OSLO, Norway, April 17, 2012 The right-wing fanatic behind a bomb-and-shooting massacre that killed 77 people in Norway admitted to the “acts” on Monday but pleaded not guilty to criminal charges, saying he was acting in self-defence. Anders Behring Breivik defiantly rejected the authority of the court as he went on trial for the July 22 attacks that shocked the peaceful nation and jolted the image of terrorism in Europe. Dressed in a dark suit and sporting a thin ...
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Dhaka, January 20, 2012 The Bangladesh Army on Thursday claimed that an attempt by some mid-ranking Army officers to topple the Sheikh Hasina government was foiled by it. “Specific information [evidence] has been unearthed that some officers in active military service were involved in a conspiracy to topple the system of democratic governance through the Army,” Army spokesman Brigadier General Muhammad Masud Razzaq said at a press briefing here. A top Army ...
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Chennai, December 30, 2011 Thane,' the very severe cyclonic storm that crossed Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on Friday morning, claimed 33 lives, and left behind a trail of destruction and human suffering. Throwing life off course, the storm, which passed the coast north of Cuddalore at 6.30 a.m. at a speed of more than 125 km an hour, uprooted trees and electric posts, disrupted power supply and transport services and damaged homes and standing crops. Twenty-six people ...
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Kolkata, June 7, 2011 (PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that the 15-year-old Darjeeling issue was “settled” but the GJM was mum on whether there was any decision on its original demand for a Gorkhaland state. “Today is a historic day. The Darjeeling issue which has been lingering for a long period is settled at the official-level talks. I have informed Union Home Minister P Chidambaram,” Ms. Banerjee told reporters at the Writers’ Buildings. ...
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Chennai, May 24, 2011 (PTI) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa on Tuesday alleged that the DMK was linked with the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in an “indirect way.” “That has been our basic charge since a long time. We have always said DMK was behind the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi in an indirect way,” the AIADMK chief told reporters here, responding to queries on reported remarks of Kumaran Pathmanathan or KP, captured LTTE leader, that the ...
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Bangalore, May 14, 2011 (PTI) Congress and JDS in Karnataka today upped the ante demanding dismissal of the B S Yeddyurappa government on the ground that it has lost majority following the Supreme Court setting aside the disqualification of 11 BJP rebel MLAs and five independents. "The State has plunged into a constitutional crisis in the wake of the Supreme Court quashing Speaker K G Bopaiah's order on disqualification of 16 MLAs," Karnataka PCC President G Parameshwara and Congress ...
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New Delhi, May 12, 2011 (PTI) After the rap from Supreme Court in the telephone tapping case, Amar Singh on Thursday claimed that the CDs containing his purported conversations with politicians, Bollywood stars and corporate honchos were “concocted.” He also claimed that the Supreme Court order lifting gag order on their broadcast and publication would encourage people to use illegal means tap private conversations in the future. The Supreme Court on Wednesday lifted the ...
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KABUL, May 4, 2011 The Afghan government said on Wednesday that Pakistan must have known Osama bin Laden was living in a military garrison town near the capital, echoing international suspicions about Islamabad in the aftermath of the deadly strike against al-Qaeda’s chief. “Not only Pakistan, with its strong intelligence service, but even a very weak government with a weak intelligence service would have known who was living in that house in such a location,” said Defence ...
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New Delhi, April 14, 2011 A fresh controversy brewed on Thursday after corporate lobbyist Niira Radia reportedly linked Union Minister Sharad Pawar to 2G scam-tainted DB Realty firm but the senior leader trashed her claim. Mr. Pawar was reacting to media reports which had quoted Ms. Radia as telling the CBI that he may be controlling DB Realty and may have pursued the issue of spectrum and license for Swan Telecom with former Telecom Minister A Raja. Her statement was part of the ...
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LUDHIANA: Municipal corporation officials are saying they have achieved their target of collecting house tax. However, eight of the cheques they got, amounting to Rs 75 lakh, were dishonoured in the banks. Now, the officials have been asked to recover the said amount. This instance has laid bare the carelessness of MC officials. Civic body is supposed to accept only good-for-payment cheques, which are signed at the back by the bank branch's manager. The signature represents that the ...
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Colonel Imam is the latest entrant into the ever proliferating list of former Pakistani spies who claim to have helped the Taliban's ascent to power in the late 1990s. A former Brigadier of the Pakistan army, Imam (not his real name) claims to have served as one of the main Pakistani intelligence operatives working in close collaboration with the Taliban before the American invasion of Afghanistan in 2001. He claims to have met Taliban supremo Mullah Omar many times - including a meeting ...
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