Armed forces’ grievances need urgent attention (Comment)
August 12th, 2012 - 7:08 pm ICT by IANS
The suicide of a soldier, V. Arun, from Kerala in Jammu and Kashmir was raised in parliament. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh urged MPs not to have a discussion. "This is ... Read more...
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Anger, sorrow as Mahi dies in Haryana borewell (Roundup)
June 24th, 2012 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
Manesar (Haryana), June 24 (IANS) About 90 hours of anxiety and hope turned to despair and disgust Sunday as rescuers who had furiously dug a parallel tunnel to save a ... Read more...
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Man jailed for life for killing Russian soldiers
June 1st, 2012 - 4:09 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, June 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A court in Armenian capital Yerevan has sentenced an Armenian citizen to life in prison for killing two Russian soldiers in 2010.On Oct 23, 2010, ... Read more...
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Russian army officer convicted for shooting guard dogs
May 17th, 2012 - 9:11 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 17 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A court martial in Russia's Leningrad region convicted a unit commander for shooting dead six army guard dogs while he was drunk.According to the Russian ... Read more...
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Army movement was nothing unusual, says Antony (Lead)
April 4th, 2012 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
Visakhapatnam, April 4 (IANS) Defence Minister A.K. Antony Wednesday denied that the Indian army had intimidated the civilian government by moving two of its units towards the capital in January ... Read more...
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Russian ex-army officer jailed for spying
December 8th, 2011 - 7:53 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A retired Russian Army major has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for spying for Georgia.Vladimir Klenkov passed classified information concerning the location of ... Read more...
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Saleh’s family preventing vice-president from taking full power
June 6th, 2011 - 7:15 pm ICT by IANS
Riyadh, June 6 (IANS/AKI) Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh's family is working to prevent the country's vice president from taking full power while he is in neighbouring Saudi Arabia recovering ... Read more...
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Russian teenager killed in blast while gathering scrap (Lead)
May 23rd, 2011 - 9:26 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A 13-year-old boy was killed and two minors were injured in an explosion while they were gathering scrap metal at a firing range in Russia, ... Read more...
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Russian boy killed in blast while gathering scrap
May 23rd, 2011 - 9:18 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 23 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A 13-year-old boy was killed and two minors were injured in an explosion at a firing range in Russia, officials said."On 22 May, 2011 (Sunday), ... Read more...
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Walt Disney Co. registers ‘SEAL’ trademark
May 14th, 2011 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS
New York, May 14 (IANS) The Walt Disney Co. has registered a trademark titled "SEAL TEAM 6" - the name of the elite team that killed Osama bin Laden in ... Read more...
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Musharraf jogged past Osama’s Abbottabad compound during military training
May 4th, 2011 - 3:18 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 4(ANI): Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that he frequently ran by the area in which Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden had been living for the last ... Read more...
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US troops were yards away from bin-Laden’s Pak hideout in 2008: Wikileaks
May 4th, 2011 - 2:56 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 4 (ANI): US troops were stationed just a few hundred yards from Osama Bin Laden's Abbottabad compound in Pakistan in 2008, the whistleblower website 'Wikileaks' has revealed.The revelation that ... Read more...
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Unstable Gaddafi heading towards new, potentially dangerous depression
March 23rd, 2011 - 5:53 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Mar. 23 (ANI): A former CIA analyst and a Libyan diplomat, believe that Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's suspicion over his own security and devastating allied bombing may be driven ... Read more...
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Libya to see more anti-Gaddafi demonstrations
February 25th, 2011 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
Tripoli, Feb 25 (IANS/AKI) Anti-government protesters in Libya are due to hold a series of mass demonstrations Friday in an attempt to end the 41-year rule of authoritarian leader Muammar Gaddafi, ... Read more...
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Pak Govt ‘routinely violates basic rights, persecutes minorities under cover of law’:HRW
January 25th, 2011 - 1:12 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Jan 25(ANI): The Pakistan Government's response to terrorist attacks in the country has 'routinely violated basic rights', Human Rights Watch has said .Thousands of Taliban suspects have been held ... Read more...
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Maoists release Chhattisgarh cops, keep weapons (Lead)
November 21st, 2010 - 12:02 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, Nov 20 (IANS) Two Chhattisgarh policemen, abducted by Maoists Nov 8, have been safely released, police said Saturday. The rebels, however, kept the two policemen's weapons and ammunition."Maoists have released both ... Read more...
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Two abducted Chhattisgarh cops released
November 20th, 2010 - 11:37 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Nov 20 (IANS) Two Chhattisgarh policemen, abducted by Maoists Nov 8, have been safely released, police said Saturday. The rebels, however, kept the two cops' weapons and ammunition."Maoists have released ... Read more...
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Maoists claim two missing cops are in their custody (Lead)
November 15th, 2010 - 11:23 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Nov 15 (IANS) A week after two security personnel went missing in a Maoist stronghold in Chhattisgarh, a military unit of the outlawed Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) claimed Monday that ... Read more...
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Israeli drone crashes in the Gaza strip
October 21st, 2010 - 11:29 pm ICT by BNO News
JERUSALEM (BNO NEWS) -- An Israeli drone crashed on Thursday in northern Gaza and was later recovered by a military unit, the Israeli military said.According to a military spokesperson, the unmanned plane, ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda man linked to 9/11 had lunch at Pentagon
October 21st, 2010 - 6:32 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 21 (IANS) An Al Qaeda leader who has been on the radar of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for his links with the Sep 11, 2001 terror strikes was ... Read more...
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US wants aid to Pak linked to results of ‘execution by soldiers’ video probe
October 9th, 2010 - 2:52 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Oct 9 (ANI): In the wake of video clips showing Pakistani soldiers executing a group of blindfolded men in civilian dresses circulating on the Internet, the chairman of the US Appropriations ... Read more...
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Israeli cyber unit unleashed Iran computer virus
October 1st, 2010 - 12:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 1 (IANS) An Israeli military unit that undertakes cyberwarfare is responsible for creating a virus that attacked Iran's computer systems and stopped work at a nuclear power station, an expert ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh cops release likely as deadline reportedly extended (Third Lead)
September 28th, 2010 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh), Sep 28 (IANS) The chances of the safe release of four abducted Chhattisgarh policemen have brightened as the Chhattisgarh government held "secret talks" with the Maoists and there were ... Read more...
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Deadline for abducted Chhattisgarh cops ends (Second Lead)
September 28th, 2010 - 9:32 pm ICT by IANS
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh), Sep 28 (IANS) Even as the Chhattisgarh government held "secret talks" with Maoists to end the hostage crisis, the fate of the four kidnapped policemen hung in limbo after ... Read more...
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Chhattisgarh holds ’secret’ talks with Maoists to end hostage crisis (Lead)
September 28th, 2010 - 2:14 pm ICT by IANS
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh), Sep 28 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh government is holding "secret" talks with Maoists for the safe release of four kidnapped policemen, with a 48-hour rebel deadline set to end Tuesday ... Read more...
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Abducted cops: Chhattigarh holds ’secret’ talks with Maoists
September 28th, 2010 - 12:11 pm ICT by IANS
Bijapur (Chhattisgarh), Sep 28 (IANS) With the 48-hour Maoists' deadline set to end Tuesday evening, a top police source said the Chhattisgarh government was holding 'secret' talks with the rebels for ... Read more...
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Five killed in suicide terror attack in Russia
September 5th, 2010 - 11:21 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Sep 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) At least five people were killed and 39 injured early Sunday in a suicide terror attack on a military unit in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan, ... Read more...
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Forests, mines keep Maoist location out of bounds
April 8th, 2010 - 4:27 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 8 (IANS) Police officers trying to track down Maoists involved in the massacre of 76 security personnel in Chhattisgarh Thursday said they had clues about the location of the rebels, ... Read more...
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4 NATO troops, 11 militants killed in Afghanistan
January 11th, 2010 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Jan 11 (DPA) Three US soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan, while one NATO soldier and 11 Taliban militants were killed elsewhere in the country, officials said Monday.
The US soldiers ... Read more...
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Musharraf denies saying US aid was diverted
September 16th, 2009 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 16 (IANS) Former Pakistani president and military ruler Pervez Musharraf has denied saying that US military aid to Pakistan to fight terror was used to bolster defences against India.
Dawn ... Read more...
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Boeing executive quits after Dreamliner delays
September 1st, 2009 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Sep 1 (DPA) The Boeing executive in charge of the aerospace giant's much delayed 787 Dreamliner project will step down, the company has said.
Bill Carson, chief executive of Boeing Commercial ... Read more...
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Tehran protest broken up
June 23rd, 2009 - 1:12 am ICT by IANS
Tehran/Berlin, June 22 (DPA) Iranian security forces used tear gas to break up renewed protests in the capital Tehran Monday, after the country's top military unit warned protesters against further manifestations, witnesses ... Read more...
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Kim Jong-il tours military unit amid questions about his health
December 1st, 2008 - 6:36 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 1 (ANI): A new set of photographs released by North Korea show its supreme leader, Kim Jong-il, appearing fit while touring a military unit, amid questions about his health.The ... Read more...
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US military claims senior Al-Qaeda leader killed in Iraq
November 8th, 2008 - 3:17 pm ICT by ANI
Baghdad, Nov 8 (ANI): The US military unit in Iraq has claimed that a senior Al Qaeda leader in the country was killed in a weapons cache-clearing operation carried out in ... Read more...
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Kim Jong-il still in control of North Korea
October 23rd, 2008 - 4:34 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 23 (ANI): North Korean ruler Kim Jong-il is still in control of the country despite rumours about his health. In recent times Kim Jong-il has missed significant public events ... Read more...
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