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70-year-old Syed Abdul Karim alias Tunda, a Dawood Ibrahim aide and a top 'bomber' of the Lashkar-e-Toiba, is a resident of Pilakhuwa area in Western Uttar Pradesh. He came to be known as 'Tunda' after losing his left arm in a bomb-making process.

A 38-year-old man, who allegedly raped a six-year-old girl of Nischinda area of Howrah has been arrested on Saturday, police sources said.

'Chennai express' crossed the Rs 100-cr-mark in the first weekend itself and is still going strong.

Manchester United had a new manager for the first time since 1986, and the domain where Ferguson had presided over years of supremacy now belonged to Moyes.

The Calcutta High Court had recently termed 'People's Curfew' an illegal act.

The European Ryder Cup captain will in future be chosen by a select five-man panel instead of the 15-strong Tournament Committee.

Serena Williams crushed Romanian Simona Halep 6-0, 6-4 to romp into the semi-finals of the Western and Southern Open.

Rafael Nadal rallied for a vintage win over rival Roger Federer, reaching the semi-finals of the Western and Southern Open on Friday night.

Security sources said that roughly 50 people died in Cairo and more than 20 in Alexandria.

Around 150 minors were rescued from the New Delhi railway station as they were boarding a train for Gujarat, police said on Friday.

Officially the death toll was put at 80, but Muslim Brotherhood claimed more of its supporters were killed in police firing.

Jammu and Kashmir unit of BJP on Friday demanded a CBI probe into the alleged role of former state minister Sajjad Ahmed Kitchloo in the communal clashes at Kishtwar.

Bihar Congress leader Anirudh Prasad alias Sadhu Yadav met Gujarat Chief Minister and BJP campaign committee chief Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad on Friday.

Film-maker Prakash Jha has lodged complaints with police in Kolkata and Patna against a person who, impersonating as his son, had collected money by falsely promising to have organised an event on August 14 for promotion of his upcoming film 'Satyagraha'...

The Swavalamban Pension Scheme for all citizens of low income group in Assam will be implemented by the government in a phased manner beginning from the Social Welfare Department for Anganwadi workers, official sources said on Friday.

Juventus have won the Supercup five times and need one more victory to draw level with AC Milan as the team that has lifted the trophy most often.