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Pak provinces breeding ground for terror: Pranab

The epicentre of global terrorism is in territories under administrative control of Pakistan bordering Afghanistan, External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday. “The provinces on their (Pakistan’s) border such as Baluchistan, the North West Frontier province and the federally administered tribal areas are the breeding ground for the Talibans”, Mukherjee told reporters in Guwahati. [...]

President Pratibha Patil inducts new VVIP jets in IAF

President Pratibha Patil on Wednesday inducted the new state-of-the-art VVIP jets into the Indian Air Force before embarking on its maiden flight to Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. The new jets are designed to work as an office-in-the sky and also as a command centre in event of an emergency, like a nuclear attack. “The trip [...]

Netanyahu returns to most powerful post in Israel

Diplomat-turned politician Benjamin Netanyahu has returned to Israel’s most powerful post at the head of a largely right-wing government just three years after he led Likud party to its worst electoral defeat. Netanyahu, once known as the “magician” for his ability to outwit his political rivals, seems to have left behind the humiliation of the [...]

Akshay,Aishwariya, Kakodkar among Padma award receivers

Chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission Anil Kakodkar, a key architect of the Indo-US Nuclear deal, Bollywood actors Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Akshay Kumar were among the 62 personalities who received the Padma awards. Famous playback singer of yesteryear Shamshad Begum and director of the Central Board of Reserve Bank of India Ashok Shekhar Ganguly [...]

Pak ‘epicentre of terrorism’, says PM

Calling Pakistan the “epicentre of terrorism”, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said the world community “has to come to grips with this harsh reality” and slammed Islamabad for failing to take “effective action” to curb the menace. Ahead of his maiden meeting with US President Barack Obama on Thursday, Singh said the world has a [...]

PM in London to attend G-20 summit, meets Brown today

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh arrived in London on Tuesday night to attend the G-20 summit where he is expected to ask developed countries to desist from protectionism and ensure adequate flow of funds to developing countries to cope with global financial downturn. Dr Singh will meet British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Wednesday. Earlier, asking [...]

Pakistan President Zardari for regional anti-terror strategy

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has favoured a “regional strategy” to counter terrorism, saying all countries in the region must work together to halt the free flow of weapons, drugs and money. “It is time that we all recognise that terrorism has roots across the region. A regional strategy therefore needs to be developed,” Zardari [...]

Bangla Court clears Ershad of charges of usurping power in coup

Bangladesh’s former military dictator H M Ershad was on Tuesday cleared of charges of usurping power in a bloodless 1982 coup after the police told a court here that there was not enough evidence to substantiate the allegations brought against him 19 years ago. The ex-military ruler, now the chief of Jatiya Party, was sued [...]

Pak Taliban chief Mehsud claims responsibility for Lahore attack

Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the brazen attack on a police academy here and threatened to carry out more such strikes unless Islamabad withdraws troops from tribal areas and drone attacks cease in the troubled NWFP. Mehsud, on whom the US has announced a bounty of USD 5 million, made [...]

Waghmare seeks a day to decide over representing Kasab

Anjali Waghmare, the lawyer appointed to represent lone terrorist arrested in 26/11 attack Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab, on Tuesday told the special court that she needed a day to consider whether she would appear in the case following protests at her residence on Monday. “I am under a lot of pressure. Give me one day [...]

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