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Kuldeep Singh, a bus driver who saved 60 lives when he detected a bomb on the day of the Delhi blasts, has now got a reason to smile. The Delhi blasts hero, who lost partial eyesight, has now become a proud father. On Friday evening, his wife Neelam gave birth to a healthy baby boy who she says looks like his father. Ray of hope Kuldeep desperately wanted to be with his wife but doctors still haven't given him permission to leave the hospital. "Doctors and relatives were around when the delivery took place but I strongly felt Kuldeep's absence,"...

NEW DELHI, Nov. 13 (Xinhuanet) -- An executive with a multinational company arrested in Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir was a key conspirator in the Oct. 29 bombings in the Indian capital that were carried out by four terrorists, the Delhi Police chief said Sunday. Tariq Ahmed Dar, who was arrested in Srinagar, capital of Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir, was described by Delhi PoliceCommissioner K.K. Paul as "one of the key conspirators" behind theblasts that killed over 60 people and injured more than 200. Paul said his force had also identified the four terrorists whocarried out the bombings in the busy...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan is optimistic that India is willing to consider Islamabad’s proposal for the demilitarisation of Kashmir, the Foreign Office said on Wednesday. Reports from New Delhi indicate that India is willing to consider Pakistan’s demilitarisation proposal, Foreign Office spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam told a press briefing. “This is a positive indication. If India agrees to the idea, then the two countries can have discussions to work out details,” she said. Aslam said Pakistan had asked India to share the evidence it has, if any, about the “foreign links” in the New Delhi bomb blasts so Islamabad can take action against...

SRINAGAR, OCT 30 (PTI) Two self-styled commanders of Hizbul Mujahideen were killed in separate encounters while ultras shot dead a contractor and made an abortive attempt to set off an explosion at a crowded market in Jammu and Kashmir since last night, a police spokesman said today. An explosive device planted by militants in a briefcase was recovered by a police party from the main market at Ganderbal on the outskirts of Srinagar this morning, the spokesman said. He said the timely detection of the explosive foiled ultras' bid to set off a massive blast in the crowded market. Had...