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Page 1/12 Taliban leader surrounded in Swat: Minister
ISLAMABAD: The senior Taliban leader in northwestern Pakistan’s Swat Valley has been surrounded and will be captured, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said yesterday, adding the back of the Taliban insurgency had been broken.
Pakistani Taliban advances and attacks early this year raised fears for n [more...]
Posted on:9/14/2009 Afghan human rights group hails US policy shift on detainees
KABUL: An Afghan human rights group yesterday welcomed reports that US President Barack Obama’s administration will allow prisoners held for years at a US base in Afghanistan greater scope to challenge their detention.
Some 600 detainees are currently held at Bagram air base north of Kabul which [more...]
Posted on:9/14/2009 30 Afghan civilians were killed in Nato strike: Probe
KABUL: Thirty Afghan civilians and 69 Taliban were killed in a Nato air strike on fuel trucks hijacked by militants in northern Kunduz early this month, a government-appointed investigator said yesterday.
The bombing in the increasingly restive province on September 4 revived controversy about ci [more...]
Posted on:9/14/2009 Security cameras to be installed in trains
RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Railways is working on a plan to install security cameras in all trains running on different routes through out the country, official sources said yesterday.
The sources however, said it would be some time before the plan is enforced. The department requires funds to impl [more...]
Posted on:9/14/2009 China raises concern over US embassy expansion
ISLAMABAD: Chinese Ambassador in Pakistan, Luo Zhaohui who called on President Asif Ali Zardari, raised concern over the massive expansion of US embassy in Pakistan, sources said yesterday. Sources said the Chinese ambassador while talking to President Zardari referred to some media reports about th [more...]
Posted on:9/14/2009 1,200 rescued as Yamuna breaches danger mark
New Delhi: The Yamuna river yesterday breached its danger mark and submerged hundreds of shanties and areas in what is generally termed as the “vegetable belt” of the national capital. Nearly 1,200 people have been shifted to safer areas, officials said.
“The river is flowing at 205.28 metres (at [more...]
Posted on:9/14/2009 Delhi Metro coach derails near Yamuna Bank station
New Delhi: A coach of the Delhi Metro derailed near the Yamuna Bank station in east Delhi yesterday morning, disrupting train services temporarily, an official said. While no injuries were reported, a junior engineer has been suspended.
Two wheels of the front coach of a metro train went off the [more...]
Posted on:9/14/2009 Minister moots law changes to curb corruption
New Delhi: Some constitutional provisions that grant protection to government officials come in the way of anti-corruption efforts and they should be repealed, Law Minister M Veerappa Moily said here yesterday as he mooted large-scale changes in anti-corruption laws.
“There is no gainsaying that [more...]
Posted on:9/14/2009 10 killed in Arunachal Pradesh bus accident
Itanagar: At least 10 people were killed and more than 30 injured when a passenger bus fell into a gorge yesterday in Arunachal Pradesh.
A police spokesperson said the accident took place near Zero Point in East Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh before dawn yesterday.
“The driver lost contr [more...]
Posted on:9/14/2009 Kochi resident nominated as Anglo Indian MP
Kochi: Charles Dias of Kochi has been named as one of the two Anglo Indian nominees to the Lok Sabha — taking Kerala’s strength in the lower house of the Indian parliament to 21.
With this, the total number of MPs from the state, including nine in the Rajya Sabha, has touched 30.
Dias, 59, is [more...]
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