Founder of banned militant group Lashkar-e-Islam was fatally injured when IED exploded while he was holding afternoon prayers in neighbourhood in outskirts of Peshawar.
While Barelvis never stressed on labelling local customs as 'Hinduwana', Deobandis focused on a puritanical version of Islam. Both aim to dominate a new 'Islamic' polity.
The baseless claim of Arunachal Pradesh as 'Southern Tibet' cropped up once again when an Indian national was harassed by Chinese immigration officials at Shanghai Airport.
Once acquired by IAF, the medium transport aircraft (MTA) will replace both AN-32s and IL-76s, it is learnt. The idea behind the revamp is to meet modern operational needs.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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