Youth held for posting girl’s objectionable photos on net
By IANS,
Bhubaneswar : The Orissa police have arrested an engineering student for circulating objectionable photographs of his girlfriend and also posting them online after she refused to marry him, a police official said Friday.
Gopal Krushna Panigrahi, a second-year student of information technology here, was nabbed from Berhampur, some 100 km from here, after the girl's father lodged a police complaint against him, police officer Abhimanyu Guda said.
Panigrahi had proposed marriage to the girl, also a student at the same institute, but was turned down.
Nine Ghaziabad cops charged with staging shootout
By IANS,
Ghaziabad : Nine Ghaziabad policemen have been charged with allegedly abducting a youth and killing him in a staged shootout last year, the police said Friday.
A case was formally registered against the nine policemen Thursday night after Special Additional Judicial Magistrate Sapna Mishra ordered an investigation into the incident.
According to defence lawyer Sanjay Tyagi, Meerut resident Bashiruddin filed a petition in court claiming that his son Saleem was a victim of a fake 'encounter' in September 2007.
Jamia Millia Islamia sets up committee to look into OBC quota
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
New Delhi: Following the Supreme Court order for the implementation of 27% reservation quota for OBCs, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) has appointed a Committee to examine the implementation of the OBC quota.
Muslim clerics form front to fight terrorism
By IANS,
Lucknow : Islamic clerics in north India have set up a Movement Against Terrorism (MAT) to campaign that terrorism should not be linked to Muslims and their religion.
"Besides educating Muslims, we are determined to remove the misconception in the media and among non-Muslims that religion had anything to do with the terror attacks done in the name of Islam," said Khalid Rasheed Firangi Maheli, convenor of MAT and a member of the executive committee of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board.
Relief announced for Malegaon blast victims’ families
Malegaon (Maharashtra), Sep 30 (IANS) Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister R.R. Patil Tuesday announced relief of Rs.500,000 to each bereaved family in Malegaon that lost its kin in the bomb blast Monday.
The families of those injured in the blast would get Rs.50,000 each, he said.
Four people were killed when a crude bomb went off in a crowded market around 9.30 p.m. Monday. At least 79 people were injured in the bomb blast, and stone throwing by an angry crowd and police firing that followed, Patil said.
‘Emirates investment to put Pakistan on world energy map’
By IANS
Islamabad : Pakistan's Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz said the United Arab Emirates (UAE) decision to invest in setting up of an oil refinery has put Pakistan on the energy map of the world.
The Pakistani premier was speaking Tuesday shortly after the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Abu Dhabi's International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) and Pakistan government to set up an oil refinery in Khalifa Point.
Britain to pursue further U.N., EU sanctions on Iran
By Xinhua
London : The British government said on Thursday that it would pursue further the U.N. and EU sanctions on Iran.
Speaking on the latest report on Iran's nuclear program released by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a spokesman for the British Foreign Office said, "We will study Dr El Baradei's report carefully and offer detailed views at the forthcoming IAEA Board of Governors meeting (22-23 November)."
Judiciary imprisoned: Ousted judge of Pakistan
By IANS
Islamabad : Ousted senior judge of Pakistan's Supreme Court Rana Bhagwandas has said the judiciary in the country is virtually under siege.
Heavy restrictions continue on the deposed judges who cannot come out of their houses, he said.
"(Former chief justice) Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry still can't come out of his house, the police are still laying siege to it. The other day I tried to meet him but I could not," the Daily Times quoted Bhagwandas as saying.
IAEA chief set to defend Iran’s progress
By Xinhua
Beijing : The UN nuclear watchdog chief is set to urge full backing for an Iran transparency plan at an agency governors meeting on Thursday after Western powers said Tehran must do more to allay fears about its atomic agenda.
Whether a new International Atomic Energy Agency report on Iran's compliance with a pledge to clarify past secret nuclear work to the IAEA is cause for new hope or further skepticism will be debated by the agency's 35-nation Board of Governors.
Iran confirms meeting with EU on Nov 30
By IANS
Tehran : Iran Thursday confirmed that its chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili will meet European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Javier Solana Nov 30, according to the official news agency Irna.
The news agency said Jalili, who is the secretary of Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) of Iran, told reporters at the inaugural session of an international seminar on Iran's nuclear programme that the meeting would be held in London.
Four killed in Uttar Pradesh blasts
By IANS
Lucknow : Four people were killed in Uttar Pradesh Friday in simultaneous blasts in Lucknow, Faizabad and Varanasi.
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Musharraf says Britain to assist Bhutto probe
By DPA
Islamabad : Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf said Wednesday that Britain would help investigate the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, whose slaying has forced the delay of crucial scheduled elections by six weeks.
In a televised address to the nation, Musharraf said British Prime Minister Gordon Brown agreed to immediately send investigators from Scotland Yard amid conflicting official government versions and what he called "conspiracy theories" about Bhutto's slaying in a gun-suicide bomb attack last Thursday.
Proposal for National Wildlife University hits another road block
Pending since 2004, KU’s expert commit turns down offer
By By Farooq Ganai, NAK
Jammu : The prestigious proposal for establishment of National University of Environment, Forests and Wildlife (NUEFW) in Jammu and Kashmir has hit yet another road block as it has been turned down by a committee of experts from University of Kashmir.
Jalandhar women’s college principal murdered
By IANS
Jalandhar (Punjab) : The principal of Kanya Maha Vidyalaya (KMV), the oldest women's college in this Punjab region, was found murdered along with three other employees Sunday morning.
College staff recovered the body of principal Rita Bawa and three other employees, two male guards and a cook, inside the college campus Sunday morning.
The multiple murders come as an embarrassment for the Punjab government and state police as the state government is organising a Punjabi non-resident Indians (NRI) conference here Sunday.
Nithari accused Pandher named in sixth murder case
By IANS
Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh): A Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court Thursday charged Maninder Singh Pandher as an additional accused in a sixth case of rape and murder in Nithari along with his servant Surinder Koli, who has been charged in 18 cases of rape and murder of woman and children.
The CBI in its charge sheet had named Surinder Koli in 18 cases of rape and murder of women and children of Nithari village but had accused Pandher only under section 120 B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
Five Bangladeshis held for Delhi robberies
By IANS
New Delhi : Five Bangladeshis have been arrested here for allegedly drugging and robbing two south Delhi families which had employed them as domestic servants, the police said Thursday.
Zasim Ali, 32, Salim Hussain, 32, Mohammed Rafique alias Raju Dass, 22, Maqsood alias Raju Dass, 19, and a 13-year-old boy were arrested Wednesday from their rented accommodation in Kotla Mubarakpur and Begampur areas of the capital.
Delhi cops ordered to probe death of two protestors
By IANS
New Delhi : A city court Tuesday directed Delhi Police to register a case and probe the death of two people protesting the sealing of illegal industrial units seven years ago.
Additional Sessions Judge R.K. Yadav also asked the deputy commissioner of police (DCP), East District, to book the guilty for covering up the death of Irfan and Ajab Khan.
Parliamentary panel finds anomalies in minority ministry
By IANS,
New Delhi : A parliamentary panel has come down heavily on the ministry of minority affairs for under utilisation of funds, poor implementation of welfare schemes and not possessing data on those living below the poverty line (BPL).
The panel headed by Sumitra Mahajan, a senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) member of the Lok Sabha, has called for speedy implementation of schemes for the minority people, and optimum utilisation of allocated funds as well.
Two militants gunned down in north Kashmir
By IANS,
Srinagar : Two separatist guerrillas were gunned down by Indian security forces in Kupwara district of north Kashmir Sunday.
"Acting on a specific information about the presence of two militants in a forest area of Garbar in Kupwara district, a joint operation was launched by the 17 Dogra Regiment and the police this morning," a police spokesman said here.
"During searches, hiding militants opened fire at the security forces. The fire was returned and in the ensuing encounter two militants were killed," he said.
Abducted Indian worker released in Afghanistan
By IANS,
New Delhi : Indian national Mohammed Nayeem, who was kidnapped from Afghanistan's Herat province last month, has been released by his captors, the ministry of external affairs said here Sunday.
Nayeem, who was abducted April 22, worked as an engineer with Dubai-based HEB International Logistics.
While no group had claimed responsibility for his abduction, it was believed to be the work of one of the numerous terror gangs operating in the country.
Nayeem, 39, hails from Mangalore in the southern Indian state of Karnataka and is a father of three children.
AMU to set up modern information and communication lab
By IANS,
Lucknow : The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) will set up a state-of-art information and communication laboratory for its engineering students, a university official said Friday.
"An alumnus of the university, M.P. Varshney, has donated Rs.1 million for setting up the lab," AMU spokesperson Rahat Abrar told IANS on phone.
The lab will be equipped with all the latest information and communication technology devices, including fast-speed computers, Internet and other facilities, he added.
IIM-A awaits ‘professor’ Kalam’s special classes
By IANS,
Ahmedabad : Reducing the urban-rural divide, energy security and water conservation - these are some of the themes former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam will be teaching at the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A). And students and faculty are eagerly waiting for his special classes to start.
"The process has already started and 70 students have been admitted to the course 'Globalising a Resurgent India through Innovative Transformation' (GRIT) which Kalam will begin teaching from Sep 12," said IIM-A professor Anil K. Gupta.
Curfew in Kashmir as Hurriyat calls for peaceful protests
By IANS,
Srinagar : Curfew continued across the Kashmir valley for the ninth day Monday with the Hurriyat calling for peaceful protests but authorities treading with caution following the deal to set aside 40 hectares of land for the Amarnath shrine board to use during the pilgrimage season.
There were no reports of curfew relaxation from anywhere in the valley Monday, when the the joint coordination committee of both the Hurriyat groups, headed by hardline Syed Ali Geelani and the moderate wing chief Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, has called for peaceful protests.
Political parties differ over Kashmir poll timing
By IANS,
New Delhi : The Election Commission of India Monday convened an all-party meeting on the upcoming assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir, as political outfits appeared divided over the timing of the voting in the troubled state.
The meeting was attended by seven national parties and three regional parties to give their views to the Election Commission, an official release said.
‘Professor’ Kalam starts IIM-A classes Saturday
By IANS,
Ahmedabad : Former president A.P.J. Abdul Kalam is all set to start his classes at the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) Saturday. Reducing the urban-rural divide, energy security and water conservation are some of the key themes he will be addressing.
Where Hindus help organise Muslim prayer meet
By IANS,
Malappuram (Kerala) : About 600,000 Muslims converged here Friday evening for an annual prayer meet, which sees Hindu families playing a key role by either providing their land and buildings or by volunteering to help out in whatever way they can.
Organised by the Ma'dinu Ssaquafathil Islamiyya, a society that runs many charitable institutions, this is the 22nd session of the prayer meet.
As the Islamiyya campus is confined to around 20 acres and cannot accommodate all the pilgrims, the prayers are held in a dozen plots along the national highway from Palakkad to Kozhikode.
IUML ‘strongly’ raises the issue of illegal detention of Muslim youths
By TCN Staff Reporter,
‘Protest becomes necessary when the oppressor is an outsider’
By Mohd. Ismail khan, TwoCircles.net,
JTSA appeals to upper house members to reject ‘draconian’ amendments in UAPA
By TCN Staff Reporter,
‘Are criminals running the government in UP? asks Rihai manch
By Hasan Zia Rizvi, TwoCircles.net,
‘HalalTradeZone.com is answer to unfulfilled need of Muslims’
HalalTradeZone.com is an answer to the unfulfilled need of Muslims who want to consume only quality Halal products and services, says Noor Mohammed, CEO...
National Conf. on ‘unpacking 12th plan’ for minorities’ on Mar 17 in Lucknow
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Prof John Esposito speaks at SALAM’s spring banquet
By Ras H. Siddiqui, TwoCircles.net,
Mulayam Singh’s AMU visit ‘postponed’ amidst protests
By M Reyaz, TwoCircles.net,
Aligarh: The scheduled visit of Samajwadi Party Supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav to the Aligarh Muslim University has been ‘postponed’ amidst protest in the campus on the invitation extended to him. His programme has purportedly been cancelled as the election code of conduct have been put in place in the state for the local MLC elections.
President signs the Street Vendors’ Act
By TCN News,
New Delhi: The President of India has given his assent to the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Bill, 2014 passed by the Indian Parliament last month on 19 February.
AP Muslims taken for a ride over political reservation in urban bodies’ elections
By Mohd Ismail Khan, TwoCircles.net,
Hyderabad: The Andhra Pradesh Congress government halfhearted loom over backward class Muslim reservation has again brought the community on the cross roads. With the ensuing crucial urban bodies’ local election, Muslim community is at loggerheads with state election commission over the puzzle of eligibility of BC Muslims to contest election on reserved seats.
‘Muslims and Christians should make alliance against communalism’
By TCN News,
Hyderabad: The Centre for the Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, organized a two-day National Seminar on “Communal Violence, persecutions and Social Exclusion of Muslims and Christians in India.”
Report: Three-day youth leadership camp in Shamli
By TCN News
Shamli: Khudai Khidmatgar organized three days Youth Leadership Camp at Malakpur Village of Shamli District of Uttar Pradesh. The aim of the camp, to aware the Young generation and their parents on the situation in the society, essential of communal harmony, compulsory education Particularly the Girls education in large and creating leadership quality in the society.
Essay writing competition in celebration of Mother’s Day
By TCN News,
New Delhi: Human’s Pride, an NGO that works for the poor and oppressed section of the society has announced a national essay writing competition for Mother’s Day.
MyFacts’ move to Assam governor seeking solution to BTAD trouble
By TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter,
Guwahati: Named MyFacts (Muslim Youths Forum Against Communalism, Terrorism and Sedition), a group that initially met through Facebook got together in the city and decided their action plan towards a solution of the ongoing violence in Assam’s Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD).
IM operative sent to police custody till June 2
New Delhi : A court here Wednesday sent to police custody, till June 2, Indian Mujahideen (IM) operative Faizan Ahmed Sultan, who is an...
Cycle mart opened at AMU to accomplish ‘campus green’ target
By TCN News,
Aligarh: The Vice Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University, Lt. Gen. (Retd.) Zameer Uddin Shah inaugurated the “AMU Cycle Mart”, a unique initiative, at Raza Lodge, opposite Sir Sulaiman Hall Gate, Anoopshahar Road, Aligarh, towards achieving the target of a green and clean campus.
Vindictive ‘democracy’
By Vidya Bhushan Rawat,
A priest was found to have ‘sacrificed’ his wife to please the God in Indore, a story revisited the gory “tandoori murder” of Naina Sahni by her politician husband Sushil Sharma, who is serving life imprisonment in the jail and wanted to spend time with his mother to perform his ‘sonly’ duties. Girls are being hanged to deaths after being gang raped and political class as a whole speak of controlling time and choices. It is not that we suggest here that all the ills of the country began with the current government but there are certain trends.
“Netanyahu you will see, you will see, Palestine will be free”
Thousands chant In London
By M Ghazali Khan,
London 27 July: At least 60,000 protestorsfrom amazingly and admiringly multi-racial, multi-religious and multi-ethnic backgroundsrallied yesterdayin front of Israeli Embassy and from where they marched to the British Parliament to demand lifting of siege of Gaza and freedom for Palestine. “You don’t have to be a Muslim to stand for Palestinians. Just be a human” read a placard raised by a marcher.
Struggle for justice for Aler Encounter moves to Delhi
Andhra Bhawan march at Delhi on Saturday
Hyderabad: The struggle for the justice for victims of Aler encounter killings moves to Delhi. National...
Zawahiri praises Al Qaeda leaders killed in Iraq
By DPA,
Cairo : Al Qaeda's second-in-command, Ayman al-Zawahiri, praised two senior affiliates killed in a military operation in Iraq and urged the country's militants to rally behind their cause, according to a recorded message made public Tuesday.
"Mujahedeen in Iraq, go on your way, wearing the black of the Islamic State in Iraq on your heads, and know that you are paying the price for imminent victory," al-Zawahiri said in the message posted on militant websites.
Two held for vehicle thefts, snatchings
By IANS,
New Delhi : Two men were arrested Tuesday on the charges of vehicle thefts and snatching women's chains and bags, police said.
Deepak, 20, and Gurmeet, 23, were arrested from Aurobindo Marg in south Delhi.
"We received information about the duo. They were arrested in the early hours Tuesday when they reached Aurobindo Marg," a senior police officer said.
During interrogation it was found that the two men had committed 30 robberies, snatchings, vehicle thefts and other such crimes.
Largescale illegal mining in Karnataka: Chief minister
By IANS,
Bangalore: Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa said Wednesday there has been largescale illegal mining in Karnataka in the last 10 years and in 2007-08 alone, 4.7 million tonnes of iron ore was exported from the state without a license.
The chief minister's startling revelation of the extent of illegal mining came in response to a ruckus in the assembly for the second successive day Wednesday over the opposition's demand for an adjournment motion on the resignation of Lok Ayukta (ombudsman) N. Santosh Hegde.
Escaped prisoner nabbed after three weeks
By IANS,
Lucknow: After remaining elusive for over three weeks, one of the four prisoners who had escaped from the Mathura jail has been nabbed in Uttar Pradesh's Aligarh district, officials said Wednesday.
Awadesh, who had escaped from Mathura jail June 20, along with three other prisoners, was arrested late Tuesday from Dhatauli village, some 300 km from Lucknow, said a release issued by the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force.
Awadesh is charged with murder, abduction and loot among other charges.
Maoist threat to Chidambaram, Pillai: Government
By IANS,
New Delhi: AK-47 wielding security personnel have been assigned to accompany Home Minister P. Chidambaram and Home Secretary G.K. Pillai during their routine official work following Maoist threats to their lives.
Official sources told IANS Monday that intelligence agencies had advised the government to enhance the security of the two VIPs, after they intercepted Maoist messages "planning revenge" for the killing of Communist Party of India-Maoist leader and spokesperson Cherkuri Rajkumar alias Azad in Andhra Pradesh recently.
Reason for Maudany’s arrest is personal vengeance: Js Krishna Iyer
By TwoCircles.net Staff Correspondent,
‘No appointment of Muslim academicians in last 5 yrs in MP varsities’
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Ajmal against work permit to ‘illegal migrants’ in Assam
By Anjuman Ara Begum, TwoCircles.net,
To decide Vastanvi’s fate, Deoband Shura begins under tight security
By Manzar Bilal,TwoCircles.net,
Eye on WB election, Mamata supports minority’s share in women quota
By TCN Staff Reporter,
Bhopal’s Danish Haseeb among 19 Indian crew stranded off Malaysian port
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Three brothers sentenced to life for murder
By IANS,
Lakhimpur Kheri (Uttar Pradesh) : A court here Wednesday sentenced three brothers to life imprisonment in a decade-old murder case, police said.
Vanzara wants Mumbai cop, scribe as parties in Sadiq Jamal `encounter’ case
By TCN Special Correspondent,
The Thackeray family’s dubious inheritance
By Amulya Ganguli, IANS,
The Thackeray family's parochial agenda has a long history. It all began with Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's father, Keshav Sitaram, who was a member of the Samyukta Maharashtra Samiti, the organisation which spearheaded the agitation for a separate Maharashtra in the 1950s.
Security beefed up in Patna after terror email
By IANS,
Patna : Security was beefed up at major places in the Bihar capital, especially the railway station and a temple, after an email threat to attack the sites to protest the demolition of the Babri Masjid in Ayodhya 16 years ago, police said Saturday.
Security was beefed up at Patna junction, Patna Saheb railway station and the Mahavir temple here after an e-mail threatening to blow the targets within the next two weeks was received by the state railway headquarters two days ago.
AUDF announces candidates for four LS seats in Assam
By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
New Delhi: Assam United Democratic Front (AUDF) has announced its candidates for four Lok Sabha seats in Assam. Its president Maulana Badruddin Ajmal is to contest from Silchar and Dhubri seats. Spokesman of AUDF Dr. Baharul Islam gave this information to TwoCircles.net today.
HC orders BJP-ruled MP Govt not to make ‘Suraya Namaskar’ compulsory in schools
By Pervez Bari, TwoCircles.net,
Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh High Court in an interim order has directed the state Government not to force educational institutions to conduct "Suraya Namaskar" (salutations to so-called sun god).
This direction comes in the wake of the fresh order issued by the Bharatiya Janata Party ruled Madhya Pradesh Government to conduct "Surya Namaskar" in the morning hours of every Saturday in schools.
Sheep, goats get pricey as Kashmiris shop for Eid
By F. Ahmed, IANS,
Srinagar : Shops selling sacrificial sheep and goats have sprouted up throughout the Kashmir valley ahead of the festival of Eid-ul-Azha Saturday, but buyers say they are being overcharged.
"The animal sellers are charging at will. There is no check on the rates. I bought two rams for Rs.18,000 while some of the more affluent buyers paid over Rs.12,000 per ram,"said Sonaullah Dar, 45, a businessman living in the uptown Hyderpora area of the city.
Strike paralyses Kashmir, restrictions in old Srinagar
By IANS,
Srinagar : A general shutdown paralysed life across the Kashmir Valley Friday as authorities clamped strict restrictions in the old areas of this city to ward off trouble that had started earlier this week with the death of a schoolboy.
Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, the chairperson of the moderate Hurriyat group, continued to remain under house arrest for the second day. Two other moderate separatist leaders, Shabir Shah and Nayeem Khan, were arrested Wednesday to prevent them from participating in the protests here.
Court rejects plea for narco test of cops in Sohrabuddin case
Ahmedabad : In a major development the Chief Metropolitan Magistrate rejected Thursday the state government's plea for brain mapping and narco analysis tests of six police officers, including three senior IPS officers, who have been arrested in the Sohrabuddin staged encounter case.
The Central Investigation Department (CID) Crime had put up an application for the test of the arrested cops on the ground that much more information was needed as these police officers had not revealed some very important facts.
Fierce street battles rage in Gaza
By Xinhua
Gaza : Clashes between Hamas and pro-Fatah security forces continued in various parts of Gaza Strip on Thursday, leaving more people dead.
    The death toll of five days of infighting has exceeded 63, a statement by the health ministry said. In southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis, a 13-year-old Palestinian was killed after he was caught in crossfire during clashes between the two factions.
Gogoi offers ULFA safe passage
By IANS
Guwahati : Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Saturday offered a month-long safe passage to leaders of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) to visit the state and gauge for themselves if people want peace and an end to violence.
New Palestinian government sworn in
By Xinhua
Ramallah : Ministers of an emergency government Sunday took oath in West Bank before President Mahmoud Abbas, replacing the two-month-old unity government led by Hamas.
Notice to Nafisa Ali on Husain painting quashed
By IANS
New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Tuesday suspended the operation of a show cause notice issued by a subordinate court here against social activist Nafisa Ali for allegedly purchasing a controversial painting by noted painter M.F. Husain.
Yemeni President condemns terror act targeted at Spanish tourists
By NNN-SABA
Sana'a : President Ali Abdullah Saleh has expressed sorrow and condemned the terror act targeted at Spanish tourists in the Mareb governorate Monday.
The attack resulted in the death of seven Spanish tourists and two Yemenis while eight others were injured. The initial information indicated that the al-Qeada is behind the attack.
Saleh said that the terrorists who are behind the attack will not escape justice.
Bomb attacks kill six Afghan policemen, three civilians
By Xinhua
Kabul : Six policemen and three civilians have been killed in separate attacks in Afghanistan, officials said Sunday.
Sabeel charged with withholding terror info
By IANS
London : Sabeel Ahmed, the Indian doctor who was arrested in Liverpool following the attempted car bomb attacks in London and Glasgow last month, was charged under the Terrorism Act Saturday.
Ahmed, 26, has been charged with having information that could have prevented an act of terrorism. He is scheduled to appear before the City of Westminster Magistrates' Court here Monday. He is the third person to be charged in relation to the terror plot.
At least 20 killed in Baghdad car bombing
By Xinhua
Baghdad : Twenty people were killed and 60 wounded when a car bomb exploded in central Baghdad Thursday evening, an interior ministry source said.
"Our latest reports said that at least 20 people were killed and 60 others were wounded in the attack," the source told Xinhua.
The car bomb went off at about 6.30 p.m. (1430 GMT) in a crowded commercial area near the Saba Qsour Intersection in Karradah neighbourhood, the source said.
Baghdad : Twenty people were killed and 60 wounded when a car bomb exploded in central Baghdad Thursday evening, an interior ministry source said.
"Our latest reports said that at least 20 people were killed and 60 others were wounded in the attack," the source told Xinhua.
The car bomb went off at about 6.30 p.m. (1430 GMT) in a crowded commercial area near the Saba Qsour Intersection in Karradah neighbourhood, the source said.
Fifth Palestinian militant killed in Gaza operations
By Xinhua
Gaza : A fifth Palestinian militant was killed on Thursday evening during the ongoing Israeli ground and air strikes on southeast Gaza Strip, Palestinian medics said.
Medics in southern Gaza Strip said that an Islamic Hamas militant was killed and two were wounded in a fresh Israeli airstrike on Palestinian militants in the area.
Taliban sets eighth deadline for S Korean hostages
·"We have extended the deadline once again," Ahmadi told Xinhua.
·Police chief of Ghazni province said no progress has been made.
·Taliban militants have stuck to the exchange of hostages for Taliban prisoners.
By Xinhua
Kabul : The Taliban has set the eighth deadline for executing some South Korean hostages, which would last until 4:00 p.m. (1130 GMT) on Monday, a purported Taliban spokesman Yousuf Ahmadi said Monday.
Taliban extends deadline for abducted Koreans
By Xinhua
Kabul : After killing two South Korean hostages, Taliban guerrillas Tuesday extended the deadline for 21 remaining hostages till 12 p.m. (0730 GMT) Wednesday.
A purported Taliban spokesman, Yousuf Ahmadi, told Xinhua on telephone from an undisclosed place that militants would kill more hostages if their demands were not met.
He also said some hostages were in very bad condition and they may die a natural death.
This is the ninth time Taliban militants have revised the deadline for killing Korean hostages.
Three killed, 12 wounded in twin Assam blasts
By IANS
Guwahati : Three people were killed and 12 wounded in Assam Tuesday in two separate explosions, including one in a Guwahati market, in attacks linked to the Aug 15 Independence Day celebrations.
"The bomb was kept near a garbage bin (in the busy) Ganeshguri (locality in Guwahati). Two people were injured in the attack," a police official said.
Earlier, three people were killed and 10 wounded in an explosion in front of a police station in Jorhat, 310 km east of here.
Iranian leaders show full support toward security of Iraq, but ask U.S. troops to...
By Xinhua
Tehran : Top Iranian leaders have in the past two days pledged help for Iraq to restore peace and security to visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, while insisting that the withdrawal of U.S. forces from the war-torn country is vital to its security and stability.
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pledged Iran's role in keeping the stability of the region, which, largely hinges on the stability of the neighboring Iraq.
US army reports killing, arrest of 18 terrorists in Iraq’s Sadr City
By NNN-KUNA
Baghdad : The US Army in Iraq reported that Coalition Forces captured 13 suspected terrorists with ties to extremist militia Special Groups in a pre-dawn raid Sunday in Sadr City.
The statement on the MNF website said Coalition Forces conducted the raid to capture or kill highly-sought weapons facilitators with connections to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps.
Pakistani PM vows to protect nuclear assets
By Xinhua
Islamabad : Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz on Tuesday vowed to protect the country's nuclear assets at all costs and not to let any foreign forces enter Pakistan's territory, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported.
"We will never tolerate if anyone casts an evil eye on our nuclear assets," the Aziz categorically stated in the capital Islamabad at the national flag hoisting ceremony to mark the 60th Independence Day of the country.
`I will be CM’ship candidate for upcoming elections’ : Farooq Abdullah
By News Agency of Kashmir
Jammu : Singing the song of recently released Bollywood Movie `Chak De , National Conference chief patron Dr Farooq Abdullah today said that he would be the party's chief ministership candidate for the upcoming assembly elections.
Clearing many doubts the flamboyant NC leader told media persons, on the sidelines of photo exhibition organised by Jammu based photojournalists on eve of world photography Day, that he is certainly going to contest the next assembly elections in the state as the party candidate for chief ministership post.
Mumbai riot guilty will be dealt with firmly: Government
New Delhi, Aug 24 (IANS) The government Friday said it was committed to taking action against those who were indicted by the Srikrishna Commission report that looked into the 1993 Mumbai communal riots in the wake of Babri Masjid mosque demolition.
"No stone will be left unturned and we will deal with those found guilty by the commission very firmly," Parliamentary Affairs Minister P. R Dasmunsi said in the Lok Sabha.
He was responding to the issue raised by Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) MP Hannan Mollah.
Jordan strikes energy deal with Iraq, Egypt
By NNN-KUNA
Amman : Jordanian Minister for Energy and Mineral Resources Khalid Shreidah has announced that the Iraqi government has agreed to supply oil to Jordan up to 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) and that Egypt has also agreed to increase exports of natural gas to the kingdom.
In a press statement Thursday, Shreidah said that the first delivery of Iraqi oil was expected to arrive at refineries in Jordan's Zarqa city within a few days, indicating that Jordanian trucks would rendezvous with Iraqi oil transporters near the borders.
Curfew in Bangladesh further relaxed with improvement of situation
By Xinhua
Dhaka : The Bangladeshi government further eased the curfew hours, as it will remain in force for five hours from Monday night.
An official announcement said here Sunday there will be no curfew from 5 am to 12 pm on Monday.
The indefinite curfew was imposed in Dhaka and five major cities from Wednesday to contain violent student movement to protest the army assault on student of Dhaka University on August 20.
Iraq imposes curfew, starts evacuating pilgrims
By Xinhua
·The Iraqi authorities imposed curfew on Tuesday in the holy city of Karbala.
·The security forces also started to evacuate the pilgrims from the center of the city.
·So far, up to 10 people were killed by the clashes that initially sparked on Monday night.
Baghdad : The Iraqi authorities imposed curfew on Tuesday in the holy city of Karbala, ordering dozens of thousands of Shiite pilgrims to evacuate the city, after fierce clashes between gunmen and the Iraqi police, a local police source said.
Turkey, Iraq sign agreement no combating terrorism
By Xinhua
Ankara : Turkey and Iraq signed an agreement to fight against terrorism in the Turkish capital of Ankara on Friday.
Turkish Interior Minister Besir Atalay and his Iraqi counterpart Jawad al-Bulani signed the agreement.
Issue of Iran’s nuclear programme not “closed” – US
By NNN-KUNA
Washington : The United States has said that the Iranian nuclear programme case is not closed yet, in a direct response to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's statement in New York.
"Iran is under Security Council sanctions, is under several Chapter VII resolutions not asking it nicely or politely, but requiring it as a matter of international law, to halt its uranium enrichment programme and to engage in negotiations with the international community," said State Department deputy spokesperson Tom Casey in his daily press briefing Wednesday.
Iran for expansion of defence relations with Afghanistan
By NNN-IRNA
Tehran : Iranian Defence Minister Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad Najjar said here Saturday that expansion of defence relations with all Muslim and neighbouring countries, especially Afghanistan, is a priority of Iran's foreign policy.
Najjar told Afghan Ambassador to Tehran Mohammad Yahya Maroofi that long borders and deep historical, ethnic and cultural commonalties and bonds between Iran and Afghanistan would pave the way for further expansion of the two-way ties and cooperation.
Pakistani military copter crash raises questions: report
By IANS
Islamabad : The crash of a military helicopter escorting Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf "has raised a number of questions" as to whether it was shot down or whether it was a genuine accident, a media report said Tuesday.
The Puma helicopter carrying, among others, Musharraf's media adviser Maj. Gen. Rashid Qureshi, crashed on the outskirts of Pakistani Kashmir capital Muzaffarabad Monday, killing four people.
Iranian women’s status elaborated at UN
By IRNA
United Nations, New York : IRI representative at UN General Assembly's 3rd Committee session here Wednesday elaborated on developments, advancement, and achievements related to women's status in Iran.
Seyyed Mohsen Emadi in his address also expounded on various types of aggressions observed against women in the world today, including poverty, threats due to foreign forces occupation, losses due to military attacks, human smuggling, aggressive behavior at homes, taking advantage of women in advertisements etc.
Blast kills journalist in Pakistan
By IANS,
Peshawar : A local journalist was killed in a blast which occurred in Pakistan's Peshawar city Tuesday, Geo News reported.
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