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Pak army captures Hakimullah"s hometown Pakistani troops entered Kotkai, the hometown of Hakimullah Mehsud and his close aide Qari Hussain, also known as trainer of suicide bombers, late on Saturday night after subjecting the village to heavy bombing by fighters and attack helicopters. In the intense battle, 13 militants and two soldiers were killed....
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26/11 martyr"s wife gets RTI order to seek police .. Armed with an order from the Chief Information Officer of Maharashtra, 26/11 martyr Ashok Kamtes widow will now be able to scrutinise original transcripts of telephone calls between the control room and police officers on the day of Mumbai terror attacks....
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"US general in Afghan plotting against Pak militar.. United States Commander of Joint Operations Special Command General Stanley McChrystal has facilitated the removal of scores of security check-posts from the Afghanistan side of the Pak-Afghan border as part of a conspiracy against the Pakistani military, fear Pakistani security experts.This is an intriguing move aimed at different ends. But the primary motive of it is to encourage large-scale reinforcements and infiltration, said a security expert....
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Allahabad HC turns down plea against Amar Singh The Allahabad High Court on Saturday turned down a plea to initiate criminal proceedings against Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh.The petition was moved by Shiv Kant Tripathi, a lawyer, who had earlier this week lodged a FIR in a Kanpur police station, accusing Singh of committing a huge fraud through his alleged money laundering operations, during his stint as the chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Development Council....
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4 policemen arrested in MBA student encounter case Four policemen have been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation for allegedly killing MBA student Ranvir Singh in a fake encounter on July 3 in Dehradun.Three policemen have already been arrested in the case on October 14. Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police Abhinav Kumar said policemen Nitin Chauhan, Chandramohan Rawat, Neeraj Yadav and Rajesh Bisht were arrested late on Friday night and were produced before the special CBI court on Saturday....
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PM meets Wen in Thai resort In his opening remarks during the meeting, Wen said, We want to have a healthy and steady relationship with India, while Prime Minister Singh congratulated Wen on the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the Peoples Republic of China....
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Congress leaders ask Sonia to elect next Maharasht.. A meeting of the newly elected Congress Members of Legislative Assembly in Maharashtra on Saturday authorised party president Sonia Gandhi to nominate their new leader, who will be the next chief minister. A one-line resolution, authorising Sonia Gandhi to name the new leader, was passed at the first meeting of the Congress Legislature Party, convened in Mumbai to elect the leader, two days after the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party combine stormed back to power....
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No condition on Pakistan for US aid: Holbrooke Amid concerns by certain quarters in Pakistan over the strings attached to the United States aid, Washington on Friday asserted that no condition has been imposed on Pakistan for the $ 680 Defense Authorisation Bill and charged that an attempt is on to willfully distort the facts....
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How she makes wealth from waste Poonam Kasturiwants ordinary Indians to feel empowered, make a difference to the waste surrounding them, convert waste into useful compost in a simple and cost effective manner....
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Fresh trouble in store for Big B over transfer of .. Fresh trouble appeared to be brewing for Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan over his decision to gift the farmland he had allegedly acquired in violation of rules in Daulatpur village of Barabanki district, about 40 km from Lucknow, three years ago....
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China secretly executes 4 pro-Tibet protesters: Re.. China has reportedly executed four Tibetan protesters, including one woman, in connection with last years deadly riots in Lhasa. The first ever-reported judicial killings of Tibetans in China have prompted overseas protests that proper legal procedures were not followed....
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"Kerry"s visit underscores Pak Army"s power" The influence Pakistan Army wields even in its diplomatic ties with the US was evident when Senator John F Kerry met the countrys army chief to allay politicians concerns about the new US aid package that has sparked public outrage....
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"Climate change bigger threat than terrorism" Describing climate change as one of the most serious security challenges the world is going to face, Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed, on Friday called for urgent United Nations reforms and making India and Brazil as permanent members of the Security Council....
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No party has proved defect of EVMs: EC Against the backdrop of some opposition parties raising doubts about the functioning of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMS), the Election Commission on Friday said no party has been able to prove that the machine could be tampered with....
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Graphic: Jharkhand polls in Dec, Nov Without a popular government for almost a year, Jharkhand will go to Assembly polls in November-December staggered over nearly a month with the first phase of polling scheduled for November 27....
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