American law enforcement officials were examining clues to find who sent 10 packages containing what appeared to be explosive materials to prominent Democrats, critics of President Donald Trump and to CNN's New York offices as authorities have classified the incidents as domestic terrorism.


FBI treating serial bomb threats as domestic terrorism


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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) searched the human rights body Amnesty International India's headquarters in Bengaluru for remittances from abroad allegedly in violation of FDI guidelines, said an official on Thursday.


ED searches Amnesty office in Bengaluru for 'illegal remittances'


Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region and infrastructure projects, particularly in terms of connectivity, will be major areas of focus when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Japan on October 28-29 for the annual bilateral summit with his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, the External Affairs Ministry said on Thursday.


Modi to visit Japan on Oct 28-29, focus on cooperation in Indo-Pacific region


The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized foreign currency equivalent to Rs 1.27 crore and arrested two persons who were about to fly out of the city, an official said on Thursday.


DRI seizes foreign currency worth Rs 1.27 crore at Kolkata airport, 2 held


Authorities on Thursday found two packages that appeared to contain pipe bombs addressed to former Vice President Joe Biden and actor Robert De Niro, setting off a new wave of alarm amid probe into similar devices sent to prominent Democrats and critics of President Donald Trump.


Suspected explosives sent to Biden, Robert De Niro as investigation intensifies


A weak coalition will be bad for India, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval said on Thursday asserting that India will need a strong, stable and decisive government for the next 10 years.


Weak coalition will be bad for India: Doval


Police on Thursday foiled a self-immolation bid by the parents of a 14-year-old girl who they allege had been kidnapped about five months ago.


Police foil self-immolation bid by parents of 'kidnapped' girl in UP


In a dramatic development on Thursday, four Intelligence Bureau (IB) personnel were caught by the security staff of CBI Director Alok Verma outside his residence in the heart of Delhi, prompting the IB to say the men were on "routine patrol".


Four IB men caught near CBI chief's house, IB pleads innocence (Fourth Lead)


Four men suspected to be from the Intillegence Bureau (IB) were on Thursday nabbed from outside the residence of Alok Verma, the CBI director who was sent on leave a day ago over corruption charges.


4 'suspected' IB men nabbed outside Alok Verma's residence


ICGS Varuna, an indigenously-designed training vessel built by Anil Ambani-led Reliance Naval and Engineering Limited for the Indian Coast Guard, was launched here on Wednesday.


Coast Guard training ship ICGS Varuna launched


Military contractors on Wednesday threatened to stall all defence construction work if their dues totalling Rs 1,600 crore were not cleared.


Military contractors ask government to clear dues, threaten protest


ICGS Varuna, an indigenously-designed training vessel built by Reliance Naval and Engineering Limited for the Indian Coast Guard, was launched here on Wednesday.


RNEL-built Coast Guard training ship launched


At least 10 people, including two children, sustained severe injuries on Tuesday in a stampede at a railway foot overbridge at Santragachhi station in Howrah, police said.


Ten injured in stampede at Bengal railway foot overbridge


In the face of fresh sanctions imposed by Washington on Tehran over its nuclear programme, India, Iran and Afghanistan discussed the full operationalisation of the Chabahar port that the three countries are jointly developing at the first trilateral meeting of the Coordination Council of the Chabahar Agreement held in the Iranian capital on Tuesday.


India, Iran, Afghanistan discuss Chabahar port


The Jharkhand High Court on Monday ordered a CBI inquiry into an alleged fake encounter in 2015 in Palamu, in which security forces killed 12 people after branding them as Maoists.


Jharkhand HC orders CBI probe into encounter of 12 alleged Maoists


Pakistan has reopened the friendship gate at the Afghan border in Chaman, resuming trade activities, Nato supplies and transit trade between the two countries, the media reported on Monday.


Pakistan reopens Afghan border crossing


Protests staged by residents here against the Punjab government and the railways after 59 people were killed when a train crushed them as they were watching Dusshera celebrations, turned violent on Sunday leaving a few policemen injured following stone-pelting.


Police injured as Amritsar tragedy protesters take to stone-pelting


In a lengthy speech invoking valour and recalling the contribution of the Azad Hind Fauj (Indian National Army) in the freedom movement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that his government was committed to taking "big and bold" decisions and that the Indian Army was being modernised as per Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's vision.


Threats to Indian sovereignty will be answered with double strength: Modi (Second Lead, correcting para 4)


Recalling the sacrifices made by Subhas Chandra Bose in raising the Azad Hind Fauj (Indian National Army) towards the freedom movement, Culture Minister Mahesh Sharma asked on Sunday why was Bose not accorded the respect he deserved in the seven decades since independence.


Why was Bose not accorded the respect he deserved: Minister


In a lengthy speech invoking valour and recalling the contribution of the Azad Hind Fauj (Indian National Army) in the freedom movement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that his government was committed to taking "big and bold" decisions and that the Indian Army was being modernised as per the vision of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose.


Threats to Indian sovereignty will be answered with double strength: Modi


The contribution of leaders such as Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, B.R. Ambedkar and Sardar Patel have been obliterated in mainstream Indian discourse to magnify the presence of one family, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday.

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