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CNews Agartala, Oct 01: At least 4 persons died and over 50 were injured in five blasts at three places of Agartala town on Wednesday evening. Central intelligence agencies had on September 25 warned the north-eastern states of an impending terror attack and BSF officials here confirmed having received the input. Five blasts took place in the Agartala town and it being the eve of Eid and the on-going Navratri festival, the areas were crowded- thronged by innocent civilians out to celebrate. Reports suggest the first blast took place at 7.30 pm, the second at 7.35 pm in MG Bazaar of Radhanagar while the third occurred at 8.15 pm. 2 blasts occurred at a bus stand while one in a local market. Police sources, quoting eyewitnesses, said two persons riding a motorcycle were seen moving suspiciously at Radhanagar bus stand and the blast took place there two to three minutes after they left the area. He said it would be too early to point fingers at anybody. Bangladeshi terrorists are active i...

CNews ISLAMABAD: Polling continued for general elections on Monday as 10 persons were killed and several injured in incidents of violence.The polling process in most of the constituencies continued peacefully as incidents of violence reported in several areas, which claimed 10 lives including a union council nazim and a woman. The woman was killed in exchange of fire between political workers in Gujrat, while a union council nazim was killed in firing in Toba Tek Singh. The polling was suspended after killing of an activist of Muslim League (N) in NA-112 of Sialkot.

CNews NEW DELHI: A private television news network broadcast footage of men accused of taking part in deadly Gujarat riots in 2002 apparently admitting that the Hindu-ruled local government supported violence against Muslims.India Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadev has demanded the arrest of former Chief Minister Gujarat Naredndra Singh Modi whereas Congress said that the report has proved that the incidents were a planned massacre. The tv network Thursday showed secretly recorded interviews by a news magazine with several people it identified as right-wing Hindus.The video interviews show several men reportedly boasting about their role in the widespread killings and referring to the involvement of police and tacit support of politicians.At least 2,000 people, mostly Muslims, were killed after a Muslim mob was accused of torching a train, burning 59 Hindus alive.The footage shows a man reportedly admitting to slitting a pregnant woman's stomach and bringing out the foetus with a s...

India's main opposition party has dismissed claims that its government in the state of Gujarat supported violence against Muslims in 2002. The allegations against the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were made in secret video recordings by the Tehelka magazine. They have also been broadcast on local television. The BJP has described the allegations as a conspiracy hatched by India's governing Congress party. Elections are due in Gujarat next month. 'Election stunt' According to official figures, more than 1,000 people, mostly Muslims, died in the 2002 riots. Independent groups placed the figure closer to 2,000.A spokesman for the BJP, Prakash Javdekar, described the Tehelka report as an election stunt stage-managed by Congress. He said it was a sting operation based on rumours and hearsay. In the secret video footage, apparently filmed over six months, several hardline Hindu politicians, mostly belonging to the BJP, are seen describing how they carried out...

CNews NEW DELHI: The Indian media has claimed that its investigation into 2002 post Godhra riots in Gujarat has found that the massacre of Muslims were carried out in full knowledge and sanction of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi. The six-month long "investigation brings confirmation that the Gujarat murder of Muslims was not a spontaneous swell of anger, but a planned genocide strategized and executed by top functionaries of the RSS, the VHP, the Bajrang Dal and the state authorities, with the knowledge and sanction of Chief Minister Narendra Modi," the media said. The media quoted a BJP MLA, who said that he was present in the meeting in which Modi gave them "three days' time to do whatever they wanted. "He had given us three days time to do whatever we could. He said he would not give us time after that...He said this openly," the MLA was quoted as saying. After three days "he (Modi) asked us to stop and everything came to a halt," Haresh ...