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Salem also contends in the statement that his trial, after the termination of extradition order by Portuguese court, is "illegal, unwarranted and bad in law."

"If India does not attend the conference, because of the Kashmir issue, it is their choice. We cannot budge from our stand," National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq said.

The commission has sought a report from the Mumbai Police chief Rakesh Maria on the matter.

NIA chief Sharad Kumar will personally interrogate LeT's Pakistani terrorist Mohammed Naved Yakub, captured after Wednesday's attack on a BSF convoy, who was on Tuesday remanded in the custody of the anti-terror agency by a Jammu court.

A class 10 student of a residential school here in Nadia district has accused the school superintendent of forcing him to spit on the ground and then lick it after he tried to escape from the hostel premises on Sunday night.

Social activist Anna Hazare has received a threat letter which states that he would be "bumped off" if he does not dissociate himself from Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.

President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said Indian democracy can "flourish" if there is an "active Parliament".

Alvi said though he was a student of Hindi, it took him three months to translate Hanuman Chalisa into Urdu to do justice to the work and avoid any mistake.

Maharashtra government was considering inclusion of whistle-blowers and RTI activists in the proposed Witness Protection Act.

In yet another ceasefire violation by Pakistan, its forces fired mortar shells at Indian posts in Jammu and Kashmir along the Line of Control (LoC) early on Monday morning.

IIT-Kharagpur will establish a centre of manufacturing in collaboration with UK's Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), on the lines of 'Make in India' programme.

Pakistan media claimed on Sunday that terrorist Naved alias Usman is from Kulgam district of Indian held kashmir and is mentally unstable, falsyfying India's claim of caputuring a pakistani suspect.

In a first, a 23-year-old prisoner lodged in Varanasi central jail has been awarded a gold medal by the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) for topping in Diploma in Tourism Studies (DTS).

China and India were named the worst affected countries.

Opposition MPs on Friday sought breach of privilege proceedings against VHP leader Sadhvi Prachi for her controversial "terrorists in Parliament" remarks and gave a notice to Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari in this regard.

Government has decided that Aadhaar enrolment of Non-Resident Indians, Persons of Indian Origin and Overseas Citizen of India should be eventually allowed to help them authenticate their identity digitally, Parliament was informed on Friday.