without any other supporting document.
Scars of September 29

Wednesday 19 November '08

The only photograph that Sayyed Azhar (18) took of himself was for a school I-card in his early teens.
Bhonsala officials questioned by ATS quit

Thursday 13 November '08

The commandant and a clerk of the Bhonsala Military School in Nashik, who were questioned by the state Anti-Terrorism Squad...
Malegaon probe: ATS to question a 'VVIP' in UP

Tuesday 11 November '08

A Nashik court allowed ATS to question a 'very very high profile' person from UP in connection with Sept 29 Malegaon blast probe.
More detained as Purohit probe spreads to blast in Nanded 2006

Saturday 8 November '08

While the Maharashtra ATS intensified the hunt for two persons who planted bombs, Ramji Kalsangra and his accomplice Samir Dange, they detained at least two people allegedly involved in the Malegaon blasts.
‘Funding, logistics’: Serving Army officer arrested for Malegaon

Thursday 6 November '08

The Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad today arrested serving officer Lt Col Prasad Shrikanth Purohit...
Malegaon: 3 more arrests, ATS claims witness ‘heard’ Sadhvi discuss blast, killing

Tuesday 4 November '08

The Maharashtra Anti Terrorism Squad today arrested three more in the Malegaon blast case...
Malegaon net spreads to UP, another ex-Army man wanted

Tuesday 28 October '08

The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad, which today secured the permission of a court to conduct narco-analysis...
Hindu group behind Malegaon blast: Police

Thursday 23 October '08

Maharashtra police are said to have cracked the Sept 29 bomb blasts in Malegaon and Modasa town in neighbouring Gujarat.
The Network Spread

Friday 10 October '08

'93 ONCE MORE: TERROR VIA UNDERWORLD Investigation shows interface between members of the Indian Mujahideen, Fazl-ur-Rehman gang
New face of terror: Educated and professionals

Tuesday 7 October '08

Arrest of 15 more men by Mumbai police in connection with bomb blasts across the country and the busting of the 'media wing' of the Indian Mujahideen has laid bare a network of 'educated men from respectable families', some of them with 'highly paid salaries'
15 news faces of terror: all educated men, some with highly-paid jobs

Tuesday 7 October '08

The arrest of 15 more men by Mumbai Police in connection with a string of bomb blasts across the country and the busting of the “media wing” of the Indian Mujahideen had laid bare a network of “educated men from respectable families”...
Mumbai arrests expose new face of terror: educated, professionals

Tuesday 7 October '08

The arrest of 15 more men by the Mumbai police in connection with a string of bomb blasts across the country and the busting of the “media wing...
'They said we split India, then called us communal'

Friday 3 October '08

A community which can place you on a pedestal can also take out your funeral procession, one of Malegaon’s most prominent clerics said.
They said we split India, then called us communal, now terrorists: Imam at Malegaon Eid

Friday 3 October '08

Two days after a bomb blast killed five Muslims in Maharashtra’s communally sensitive town of Malegaon and briefly sparked mob violence...
Malegaon: Officers revisit areas of ’06 blast arrests

Friday 3 October '08

Yet to achieve a breakthrough in investigations into Monday night’s blast in Malegaon...
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