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    Airstrikes kill 45 militants in Pak’s tribal region

    Pakistani security forces claimed to have killed 45 pro-Taliban militants, including potential suicide bombers, in airstrikes during a massive operation in the volatile northwestern Khyber tribal region on Tuesday. The airstrikes were carried out in Nari Baba, Nakai, Takhta Kai and Qilla areas of Tirah valley, sources said. Official sources said among the militants were […]

    International

    Rape probe against WikiLeaks founder reopened

    A senior Swedish prosecutor is reopening a rape investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange – the latest twist to a case in which prosecutors of different ranks have overruled each other. The case was dropped by a Stockholm prosecutor last week who said there was nothing suggesting Assange had raped a Swedish woman who reported […]

    International

    2 men arrested on terror suspicion on Chicago Amsterdam flight

    Two individuals flying on a Chicago-Amsterdam United Airlines flights have been arrested on Tuesday in the Netherland on charges of “preparation of a terrorist attack”, a media report in Washington said. The two individuals identified as Ahmed Mohamed Nasser al Soofi of Detroit and Hezem al Murisi were allowed to board the flight from Chicago […]

    National

    PM donates Rs 50,000 for rehabilitation of cloudburst victims

    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has donated Rs 50,000 for rehabilitation of victims of the devastating cloudburst that hit Leh last month.   Dr. Singh had visited the region recently and had announced a Rs 125 crore relief packaged for cloudburst victims and said all houses destroyed by the natural calamity will be reconstructed within the […]

    National

    Kochi Gears Up To Greet Dali Lama, To arrive on 4th

    By Mekha Mohan Kochi: It could be a pleasant surprise to all here in Kochi.  Dalai Lama, the septuagenarian spiritual leader of millions of Buddhists across the globe is scheduled to arrive in the international port city of  Kochi on September 4, 2010,  for a day.  The monk, during his brief stay in the city, […]

    International

    US calls off Combat;we are free says,Iraq

    Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says the end of American combat operations leaves his country independent and an equal to the United States. He assured his people their own security forces will protect them. U.S. troop levels are cut to 50,000 before the partly symbolic deadline of Aug. 31 set by President Barack Obama. The […]

    National

    Blasts rocks LoC, two IEDs recovered in Poonch

    An IED blast took place along the LoC in Poonch district where troops recovered two more explosive devices, officials said on Wednesday. Suspected militants had planted three IEDs along the LoC near Kangri post in Bagialdhara belt of Poonch district, they said, adding one of the IEDs exploded last evening. However, there was no loss […]

    International

    New photos show Fidel Castro with US journalist

    Cuba has released pictures of Fidel Castro with an American magazine correspondent and a Washington-based policy expert, while a Mexican newspaper published an interview in which the gray-bearded revolutionary expressed regret for past persecution of homosexuals. The images show Cuba’s 84-year-old former leader with Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic and Julia E Sweig from the […]

    National

    PM lays foundation stone for power equipment plant

    Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday laid the foundation stone for the construction of a power equipment manufacturing plant, being set up as a joint venture by public sector giants NTPC and BHEL, at Mannavaram village near Tirupati. The Rs 6000 crore plant is being set up by NBPPL, the joint venture company formed by […]

    National

    Patil in Leh to take stock of rehabilitation work

    President Pratibha Devi Singh Patil is visiting cloudburst affected Leh district of Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday. President Patil will assess the ongoing relief and rehabilitation work. Civil and military officials will be briefing the President about the relief and rehabilitation operations following the cloudburst earlier this month. Patil is scheduled to visit relief camps […]

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