Pune police commissioner Satyapal Singh has told reporters.
“It was a mixture of RDX, Ammonium nitrate and Petroleum hydrocarbon oil that set off the blast. The quantity of RDX used in the device and whether the blast was triggered with a timer or a remote control is still being investigated. Ball bearings and nut bolts too were used in the blast and the combination of explosives confirmed in the forensic analysis have earlier been also used in terror attacks in India.”
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Pakistan acting slow on the war against terrorism
Washington: Pakistan will not take action on the militants as required by the US. It wants to use its connections with the Taliban to use it against India. As there are rising doubts about the long term strategic interest of the US in the region; the US president had made a statement that it would pull out the US forces in the region after mid-2011. Thus stratfor feels that a commitment from them is unlikely.
Our View: See this event in light of announcement made by the Pakistani army that any new offensives
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NO bidder for Pakistani Players in IPL
It has come out that there are no bidders for the Pakistani Players in the IPL to be held this season. Government could not give any guarantee in giving them visa and there were security concerns as well which had lead franchisees to take such decisions.
Our View: There was a consensus among the franchisee to not take Players from Pakistan in their teams. This indeed is
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What is it so bad about calling Mumbai, Bombay? Why is there a ruckus over Taxi Driver’s Rule?
What is it so bad about calling Mumbai, Bombay? Why is there a ruckus over Taxi Driver’s Rule? Why are people from UP and Bihar not allowed to write Exams in Mumbai?
There have been many incidents in Mumbai involving and creating divide between Maharashtrian
Community and others majorly those from Bihar and UP. The latest one where the state Cabinet has
passed a resolution for taxi drivers to compulsorily be able to read and write Marathi. Also, a
driver should have stayed in the state for more than 15 years. As the new Spread there have been
debates all over.
Our View: Let us try to understand the perspectives and motives of all the parties involved in this.
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Why is Kasab not getting the punished?
There has been a debate for a while for Indian government not giving any punishment to only alive accused of 26/11. Why do you think that such a delay? Well all of us know through video footage and various other sources that he was one of the 10 terrorists who had attacked Mumbai with open firing and grenade but still no act from the judiciary system.
There are many reasons to it, we have to give a fair trial to Kasab. As pointed by minister Shashi Tharoor, that let the judicial system take its course. If you see the incident, there are 86 charges which have been framed against Kasab and as per our judicial system those must be proved against him. If we become unsuccessful in proving a few of the charges then the judicial unproved charges have to be proved against someone else otherwise an inquiry or intelligence has to do its work to find out a new accused in such a scenario. Continue reading Why is Kasab not getting the punished?