When a Kashmiri teen hijacked plane with a toy pistol
March 20th, 2012 - 1:44 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, March 20 (IANS) Forty-three years after it happened, few remember that one of the earliest plane hijacks in the world was carried out with a toy pistol by a ... Read more...
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A message that showed 9/11 was about to happen
September 9th, 2011 - 6:16 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 9 (IANS) "If you try to make any move, you're endangering yourself and the airplane," a voice said. This was the first chilling indication when air traffic controllers ... Read more...
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Al-Qaeda threatened to unleash “nuclear hellstorm” if Osama is assassinated: Wikileaks
May 3rd, 2011 - 1:58 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 3 (ANI): Al-Qaeda terrorists have threatened to unleash a "nuclear hellstorm" on the West if Osama Bin Laden is caught or assassinated, the whistleblower website 'Wikileaks' has revealed, detailing the ... Read more...
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Canada bars entry to Indian Airlines hijacker
February 24th, 2011 - 12:16 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Feb 24 (IANS) Canada has refused to re-admit the mastermind of the 1984 Indian Airline hijacking who was deported to India last year.Parminder Singh Saini, 47, who was ... Read more...
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‘332 Mumbai To India’ Movie Preview: An Answer To Questions On Mumbai Communalism
December 2nd, 2010 - 9:00 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Director: Mahesh PandeyCast: Ali Asgar, Chetan Pandit, Vijay Mishra, Sharbani MukherjeeGenre: ThrillerBollywood is slowly emerging into an industry which not only makes commercial potboilers but also thoughtful cinema. And '332 Mumbai ... Read more...
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Hackers can force a jet’s crash, warns British report
October 19th, 2010 - 4:05 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 19 (IANS) A new breed of cyber terrorists has the capability of breaking into a plane's sophisticated on-board computer systems and forcing it to crash, a security document released ... Read more...
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Germany has become new breeding ground for jihadi Islamic radicals: Report
October 13th, 2010 - 1:14 pm ICT by ANI
Berlin, Oct 13 (ANI): Despite being spared of terrorist attacks like those that have hit the United States, Britain and Spain, Hamburg in Germany still remains the breeding ground for Islamic radicals, ... Read more...
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Some Philippines bus hostages may have been shot dead by “friendly fire”
September 10th, 2010 - 4:45 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 10 (ANI): Investigators have admitted that some of the eight tourist hostages shot dead during a botched mission to save them from a bus hijacker in the Philippines, might have ... Read more...
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Former Filipino cop hijacks bus, nine tourists released
August 23rd, 2010 - 5:08 pm ICT by ANI
Manila, Aug 23 (ANI): A disgruntled former police officer took 25 tourists hostage inside a bus in Manila on Monday, but later released nine of them, according to Philippine police.The hijacker, armed ... Read more...
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Delhi cops to quiz Kandahar hijacker on other terror attacks
March 3rd, 2010 - 11:24 am ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 3 (IANS) A team of Indian security officials will be here soon to question a Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) operative arrested in Dhaka for his possible role in terror attacks in ... Read more...
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Hijacker of Indian plane to Kandahar nabbed again in Dhaka
March 1st, 2010 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 1 (IANS) One of the five Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militants, arrested in Bangladesh, was convicted and jailed in India for involvement in hijacking of an Indian Airlines plane to ... Read more...
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Indian Airlines hijacker deported, CBI takes custody (Lead)
January 27th, 2010 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Toronto, Jan 27 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Wednesday took into custody Parminder Singh Saini, the hijacker of an Indian Airlines Srinagar-Delhi flight that was taken to Lahore in ... Read more...
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Indian Airlines hijacker deported to India
January 27th, 2010 - 10:35 am ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Jan 27 (IANS) Canada Tuesday deported the mastermind of the 1984 Indian Airline hijacker to India.Parminder Singh Saini, 46, who took refuge here 15 years ago and faced deportation ... Read more...
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Indian hijacker can’t practise law, says Canada
January 17th, 2010 - 2:39 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Jan 17 (IANS) Canada has refused to allow the mastermind of the 1984 hijacking of an Indian Airlines flight to Lahore to practise law.Parminder Singh Saini, 46, who took ... Read more...
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Indian Airlines hijacker seeks nod to practise law in Canada
September 29th, 2009 - 12:47 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Sep 29 (IANS) The mastermind of the 1984 hijacking of an Indian Airlines flight to Lahore, who took refuge here 14 years ago and faces deportation to India, has now sought ... Read more...
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Police storm hijacked plane in Mexico, passengers safe (lead)
September 10th, 2009 - 3:46 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Sep 10 (DPA) Police stormed a hijacked plane Wednesday in Mexico minutes after the hijackers released all passengers and the crew from the aircraft.
Several people were arrested, according to media ... Read more...
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Denzel Washington broke childhood vow starring in latest subway thriller
July 31st, 2009 - 1:40 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 31 (ANI): Double Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington has revealed how he broke a childhood vow to himself by signing on to star in his latest subway thriller 'The Taking Of ... Read more...
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Denzel Washington says acting a saviour from a life of crime
July 28th, 2009 - 4:39 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 28 (ANI): Oscar-winner Denzel Washington credits his acting career for saving him from becoming a criminal, as he had fallen in with a bad crowd as a teenager.The actor ... Read more...
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Hijack scare at Delhi airport over, passengers deboard (Second Lead)
February 1st, 2009 - 9:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) An emergency landing at Delhi airport Sunday afternoon created a scare as the pilot reported suspected hijackers on board after a passenger's misbehaviour, but the crisis blew ... Read more...
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Plane at Delhi airport reports suspected hijackers (Lead)
February 1st, 2009 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IANS) Security forces rushed to the Delhi airport after the pilot of an Indigo aircraft Sunday evening reported suspected hijackers on board, an official said."The pilot said he ... Read more...
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Sacked conductor drives away with bus
December 31st, 2008 - 10:16 pm ICT by IANS
Noida, Dec 31 (IANS) A man allegedly attacked a bus conductor and made off with the vehicle here early Wednesday, the police said. The hijacker was reported to have been a ... Read more...
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Book links Abraham Lincoln to a hijacker
October 5th, 2008 - 3:10 pm ICT by ANI
New York, October 5 (ANI): D.B. Cooper, the notorious hijacker who parachuted from a Boeing 727 in 1971 with 200,000 dollars in cash and vanished without a trace, has ties to ... Read more...
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Afghan hijacker working as BA cleaner at Heathrow
May 16th, 2008 - 2:18 pm ICT by admin
London, May 16 (ANI): A member of a gang who hijacked a plane at Stansted Airport in 2000 is now working at Heathrow Airport.Afghan Nazamuddin Mohammidy (34) was one of nine ... Read more...
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