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Hyderabad cops confident of peace holding around Mecca Masjid

Ahead of Friday prayers, security has been beefed up across the Old City, with the highest concentration of forces around the Mecca Masjid.

published on : 26th August 2022
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Mecca Masjid blast case: CBI did not provide evidence for claim of Aseemanand's confession to co-jail inmates, says court

In the order, the NIA Special Judge also observed that working for Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh does not make a person communal and anti-social.

published on : 24th April 2018
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Is NIA taking a trial and error approach in Mecca Masjid blast case?

The happenings within the NIA headquarters, especially with regard to Mecca Masjid blast probe, indicate that all was not well within the agency over the last two years.

published on : 22nd April 2018
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Retrial possible, but tedious: Lawyers on Hyderabad Mecca Masjid blast case

Questioning  the NIA’s probe and choice of prosecutor, Hyderabad MP and MIM supremo Asaduddin Owaisi has been raising demands for a retrial in the case.

published on : 20th April 2018
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Mecca Masjid blast case: NIA judge who acquitted five accused reports to work as Hyderabad HC rejects resignation

In his resignation letter, K Ravinder Reddy cited "personal reasons" for his decision and urged that his resignation be accepted and proceeded on leave for 15 days. 

published on : 19th April 2018
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Will PM Narendra Modi stand by victims or accused: Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen supremo Asaduddin Owaisi

  "Will Prime Minister Narendra Modi stand with victims of the Mecca Masjid blast, or with the accused who were acquitted in the case," asked Majlis Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) supremo Asaduddin Owaisi

published on : 19th April 2018
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Telangana: MIM supremo Asaduddin Owaisi contrasts NIA role in Dilsukhnagar and Mecca masjid blasts

Dilsukhnagar & masjid blasts ‘Those who planted bombs in Mecca Masjid are ‘illegitimate’ children of Godse’.

published on : 19th April 2018
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Security beefed up in Hyderabad after Mecca Masjid verdict 

To ensure nothing illegal is smuggled into city, policemen in ‘mufti’ have been scattered all over Old City, sources say.

published on : 18th April 2018
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'I have lost faith in the judiciary', says victim of Hyderabad Mecca Masjid blast

Aatiq is a bangle maker who lost his relatives in the blast, had his hopes pinned on the verdict.

published on : 17th April 2018
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Hyderabad Mecca Masjid Blast: Twists, turns and a dead end

Tension palpable in the Old City of Hyderabad after the special NIA court acquitted all five accused in the Mecca Masjid blast case

published on : 17th April 2018
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Hyderabad Mecca Masjid Blast: BJP, Congress cross swords; MIM screams injustice; TRS stays mum

Monday's verdict led to a political slugfest -- from New Delhi to Hyderabad.

published on : 17th April 2018
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Hyderabad Mecca Masjid Blast: Did the bomb fall from sky or sprout from ground?

IF the five accused who were acquitted on Monday were not responsible for the blast, and if hundreds of those who were initially arrested and later released were innocent too, who are the actual perpe

published on : 17th April 2018
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‘Investigators did not brief witnesses properly’, says police official over Hyderabad Mecca Masjid Blast

The most intriguing part of the whole affair, which NIA insiders describe as ‘’hush-hush’’ with regard to the Mecca Masjid blast probe, was when the investigators reportedly made no efforts to brief t

published on : 17th April 2018
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Hyderabad Mecca Mosque blast: Then who bombed masjid?

Eleven years after a powerful bomb blast ripped through the historic Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad, the Special Court for NIA cases acquitted all the five accused.

published on : 17th April 2018
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Hyderabad Mecca Masjid blast: Did NIA or CBI mess up the probe?

As Superintendent of police with the National Investigation Agency (NIA), IPS officer Pratibha Ambedkar -- based in Hyderabad then -- was vigorously pursuing the Mecca Masjid blast case.

published on : 17th April 2018
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Special NIA court judge who acquitted 2007 Hyderabad Mecca Masjid blast accused quits

K Ravinder Reddy today resigned, barely hours after acquitting the five accused in the Mecca Masjid blast case, a senior judicial official said.

published on : 16th April 2018
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Hyderabad Mecca Masjid blast verdict has exposed Congress's appeasement politics: BJP

A special anti-terror court in Hyderabad acquitted Aseemanand and four others in the case, ruling that the prosecution failed to prove charges against them.

published on : 16th April 2018
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Hyderabad Mecca Masjid blast: NIA to take action after examining special court’s verdict

The lawyers of the accused said that the prosecution was not able to prove the charges framed against the accused following which they were set free.

published on : 16th April 2018
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Alert in Hyderabad after Mecca Masjid acquittals

Police beefed up the security in the communally sensitive old city. More than 3,000 policemen and personnel of paramilitary forces were deployed as part of the security arrangements.

published on : 16th April 2018
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2007 Hyderabad Mecca Masjid blast case: All you need to know

A powerful blast on May 18, 2007, caused by a cellphone-triggered pipe bomb at Hyderabad's Mecca Masjid had killed nine people and injured 58.

published on : 16th April 2018
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