Shanghai’s courier firms to open parcels before delivery
February 21st, 2012 - 8:48 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 21 (IANS) Major courier firms in Shanghai have started ordering their delivery staff to examine contents of parcels they receive from customers more often, as part of ... Read more...
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Bill for revamping India Post soon: Sibal
October 20th, 2011 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) A bill for revamping the postal department, which includes opening up some segments to private players, will be introduced in parliament soon, Communications and IT ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
‘Complacent’ in Pakistan, Osama had no escape plan
May 13th, 2011 - 10:41 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 13 (IANS) A "complacent" Osama bin Laden, confident that he would not get caught from his hideout in Pakistan, apparently did not have a ready escape plan, US ... Read more...
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US commandos recorded Osama raid with tiny helmet cameras
May 13th, 2011 - 10:32 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 13 (IANS) The 40-minute US raid on Osama bin Laden's hideout in Pakistan was recorded by tiny helmet cameras worn by each of the 25 US Navy commandos ... Read more...
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Pakistan will provide US conditional access to Osama’s wives
May 10th, 2011 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 10 (IANS) Pakistan will allow the US to question or take into custody the three wives of Osama bin Laden only if their "country of origin has been ... Read more...
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Without internet, phone, Osama depended on couriers: NYT
May 8th, 2011 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 8 (IANS) US officials believe that Osama bin Laden spent many hours on the computer in his Abbottabad house in Pakistan, relying on couriers to bring him ... Read more...
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Karachi link to fake Indian currency in Nepal
May 7th, 2011 - 5:11 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 7 (IANS) The Pakistani city of Karachi continues to grow as the base of faceless groups seeking to fund terror attacks and destabilise economies by exploiting weak links ... Read more...
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Indian fake currency gangs chose Nepal star-hotel for deals
May 6th, 2011 - 2:26 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, May 6 (IANS) A three-star hotel in capital city Kathmandu's premier business location became the venue chosen by Indian currency counterfeiters to run their operations in Nepal and ... Read more...
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CIA spied on Osama from safe house
May 6th, 2011 - 10:55 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 6 (IANS) The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) conducted extensive surveillance of Osama bin Laden's hideout in Pakistan for months from a safe house in Abbottabad where the ... Read more...
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US revises story of Osama’s killing; says he was not armed
May 4th, 2011 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 4 (IANS) Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was not armed, but put up resistance during the US raid, US officials say offering a revised narrative about the ... Read more...
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Osama was unarmed but killed as he resisted, says US (Lead)
May 4th, 2011 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 4 (IANS) Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was unarmed but killed because he resisted the American forces that stormed his hideout in Pakistan.Giving a most detailed ... Read more...
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Countdown to Osama bin Laden’s end (Lead, with fresh matter)
May 2nd, 2011 - 9:33 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 2 (IANS) Following is the dramatic sequence of events that led to the killing of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan.- August 2010: US President Barack Obama ... Read more...
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Police find field of money in Ohio highway
March 11th, 2011 - 8:13 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Ohio, Mar 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Police in Ohio are puzzled as to why thousands of dollars ended up along a highway in the state.An officer who witnessed the scene later told reporters ... Read more...
Posted in Odd news |
Indian American jewellers found guilty of movie-style robbery
March 5th, 2011 - 10:47 am ICT by IANS
New York, March 5 (IANS) Two Indian-American jewellers have been found guilty of staging a fake heist straight out of the movie "Snatch" to get a $7 million insurance payout.The ... Read more...
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No end in sight to Qantas’ flight break down woes
November 30th, 2010 - 4:13 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Nov 30 (ANI): Qantas has been forced into a controversy yet again after passengers were removed from one of its planes, bound for Sydney, this morning because it reportedly suffered a ... Read more...
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NIA files charge sheet against 16 persons in funds defalcation case
October 19th, 2010 - 10:06 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct.19 (ANI): The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday filed charge sheet against sixteen accused persons in the case of defalcation of funds, in a Special Court in Guwahati.The ... Read more...
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Qaeda shifting base to ’safe urban haven’ Karachi from ‘drone-hit’ Pak-Afghan border
August 25th, 2010 - 1:09 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug.25 (ANI): With an aim to shield itself from the US drone led onslaught, the Al-Qaeda and the Taliban are slowly shifting their base from Pakistan's rugged tribal regions to ... Read more...
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Colombian beauty queen held for drug trafficking
May 28th, 2010 - 3:17 am ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, May 28 (DPA) Colombian model Angie Sanclemente Valencia was arrested in Buenos Aires, after months on the run, for allegedly leading a drug trafficking gang.
Sanclemente Valencia, 31, who made a ... Read more...
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3 People From Pakistan Arrested in NYC Bomb Plot
May 14th, 2010 - 7:37 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
May 13 (THAINDIAN NEWS) After Faisal Shahzad was arrested in the New York City bomb attempt on Times Square, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) launched an investigation which led to a ... Read more...
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3 Arrests Made By FBI Agents In Connection To The Times Square Bomb Plot
May 14th, 2010 - 6:11 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
New York, May 14, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Faisal Shahzad may have been arrested as a suspect in the Times Square incident that took place two weeks before at Times Square. However ... Read more...
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Shahzad used “Hawala” system to get money: Sources
May 14th, 2010 - 3:12 pm ICT by ANI
New York, May 14 (ANI): Law enforcement sources have told CBS News that Times Square bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad used the "hawala" system to collect money for his attack.They said that ... Read more...
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‘Banks, intel services can pool data to disrupt Qaeda funds’
May 7th, 2010 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 7 (IANS) Banks and intelligence services can pool information to deter and destroy Al Qaeda's sources of fund raising, says recent research.
Financial data themselves may not give any hint on ... Read more...
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Pakistani woman nabbed with fake Indian currency in Nepal
March 16th, 2010 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, March 16 (IANS) A 55-year-old Pakistani woman has been arrested at the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu with fake Indian currency worth Rs.3 million, police said.
Mariam Wali Mohammad, apparently travelling alone ... Read more...
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Indian don tried to kill another Nepal media owner: Police
March 7th, 2010 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
By Sudeshna Sarkar
Kathmandu, March 7 (IANS) After blaming jailed Indian ganglord Babloo Srivastav for the daylight gunning down of a Nepali media tycoon in Kathmandu exactly a month ago, Nepal police say ... Read more...
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Drone strikes forcing al Qaeda leaders to move into cities
August 9th, 2009 - 4:08 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Aug. 9 (ANI): The US drone attacks in Pakistan's tribal areas are forcing al Qaeda leaders to move into urban areas, the Daily Times reports.According to CIA sources, the drone ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Tour de France Stage 5: Thomas Voeckler Wins
July 8th, 2009 - 11:59 pm ICT by GD
Thomas Voeckler won the stage 5 of this prestigious and widely followed bicycle race. The stage 5 was a 196.5 Km race and it started from Le Cap d'Agde and ended at ... Read more...
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Robbers enter home as couriers; flee with cash, jewellery
May 26th, 2009 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 26 (IANS) In a daring daylight robbery, four armed men Tuesday barged into an east Delhi house posing as courier men, tied the hands and feet of a woman ... Read more...
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Eight foreigners held in Delhi with seven kg heroin
April 14th, 2009 - 9:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Tuesday arrested eight foreign nationals in the capital and recovered seven kg heroin, worth Rs.70 million in the international market, from them, ... Read more...
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Rise in heroin smuggling from Pakistan to India: US report
February 28th, 2009 - 11:45 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 28 (IANS) Heroin smuggling into India from Afghanistan and Pakistan has increased over the last two years with West Africans often arrested as carriers, says a new State Department report.
"This ... Read more...
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Scared UK pupils wear stab-proof vests to protect themselves from gangs
January 19th, 2009 - 5:15 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Jan 19 (ANI): Terrified of gang violence in schools, many kids in the UK are wearing stab-proof vests to protect themselves, according to a new report.According to the Independent, teachers ... Read more...
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Militants target service sector in Manipur
December 1st, 2008 - 8:41 pm ICT by ANI
Imphal, Dec.1 (ANI): Militant groups in Manipur have marred the daily life of people in the State.
Militants have spared none, be it any educational body, government office or any private ... Read more...
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Guns N’ Roses CD gets early release
November 24th, 2008 - 1:01 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 24 (IANS) The new Guns N' Roses CD got an early release in London recently when 100 cycle couriers delivered CDs to a few stores.According to thesun.co.uk, the new album ... Read more...
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Brett Lee’’s ex-wife says she was thrown out of the family home
September 15th, 2008 - 1:32 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Sept.15 (ANI): Australian fast bowler Brett Lees heartbroken wife, Liz Kemp, has claimed that she was thrown out of their family home even as she desperately sought to save her ... Read more...
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Fake currency worth Rs.200,000 seized in Uttar Pradesh
August 30th, 2008 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
Rampur (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 30 (IANS) Fake currency with a nominal value of Rs.200,000 was recovered with the arrest of two persons here Saturday, the police said. "Currency notes of Rs.500 ... Read more...
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BBC exposes illegal Indian immigrant trade in London
July 17th, 2008 - 10:42 am ICT by IANS
London, July 17 (IANS) An undercover BBC investigation has exposed an entire network of Asian crime involved in the illegal migration of Indians into Britain. Fake passports, a chain of human couriers ... Read more...
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