Uzbek man admits plot to kill Obama
February 11th, 2012 - 1:54 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Feb 11 (IANS) A 22-year-old Uzbek national has pleaded guilty in a federal court to plotting to kill US President Barack Obama.Ulugbek Kodirov has been held without ... Read more...
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Two LeT guerrillas killed in Kashmir
February 4th, 2012 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Feb 4 (IANS) Two separatist guerrillas of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) were killed in a gunfight in Jammu and Kashmir Saturday, army sources said."On specific information about the presence of ... Read more...
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Terror in Pakistan province: 1,400 dead in 2011
January 31st, 2012 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 31 (IANS) A total of 1,430 people, including 256 policemen and 227 soldiers, were killed in terrorist attacks last year in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, a government ... Read more...
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Rehman Malik meets Interpol chief
January 29th, 2012 - 7:38 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 29 (IANS) Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik Sunday met Interpol Secretary-General Ronald K. Noble in Dubai and discussed the regional security situation, a media report said.Malik appreciated the ... Read more...
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Drone strikes fuelling insurgency in Pakistan: Gilani
January 29th, 2012 - 2:51 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 29 (IANS) Pakistan and the US have longstanding friendly relations, but drone strikes are only fuelling insurgency in the country, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said."In ... Read more...
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Terrorists kill civilian in south Kashmir village
January 24th, 2012 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, Jan 24 (IANS) Terrorists Tuesday killed a civilian in south Kashmir's Pulwama district.Police said the militants barged into the house of Ajaz Ahmad Shah, 40, a resident of Shobdani ... Read more...
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Plot to abduct Sachin: Eight-year jail terms for six
January 23rd, 2012 - 10:41 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) Six Harkat-ul Jihad-al-Islami terrorists who plotted to abduct cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Saurav Ganguly in 2002 were Monday sentenced to eight-year jail terms by ... Read more...
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US embassy in Thailand warns of terror threat
January 13th, 2012 - 7:02 pm ICT by IANS
Bangkok, Jan 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The US embassy in Thailand Friday alerted American citizens that terrorists may be planning to conduct attacks in tourist areas in Bangkok in the near ... Read more...
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Want justice for Batla house accused, says Digvijay
January 12th, 2012 - 11:31 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Hours after Home Minister P. Chidambaram said there was "no scope" for a fresh probe in the 2008 Batla House shootout, Congress general secretary ... Read more...
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BJP attacks Congress for ‘appeasement’ politics
January 12th, 2012 - 8:34 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday accused the Congress of playing "dirty politics" in Uttar Pradesh by appeasing minorities ahead of assembly elections.Attacking Congress ... Read more...
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Batla House encounter genuine, no re-opening: Chidambaram
January 12th, 2012 - 7:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Home Minister P. Chidambaram Thursday said the September 2008 Batla House gun battle with suspected terrorists was genuine and there was "no scope for ... Read more...
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Terror threat to Bihar railway station
January 9th, 2012 - 12:51 am ICT by IANS
Patna, Jan 8 (IANS) Security has been tightened at Bihar's Raxaul railway station and an alert sounded Sunday following a terrorist threat to blast the station premises and target long-distance ... Read more...
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Terrorist attack foiled in Afghanistan
January 2nd, 2012 - 3:08 am ICT by IANS
Kabul, Jan 2 (IANS) A terror attack has been thwarted in Afghanistan's Helmand province, said the provincial government Sunday after a car bomb was defused."A car bomb was found and ... Read more...
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Syria frees hundreds of political prisoners
December 29th, 2011 - 9:36 am ICT by IANS
Damascus, Dec 29 (IANS/AKI) Syria has freed 755 prisoners arrested during anti-government protests that began in March.The move by Bashar al-Assad's government comes as the country is visited by Arab ... Read more...
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Terror bid foiled in Pakistan capital
December 28th, 2011 - 8:03 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 28 (IANS) A terror bid was Wednesday foiled in the Pakistani capital with the arrest of six suspected terrorists including a suicide bomber, police said.Bin Yameen, inspector general ... Read more...
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No more Abbottabad-like incidents, Gilani tells US
December 22nd, 2011 - 12:47 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Dec 22 (IANS) Pakistan wants new rules of engagement with the US and an assurance of "no Abbottabad-like unilateral action in future", Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has ... Read more...
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US House passes massive defence budget
December 15th, 2011 - 10:02 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 15 (IANS) US House of Representatives Wednesday passed a massive defence budget, after making changes that the White House called would not constrain the administration's counterterrorism efforts.The ... Read more...
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‘Lack of political will making India terror target’
December 13th, 2011 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Dec 13 (IANS) India continues to be a terror target because there is a lack of political will to take and execute firm decisions, an apolitical organisation dealing with ... Read more...
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Dhoni’s security heightened
December 7th, 2011 - 8:00 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, Dec 7 (IANS) Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni's security has been beefed up in Jharkhand following intelligence inputs on threats to him from the Maoists and terrorists, a ... Read more...
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Terrorists’ cyber super-weapon sparks doomsday fear
December 6th, 2011 - 11:38 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 6 (IANS) A computer virus which could spark a global doomsday may have fallen into terrorists' hands, The Sun reported Tuesday.Stuxnet, dubbed the world's first cyber super-weapon, is ... Read more...
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Brazil to keep hooligans away from 2014 World Cup
November 27th, 2011 - 9:05 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Nov 27 (IANS) Brazil Sunday announced a strategy that will help increase its security during the 2014 football World Cup.The newly created Special Secretariat for Large Events ... Read more...
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Indian, Pakistan troops exchange fire on LoC
November 26th, 2011 - 6:39 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Nov 26 (IANS) A heavy exchange of fire took place between Indian and Pakistani troops across the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir after Pakistani troops targeted Indian ... Read more...
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Banking assistants shot at, Rs.3.25 lakh looted in Tripura
November 23rd, 2011 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Nov 23 (IANS) Armed criminals fired at and injured two banking business correspondents - who help banks take their services to people's doorstep - and looted from them Rs.3.25 ... Read more...
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Banking assistants shot at, Rs.3.25 lakh looted in Tripura
November 23rd, 2011 - 3:49 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Nov 23 (IANS) Armed criminals fired at and injured two banking business correspondents - who help banks take their services to people's doorstep - and looted from them Rs.3.25 ... Read more...
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Donkey cart bombing shows Taliban inventive: Pakistani daily
November 15th, 2011 - 12:47 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 15 (IANS) Using a donkey cart for a bombing indicates that the Pakistani Taliban is becoming inventive and it "is about time authorities proved themselves capable of ... Read more...
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Terrorists blow up school in Pakistan
November 11th, 2011 - 6:38 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 11 (IANS) Unidentified terrorists in Pakistan blew up a boys' school in a district of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) while a security checkpost was also attacked.The ... Read more...
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Panels to speed up recommendations on AFSPA
November 9th, 2011 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
Jammu, Nov 9 (IANS) The Unified Command Wednesday evening asked the two panels looking into the question of revoking the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) to "speed up" their ... Read more...
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Pakistan’s interior minister talks peace to Taliban
November 7th, 2011 - 12:26 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 6 (IANS) Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik has called on the Taliban and all other terrorists to shed their weapons and become part of the national mainstream, ... Read more...
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10 killed in Iraq bombing
November 3rd, 2011 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Nov 3 (IANS) Ten people were killed and 25 wounded Thursday in a suicide bomb attack in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala, police said.A suicide bomber blew up his ... Read more...
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Pakistani Taliban filmed target before suicide attack
November 3rd, 2011 - 2:16 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Nov 3 (IANS) A chilling video shows three trained Pakistani Taliban terrorists filming a heavily guarded CID office in Karachi before carrying out a deadly suicide attack last ... Read more...
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Iran to disclose documents on US as ‘terrorism sponsor’
November 3rd, 2011 - 11:01 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Nov 3 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Tehran will release 100 documents to reveal Washington's role in sponsoring terrorist activities in Iran and the entire Middle East region, Supreme Leader of ... Read more...
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China to release list of terrorist groups
October 29th, 2011 - 7:28 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Oct 29 (IANS) China Saturday passed a resolution that defines terrorist groups for the first time and will soon release its first formal list of terrorists and groups, a ... Read more...
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Punjab sect leader injured in attack
October 27th, 2011 - 6:23 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, Oct 27 (IANS) Controversial sect leader Baba Piara Singh Bhaniarewala was Thursday injured after two unidentified men attacked him with sharp-edged weapons in Punjab's Ropar district, police said.The injured ... Read more...
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Michele Norris steps down as host of ‘All Things Considered’
October 25th, 2011 - 7:49 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Washington, Oct 25 (THAINDIAN NEWS) National Public Radio’s Michele Norris has announced that her husband has picked up an offer to be part of President Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection campaign. Her husband, ... Read more...
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China to freeze terror funds
October 24th, 2011 - 3:37 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Oct 24 (IANS) China plans to freeze the funds of terrorist organisations following two attacks that have been blamed on the East Turkestan Islamic Movement whose cadres are said ... Read more...
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