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Pakistan charges seven suspects in Mumbai terror attack
Islamabad - A Pakistani court on Wednesday indicted seven people suspected of involvement in the terrorist attacks in India's financial hub of Mumbai one year ago. Prosecutor Malik Rab Nawaz said the suspects had been indicted for planning, financin...

[Posted on : 2009-11-25 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

PREVIEW: Prayers, police parade to commemorate Mumbai attack
New Delhi - Prayer meetings, a police parade and the re-opening of the Jewish Chabad House are among the many events scheduled Thursday to mark the first anniversary of the terrorist attack on India's financial hub Mumbai that killed more than 160 pe...

[Posted on : 2009-11-25 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

Pakistan says India planning war against it
Islamabad - Pakistan issued on Tuesday a verbal salvo, accusing its archrival India of preparing for a limited war against it. India has long been working on the so-called 'Cold Start' strategy and preparing for a limited war against Pakistan, Mi...

[Posted on : 2009-11-24 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

Indian government presents mosque demolition report to parliament
New Delhi - Amid scuffles and shouting, the government presented a report on the 1992 destruction of the Babri mosque in parliament Tuesday, one day after leaks of its findings had created a political storm. The Indian Express newspaper reported Mond...

[Posted on : 2009-11-24 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

India test-fires nuclear-capable Agni II missile
New Delhi - India has test fired its nuclear-capable Agni II ballistic missile, a defence official said Tuesday. The surface-to-surface missile, which has a range of 2,000 kilometres, was test-fired Monday evening from the Wheeler island launch site ...

[Posted on : 2009-11-24 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

India's Singh seeks better intelligence ties in war on terrorism
Washington - The United States and India should seek to improve intelligence sharing and cooperation to combat terrorism, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Monday. While Washington and New Dehli already have a solid relationship when it comes...

[Posted on : 2009-11-23 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

Early presidential elections announced in Sri Lanka
Colombo - President Mahinda Rajapaksa Monday announced new elections for January, two years ahead of schedule, a cabinet minister said. Rajapaksa made the announcement to the leaders of his coalition partners, and told them that he had decided to run...

[Posted on : 2009-11-23 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

Five soldiers killed in north-eastern India state
New Delhi - At least five paramilitary troopers were killed in an ambush by separatist rebels Monday in India's north-eastern state of Manipur, a news report said. Armed rebels of the banned United National Liberation Front (UNLF) attacked a convoy o...

[Posted on : 2009-11-23 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

Mumbai attacks spur paradigm shift in India's security - Feature
New Delhi - India was virtually under terrorist siege all of last year, facing major attacks and bombings almost every month, leading up to the bloodbath in Mumbai in November. The Mumbai attacks exposed India's undermanned and ill-equipped security ...

[Posted on : 2009-11-23 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

Spectre of Mumbai attacks haunts peace in South Asia - Feature
New Delhi/Islamabad - The terrorist siege of Mumbai did not merely leave the city convulsing in violence; its effects continue to reverberate through South Asia a year later, pushing one of the world's most volatile ...

[Posted on : 2009-11-23 ] Category : [ India (World) ]

 

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