Aadhar targets 200 million enrolments soon
January 21st, 2012 - 12:57 am ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Jan 20 (IANS) The state-run Unique Identity Authority of India (UIDAI) is racing against time to enroll a whopping 200 million people in the next two months to make ... Read more...
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‘J. Edgar’ - a sympathetic, non-judgmental portrait (IANS Movie Review)
January 20th, 2012 - 4:13 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "J.Edgar"; Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts; Director: Clint Eastwood; Rating: ****Controversy surrounds public servants. Especially those who create, deal and manipulate the secrets of those in power. J ... Read more...
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Man with explosives held at US airport
January 1st, 2012 - 11:13 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 1 (IANS) A man has been arrested in the US for allegedly attempting to carry explosives through a security checkpoint at an airport in Texas, the authorities said.Trey ... Read more...
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NIA files charges against Headley, eight others
December 24th, 2011 - 4:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) The NIA, India's premier anti-terror probe body, Saturday filed charges against Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorists, including Pakistani-American David Headley and two alleged ISI men for their ... Read more...
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Home ministry gives nod to charges against Headley (Lead)
December 21st, 2011 - 9:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) The government has given the go ahead to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), India's premier anti-terror probe body, to file charges in a court against ... Read more...
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DiCaprio wanted to gain weight for biopic
November 5th, 2011 - 2:20 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 5 (IANS) Actor Leonardo DiCaprio, who is all set to play J. Edgar Hoover, founder of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), says he wanted to put on ... Read more...
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FBI releases footage of Russian spies
November 1st, 2011 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 1 (IANS) Secret videos of a group of Russian undercover agents, including now fashion model Anna Chapman who worked in America, have now been released by the Federal ... Read more...
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Ex-Goldman Sachs director Gupta arrested, charged in insider trading case
October 26th, 2011 - 11:13 pm ICT by BNO News
NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) -- Former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Wednesday morning and indicted for allegedly engaging in an insider trading ... Read more...
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Headley desperately wanted FBI to make more arrests
October 20th, 2011 - 8:31 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Oct 20 (IANS) As admitted Pakistani-American terrorist David Headley confessed to his role in the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, he was desperate to see some arrests made lest he ... Read more...
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US flight makes emergency landing due to unruly passenger
October 19th, 2011 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
Houston, Oct 19 (IANS) A domestic Southwest Airlines flight made an emergency landing in a Texas town Tuesday afternoon after a male passenger attempted to break into the cockpit, authorities ... Read more...
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Spaniard to sue FBI for using his image in Osama poster
October 12th, 2011 - 11:50 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, Oct 12 (IANS/EFE) Spanish lawmaker Gaspar Llamazares, spokesman for the United Left coalition, plans to sue the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for using his image to create ... Read more...
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Scarlett Johansson’s nude photos leaked online
September 15th, 2011 - 5:35 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, Sep 15 (IANS) Scarlett Johansson is reportedly upset after her nude photos were hacked from her private cell phone and released on internet.According to Tmz.com, the actress ... Read more...
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US Sikh group highlights post-9/11 bias with video wall
September 3rd, 2011 - 11:48 am ICT by IANS
New York, Sep 3 (IANS) The Sikh Coalition, a community advocacy group, has launched a video wall inviting website visitors to upload videos and written accounts of backlash discrimination and ... Read more...
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Chain of Chinese porn websites shut
August 25th, 2011 - 4:56 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Aug 25 (IANS) China and the US have jointly shut a chain of membership-based pornographic websites targeting Chinese-speaking audiences in China, the US and other countries.Wang Yong, the websites' ... Read more...
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American’s abduction: Suspects’ sketches being prepared
August 17th, 2011 - 1:24 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 17 (IANS) The sketches of a couple of suspects were being prepared over the kidnapping of a US national in Lahore, police said.Warren Weinstein, 63, was kidnapped Aug ... Read more...
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FBI may look for American abducted in Pakistan
August 16th, 2011 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 16 (IANS) US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) may be asked to probe the kidnapping of an American national in Lahore, a media report said Tuesday.Warren Weinstein, ... Read more...
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FBI, Delhi Police exchange views on terror
August 3rd, 2011 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) A team of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) officers met Delhi Police officials Wednesday and shared thoughts on tackling terror and crime, police said."FBI team ... Read more...
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India hopes Fai’s arrest exposes more ISI-funded lobbyists
July 23rd, 2011 - 10:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 23 (IANS) India Saturday said it was in touch with the US over the arrest of Kashmiri American Ghulam Nabi Fai, a suspected Pakistani agent involved in ... Read more...
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Khare denies meeting Fai, to send legal notice to daily
July 22nd, 2011 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 22 (IANS) Harish Khare, media advisor to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Friday denied having ever met Ghulam Nabi Fai and said he will send a legal ... Read more...
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India and Pakistan have to talk, says Gilani
July 22nd, 2011 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 22 (IANS) India and Pakistan have no option but to talk, Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said, days before foreign ministers of the two countries ... Read more...
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Pakistan registers concern on Fai arrest with US embassy
July 22nd, 2011 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 22 (IANS) The Pakistan government has issued a demarche to the US embassy to register its concerns on the arrest of Kashmiri American lobbyist Ghulam Nabi Fai and ... Read more...
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Fai fails to turn up, court defers hearing to Tuesday
July 22nd, 2011 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 22 (IANS) Arrested Kashmiri American lobbyist Ghulam Nabi Fai failed to appear before a court here Friday, following which his hearing was postponed to July 26, the Geo ... Read more...
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Kashmiri separatists may be questioned over Fai links
July 21st, 2011 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 21 (IANS) Indian security agencies would study the charges brought up against an alleged Pakistani agent arrested in the US for illegal lobbying to tilt the American ... Read more...
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Separatists flay Fai arrest, locals don’t care
July 21st, 2011 - 4:41 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 21 (IANS) The arrest of Kashmiri American lobbyist Ghulam Nabi Fai in the US has been denounced by separatists here, but the man on the street does not ... Read more...
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‘ISI agent in US donated $250 to Obama’
July 20th, 2011 - 10:33 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 20 (IANS) Indiana Congressman Dan Burton, a strong pro-Pakistan Republican Party member, is the biggest single recipient of funds from a man accused of being a spy ... Read more...
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‘Kashmir group in US released ISI statements verbatim’ (With ISI agent held in US for illegal lobbying on Kashmir)
July 20th, 2011 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 20 (IANS) The Washington-based Kashmir group, whose head was arrested for allegedly being a Pakistani agent involved in illegal lobbying, used to issue verbatim the statements relayed by ... Read more...
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ISI agent held in US for illegal lobbying on Kashmir (Lead)
July 20th, 2011 - 3:18 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 20 (IANS) The US has arrested a pro-Pakistan activist and a known face of the Kashmiri separatist movement who allegedly funelled ISI's $4 million for illegal lobbying to ... Read more...
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ISI funelled $4 mn into US to influence Kashmir policy
July 20th, 2011 - 11:39 am ICT by IANS
Washington, July 20 (IANS) The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Tuesday exposed Pakistan's two-decade-long covert gameplan to influence American policy against India on the Kashmir issue.In its 43-page court ... Read more...
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US drone-making company under terror threat
July 2nd, 2011 - 6:36 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, July 2 (IANS) Al Qaeda militants could target senior executives of a US company that builds unmanned surveillance aircraft, a media report said.The terror group threatened to attack ... Read more...
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Britain to have ‘FBI-style’ agency
June 9th, 2011 - 4:18 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 9 (IANS) Britain would soon have a crime tackling agency on the lines of America's Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), a top official has said.Home Secretary Theresa May ... Read more...
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Closing arguments Tuesday in Mumbai terror trial (Lead)
June 7th, 2011 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS
Chicago, June 6 (IANS) The prosecution and the defence rested Monday in the Mumbai terror trial after jurors were shown the videotaped interrogation of Pakistan-born Canadian businessman Tahawwur ... Read more...
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Prosecution rests in Mumbai terror trial
June 6th, 2011 - 11:48 pm ICT by IANS
Chicago, June 6 (IANS) As the prosecution Monday rested its case against Pakistan-born Canadian businessman Tahawwur Rana, who is accused of helping Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) in the Mumbai terror attack, ... Read more...
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ISI handler sought progress report on Mumbai terror plot
June 2nd, 2011 - 10:02 am ICT by IANS
Chicago, June 2 (IANS) Pakistani born Canadian Tahawwur Rana exchanged mails with the mysterious "Major Iqbal" of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI) about "progress made" on the Mumbai terror attack ... Read more...
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Headley was caught with a map of Copenhagen: FBI
June 2nd, 2011 - 1:53 am ICT by IANS
Chicago, June 2 (IANS) When confessed Pakistani American terrorist David Coleman Headley was arrested at Chicago Airport, he had a map of Copenhagen, a copy of the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten ... Read more...
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Headley worked with FBI for capture of Mumbai mastermind
June 1st, 2011 - 1:25 pm ICT by IANS
Chicago, June 1 (IANS) After his 2009 arrest, confessed Pakistani-American terrorist David Coleman Headley worked with FBI agents to try to engineer the capture of Sajid Mir, a suspected mastermind ... Read more...
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