Iran test-fires ballistic missiles
July 3rd, 2012 - 3:21 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, July 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Iran's Revolutionary Guards Tuesday test-fired a number of intermediate range ballistic missiles as part of a large-scale training exercise."Dozens of rockets" of various ranges and ... Read more...
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Manhunt continues for killer Tripura trooper
April 28th, 2012 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, April 28 (IANS) A manhunt continued Saturday to nab the Tripura State Rifles (TSR) trooper who allegedly killed five of his family members, including his wife, Friday following ... Read more...
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Tripura trooper guns down five of family
April 28th, 2012 - 1:15 am ICT by IANS
Agartala, April 27 (IANS) A Tripura State Rifles (TSR) trooper Friday gunned down five of his family members, including his wife and two other women, following a family dispute, police ... Read more...
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Fourth in India, Tripura Police gets president’s honour
January 11th, 2012 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Jan 11 (IANS) Vice President Hamid Ansari Wednesday conferred the President's Colours on the Tripura Police, the fourth police force in India to receive the honour.Ansari presented President's ... Read more...
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Tripura Police set to get President’s honour
December 27th, 2011 - 2:41 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Dec 27 (IANS) Tripura Police, a force that has earned distinction for battling four decades of terrorism, will add another feather to its cap next month when they ... Read more...
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‘New Zealand special forces to leave Afghanistan in March’
December 22nd, 2011 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
Wellington, Dec 22 (IANS) New Zealand's special forces will leave Afghanistan in March next year, Prime Minister John Key confirmed Thursday."The SAS has achieved the job they were sent ... Read more...
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President to honour Tripura Police, first for eastern India
May 4th, 2011 - 10:34 am ICT by IANS
Agartala, May 4 (IANS) Tripura, which has earned kudos in India for stamping out three decades of terrorism, will get another feather in its cap later this month when ... Read more...
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Maharaja of Jaipur Bhawani Singh is dead
April 17th, 2011 - 7:10 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 17 (IANS) Brig. Sawai Bhawani Singh, the last titular maharaja of Jaipur, passed away at a private hospital in Gurgaon, his family said Sunday. He was 79."Bhawani Singh ... Read more...
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UK puts its SAS choppers on terror alert
December 22nd, 2010 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec. 22 (ANI): The British Government and top army commanders have decided to put the country's crack SAS helicopters on a state of high alert to crush any Christmas terror attack. ... Read more...
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Australian military network faces rising cyber attacks
October 9th, 2010 - 10:57 am ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Oct 9 (IANS) Rising cyber attacks by foreign intelligence agencies have besieged the Australian military network which faces on an average 700 attacks in a month, the country's top spy ... Read more...
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Not enough being done to curb drug trade in Goa: Panel
July 26th, 2010 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, July 26 (IANS) The Goa excise department has not booked a single narcotics related case in the last four years, despite a designated cell to tackle drug trade, a legislative panel ... Read more...
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Brit cop axed from elite unit for posting nude pics of himself online
November 10th, 2009 - 6:01 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 10 (ANI): A Brit gun cop has been axed from his elite unit for posting naked pictures on the Internet, and for leaving himself open to blackmail.Some of the ... Read more...
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Maoist shutdown hits life in three West Bengal districts
October 3rd, 2009 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Oct 3 (IANS) A 24-hour nation-wide shutdown called by Maoist rebels demanding the release of arrested tribal leader Chhatradhar Mahato and the withdrawal of joint forces from Lalgarh hit normal life ... Read more...
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Mahato arrested, Maoists call nationwide shutdown Oct 3
September 26th, 2009 - 11:19 pm ICT by IANS
Lalgarh (West Bengal), Sep 26 (IANS) Tribal leader Chhattradhar Mahato, chief of a Maoist-backed group at the forefront of a violent agitation in this trouble-torn belt of West Bengal, was arrested Saturday.
Mahato, ... Read more...
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Britain spends Rs.20 lakh a day on protecting exiled Musharraf
September 11th, 2009 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 11 (IANS) The British government is spending around 25,000 pounds (over Rs.20 lakh) a day to protect former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf, who has made London his new home, ... Read more...
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Israel second woman PM-in waiting earned her spurs as a spy
September 20th, 2008 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept.20 (ANI): Israels second woman Prime Minister in waiting, Tzipi Livni, earned her spurs as an agent working for a covert cell in an elite spy unit, reports The Times.
According ... Read more...
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British Army to parachute spy dogs in war zones to minimise casualties
July 21st, 2008 - 12:47 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 21 (ANI): British Army Special Air Service (SAS) team has revealed plans to cut down casualty rates in Iraq and Afghanistan by parachuting in German shepherds to spy on ... Read more...
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