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Tarique Rahaman was not only one of the most powerful politicians in Bangladesh during the BNP regime, he was considered the ISI "pointman" for carrying out anti-India activities from the country’s easternmost part.
Former Bangladeshi PM Khaleda Zia’s son, Tarique Rahman, was allegedly involved in an abortive smuggling of weapons, believed to be meant for Ulfa militants in Assam.
At the Entrepreneurship Summit called by Barack Obama, India will be represented by a man from a state hardly known for corporate activities. Irfan Alam of SammaaN Foundation works with rickshaw-pullers.
Bihar’s famous snack litti-chokha will soon find place on the plate of US President Barack Obama.
The arrested Indian Mujahideen member Shahzad has told interrogators that terror outfits have plans to use waterways to smuggle men and ammunition hidden in cargo containers.
Yet another feather has been added to the cap of India’s Rs 386-crore lunar mission, Chandrayaan-1; it has not only discovered water molecules but also new types of rocks.
A day after Omar Abdullah sought the Centre’s help to formulate a surrender policy for those who had gone to PoK for arms training and now wanted to return, the home ministry on Monday appeared to be keen on taking the move forward.
Congress on Monday gave a qualified thumbs up to a fresh round of Indo-Pak talks by insisting that terror would have to be the central focus of the dialogue.
In a first-ever initiative to bring down prices of expensive cancer medication, the government plans to retail them through its ‘Jan Aushadhi’ stores, which offer essential ‘unbranded’ drugs at discounted rates.
The Catholic and mainstream Protestant Christian organisations in the country, which together run over 5,000 educational institutions, are banding together to form a representative body in New Delhi.
Nationalist Congress Party president Sharad Pawar’s two-hour meeting with Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray is being seen as a signal to Congress leaders targeting the Union agriculture minister for food inflation.
The number of global cancer deaths is projected to increase by 45% from 2007 to 2030 — from 7.9 million to 11.5 million.
Expelled from the party in 1986 for favouring ties with Muslim League, M V Raghavan has attributed his unceremonious exit to the 'vengeful politics of ex-CPM general secretary E M Sankaran Namboorippad'.
Aiming to garnering Muslim votes in next year’s state elections, Bengal’s Marxist government on Monday announced a 10% job quota for Muslim backwards.
The government may give a time-frame of anything between six months to one year to the five-member committee set up by the Centre to hold consultations on Telangana issue.
Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:26:46 GMT
General Sarath Fonseka, the defeated candidate in the recent Sri Lanka's presidential election and the country's former Army chief, has been arrested, BBC has reported.
Dale Steyn wrecked the Indian first innings with career-best figures of seven for 51 and South Africa took two second innings wickets to leave India staring at defeat at the end of the third day in the first Test at Nagpur on Monday.
At least 15 Army troopers were killed and 17 injured when an avalanche struck a training camp of the Army in Khilanmarg area near the north Kashmir ski resort of Gulmarg Monday. Two are still missing.
'I will make sure that he resigns and repents for what he said. I am preparing a defamation suit and Ramesh must come down and admit to the nation that he had done wrong and this is no way to speak to the public.'
It's Valentine's week and Abhishek Mande tells you just how to know she's just not into you
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West Bengal Govt declared the quota for the Muslims who were educationally, socially and economically backward in the state.
The rescue operations launched to save trapped armymen and others in avalanche at Khilanmarg area of J-K called off after all the trapped persons were rescued.
Sri Lanka's defeated opposition presidential candidate Gen Sarath Fonseka was arrested by the military police, a fortnight after he suffered defeat at the hands of incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa.
Pakistan has said it has not knelt before New Delhi which has been forced to return to the negotiating table.
SPS Rathore was punched and stabbed with a blunt instrument by an unidentified assailant outside the court premises.
NCP justified party chief's discussion with Bal Thackeray, contending that in a democracy dialogue and discussion are important.
Australian govt has decided to overhaul the immigration rules which is likely to affect over 20,000 visa applicants, including Indians.
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Democrats in Illinois are getting a political do-over: the chance to pick a new lieutenant governor nominee themselves now that the primary winner dropped out of the race because of revelations
Rep. John Murtha, the tall, gruff-mannered former Marine who became the de facto voice of veterans on Capitol Hill and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday. He
New York Gov. David Paterson is lashing back at what he calls an assault on his character that includes accusations about womanizing and drug use.
The Obama administration on Monday asked California's largest for-profit health insurer to justify plans to hike customers' premiums by as much as 39 percent, a move that could affect some 800,000
Could this turn into something more than political theater?
New York Gov. David Paterson is lashing back at what he calls an assault on his character that includes accusations about womanizing and drug use.
Sri Lanka was hit by sharp international criticism after troops arrested the defeated opposition candidate, just two weeks after an election that had raised hopes of turning a new page.
Three British soldiers have died in southern Afghanistan, officials announced Monday, raising Britain's death toll in the conflict to 256 — breaking the number of Britons lost in the
Could this turn into something more than political theater?
A judge promised Monday to decide by the end of next week whether to approve a $150 million settlement between the Securities and Exchange Commission and Bank of America over civil charges
A judge promised Monday to decide by the end of next week whether to approve a $150 million settlement between the Securities and Exchange Commission and Bank of America over civil charges
Hoping to boost revenue, MySpace Music has begun experimenting with audio advertisements that users must hear before listening to music for free online.
Federal workers and school children got a day off Monday as the Mid-Atlantic region dug out from as much as 3 feet of snow that made travel nearly impossible and knocked out power to tens of
Contractors on some public construction projects would have to pay workers a set wage under a bill approved Monday by a House subcommittee, but the proposal would let cities, counties and school
Deep inside millions of computers is a digital Fort Knox, a special chip with the locks to highly guarded secrets, including classified government reports and confidential business plans. Now a
The commander of Canada's biggest Air Force base, who once flew dignitaries around the country, has been charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of two women.
Days before a former suburban Chicago police officer's fourth wife vanished in 2007, she told a divorce attorney that her husband thought she suspected he had killed his previous wife and
The lawmakers now investigating Toyota's recall include a senator who was so eager to lure the Japanese automaker to his state that he tramped along through fields as its executives scouted plant
Britain's inquiry into the Iraq war will seek meetings with former members of the Bush administration after taking evidence from Tony Blair and other key British officials, the panel's chairman
Days before a former suburban Chicago police officer's fourth wife vanished in 2007, she told a divorce attorney that her husband thought she suspected he had killed his previous wife and
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I belong to Mumbai, says Shah Rukh Khan in exclusive interview.
Losing candidate of presidential election dragged away: witness.
Father of youth says his son was under medical treatment.
There were around 300 soldiers at the camp when the avalanche struck.
Party responds after Minister visited Shiv Sena chief.
CM says his govt will implement Mishra Commission's recommendations.
Senior BJP leader says India has no reason to resume dialogue.
States like Jharkhand are seen to be soft towards the rebels.
Australia will dump 20,000 low-skilled migrant applications.
The explosion occurred while there were about 100 people inside the plant.
Romantic drama overtakes science fiction blockbuster.
New version of the national integration song shot down by fans.
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Calcutta, Feb. 8: Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee today announced a "policy decision" to reserve 10 per cent of government jobs for disadvantaged sections of backward-class Muslims in Bengal, prodded by allies to spring a potential vote-catcher ahead of key elections.
Srinagar, Feb. 8: Seventeen soldiers, including an officer, were killed and as many injured after an avalanche struck an elite army institute that imparts snow-warfare training in Kashmir's Gulmarg this morning.
New Delhi, Feb. 8: The Centre hopes to ink an accord with the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha at the next tripartite talks on Gorkhaland, the date of which will be announced after a meeting on Wednesday.
Lucknow, Feb. 8: Uttar Pradesh police today claimed to have made the biggest Maoist catch since the arrest of Khobad Ghandy last year by taking into custody two top-rung leaders, one of them a PhD degree holder from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).
Kathmandu, Feb. 8: A Nepalese media baron with alleged links to Dawood Ibrahim and blamed for the backlash against actor Hrithik Roshan in the Himalayan country 10 years ago, was shot dead yesterday afternoon in Kathmandu by gunmen suspected to be from a breakaway faction of the Chhota Rajan gang.
London, Feb. 8: The East India Company, whose brand name and controlling interests were acquired by diamond dealer Sanjiv Mehta in 2005, is to open a flagship luxury store in London's Mayfair.
Guwahati, Feb. 8: The Board of Secondary Education, Assam (SEBA), has asked Dispur to provide adequate security personnel to prevent cheating in the High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) examination.
Ranchi, Feb. 8: Chief minister Shibu Soren wants the Centre to share half the cost of completing pending railway projects in the state and is making every effort to convince railway minister Mamata Banerjee to announce the same in her budget speech.
