NEW DELHI: The CBI on Friday examined Air Marshal JS Gujral — former Indian Air Force (IAF) deputy chief — in connection with the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam. The agency sources say that Gujral was examined as a witness in the case to understand the procurement process of the VVIP helicopters by the IAF as deputy IAF. The agency is close to filing a chargesheet against former IAF chief SP Tyagi in the AgustaWestland scam.

NEW DELHI: An NIA special court has gagged media from reporting on investigations and interrogation details of Indian Mujahideen operatives Ahmed Siddibappa alias Yasin Bhatkal and Asadullah Akhtar in connection with the Hyderabad blasts case. The special court in Hyderabad has directed print and electronic media not to publish any proceedings of these cases without prior permission of the court.

NEW DELHI: Unravelling the ISI's direct "handling" of Indian Mujahideen (IM), arrested IM mastermind Yasin Bhatkal has told NIA how the Pakistani spy agency takes care of funding, training and resources for attacks in India, besides zeroing in on the places to be targeted. The execution of terror strikes, however, is left almost entirely to IM.

SRINAGAR: Two militants were killed by the Indian Army in Kupwara district of Kashmir on Friday morning, where the Army foiled an infiltration bid.

The world's population will rise to 9.7 billion in 2050 from the current level of 7.1 billion and India will overtake China as the world's most populous nation, a French study said on Wednesday.

 JAMMU: Pakistani troops fired at Indian positions on the line of control (LoC) in Mendhar sector of Jammu and Kashmir's Poonch district in yet another violation of the bilateral ceasefire, a defence spokesman said on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday sent a criminal contempt of court notice to ex-Army chief General V K Singh after finding his recent barbs at the apex court's handling of his petition on the age issue prima facie scandalous and lowering its dignity.

NEW DELHI: Union home minister Sushilkumar Shinde has written to all states and Union territories to "ensure that no innocent Muslim youth is wrongfully detained in the name of terror", sparking off outrage in the BJP over his "anti-secular and divisive" move.

NEW DELHI: Even as the Supreme Court's direction to the Election Commission (EC) to include a "none of the above" (NOTA) button on electronic voting machines (EVMs) is being welcomed as a triumph for democracy, apprehensions are being raised by some quarters about the likely misuse of this provision in areas affected by insurgency or extremism. There is a fear that secessionists in Jammu & Kashmir, which has seen candidates winning with as low as 8% voteshare, may force people to increasingly select the NOTA option to discredit the democratic exercise in the border state.

INDORE: Seven operatives of the banned Student Islamic Movement of India (SIMI) escaped from the Khandwa district jail on Tuesday morning after stabbing two constables.