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Now it’s your turn, Syrians tell Assad
BEIRUT: Thousands of antigovernment protesters took to the streets across Syria on Monday after a TV appearance by president Assad, shouting for him to step down and chanting “Gaddafi is gone, now it’s your turn Bashar!” Security forces opened fire in Homs, killing at least one person, a witness said. Crowds there and in several [...]
UN chief, Security Council condemns Mumbai blasts
UNITED NATIONS: UN chief Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the serial bomb blasts that rocked India’s financial hub of Mumbai, killing at least 21 people and injuring over 100. “The Secretary General (Ban) condemns the attacks that have killed and injured many in Mumbai,” said a statement from his office. “No cause or grievance can [...]
The Talbots, Inc. Further Extends Its Offer to Exchange Each Outstanding BPW Warrant for Shares of Talbots Common Stock or Talbots Warrants
Offer Extended Until 6:00 pm, New York City Time, on Friday, April 2, 2010 -As of 6:00 pm on Thursday, April 1, 2010, Approximately 88.0% of BPW Warrants Issued in Initial Public Offering Had Been Tendered HINGHAM, Mass.–(Business Wire)– The Talbots, Inc. (NYSE: TLB) today announced that it is extending its offer to exchange each [...]
Five bodies of CoBRA personnel recovered from Dantewada forest
Dantewada, Sep 19 (ANI): Five more bodies of personnel of the elite anti -Naxal force Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) have been recovered from the Dantewada Forests in Chattisgarh. A major offensive was launched against the Naxals following specific intelligence inputs about them being present in the forest. According to CoBRA sources, the bodies [...]
Pak skipper Younis Khan fractures finger
Benoni (South Africa), Sep.19 (ANI): Pakistan cricket team’s Champions Trophy dreams suffered a major set back when captain Younis Khan fractured his finger during a warm-up match against Sri Lanka here. Doctors have advised Khan complete rest for the next three days. It is unsure whether he will be playing in the next two practice [...]
Pak issues prohibited arms license to US security firm
Islamabad, Sep.17 (ANI): Pakistani authorities have issued 86 licenses for prohibited weapons to a security company which has been hired by the US embassy in Islamabad. Interior Ministry sources revealed that the licenses were issued to Inter Risk following Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani’s approval, The Daily Times reports. According to a private television channel, [...]
Will Sarabjeet be spared the gallows under Pak Govt.’s plans to commute death sentences?
Islamabad, Sep.17 (ANI): The Pakistan government is considering commuting death sentences, but such a step may not help the cause of Sarabjeet Singh, the Indian inmate who has been awarded a death sentence by a Lahore anti-terrorism court in October 1991. Interior Advisor Rehman Malik said the government has sent a draft to the law [...]
Iranian regime accused of using torture, murder and rape to suppress opposition
Tehran, Sep. 18 (ANI): The father of an Iranian student, who died in jail after being arrested for protesting against President Ahmadinejad’s disputed re-election, has claimed that his son was beaten, got his bones broken and toenails pulled out while in prison. Amir Javadifar, 24, was so badly beaten that he had to treated in [...]
Tight security at Vaishno Devi shrine ahead of “Navratri”
Katra, Sept 18 (ANI): Security has been beefed up at the famous Vaishno Devi Temple near Jammu ahead of the nine-day “Navratri” festival. Paramilitary and police personnel are patrolling and frisking people at important points in Katra, which is thronged by thousands of devotees every year, especially during Navratri. The nine-day Navratri festival will begin [...]
Police swoop on sellers of Jaswant Singh’s pirated book in Pak
Lahore, Sep.18 (ANI): Expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh’s book on Mohammad Ali Jinnah has sent the Pakistani book piracy nexus working overtime, but it has also landed people in police custody. Pakistani security agencies have arrested three people for selling pirated editions of the book ‘Jinnah: India, Partition, Independence,’ following a countrywide [...]
Three persons detained for stone-pelting on Rahul Gandhi’s train
Karnal (Haryana)/New Delhi, Sep 17(ANI): Three persons were detained by the Haryana Police on Thursday for allegedly pelting stones at the train in which Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi was traveling on Tuesday. The Haryana police had, earlier, launched a massive manhunt for a group of young men who had allegedly pelted stones at the [...]
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, [...]
One militant killed in encounter in J-K
Srinagar, Sep 16 (ANI): Indian security force on Wednesday killed a militant in an encounter while three others are still holed up in border area of Mendhar in Poonch district. Sources said that the army and the police in Chajla area of Mendhar launched a joint operation soon after receiving inputs that a group of [...]
Hackers capitalise on Swayze’s death
Sydney, Sept 16 (ANI): Hackers are using Patrick Swayze’s death to push off spurious anti-virus software to Internet users and infect their computers with viruses. The 57-year-old Swayze died of pancreatic cancer on Monday. Many bogus websites claiming to provide information on the death of the Dirty Dancing star have mushroomed up. Computer security company [...]
India demands stern action against perpetrators of Melbourne attackers
New Delhi, Sept 16 (ANI): The Indian Government on Wednesday called on the Australian Government to take stern action against the perpetrators of alleged racial assaults on Indians in Melbourne, Victoria. External Affairs Ministry spokesman Vishnu Prakash said in a statement that the matter of the recurring attacks on Indians in Australia had been taken [...]
Banking transforms lives in rural areas in northeast
Agartala (Tripura)/ Jorhat (Assam), Sep.16 (ANI): Banking services are playing a major role in transforming the lives of people in rural areas of the northeast India. To upgrade infrastructure and attract more investment, banks have undertaken several economic upliftment policies and schemes. In Tripura, a financial outreach camp was recently organized at the State’s Pitra [...]
Pakistan’s rocket-shelling plunges market price of land beyond border
Chak Allah Bakhash (Punjab), Sept. 15 (ANI): The prices of farming land have plunged following past week’s rocket-shelling incident in the India-Pakistan border villages. Local farmers say that it was already quite tough to find buyers for the land situated beyond fencing and the latest rocket-shelling incident has caused the prices to drop further. Fenced [...]