samjhauta express

The 2006 Malegaon blasts case saw Hindu accused discharged after their appeal highlighted lack of evidence. Lawyers argued their arrest was based on a rejected confession and weak circumstantial evidence. This follows the acquittal of seven accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast case last July.

In a significant ruling, the Bombay High Court has absolved four individuals implicated in the 2006 Malegaon blasts, overturning a prior trial court's decision to impose terrorism charges. The court pointed out discrepancies between the findings of the ATS and NIA, highlighting the complex nature of the investigations.

Customs officials seized drums full of chemical from the samjhauta express that arrived from Pakistan on Thursday.

The explosives used to attack samjhauta express in 2007 were planted in the train between Delhi and Panipat stations since the bogies were thoroughly examined and sealed at Delhi station before being handed over to the railways’ traffic wing in “safe mode” for movement.

The samjhauta express, plying between Attari (India) and Lahore (Pakistan), has been cancelled consecutively for the second time owing to rail blockade by farmers in Punjab.

Pakistan stopped the samjhauta express at the Wagah border on Thursday, citing security concerns, following which an Indian crew and guard escorted the train to Attari on the Indian side, a railway spokesperson said. He said around 110 passengers were coming to India from Pakistan. However, railway officials said the train service has not been suspended.

RSS man Kamal Chouhan, who is alleged to have bombed the samjhauta express killing 68 people, was busy saving cows till last year, say people who knew him in his village near here.

Officials at Attari international railway station were taken aback by the anti-India slogans sprayed on all the 13 bogies of samjhauta express that arrived from Pakistan on Thursday.

The engine of samjhauta express caught fire between Lahore and Wagah (Pakistan) railway station due to power failure.

The Times Now expose on the samjhauta express blasts has created ripples across political circles with Union law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad pointing fingers at the shoddy investigations conducted under the UPA government and floating of the “Hindu terror” theory.

samjhauta express train, which was stopped earlier today at Wagah after the Pakistani crew refused to cross the border, arrived at the Attari railway station in India on Thursday evening. Pakistan had stopped the train on its side of the border citing security concerns, following which an Indian crew and guard escorted the train to Attari on the Indian side.

Pakistan on Thursday suspended operation of the Indo-Pak samjhauta express, which runs between Lahore and Attari in India, on every Thursday and Monday, covering 29 km on this stretch.

In a goodwill gesture, Pakistan handed over a seven-year-old Indian boy, Rajat, to BSF after he was found on the samjhauta express at Wagah railway station in Pakistan on Monday.

India is expected to cite the filing of the chargesheet in samjhauta express blast case and ask Pakistan to reciprocate by taking action against the 26/11 accused during the upcoming foreign secretary level talks.

Nearly 140 passengers on board samjhauta express had a miraculous escape after the train's engine caught fire between Lahore and Wagah stations in Pakistan on Monday morning.

Pakistan on Friday summoned India's acting deputy High Commissioner and expressed concern over the cancellation of operation of samjhauta express due to farmer protest on the Indian side, leaving over 200 passengers from both countries stranded.

Pakistan on Friday summoned India's acting deputy high commissioner and expressed concern over the cancellation of operation of samjhauta express due to farmers protest on the Indian side, leaving over 200 passengers from both countries stranded.

The Railway Board cancelled all operations of the Attari Special Express, Delhi-Attari-Delhi, which together with the Wagah-Lahore link is known as the Samjhauta or Friendship Express - from the train's next scheduled run which is on Sunday. Pakistan has already suspended services on its end amid strain in ties in the aftermath of the Feb 14 terror attack.

samjhauta express has finally stopped from both the Indian and Pakistani ends. The Indian railways on Sunday announced cancellation of the train that plied between Delhi and Attari carrying Pakistan-bound passengers.

Pakistan on Thursday refused to send the samjhauta express, known as the harbinger of peace, to India, claiming that the train’s crew —two drivers and a guard — were scared of entering Indian territory. The action was a response to India stripping Jammu & Kashmir of its special status.

samjhauta express that runs between Indian and Pakistan had to return on Thursday after it was stopped at the Wagah border by Pakistani authorities. The train with 117 passengers, including 48 Pakistanis, reached Delhi station at 8 am on Friday, four-and-a-half hours behind schedule. The Indian railways had sent one engine with crew and guard to escort the train.

The samjhauta express was cancelled for the second time today, even as the rail blockade by the agitating farmers of Punjab continue to paralyse train operations.

Promptly reacting to indications suggesting the involvement of Hindutva radicals in the February 2007 attack on samjhauta express, Pak on Monday formally asked India to provide a report of the probe by NIA.

samjhauta express, which links India with Pakistan, will run under a new rotation system from August 7. As part of the new system, it will return to India on the same day as its arrival at Lahore.

A mob stoned samjhauta express train heading for India at Wagah village in Pakistan near the Indian territory when the rail service resumed after a temporary suspension.