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Terror date 13 points to role of Indian Mujahideen and Lashkar
NEW DELHI: Despite lack of a prior warning or heightened threat assessment of a terror attack, the date of the latest Mumbai attack has focused the attention of security agencies on the hand of the jihadi group Indian Mujahideen (IM), given the Lashkar-linked outfit’s penchant for striking on the 13th and 26th days of a [...]
NDMA to conduct ‘mock drills’ at all nuclear facilities
NEW DELHI: As part of India’s preparedness to handle nuclear disasters, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has decided to conduct ‘mock drills’ at all nuclear facilities across the country. The exercise will be done “to review the off-site emergency plan” of different authorities. This was announced by the Union home ministry on Tuesday, the [...]
At least 40 students killed in Bangladesh accident
DHAKA: A vehicle packed with schoolchildren returning home from a soccer tournament crashed into a canal in southeastern Bangladesh on Monday, killing at least 40, a police official said. About 60 children between ages 8 and 12 were on the vehicle that crashed, and the death toll may rise as more bodies are feared trapped [...]
Indian Women of 35% beaten up at home: UN
NEW DELHI: The United Nations on Thursday deplored the miniscule 3% representation of women in India’s judicial system and claimed that 35% of fair sex face physical violence in the country. UN women, a newly created body dedicated to gender equality and empowerment of women, it its report titiled ” Progress of the World’s Women” [...]
Meet Prince Charles and Camilla, the ‘wedding planners’!
London, Sept 20 (ANI): Prince Charles and wife Camilla are turning wedding planners and “loaning out” their country retreat of Highgrove House to wannabe brides and grooms. And included in the package will be the royal couple’s shared “expertise”. Like Charles and Camilla did at their Windsor wedding four years ago, couples will be encouraged [...]
Coming soon: a horror story on American Fritzl’s victim?
London, Sept 20 (ANI): Publishers and Hollywood studios have begun a multi-million dollar bidding war for the rights to sex slave Jaycee Dugard’s horrifying life story. Fresh details of the American Fritzl’s victim have emerged, including that in the early days of her captivity, the terrified schoolgirl was so hungry she ate bugs and worms [...]
Stop blaming Pakistan for ‘home grown’ terror plots, Qureshi tells UK
London, Sep.19 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has asked Britain to stop blaming Islamabad for the ‘home grown’ terror plots against the UK. Referring to Britain’s lashing out at Pakistan on the liquid bomb plot issue, Qureshi said it was unfair to criticize Pakistan for every terror plot hatched in Britain. “It is [...]
Amelle Berrabah ‘quits’ Sugababes
London, September 19 (ANI): Singer Amelle Berrabah has quit the all-girl band Sugababes, it has emerged. The beauty was apparently unhappy after a row with bandmate Keisha Buchanan. “Amelle has been desperately unhappy for a while. She was going to try and resolve things, but it must have got too much for her. They haven’t [...]
Australia regains number-one position in ODI Championship
Dubai, Sep 18 (ANI): Australia has regained top spot in the ICC ODI Championship after going 6-0 up with one match to play in the ODI series in England. Ricky Ponting’s side beat the home team by 111 runs at Trent Bridge on Thursday and in the process has moved ahead of South Africa by [...]
Gardening helped Michelle Williams cope with Heath Ledger’s death
London, September 17 (ANI): Michelle Williams has revealed that gardening helped her cope with the death of her former fiance Heath Ledger. The actress gave birth to the late star’s daughter Matilda, who was just 2 years old when Ledger died last year of an accidental drug overdose. The Brokeback Mountain star, who had parted [...]
NSA to convene China Study Group meeting to discuss incursion fallout
New Delhi, Sep.17 (ANI): National Security Advisor M K Narayanan will hold a meeting of the China Study Group – consisting of top officials including Cabinet Secretary K M Chandrasekhar and Secretaries of Defence, Home and Foreign Ministries – here today. The meeting is expected to take stock of the situation along the Sino-India border, [...]
Patna schoolchildren protest against kidnapping of six-year-old boy
Patna, Sep. 16 (ANI): School students in Patna city protested on Wednesday against the kidnapping of a six-year-old boy. Shresht Sanjay was kidnapped at the gunpoint in Patna on Monday. Shresht is a standard One student at Christ church school in Kankarbagh area. Students of Montessori School in Patna organised a ‘hawan’ to pray for [...]
Spanking found to have negative effects on low-income toddlers
Washington, September 16 (ANI): Spanking negatively affects the behaviour of toddlers in low-income families, according to a new study. Published in the journal Child Development, the longitudinal study looked at how low-income parents discipline their young children. It showed that spanking 1-year-olds leads to more aggressive behaviours and less sophisticated cognitive development in the next [...]