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Amritsar (Punjab), Mar 20 (ANI): Custom officials seized over Rs 45,000 in fake currency from a Pakistani woman at the Attari railway station.
Begum Mehtab was nabbed after disembarking from the Samjhauta Express on Thursday night. She is being interrogated.
Custom officials said Mehtab revealed during her interrogation that her Lahore-based cousin had given her the fake [...]

A 28-year-old woman from the Philippines has been charged with importing drugs after being caught at Melbourne Airport.
A customs sniffer dog found the over 2 kilograms of drugs believed to be amphetamines, hidden inside iced tea packets in the woman’s luggage on Saturday.
She will face the Melbourne Magistrate Court today.

Colombo, Sep.10 (ANI): Off spinner Harbhajan Singh used his blog on Thursday to defend his jabbing of an ANI cameraman at the Bangalore International Airport on Wednesday.

Bhajji said that he did not slap any cameraperson. He also said that he would never do that as he respects [...]

Srinagar, Aug. 29 (ANI): The reports of phased withdrawal of Security Forces from militancy-affected areas have cause concern among locals of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district.

They say they are against such a withdrawal, as it will make things difficult for them once again.

“If the forces [...]

Melbourne, August 9 (ANI): A new service to be launched in Australia next year will make it possible for travellers to hire clothes for their holidays rather than lug heavy baggage to the airport.

The idea is to enable people to book the clothes they want online before beginning a trip.

The items will be [...]

Melbourne, July 8 (ANI): Hollywood actress Sharon Stone was reportedly caught in a heated argument with an airhostess while boarding a Delta flight.

According PerezHilton.com, the actress had refused to comply with flight restrictions, and had to have a bag checked against her will, forcing Stone to make a scene at the Delta flight from Kalispell, [...]

Islamabad, July 7 (ANI): While the former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf had said that he would use his ‘influence’ to ensure that the Pakistani family detained in Saudi Arabia on charges of drug trafficking is released soon, advisor on Interior Affairs, Rehman Malik, now, has also jumped into the issue claiming that he had [...]

Lahore, July 5 (ANI): Former Pakistan president General Pervez Musharraf has reportedly contacted the concerned authorities in the Saudi Arabia regarding the release of a Pakistani family, which has been detained there on charges of drug trafficking.

According to sources, the Saudi authorities told Musharraf that justice would be done to the family and a substantial [...]

Lahore, July 4 (ANI): Former Pakistan President General (r) Pervez Musharraf assured Pakistani family recently that he would use his influence with the Saudi Arabian government to get them released.

According to the Daily Times, the family was detained after Saudi customs officials found heroin concealed in the [...]

Ghaziabad (UP), July 4 (ANI): At least seven persons, including a driver and a guard, were injured when a Delhi-bound passenger train hit a goods train loaded with petrol near the Ghaziabad railway station on Saturday.

A railway official the 310 Ambala Saharanpur Nizammuddin passenger train was on its way to the Nizammuddin railway station [...]

Melbourne, June 24 (ANI): Low-cost airline Tiger Airways is offering travellers flights to destinations around Australia that are cheaper than a carton of beer.

The airline launched the “Just Pay Taxes and Charges” sale as its latest discount scheme against rivals Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin Blue.

According to The Advertiser, flyers can pay as little as [...]

Panchkula (Haryana), May 27 (IANS) Two British women, who were drugged by unidentified men in a Dehradun-Chandigarh train Tuesday, were discharged from a hospital here Wednesday, an official of the Government Railway Police (GRP) said.
According to officials, two sisters, Sophie, 22, and Charlotte, 25, who are in India on tourist visa, were coming from Haridwar [...]

Chandigarh, May 26 (ANI): Curfew was relaxed for a brief while in some parts of Punjab on Tuesday, though there were reports of sporadic violence.

On Tuesday, the atmosphere in the northern state was still tense, a day after two protestors were killed in large-scale violence and arson sparked by [...]

Sydney – If you request seats near the emergency exit on Qantas long-haul flights you can now expect to pay extra for them.
Qantas Airways Ltd confirmed Tuesday that economy-class passengers will be charged for the modicum of extra comfort afforded by emergency-exit-row seats.
Frequent flyers will be able to use points to secure the seats.
“This will [...]

Melbourne, May 19 (ANI): Air passengers may soon be charged for using the loo, as part of cost-cutting efforts.

Fines for overweight passengers and steps to make people carry their own luggage to the plane are among other options being considered by low-cost carriers to counter flagging profits.

Flyers are being deprived of the simplest comforts, with [...]

Chaibasa (Jharkhand), May 19 (ANI): One person was killed and three others injured when suspected Maoists triggered a landmine blast near Otar village of Singhbhum District in Jharkhand on Tuesday.

According to police officials, the incident took place when the CRPF personnel were returning to their camp at Bandgaon after an overnight patrolling.

Apprehending landmine [...]

Melbourne, May 14 (ANI): A new website launched by a woman, who has made it her life’s mission to buy lost luggage, allows travellers to view the items online.

Though the pictures can sometimes reveal many embarrassing things about its owner, for British woman Luna Laboo it is only being done in the hopes of reuniting [...]

Melbourne, May 13 (ANI): The cabin crew for Air New Zealand dropped their clothes for a racy new advertisement that shows them performing their duties sporting only body paint.

Eight staff members donned the art while more than 90 others formed [...]

Ottawa (Canada), May 9 (ANI): Relatives of the victims killed in the June 26, 1985 bombing of the Air India flight “Kanishka” have accused the Canadian Government of quietly releasing new documents that contain evidence that officials had advance warning of the calamity that was to take place.

They further suggested that former Prime Minister Brian [...]

London, April 28 (ANI): Jade Goody’s mum Jackiey Budden’s joke about having a gun while boarding a flight reportedly fell short with the authorities and stirred an airport terror alert.

The 51-year-old allegedly sparked an alarm after she told a check-in girl that she had a gun in her bags.

She was subsequently strip-searched and questioned [...]