‘Pakistan not cooperating in return of Kashmiri youths’
July 28th, 2012 - 4:28 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, July 26 (IANS) Pakistan's "non-cooperation" was the only road block in return of the Kashmiri youths who were stranded in training camps in Pakistan-administered Kashmir or were living outside ... Read more...
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Conficker worm a continuing threat: Microsoft
April 26th, 2012 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
Redmond (Washington State), April 26 (IANS) Software giant Microsoft Thursday said the Conficker worm was detected approximately 220 million times worldwide in the past two-and-a-half years, making it one of ... Read more...
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Microsoft announces automatic upgrades for Internet Explorer
December 16th, 2011 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
San Francisco, Dec 16 (IANS) Microsoft Thursday announced that it will automatically upgrade the Internet Explorer (IE) to the latest version to give Windows customers more protection against malicious software.According ... Read more...
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Delhi blast exposes security, intelligence loopholes: Experts
September 7th, 2011 - 6:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 7 (IANS) Top security experts say that Wednesday's blast outside the Delhi High Court has "exposed the loopholes in our security system" which "has an inadequate ... Read more...
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No ex-gratia for Kanishka victims in action plan (Lead)
December 8th, 2010 - 1:17 am ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Dec 7 (IANS) Canada Tuesday unveiled an action plan to implement the recommendations of the Air India bombing inquiry commission, which submitted its report in June. But there was ... Read more...
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No ex-gratia for Kanishka victims in action plan
December 7th, 2010 - 3:40 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Dec 7 (IANS) Canada is set to unveil an action plan to implement the recommendations of the Air India bombing inquiry commission which submitted its report in June. But ... Read more...
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Ex-Bangladesh minister denied bail in Chittagong arms haul
November 12th, 2010 - 3:10 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Nov 12 (IANS) A court in Chittagong has denied bail to a former minister being probed for links to the 2004 seizure of a huge consignment of arms meant for ... Read more...
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ULFA paid $99 mn bribe for arms’ passage in Bangladesh
November 11th, 2010 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Nov 11 (IANS) An Indian militant group and the embassy of a South Asian country bribed "higher-ups" in the former Khaleda Zia government to ensure safe passage of a huge ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
US tone-down, says ‘al-Qaeda attack alert’ meant for Europe ‘not specifically’ America
October 5th, 2010 - 2:45 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 5 (ANI): The U.S. government has clarified that the State Department alert on al-Qaeda backed terror plots were meant for Europe and that there was no indication that America or ... Read more...
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Boycott threat to Commonwealth Games opening ceremony
October 3rd, 2010 - 12:50 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct 3 (ANI): Scotland, the Isle of Man and Canada have threatened to boycott the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony because they claim organisers have not told them enough about the ... Read more...
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Scotland says up to athletes whether to attend Delhi CWG opening ceremony or not
October 3rd, 2010 - 12:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 3 (ANI): Scotland's athletes have been told they do not have to attend the opening ceremony of the Delhi Commonwealth Games today due to fears of staying in holding areas ... Read more...
Posted in Sports |
ICSS, Israel college sign first Indo-Israeli security training pact
August 19th, 2010 - 2:17 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug. 19 (ANI-Business Wire India): In a landmark development to enable the youth of India gain leadership positions in the fast growing private security industry and to bring best practices ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
ICC worried over lack of international cricket in Pakistan
July 18th, 2010 - 2:03 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 18 (ANI): The International Cricket Council (ICC) is concerned that the lack of international cricket in Pakistan could severely dent the future of the game in the troubled country.ICC chief ... Read more...
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Suspect ‘flees’ to Saudi Arabia as Dhaka begins war crimes trial
March 29th, 2010 - 6:29 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 29 IANS) The Bangladesh government has issued a travel alert after a senior leader of Bangladesh's Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI), suspected of being involved in "war crimes", left for Saudi Arabia ... Read more...
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Zia’s son did not meet Indian militant, says BNP
February 9th, 2010 - 9:18 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Feb 9 (IANS) Main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Tuesday denied reports that its key official and party chief's son Tarique Rahman had met Indian fugitive militant Paresh Barua.
Barua ... Read more...
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Yemeni Al Qaeda commander killed in air strike (Lead)
January 16th, 2010 - 12:52 am ICT by IANS
Sana'a, Jan 15 (DPA) A top commander of Al Qaeda in Yemen was among six suspected members of the terrorist network who were killed in an air strike on two cars Friday, ... Read more...
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Security beefed up in Mathura
December 20th, 2009 - 2:00 pm ICT by IANS
Mathura, Dec 20 (IANS) Security has been beefed up at the sensitive Sri Krishna Janambhoomi campus in Uttar Pradesh's Mathura district, police said Sunday.
A police officer said security was beefed up following ... Read more...
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Most Indians still feel that US giving India short shrift
November 24th, 2009 - 1:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov.24 (ANI): A majority of Indians across the United States feel that President Barack Obama gave too much deference to China during his recent Asia trip, and thus created doubts ... Read more...
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Fort Hood shooter may have had financial links to Pakistan
November 14th, 2009 - 12:05 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, Nov 14 (IANS) US army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, accused of gunning down 13 people at Fort Hood, Texas, military base had financial dealings in Pakistan, a US ... Read more...
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Dhaka police look for ship that carried arms for Indian militants
October 25th, 2009 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Oct 25 (IANS) Bangladesh police are trying to identify the ship that carried 10 truck-loads of arms and ammunition meant for an Indian militant outfit in 2004, a media report said.
The ... Read more...
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Bangladesh court to question officials in 2004 arms seizure
September 29th, 2009 - 3:01 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Sep 29 (IANS) Bangladesh investigators are preparing to question a former home secretary and four others who formed a team to probe the seizure in 2004 of 10 truckloads of firearms ... Read more...
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Anti-terror information obtained through torture of suspects abroad: UK
August 10th, 2009 - 1:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug.10 (ANI): Two senior British ministers on Sunday said they could not rule out that vital anti-terror information had been obtained through the torture of suspects abroad.In the wake of this ... Read more...
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Kargil: Whose war was that? (Comment)
July 26th, 2009 - 10:25 am ICT by IANS
By C. Uday Bhaskar
July 26 marks 10 years after India won the limited but high-stakes Kargil War initiated by Pakistan. On this day in 1999, the Indian soldiers gave the country a ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Dhaka’s information rights law comes into force
July 1st, 2009 - 12:57 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, July 1 (IANS) Bangladesh's Right to Information Act 2009 came into effect Wednesday, but officials who would enable information to be delivered are yet to be appointed.
Although the act, excepting three ... Read more...
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`Ex Bangladesh army officer supervised offloading of illegal arms’
June 4th, 2009 - 12:14 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, June 4 (IANS) The off-loading of an arms and ammunition consignment meant for an Indian militant outfit was supervised by a former Bangladesh Army major who was working as deputy director ... Read more...
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China, new hideout of top ULFA commander Paresh Baruah
June 1st, 2009 - 2:23 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, June 1 (ANI): Indian Intelligence agencies have informed the Government that top United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) commander Paresh Baruah has moved to China around a month ago. ... Read more...
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Chittagong arms case: Nabbed Bangladeshi spies confess arms shipments to ULFA
May 22nd, 2009 - 2:42 pm ICT by ANI
Dhaka, May 22 (ANI): Two former Bangladesh spy agency chiefs - Major General (retired) Rezzakul Haider Chowdhury and Brigadier General (retired) Abdur Rahim have reportedly told their interrogators that the huge cache ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Arms haul: Dhaka to question former ministers
May 19th, 2009 - 12:16 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, May 19 (IANS) Several ministers in the former Khaleda Zia government may be questioned in the sensational Chittagong arms haul that was meant for Indian insurgents, a media report Tuesday quoted ... Read more...
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Dhaka to prosecute 2 former spy chiefs smuggling arms for Indian rebels
May 18th, 2009 - 1:19 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, May 18 (IANS) Two former Bangladesh Army generals, who headed the National Security Intelligence (NSI), will be prosecuted for facilitating the landing of Chinese arms meant for insurgents in India's northeast ... Read more...
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Two former intelligence chiefs held in Bangladesh
May 16th, 2009 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, May 16 (DPA) Investigators Saturday detained two former chiefs of Bangladesh's National Security Intelligence (NSI) for their alleged connection with an aborted bid to smuggle a huge cache of arms and ... Read more...
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Nabbed official tried to send arms to militants in India: Dhaka
May 4th, 2009 - 11:59 am ICT by IANS
Dhaka, May 4 (IANS) Bangladesh authorities have nabbed a former senior official of the National Security Intelligence (NSI) agency and charged him with providing transport and equipment for an illegal arms consignment ... Read more...
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Defecting spy tells US that China spends most of its time stealing secrets
March 19th, 2009 - 12:35 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar.19 (ANI) The Chinese intelligence service spends most of its time not only trying to steal secrets from overseas but also on ways to bolster Communist Party rule by repressing ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Dhaka revamps intelligence set-up
March 17th, 2009 - 12:03 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, March 17 (IANS) A retired Bangladesh Army brigadier general will head one of the premier intelligence agencies of the country as part of the revamp spurred by last month's mutiny ... Read more...
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Iran calls BBC Persian TV threat to national security
January 15th, 2009 - 12:56 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, Jan 14 (IANS) Iran Wednesday said the BBC Persian television network, launched Wednesday, is a threat to its national security, the official IRNA news agency reported."The launching of the BBC Persian ... Read more...
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Microsoft says malware threats rise 43 percent
November 4th, 2008 - 2:50 am ICT by IANS
San Francisco, Nov 4 (DPA) Worldwide threats from malicious software that cripple computers with spy programmes, viruses and worms have increased 43 percent over the past year, Microsoft said Monday in its ... Read more...
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