Delhi to open more state-run retail outlets
May 8th, 2011 - 1:36 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 8 (IANS) The Delhi government is planning to open more branches of Kendriya Bhandar, state-run retail outlets, in the government colonies to provide people with quality products ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Contractor who built Osama’s compound detained from Abottabad
May 4th, 2011 - 5:24 pm ICT by ANI
Abbottabad, May 4(ANI): The contractor who built the huge fortified compound, where Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden was found and killed by US troops on Sunday night, has been detained from ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Osama’s death could deepen suspicions about Pakistan
May 2nd, 2011 - 6:29 pm ICT by ANI
New York, May 2 (ANI): The killing of Osama bin Laden deep inside Pakistan in an American operation, seems almost certain to further inflame tensions between the United States and Pakistan and ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Tracking of couriers provided tip to Osama’s Pak location
May 2nd, 2011 - 5:34 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 2 (ANI): An exhaustive streak of intelligence gathering and high-level meetings notwithstanding, it was a tip received in August last year convinced the American establishment that they had what ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Pak highlights ’significant role’ in counter-terrorism efforts
May 2nd, 2011 - 4:32 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, May 2(ANI): After the death of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a secret US operation in Pakistan, the Pakistan government on Monday said it had played a "significant role" in ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Raid to kill Osama near Islamabad doesn’t bode well for Pak: US official
May 2nd, 2011 - 4:05 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, May 2(ANI): It would be hard for the Pakistani government to explain how slain Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden could have been living in a high-profile residence "without their knowing", a ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Catching you by the ears at airports
October 11th, 2010 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
London, Oct 11 (IANS) The shape of your ears could provide an infallible new way of identifying people at airports.
Researchers have discovered that each person's ears have a unique shape ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
Muted response to Kalyan Singh’s Ayodhya visit
September 16th, 2010 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
Ayodhya, Sep 16 (IANS) Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kalyan Singh's visit to the disputed Ram Janmabhoomi site in this Uttar Pradesh temple town Thursday ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
US to revamp export system to strengthen national security
April 21st, 2010 - 8:05 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 21 (IANS) US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday that the US will revamp its Cold War era export control system to enhance national security.
Gates made the statement to ... Read more...
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600 kg of explosives used in Lahore car bomb blast, death toll 11
March 8th, 2010 - 1:07 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Mar 8(ANI): At least 11 people, including a young schoolgirl and her mother, were killed and 61 others injured, when a suicide bomber rammed his car laden with 600 kilograms ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
European countries anti war attitude, a threat to world security: Gates
February 24th, 2010 - 6:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 24 (ANI): US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said that European countries' current anti war attitude is threatening world security.Addressing a forum on rewriting the basic mission plan for the ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Gates’ visit will prepare way for Obama’s India visit: Expert (Lead)
January 21st, 2010 - 2:02 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Jan 21 (IANS) US Defence Secretary Robert Gates' visit to India on the heels of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's successful visit to Washington last November will sustain the momentum in ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Gates’ visit bolsters US-India security ties: US expert
January 21st, 2010 - 1:19 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Jan 21 (IANS) US Defence Secretary Robert Gates' visit to India on the heels of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's successful visit to Washington last November, will sustain the ... Read more...
Posted in World |
JFK airport terminal evacuated after security breach
January 17th, 2010 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Jan 17 (DPA) A passenger who walked through a door meant for airline workers set off a security incident Saturday that caused authorities to evacuate New York's John F. Kennedy ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Muslims could face tighter screening at British airports
December 29th, 2009 - 3:34 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec. 29 (ANI): The new airport security measures implemented at British airports in the wake of the Detroit-bound flight bombing bid could include singling out Muslim travellers for extra questioning and ... Read more...
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Gates says US withdrawal from Afghanistan will take ’several years’
December 8th, 2009 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, Dec 8 (DPA) US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Tuesday that the US military withdrawal from Afghanistan would take "several years" as Afghan forces needed to be strengthened by recruiting ... Read more...
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Brad Pitt locked out of his own house!
February 14th, 2009 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
London, Feb 14 (IANS) Oscar-nominated actor Brad Pitt was left red-faced when he returned to his home on his customised Chopper motorbike only to discover he couldn't get through the security gates ... Read more...
Posted in World |
How Brad Pitt failed to enter his own house
February 14th, 2009 - 6:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 14 (ANI): It was certainly a security goof-up for Brad Pitt when he could not enter his own house.The Oscar-nominated actor returned to his home on his customised Chopper ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Vladimir Putins a diehard Abba fan
February 6th, 2009 - 3:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, Feb 6 (ANI): Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is such huge fan of Abba that he actually called the band to his homeland for a private concert.Putin was seen dancing ... Read more...
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America greets its 44th President Barack Obama with a deafening roar
January 21st, 2009 - 1:29 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan.20 (ANI): There was a deafening roar which erupted among the crowd of hundreds of thousands of people, as President-elect Barack Obama was introduced at the Capitol before his swearing-in ... Read more...
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South African Indian cult leader drove siblings to kill parents
July 28th, 2008 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
By Fakir Hassen
Durban, July 28 (IANS) Intervention by the South African Hindu Dharma Sabha stopped angry residents from burning down the house of a South African Indian, alleged to be a Christian ... Read more...
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Campus violence worries Indian students in US
February 17th, 2008 - 5:23 pm ICT by admin
By Parveen Chopra
New York, Feb 17 (IANS) Frequent gun rampages on the US campuses and murder of three Indian students in the past couple of months has worried the 80,000-strong Indian student ... Read more...
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