Sep 10 2010
The central government on Thursday said a video clip, purportedly shows uniformed personnel herding four naked young men in Kashmir, had not been “authenticated” and agencies had been asked to investigate the matter.
Sep 9 2010
Aiming to strengthen its medium-lift helicopter fleet, the IAF is planning to procure 59 more Mi-17 IV choppers in addition to the 80 ordered earlier from Russia. The 80 choppers ordered in 2008 will be for enhancing the medium-lift helicopter fleet of...
Sep 1 2010
Western forces fighting in southern Afghanistan had a problem. Too often, soldiers on patrol passed an older man walking hand-in-hand with a pretty young boy. Their behavior suggested he was not the boy’s father. Then, British soldiers found that...
Jul 31 2010
Thousands of garment workers rioted in central Dhaka today after protests against low pay turned violent. The protesters overturned vehicles, burned tyres, smashed shop windows and blocked traffic in the Bangladeshi capital’s Mahakhali and...
Jul 14 2010
After being flooded with calls from fans seeking to speak to actress Kareena Kapoor, Prasad Doke (24) is now contemplating suing the producer of the film Milenge Milenge for using his number in the film. On Monday, Hindustan Times had reported how the...
Jun 26 2010
Home Minister P Chidambaram met his Pakistani counterpart Rehman Malik and is understood to have pressed for urgent action against JuD chief Hafiz Saeed and 26/11 handlers, including those who are believed to be in the Pakistani Army. Mr. Chidambaram,...
Apr 15 2010
Authorities began distributing rice, dried fruits, water pouches and tarpaulin sheets Thursday to the victims of a deadly cyclone that demolished ten of thousands of mud huts in northeastern India, killing at least 112 villagers. Rescuers also cleared...
Apr 13 2010
Centre is pressing more paramilitary troops — 6,000 CRPF personnel — to ramp up anti-Naxal operations but will let the state police take “lead” in the operations against the extremists. In a significant re-configuration of its approach in the...
Feb 20 2010
The Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (HPO), the first professional symphony orchestra to be founded in the Nordic countries in 1882, recently collaborated with mridangam vidwan Guru Karaikkudi Mani and his Sruthi Laya percussion ensemble in January this...
Jan 5 2010
The body found on a roadside near Griffith last week is yet to be formally identified but police believe it is that of an Indian man, an ABC report said.