Militant hideout busted in Kashmir, arms cache recovered
August 27th, 2012 - 1:09 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Aug 27 (IANS) A huge cache of arms, ammunition and explosives has been recovered from a militant hideout in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir.In an operation launched Sunday ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Worthington to team up with Schwarzenegger?
July 25th, 2012 - 6:48 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, July 25 (IANS) "Avatar" star Sam Worthington is reportedly in talks to star alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger in David Ayer's "Ten".According to variety.com, the details of Worthington's role ... Read more...
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Seven Maoists surrender in Bengal (Lead)
May 23rd, 2012 - 7:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 23 (IANS) Seven members of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), including a body guard of slain rebel leader Kishenji, Wednesday surrendered with weapons in West Bengal's ... Read more...
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‘Osama’ on stage in Kolkata
March 18th, 2012 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 18 (IANS) Osama Bin Laden has been resurrected in Kolkata! One of the most controversial characters of world history is now being portrayed on the popular stage theatre ... Read more...
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Osama’s relative in Pakistan to shift family
March 6th, 2012 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 6 (IANS) Pakistan has allowed slain Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's family to leave the country, and a Yemeni brother-in-law of the militant leader has arrived here ... Read more...
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Pakistani army dismisses WikiLeaks’ Osama allegations
February 29th, 2012 - 2:07 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 29 (IANS) Pakistani army Tuesday denied whistleblowing website WikiLeaks cable's allegation, suggesting Pakistan military and the main intelligence officials were aware of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's ... Read more...
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ISI, Pakistan Army knew about Osama hideout: WikiLeaks
February 28th, 2012 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 28 (IANS) Officials of the Pakistan Army and spy agency ISI knew about Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's hideout in Abbottabad, according to a report by whistleblowing ... Read more...
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‘Safe House’-a snappy, serious thriller (IANS Movie Review)
February 18th, 2012 - 6:40 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "Safe House"; Cast: Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Robert Patrick; Director: Daniel Espinosa; Rating: ***1/2As the Wikileaks expose last year - that shamed governments the world over - shows, one man's ... Read more...
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Denzel Washington links atheists with sociopaths
February 15th, 2012 - 1:09 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Feb 14 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Denzel Washington has come under barrage of criticism for placing atheists in the same bracket as sociopaths. The actor is currently promoting his new project "Safe ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Denzel Washington rarely likes scripts
February 14th, 2012 - 2:49 am ICT by IANS
London, Feb 14 (IANS) Actor Denzel Washington admits he rarely finds the parts offered to him interesting and has to be involved in the scripts of films.The "Safe House" actor, ... Read more...
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Ship with 20 Indian crew members hijacked, freed
January 10th, 2012 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 10 (IANS) A Norwegian ship, with 20 Indian crew members, was hijacked by Somali pirates Tuesday morning off the coast of Nigeria but freed from their control soon ... Read more...
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Pakistan military hid Osama in Abbottabad: Ex-army chief
December 24th, 2011 - 5:26 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 24 (IANS) Pakistani military had harboured Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden with the knowledge of former president General Pervez Musharraf, former army chief General Ziauddin Butt ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Ryan Reynolds finds Denzel ‘Adorable’
November 26th, 2011 - 5:15 am ICT by IANS
London, Nov 26 (IANS) Actor Ryan Reynolds, who is working with Denzel Washington in action thriller "Safe House", finds the co-star adorable to work with."He (Denzel Washington) is very Method. ... Read more...
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Four killed in Iraq attacks
August 4th, 2011 - 10:14 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Aug 4 (IANS) Four people were killed and four others injured in different incidents of attacks in Iraq's capital city Baghdad, Xinhua reported Thursday.A policeman was killed Thursday afternoon ... Read more...
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Court extends remand of Sopore woman student
July 20th, 2011 - 12:14 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, July 19 (IANS) A local court Tuesday extended the remand of a woman student arrested on charges of working for separatist guerrillas in north Kashmir's Sopore town."Sopore police arrested ... Read more...
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Meghalaya seeks central assistance to nab rebel leader
July 19th, 2011 - 8:14 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, July 19 (IANS) Meghalaya Tuesday asked the central government to persuade Bangladesh to nab Champion R. Sangma, a rogue Indian policeman turned secessionist rebel leader hiding in that ... Read more...
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‘Terrorists may have used safe house near blast sites’
July 16th, 2011 - 1:06 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai/New Delhi, July 16 (IANS) Investigators probing the Mumbai blasts believe the terrorists who planted the bombs may have used a "safe house" somewhere near the blast sites to ... Read more...
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‘Terrorists behind bombings may not have been locals’
July 15th, 2011 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai/New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) The terrorists who planted bombs at three sites in Mumbai may not have been locals, an examination of the CCTV footage collected from the sites ... Read more...
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Pakistan Navy man present to pick Mumbai attack landing site: Headley
May 27th, 2011 - 1:12 am ICT by IANS
Chicago, May 26 (IANS) A Pakistani Navy man was present during discussions with his Pakistani spy agency, Inter-Services Intelligence, handler Major Iqbal, on landing sites and arrival of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) ... Read more...
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No 1971 trial details to media, rules Dhaka panel
May 25th, 2011 - 12:32 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, May 25 (IANS) The Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal trying Islamists accused of collaborating with authorities in erstwhile Pakistan during the 1971 freedom movement has restrained police and counsel from ... Read more...
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Indian Navy saves Chinese ship from pirates (Roundup)
May 6th, 2011 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Mumbai, May 6 (IANS) Prompt action by the Indian Navy staved off a pirate attack on a Chinese cargo vessel far out in the Arabian Sea, forcing the brigands ... Read more...
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Indian Navy foils pirate attack on Chinese vessel
May 6th, 2011 - 3:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) India said Friday its warships and military aircraft had foiled a pirate attack on a Chinese cargo vessel with 24 crew members on board ... 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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Dhaka’s Islamist leader admits after 40 years: ‘It was genocide’
May 5th, 2011 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, May 5 (IANS) Chief of Bangladesh's largest Islamist party Thursday said that killing of unarmed civilians during the movement for liberation from Pakistan in 1971 was "genocide", his interrogator ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
Deep shame over Osama’s killing in Pakistan, says daily
May 4th, 2011 - 12:24 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 4 (IANS) The fact that Osama bin Laden was living right under the "military's nose" added to the way in which he was killed were matters of deep ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Sitting in White House, Obama watched Osama die
May 3rd, 2011 - 11:11 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 3 (IANS) US President Barack Obama watched the real action unfold live on a TV screen as a US commando gunned down Al Qaida chief Osama bin ... Read more...
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No deal of immunity struck between UK and Libya defector Mousa Koussa: William Hague
April 4th, 2011 - 5:27 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 4 (ANI): British Foreign Secretary William Hague has said that his government has not struck any deal with former Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa, who had defected to the UK ... Read more...
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Married UK woman weds second man then runs off with third after honeymoon
April 4th, 2011 - 5:19 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 4 (ANI): A woman bigamist in Britain is said to have married a second man, who is 20 years her junior, while still being married to her first, and then ... Read more...
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‘Libya defector Mousa Koussa was double agent for MI6, CIA for a decade’
April 3rd, 2011 - 2:02 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 3 (ANI): Mousa Koussa, the former Libyan head of Intelligence who had defected to the UK last week, has been acting as a double agent for MI6 and the CIA ... Read more...
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Koussa says Palestinians, not Libya behind Lockerbie bombing
April 2nd, 2011 - 6:19 pm ICT by ANI
Edinburgh, Apr 2 (ANI): British Labour Party politician Tam Dalyell has said former Libyan Minister Moussa Koussa told him that the Gaddafi regime had not been responsible for the Lockerbie bombing and ... Read more...
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Relatives demand UK to grill ex Libyan FM over Lockerbie bombing
April 1st, 2011 - 6:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr.1 (ANI): Relatives of victims of the Lockerbie bombing have demanded that former Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa should be questioned over claims that he masterminded the 1988 bombing of ... Read more...
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Gaddafi regime facing collapse as 12 ministers set to defect to UK
April 1st, 2011 - 12:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr.1 (ANI): Libyan security sources have said that around a dozen senior officials are expected to abandon Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's inner circle, leaving his regime on the verge of collapse. ... Read more...
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Zimbabwe opposition activists forced out of homes and beaten
March 13th, 2011 - 4:31 pm ICT by ANI
Harare, Mar.13 (ANI): Opposition activists in Zimbabwe have said that they were forced out of their homes and beaten for refusing to support President Robert Mugabe, claiming that the attacks are 'state ... Read more...
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‘Good friends’ Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner spotted together
March 7th, 2011 - 5:25 pm ICT by ANI
New York, March 07 (ANI): Scarlett Johansson, who is rumoured to be hooked-up with Sean Penn, was recently spotted sharing drinks with Jeremy Renner.The pair, who appeared to be "good friends," ... Read more...
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Ryan Reynolds spotted getting cozy with mystery blonde
March 5th, 2011 - 6:31 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Mar 5 (ANI): Pictures of actor Ryan Reynolds getting close to a mystery blonde in Cape Town, South Africa have emerged.In one of the photos, taken near the set ... Read more...
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