Tennis star Jelena Dokic upset over father’s arrest in Serbia

Friday, May 8th, 2009

Melbourne, May 8 (ANI): Australian tennis star Jelena Dokic has expressed distress over the arrest of her father, Damir in Serbia, after he allegedly threatened to kill Australia's ambassador to Serbia. Damir Dokic faces three years in prison for threatening to fire a rocket at the Australian ambassador to Belgrade and ...

Five killed, 25 injured in Peshawar suicide attack

Tuesday, May 5th, 2009

Peshawar May 5 (ANI): At least five persons were killed in a suicide attack on a Frontier Corps convoy here on Tuesday. The attack took place near the Bara Qadim police checkpost situated on the border between Peshawar and the Khyber Agency, the Dawn reports. Twenty five persons, including nine security ...

Police arrest 20 for Coimbatore army convoy attack

Monday, May 4th, 2009

Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu), May 3 (ANI): At least 20 pro-LTTE activists were arrested on Sunday morning for attacking an army convoy near Coimbatore on Saturday. Tamil Nadu Police said cases have been registered against 200 pro-LTTE activists. The ...

Multi-barrel rocket seized in Jammu and Kashmir

Thursday, April 30th, 2009

Poonch, Apr 30 (ANI): Police seized a multi-barrel rocket in Surankote block of Poonch district in Jammu and Kashmir, a top police official said. SD Singh Jamwal, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Rajouri-Poonch range, said that it is the biggest explosive seized in the past 20 years. "There has been a ...

Militancy costing Manipur its tourist attractions

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

Loktak Lake (Imphal), April 27 (ANI): Manipur, literally meaning a jewelled land, has largely remained unexplored much by tourists because of militancy. One of the State's fascinating places is Loktak Lake. Loktak Lake, 45 kilometres from Imphal city, is the largest fresh water lake in the Northeast region with the ...

Militancy costing Manipur its tourist attractions

Monday, April 27th, 2009

Loktak Lake (Imphal), April 26 (ANI): Manipur, literally meaning a jeweled Land, has largely remained unexplored much by tourists because of militancy. One of the State's fascinating places is Loktak Lake. Loktak Lake, 45 kilometres from Imphal city, is the largest fresh water lake ...

Clinton mocks Cheney over his defence of waterboarding

Saturday, April 25th, 2009

Washington, Apr 23 (ANI): US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has mocked former vice president Dick Cheney at a Capitol Hill review of her first three months in office. "It won't surprise you that I don't consider him a particularly reliable source," Clinton said, dismissing Cheney's claim that classified documents prove ...

Naxals strike Jharkhand, Bihar ahead of second phase of polling

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009

Ranchi/ Patna, Apr 22 (ANI): With just a day left for the second phase of general elections, the Naxals have attacked at several places in Bihar and Jharkhand to impose a shut-down in the two states. The latest incident has happened in Jharkhand this morning, where the Naxals took 700-800 people ...

Central Government reviews security at Orissa’s NALCO mines

Monday, April 13th, 2009

New Delhi, Apr 13 (ANI): The Ministry of Mines on Monday conducted a detailed review of security arrangements at the National Aluminium Company Limited's (NALCO) Damanjodi Mines following Naxal attack. An ...

Seven paramilitaries, four naxals killed in Orissa mine encounter

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Koraput (Orrisa), Apr. 13 (ANI): Seven CISF personnel and four Maoists have been killed in a gun-battle that took place when hundreds of ultras attacked an ammunition store and bauxite mine of NALCO in Orissa's Koraput district on Sunday night. More than 100 mineworkers who were taken hostage, are ...