American Cleric Has Become Target Of CIA
April 8th, 2010 - 8:26 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Washington, Apr 8, (THAINDIAN NEWS) In a recent development, the Obama administration has given its nod for the killing or capture of a Muslim Radical cleric named Anwar al-Awlaki who ... Read more...
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India, Australia sign agreement to boost education ties (Lead)
April 8th, 2010 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne/New Delhi, April 8 (IANS) Despite the attacks on its student community in Australia, India has "not prevented them" from going there, Human Resource Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal said Thursday as ... Read more...
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Four killed, eight injured in string of attacks across Iraq
April 2nd, 2010 - 12:09 am ICT by IANS
Baghdad, April 1 (DPA) Four people have been killed and seven injured in several attacks in different parts of Iraq, security sources said Thursday.
Iraqi security sources told DPA that two people were ... Read more...
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Nine Maoists arrested in Chhattisgarh
March 26th, 2010 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 26 (IANS) Nine Maoist guerrillas were arrested from Chhattisgarh's Bastar region Friday, police said.
The rebels were held in Koilibera area of Kanker district under restive Bastar region, some 330 km ... Read more...
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Editors Guild condemns attack on Andhra Jyothi
March 24th, 2010 - 5:40 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 24 (ANI): The Editors Guild of India on Wednesday condemned the attack on Telugu news channel ABN Andhra Jyothi, allegedly by members of Prajarajyam Party (PRP) led by cine ... Read more...
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Five Maoists held in Chhattisgarh
March 6th, 2010 - 1:21 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, March 6 (IANS) Five Maoist guerrillas, for whose capture the police had announced bounties, were arrested in Chhattisgarh Saturday.
The insurgents were held in a forest in Kanker district's Rowghat region, some ... Read more...
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Al-Qaida Still The Biggest Threat For The United States
February 4th, 2010 - 8:23 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Feb 4, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The terrorist group masterminded by the infamous terrorist leader, Osama bin Laden had always aimed at the destruction of the United States and launched several attacks ... Read more...
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More violence in Mexico as 2010 death toll nears one thousand
February 2nd, 2010 - 4:09 pm ICT by BNO News
TORREON, MEXICO (BNO NEWS) -- More drug-related violence erupted on Monday in Mexico, just hours after one of the bloodiest episodes in months in the so-called 'War on Drugs'.At least eight people ... Read more...
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Maoists raid NMDC mining complex, set ablaze 19 trucks (Lead)
January 27th, 2010 - 2:34 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Jan 27 (IANS) Over 100 Maoist guerrillas stormed into a mining complex of the state-run NMDC Ltd in Chhattisgarh's restive Dantewada district early Wednesday and set 19 trucks on fire.
The ... Read more...
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From hope to despair in the northeast
December 31st, 2009 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain and Sujit Chakraborty
Guwahati/Agartala, Dec 31 (IANS) For the eight states in northeastern India, 2009 will go down as a year that promised to bring an end to nearly ... Read more...
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Google Phone Nexus Can Be New Competitor To Iphone
December 14th, 2009 - 9:31 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Dec. 14, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The news of Google smartphone has surfaced in the internet for last few days and many people have started to speculate it to be great competitor ... Read more...
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Mayor, 12 others killed in Peshawar suicide blast
November 8th, 2009 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
Peshawar, Nov 8 (IANS) At least 13 people, including a city mayor, were killed and 36 others were wounded near this northwestern frontier town when a suicide bomber blew up a ... Read more...
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Jammu and Kashmir scribe visited LeT headquarters: Police
October 29th, 2009 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Oct 29 (IANS) A Jammu and Kashmir journalist, who was arrested Oct 25 on charges of working as a spy for Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), had visited the Lashkar-e-Taiba ... Read more...
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Mountbatten’s historical ‘transfer of power’ document to Jinnah rotting in Sindh loo!
October 15th, 2009 - 3:57 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Oct.15 (ANI): The Sindh Assembly administration appears to care the least about keeping important documents and historical records concerning the house proceedings intact and secure.Historical records such as the 'power documents' ... Read more...
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Maoists continue with their attacks, at least two killed in West Bengal
October 12th, 2009 - 11:11 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, Oct 12(ANI): Reacting to Government's initiative to fight against Naxals in various parts of the country, the Maoists on Monday struck back when they carried out several attacks in the ... Read more...
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Pak needs to take a strong action against terrorists operating from its soil: Antony
October 10th, 2009 - 9:46 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct.10 (ANI): Defense Mnister A.K. Antony on Saturday said Pakistan needed to take a determined and strong action against the terrorists operating from its soil, not just to satisfy ... Read more...
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Two Maoists shot dead by CRPF
September 17th, 2009 - 9:10 pm ICT by IANS
Raipur, Sep 17 (IANS) Troopers of the paramilitary Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) early Thursday gunned down two Maoist guerrillas in Chhattisgarh's restive Bastar region, police said.
The rebels were shot dead in ... Read more...
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15 killed in Pakistan fighting
September 7th, 2009 - 10:17 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Sep 7 (DPA) At least five soldiers and 10 Taliban militants were killed Monday in two separate incidents of violence in Pakistan's northwestern tribal region that borders Afghanistan, security officials ... Read more...
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Australian ‘Diggers’ kill top Taliban leader in Afghanistan
August 25th, 2009 - 3:03 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Aug.25 (ANI): Special Australian security forces, the Diggers, have reportedly killed senior Taliban leader, Mullah Karim, in a special operation primarily targeting the hardcore extremists in the Oruzgan province of ... Read more...
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Special Task Force arrests seven Maoists in Bihar
August 7th, 2009 - 7:30 pm ICT by ANI
Paliganj (Bihar), Aug 7 (ANI): The Special Task Force (STF) has arrested seven Maoists including the area commander of banned outfit Communist Party of India (Maoists) from Bihar's Paliganj region late on ... Read more...
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Pakistan delayed in banning militant outfits: Rajnath Singh
August 7th, 2009 - 1:24 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 7 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh has said that Pakistan's ban on Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) along with 25 religious and other groups should have happened a ... Read more...
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India welcomes ban on terrorist organisations in Pakistan
August 6th, 2009 - 4:41 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Aug 6 (ANI): Welcoming the ban on terrorist organisations in Pakistan, Union Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor on Thursday said India expects Islamabad to fulfill its ... Read more...
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US drone strike kills Baitullah Mehsud’s wife
August 5th, 2009 - 5:59 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Aug. 5 (ANI): Pak-Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud's wife was killed by a US missile strike in Pakistan's South Waziristan on Wednesday, Pakistani military officials said.Although Mehsud's aides didn't confirm ... Read more...
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Pakistan probes former lawmaker for Pole’s beheading
July 26th, 2009 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 26 (DPA) Pakistani police Sunday said investigators were quizzing a former pro-Taliban lawmaker believed at the centre of the slaying of a Polish engineer by militants earlier this year.
Shah ... Read more...
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50 militants, two policemen killed in Pakistan clashes
July 2nd, 2009 - 7:07 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 2 (DPA) At least 51 Taliban militants and two policemen were killed in airstrikes, clashes and a roadside bombing in northwest Pakistan, officials said Thursday.
The latest violence comes as ... Read more...
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Peshawar airport reopened on PM’s directives
June 18th, 2009 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 18 (IANS) Peshawar's international airport that was temporarily shut Wednesday amid a rise in Taliban attacks in the northwestern city, was reopened on Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's orders, ... Read more...
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Pakistan closes Peshawar airport amid rise in violence
June 17th, 2009 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, June 17 (DPA) Pakistani authorities Wednesday temporarily shutdown Peshawar's international airport amid a rise in Taliban attacks in the northern city.
"Peshawar airport has been closed for the time being due ... Read more...
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Indian students in Australia urged to be calm
June 9th, 2009 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, June 9 (IANS) Spiritual leader Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Tuesday urged Indian students in Australia to stay calm and not to get provoked by attacks on them.
"Time and again, Indians have ... Read more...
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Police gun down top Maoist leaders in Andhra Pradesh (Lead)
May 24th, 2009 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 24 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh police Sunday gunned down two top Maoist leaders, including one allegedly involved in 2003 assassination attempt on former chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.
Patel Sudhakar Reddy, ... Read more...
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Police gun down two top Maoist leaders in Andhra Pradesh
May 24th, 2009 - 3:11 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, May 24 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh police Sunday gunned down two top Maoist leaders, including one allegedly involved in the assassination attempt on former chief minister N. Chandrababu Naidu.
Patel Sudhakar Reddy, ... Read more...
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Over 100 Afghan schoolgirls hospitalised for gas poisoning
May 12th, 2009 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
Kabul, May 12 (DPA) More than 100 schoolgirls were taken to a hospital after a suspected gas attack on their school Tuesday, the third in series of such incidents in the ... Read more...
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18 soldiers killed in Pakistan suicide bombing (Second Lead)
April 18th, 2009 - 7:27 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 18 (DPA) A suicide car bomber attacked a military convoy and checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan Saturday, killing at least 18 soldiers and two civilians, a senior police official said.
The ... Read more...
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Five terrorists planning an attack on Karachi arrested
April 8th, 2009 - 8:47 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Apr 8 (ANI): The Karachi police on Wednesday foiled an attempt to carry out a terrorist act by arresting five alleged terrorists, seizing explosives and a large cache of ammunitions from ... Read more...
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Mehsud’s friends in ISI help him escape attacks, capture
April 6th, 2009 - 2:49 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Apr 6 (ANI): Tehreek-I-Taliban Pakistan chief Baitullah Mehsud has been able to escape several attempts to kill and capture him because he has friends in the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency. ... Read more...
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Suicide bombing kills eight in Pakistan (Second lead)
March 26th, 2009 - 2:24 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 26 (DPA) At least eight people were killed Thursday when a suicide blast ripped through a restaurant in north-western Pakistan as a feud raged between rival militant groups, a ... Read more...
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