US, Pakistan to target Haqqani network
August 5th, 2012 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 5 (IANS) US and Pakistani officials are considering joint counter-terrorism campaigns in Afghanistan and Pakistan that would target the Haqqani militant group, a media report said.The Haqqani ... Read more...
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16 killed, dozens injured in Pakistan blast (Lead)
June 16th, 2012 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 16 (IANS) At least 16 people were killed and dozens of others, including children, injured in Pakistan's Khyber Agency Saturday after a bomb ripped through a market area, ... Read more...
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Attacks on scribes: Press council team visits Mumbai
April 24th, 2012 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, April 23 (IANS) A three-member team of the Press Council of India, which arrived here Monday on a two-day visit to assess problems faced by mediapersons and attacks on ... Read more...
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Maoist leader held in Odisha
February 28th, 2012 - 12:24 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Feb 27 (IANS) A Maoist leader allegedly involved in several attacks, including one on the site of a construction company last year, was arrested in Odisha's Sambalpur district Monday, ... Read more...
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Seven Maoists surrender in Chhattisgarh
January 30th, 2012 - 10:29 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 30 (IANS) As many as seven Maoist rebels, including three 'divisional commanders', surrendered in Chhattisgarh Monday in restive Bastar region, police said.The rebels belonged to the banned Communist ... Read more...
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Six Maoists arrested in Chhattisgarh
December 26th, 2011 - 10:37 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Dec 26 (IANS) Six Maoist rebels were arrested Monday in Chhattisgarh's violence-hit Bastar region, police said.The arrests were made from a thickly forested area of Awapalli in Bijapur district, ... Read more...
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Unscrupulous Left workers joining Trinamool: Congress
November 27th, 2011 - 11:03 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 27 (IANS) The Congress' West Bengal unit Sunday alleged that several Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) workers have infiltrated the Trinamool Congress to jeopardise the relationship of ... Read more...
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Maoists kill two CISF men at Chhattisgarh mining site
November 16th, 2011 - 11:46 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Nov 16 (IANS) Two Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) troopers were killed Wednesday in a gunbattle with Maoists near a mine in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district, an official said.
The Communist ... Read more...
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28 militants, eight soldiers killed in Pakistan clashes (Lead)
June 19th, 2011 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 19 (IANS) At least 28 Taliban militants and eight soldiers were killed in two major clashes with the Pakistani security forces near the Afghan border, Xinhua reported ... Read more...
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Three soldiers, four militants killed in Pakistan clash
June 19th, 2011 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 19 (IANS) Three soldiers and four Taliban militants were killed Sunday in a clash at a check post in northwest Pakistan, Xinhua reported.The fighting started when militants ... Read more...
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US declines to confirm Ilyas Kashmiri’s killing
June 7th, 2011 - 11:26 am ICT by IANS
Washington, June 7 (IANS) Despite Pakistan Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani's reported assertion that Washington has confirmed the death of Ilyas Kashmiri, the United States has declined to do so.... Read more...
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Left Front urges Bengal governor to stop post-poll violence
May 16th, 2011 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) A delegation of West Bengal's ousted Left Front headed by Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader Mohammad Salim Monday met Governor M.K. Narayanan and urged him ... Read more...
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Manmohan Singh’s visit to Kabul sees heightened security
May 12th, 2011 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, May 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Afghanistan, coming after a gap of six years, has been marked by a heightened level of security and secrecy.... Read more...
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After Osama, beware of ‘lone wolves’: US advisory
May 11th, 2011 - 11:09 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 11 (IANS) Lone individuals are the most likely to launch attacks in the US following the killing of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden in a US raid ... Read more...
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US offers 5-mn-dollar reward for information on HUJI commander Ilyas Kashmiri
April 7th, 2011 - 11:28 am ICT by ANI
Washington, April 7(ANI): The United States is offering five million dollars as reward money for information leading to the location of Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri, the commander of Al Qaida-supporting terrorist organization Harakat-ul-Jihad ... Read more...
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US offers $5 million for terror leader Ilyas Kashmiri
April 7th, 2011 - 10:18 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 7 (IANS) The United States has offered a reward of up to $5 million for information on Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri, head of a Pakistani terrorist group who played ... Read more...
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‘Shakthi’ a disappointment for NTR fans (Telugu Movie Review)
April 3rd, 2011 - 6:50 pm ICT by IANS
Film: "Shakthi"; Cast: NTR, Ileana, Sonu Sood, Sivaji Prabhu, Brahmanandam, Jackie Shroff, Pooja Bedi, Venu, Ali and others; Producer: Ashwini Dutt; Screenplaywriter-Director: Mehar Ramesh; Composer: Manisharma; Camera: Sameer Reddy; Rating: *Shakthi, ... Read more...
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Six held in raids at Maoists hideout
March 19th, 2011 - 1:32 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 19 (IANS) Six Maoists were arrested after a contingent of over 100 Chhattisgarh policemen raided a rebel hideout in Bastar district Saturday, police said.The raid was carried out ... Read more...
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Indian Navy intercepts pirate’s ship, nabs 61 pirates
March 14th, 2011 - 2:46 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 14 (ANI): The Indian Navy on Monday intercepted a pirate mother ship Vega 5, 600 nautical miles off the country's west coast and arrested 61 pirates.About thirteen hostages have ... Read more...
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Maoists kill Salwa Judum leader, eight rebels arrested (Lead)
February 3rd, 2011 - 12:18 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, Feb 2 (IANS) Maoists Wednesday shot dead a senior member of the anti-Maoists civil militia movement, Salwa Judum, in Chhattisgarh, police said.Police also arrested eight Maoists involved in several attacks.The ... Read more...
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Menacing pirate mother vessel neutralized by Indian Navy and Coast Guard
January 29th, 2011 - 7:52 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Jan 29(ANI): In a well coordinated and jointly conducted operation, the Indian Navy and the Coast Guard intercepted Prantalay, a pirate mother vessel which was being used by Somali pirates ... Read more...
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Two women among three Maoists held in Chhattisgarh
November 18th, 2010 - 11:32 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Nov 18 (IANS) Chhattisgarh Police Thursday arrested three Maoists, including two women insurgents, from a forested pocket of violence-hit Dantewada district."The arrested Maoists had been actively involved in several attacks in ... Read more...
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Toll in Lahore bombings rises to 38
September 2nd, 2010 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 2 (DPA) The toll from three suicide bombings in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore rose to 38 Thursday as more victims died in hospital from their wounds, rescue workers ... Read more...
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Four militants arrested in Assam
July 24th, 2010 - 2:47 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 24 (IANS) Four militants of the outlawed Kamatapur Liberation Organisation (KLO) were arrested from a safe house Saturday in Assam's main city of Guwahati in a joint raid by police ... Read more...
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Pak Army gun down three suicide bombers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
July 20th, 2010 - 5:18 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, July 20 (ANI): Pakistan security forces shot down three suicide bombers on Tuesday while they were trying to force their way into an army centre in Mardan, situated 60 kilometres ... Read more...
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Congress leader’s relative killed in Maoist attack
July 8th, 2010 - 10:28 am ICT by IANS
Raipur, July 8 (IANS) Dozens of armed Maoists attacked a Congress leader's house and a police station in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district early Thursday, killing a close relative of the politician, police said. ... Read more...
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Osama Bin Laden Hiding In Tribal Locations Of Pakistan, Says CIA Chief
June 28th, 2010 - 8:15 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Washington, June 28, (THAINDIAN NEWS) World's most dreaded terrorist, Osama Bin Laden is hiding in Pakistan's tribal areas, said the CIA director Leon Panetta in an interview to a television ... Read more...
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Iran summons British envoy over help for rebel group
June 17th, 2010 - 4:11 am ICT by IANS
Tehran, June 17 (IANS) Iran Wednesday summoned the British ambassador to Tehran over London's alleged support for a rebel group blamed for several terror attacks in the country, the Iranian state-run Press ... Read more...
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Lack of leadership turns Bengal tribal group to violence
June 14th, 2010 - 6:43 pm ICT by IANS
By Sabyasachi Roy
Kolkata, June 14 (IANS) The People's Committee Against Police Atrocities (PCAPA), a tribal group formed two years ago to protest police torture in West Bengal, seems to be engaging ... Read more...
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One killed, 22 injured in Iraq bombings
June 7th, 2010 - 3:52 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, June 7 (DPA) At least one person was killed and 22 were injured Monday in attacks targeting police in Iraq, police officials told DPA.
Several houses belonging to several policemen were bombed ... Read more...
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Cop donates blood to save injured Maoist
May 12th, 2010 - 11:58 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, May 12 (IANS) A Chhattisgarh policeman donated blood and saved the life of a Maoist guerilla who suffered bullet injuries in a gun battle with the security forces, sources said ... Read more...
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Woman Maoist’s parents accuse CRPF of mental torture
May 4th, 2010 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, May 4 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh Police Tuesday began a probe into a complaint from the tribal parents of a woman Maoist leader that they were being harassed by Central Reserve Police ... Read more...
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Key Taliban commander captured in Pakistan
April 26th, 2010 - 11:27 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 26 (IANS) An important commander of the Taliban was captured Monday in a military operation in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi, officials said.
Hakim Waliullah Swati was captured from ... Read more...
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Four Maoists held in Chhattisgarh
April 23rd, 2010 - 11:07 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, April 23 (IANS) Four Maoist guerrillas were arrested Friday from a thickly forested area of Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, police said.
A police search contingent raided a forested hamlet Durgkondal in Kanker ... Read more...
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Nine arrested for attack on Christian prayer meet
April 20th, 2010 - 12:08 am ICT by IANS
Bhopal, April 19 (IANS) Nine people were arrested Monday in Madhya Pradesh's Betul district for attacking a Christian prayer meeting Saturday night, police said.
"Police Monday arrested nine people, including Rakesh, Niraj, Radhey, ... Read more...
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