Bangladesh will act on extraditing Chetia: Envoy
June 17th, 2012 - 3:59 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, June 17 (IANS) Bangladesh's envoy to India Tariq Ahmad Karim has asked India to have patience with Dhaka over the issue of handing over India's most wanted separatist rebel, ... Read more...
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Hizbul Mujahideen militant arrested in Jammu region
May 16th, 2012 - 7:35 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, May 16 (IANS) A Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) militant was arrested Wednesday by police from the mountainous Doda district of the Jammu region in Jammu and Kashmir."Police received inputs about ... Read more...
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India, Bangladesh to discuss extradition, Teesta pacts
May 3rd, 2012 - 5:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 3 (IANS) India and Bangladesh are likely to sign an extradition treaty and discuss an early signing of the Teesta water-sharing pact during Bangladesh Foreign Minister ... Read more...
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Satellite phones to help Bihar fight Maoists, floods
April 23rd, 2012 - 2:11 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, April 23 (IANS) Satellite phones will be installed at 85 places in Maoist and flood-affected districts of Bihar for better communications in times of emergency, officials Monday said.An official ... Read more...
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Five migrants found dead in boat near Italy
March 17th, 2012 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, March 17 (IANS) Five migrants were found dead Saturday in a boat south of Lampedusa Island in southern Italy, the ANSA news agency said.Local coast guard found the bodies ... Read more...
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Three geologists go missing in China
March 3rd, 2012 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, March 3 (IANS) Three geologists who went on a field trip to a remote nature reserve in China have gone missing. Authorities have now sent a search and ... Read more...
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HuJi link to Delhi attack on Israelis?
February 21st, 2012 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Investigators probing the Feb 13 bombing on an Israeli embassy car are tracking a possible Bangladeshi terror link to the attack blamed by Israel ... Read more...
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Scientists crack satellite telephony security code
February 9th, 2012 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 9 (IANS) Satellite telephony is believed to be impregnable and perfectly foolproofed against eavesdropping. But, researchers now have cracked the encryption algorithms of the European Telecommunications Standards Institute ... Read more...
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ULFA’s Chetia reapplies for asylum in Bangladesh
November 20th, 2011 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Nov 20 (IANS) United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) general secretary Anup Chetia, presently in a Bangladeshi jail, has once again applied to a court there for political asylum, ... Read more...
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Rajasthan districts on alert after sat phone detected
August 11th, 2011 - 8:48 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, Aug 11 (IANS) Police in three Rajasthan districts have been told to be on high alert after intelligence agencies caught frequencies of a satellite phone being used to make ... Read more...
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Mumbai attackers left clues for Indian agencies
May 27th, 2011 - 12:12 pm ICT by IANS
Chicago, May 27 (IANS) Ten terrorists from Pakistan based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) group who carried out the deadly 2008 terror attacks left behind several tell tale signs that helped Indian investigators, ... Read more...
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Obama’s limousine can move on with tyres blown off!
May 23rd, 2011 - 4:26 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 23 (IANS) US President Barack Obama's limousine, nicknamed The Beast by Secret Service staff, is the most technologically advanced bulletproof vehicle on earth.It will carry Obama around ... Read more...
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Three satellite phones seized
May 12th, 2011 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The Delhi Police Thursday said it had seized three satellite phones from a news channel."We seized the gadgets on Wednesday after we found that a ... Read more...
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Two top militants killed in Indian-controlled Kashmir
April 24th, 2011 - 9:16 pm ICT by BNO News
SRINAGAR, KASHMIR (BNO NEWS) -- Two top militants of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) were killed Sunday during an encounter with army troops in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, Press Trust of ... Read more...
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Two LeT militants killed in J-K encounter
April 24th, 2011 - 2:59 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 24 (ANI): Army troops shot down two militants of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror oufit during an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban District.According to reports, the two militants, who ... Read more...
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Bangladesh crackdown puts pressure on ULFA chief
December 27th, 2010 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Dec 27 (IANS) The crackdown on the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) in Bangladesh will force its elusive leader Paresh Baruah to rethink his intransigent stand, a top official said ... Read more...
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Hideout busted, recoveries made in north Kashmir
November 23rd, 2010 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Nov 23 (IANS) Two solar rockets, four explosive rods and other arms and ammunition were recovered Tuesday after security forces busted a terrorist hideout in north Kashmir's Baramulla district. A man ... Read more...
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Two Al Qaeda men arrested from Karachi
November 17th, 2010 - 1:31 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Nov 17 (ANI): Two important Al Qaeda figures have been arrested from Karachi's Sohrab Goth area by law enforcement agencies, who have shifted them to Islamabad for investigation.Umar Misri and Mohammad ... Read more...
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Now, Internet access on Everest summit
October 29th, 2010 - 6:02 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Oct 29 (ANI): Climbers would now be able to make video calls and surf the Internet on their mobile phones while at the top of Mount Everest, thanks to a Nepalese ... Read more...
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Kashmir gunfight: Search operations called off (Lead)
August 16th, 2010 - 10:53 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Aug 16 (IANS) Security forces Monday evening called off search operations in the Thanna Mandi forests of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir after recovering the bodies of three militants killed ... Read more...
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Foreign tourists also trapped in Leh
August 7th, 2010 - 1:10 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 6 (IANS) Several foreigners were among the tourists reported to be stranded in Leh Friday as air links were snapped after massive flash floods hit the town, killing at ... Read more...
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West Bengal announces surrender policy for Maoists
July 29th, 2010 - 1:12 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 28 (IANS) The West Bengal government Wednesday announced a surrender-cum-rehabilitation policy for the Maoist guerrillas with immediate effect.
As per the package, based on guidelines formulated by the union home ministry, ... Read more...
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Round-the-world teen sailor feared lost at sea?
June 11th, 2010 - 1:44 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 11 (ANI): A 16-year-old California girl, who had been attempting a solo non-stop sail around the world, is feared to be lost at sea.According to GrindTV.com, Abby Sunderland lost satellite ... Read more...
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California Teen Successfully Climbs Mount Everest
May 24th, 2010 - 8:35 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
May 24, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): 13-year-old Jordon Romero from Big Bear, California, has become the youngest person to reach the top of Mount Everest. The eighth-grader said that ... Read more...
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California Teen Climbs Mount Everest: Breaks Records
May 24th, 2010 - 6:21 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Nepal, May 24, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Kathmandu's Mount Everest, the highest mountain peak in the world, has seen many a record being made on its summits in the past, but this ... Read more...
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Solo round-the-world Oz sailor reveals love interest
May 23rd, 2010 - 2:24 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, May 23 (ANI): Australian sailor Jessica Watson has confessed she is in a relationship with British sailor Mike Perham.The couple apparently grew close over satellite phone during Watson's seven-month round-the-world voyage. ... Read more...
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13-Year-Old Jordan Romero Becomes Youngest Person To Climb Everest
May 22nd, 2010 - 7:11 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
May 22, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Jordan Romero became the youngest climber to climb the peak of Mount Everest. The 13-year-old American boy Jordan Romero was able to brave the extreme cold ... Read more...
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s luxury trains
May 7th, 2010 - 7:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 7 (ANI): North Korean leader Kim Jong-il enjoys traveling in style, and according to the Christian Science Monitor (CSM), has six armoured luxury trains to move around in, especially when ... Read more...
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Arrested LeT man confesses to Delhi terror plot links (Lead)
May 3rd, 2010 - 12:15 am ICT by IANS
Srinagar, May 2 (IANS) A top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative who was arrested here Saturday has confessed to his connections with the LeT plot to carry out terror strikes in Delhi, police said ... Read more...
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Call charges for paramilitary personnel deployed in border areas reduced
April 16th, 2010 - 10:53 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Apr 16 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs has asked BSNL to reduce the call charges so that the personnel of the Central Para Military Force posted in remote/forward areas ... Read more...
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Call charges for troopers in border posts reduced
April 16th, 2010 - 7:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) On the home ministry's intervention, state-run telephone service Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) has reduced call charges for paramilitary troopers posted in border areas from Rs.5 per ... Read more...
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Katie Spotz: The youngest person to row across the Atlantic
March 16th, 2010 - 9:02 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
March 16, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): A 22-year-old American rower accomplished a solo voyage across the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday. She contacted a dock in the coffee-brown waters of Guyana ... Read more...
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Manipuri militant outfit’s chief held in West Bengal
March 15th, 2010 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 15 (IANS) Three militants, including the chief of the outlawed Manipuri insurgent outfit Kanglei Yawol Kanna Lup (KYKL), have been arrested from West Bengal's Darjeeling district, police said Monday.
According to ... Read more...
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India building antenna for satellite phone services National/Technology
February 1st, 2010 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Feb 1 (IANS) India is building a dedicated high-beam, antenna to provide satellite phone services, a senior space scientist said Monday.
"We are in the process of building a high-beam antenna ... Read more...
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US teen joins race for youngest round-the-world sailor
January 25th, 2010 - 3:47 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 25 (DPA) A 16-year-old American girl has embarked on a quest to become the youngest person to sail around the world, adding some competition to an effort already underway by ... Read more...
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