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  • Over 4,000 Killed in Past 6 Years in S Thailand

    More than 4,000 people have been killed and 7,000 injured in separatist attacks in southern Thailand in the past six years, local media reported Thursday. Bangkok Post online quoted an official report as saying that 11, 047 violent incidents had occurred in the three southern border provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat since 2004. The […]

    Sensex rebounds, up 69 points in opening trade

    The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex on Thursday opened higher by almost 69 points, after witnessing two sessions of losses, on emergence of fund buying in oil and gas, realty and metal stocks, coupled with firming trend overseas.   Covering-up of short positions by speculators on the last session of monthly expiry in the derivatives segment […]

    N-Liability: LS passes bill after Govt drops contentious clause

    Ending months of wrangling between treasury benches and opposition, Lok Sabha  passed the civil n-liability bill after government dropped contentious provision of “intent” in case of accidents, adopting a BJP amendment paving the way for nuclear commerce with the world.  The Civil Liability for the Nuclear Damages Bill, 2010 was adopted by the House by […]

    Chinese passenger plane overshoots runway, 43 killed

    A Chinese passenger plane with 96 people on board overshot a fog-shrouded runway at an airport in northwest China’s Heilongjiang Province Tuesday night and burst into flames killing 43 of them and injuring 53 others, the state media said. The ill-fated aircraft of the Henan Airlines crashed as it was to land at the Lindu […]

    Suicide bomber attacks Somali hotel, killing 6 MPs 31 killed

    Somali politicians were among 31 people killed in an attack on a Mogadishu hotel on Tuesday, as an insurgent offensive that has claimed at least 60 lives entered its second day. Militant Islamist group al-Shabaab is battling to oust the weak Western backed government, which is penned into small enclaves in Mogadishu protected by around […]

    Plane Crashes in NE China

    A passenger plane with more than 90 people on board crashed in Yichun City, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province late Tuesday night, government and airline company sources said. The E-90 aircraft of Henan Airlines, with plate number VD8387, had 91 people on board when it crashed near the Yichun’s Lindu airport, Heilongjiang provincial civil aviation authorities […]

    9 killed on hijacked Philippine tourist bus

    A 12-hour hostage drama aboard a hijacked Philippine bus ended in bloodshed on Monday when an angry ex-policeman demanding his job back gunned down eight Hong Kong tourists before police stormed the vehicle and a sniper killed him. At least seven captives survived, four of whom were seen crawling out the back door of the […]

    Manila hostage crisis ends; hostage taker killed

    Manila hostage crisis has come to an end and the hostage taker has been killed while some hostages were seen coming out of the besieged bus. Earlier, Philippine police in helmets and flak jackets stormed the bus after firing shots at the tires in a bid to end a daylong hostage standoff involving 15 tourists […]

    Policeman Hijacks Tourist Bus in Manila

    A dismissed Filipino policeman hijacked a tourist bus carrying 25 passengers, mostly foreigners, on Monday morning, local media reported. According to radio station DZMM, the pioliceman is identified as Capt. “Mendoza”.

    Govt agrees for discussion on Medical Council of India bill under rule 193

    The Government has agreed for a discussion on the Medical Council Amendment Bill under the rule 193 in the Lok Sabha. This emerged after Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee held an all party meet on Saturday morning in New Delhi. Pranab Mukherjee also assured the members that he will take up the MP’s salary hike issue […]