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  • Major quake likely to hit Tokyo within 4 years: Study

    Researchers in Japan say, there is a 70 per cent chance that a magnitude 7 earthquake will hit Tokyo within the next four years. The researchers at the University of Tokyo’s Earthquake Research Institute today said, the estimate is based on higher than normal seismic activity in the area since a massive earthquake hit north-east […]

    ‘Civil war in Libya if NTC resigned’

    In Libya, the Chairman of the ruling NTC, Mustafa Abdul Jalil warned that the nation would fall into a civil war if the ruling National Transitional Council resigned. The remarks came in the backdrop of angry mobs attacking the NTC headquarters in Benghazi. The NTC Deputy Abdel Hafiz Ghoga was forced to resign. In an […]

    Pakistan military rejects US findings on deadly border attack

    Pakistan’s military has formally rejected the findings of a U.S. inquiry into last month’s NATO attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers along the Afghan border. The military on Monday said that it does not agree with several portions of the investigation report, calling them factually not correct. Dismissing the findings, Pakistan’s military said the U.S. […]

    UN body disappointed with US over Guantanamo Bay prison

    The UN human rights watchdog has expressed deep disappointment that the Obama administration has not lived up to its promise to close the Guantanamo Bay prison, where individuals continue to be detained indefinitely in clear breach of international law. Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said with its failure to close the […]

    Talk shows in US are flippant, says Krishna

    Expressing strong disapproval of the alleged derogatory reference to Sikh’s holy shrine the Golden Temple during a talk show in the US, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna said the matter would be taken up with that country. Replying to questions from reporters in New Delhi, Mr. Krishna said that talk shows in US are […]

    Avalanche damages army post, 7 jawans go missing

    In Kashmir valley, seven security forces jawans have come under an avalanche in frontier district of Kupwara near Line of Control. Army sources reports that the avalanche at Furkian top has damaged the army post and five army jawans and two BSF personnel have come under it. The rescue team has been sent to the […]

    Aadhaar is reliable and fool-proof: UIDAI

    The Unique Identification Authority of India, UIDAI, has asserted that its system is reliable and can achieve the task of providing unique ID cards to the entire population of the country. It dispelled fears that the biometric technology being employed for the Aadhaar project is flawed. Amid concerns raised by the Home Ministry about the […]

    1500 militants to surrender in Assam

    In Assam, around 1500 ultras belonging to nine ethnic militant groups will formally lay down arms at a surrender ceremony organized at Sarusajai Stadium in Guwahati this morning (10.00 a.m.). A State Police spokesman said that the militants will lay down arms in presence of the Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram and the State Chief […]

    India receives its first nuclear powered submarine INS Chakra

    India ‘s first nuclear powered submarine ‘INS Chakra’ has been formally received by Indian Ambassador to Russia , Ajay Malhotra. The Russian built submarine was handed over at a ceremony in the far Eastern Russian Port of Primorye . This makes India the 6th operator of such submarines in the world after the US , […]

    National Girl Child Day being observed today

    Today is the National Girl Child Day. In a bit to raise public awareness on the deep bias against female children in India, government declared in 2009, to observe January 24 as the ‘National Girl Child Day’. The date marks the day in 1966 when Indira Gandhi was sworn in as the first woman Prime […]