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1 dead, 12 hurt in anti-DJJS protest
Written on 6 Dec, 2009 at 0:21 in English | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
LUDHIANA/PHAGWARA: Ludhiana continued to burn for the third consecutive day on Saturday, when a clash between police and Panthic Sikh organizations — protesting a religious congregation of Noormahal-based dera Divya Jyoti Jagran Sansthan (DJJS) — left one person dead and 12... (Continue reading)
Curfew lifted in 3 areas
Written on 4 Dec, 2009 at 22:03 in English | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
LUDHIANA: Curfew was lifted from three police station areas on Saturday in the industrial town rocked by protests by mig The labourers, hailing mainly from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, set afire some vehicles and clashed with police following which authorities imposed... (Continue reading)
Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq’s aide critically injured in Srinagar shooting
Written on 4 Dec, 2009 at 8:24 in English | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
SRINAGAR: Unidentified men shot and critically injured Fazal Haque Qureshi, the senior most separatist leader and an important executive member of the moderate Hurriyat Conference, in this Jammu and Kashmir capital on Friday evening, police said. ( Watch Video ) A senior... (Continue reading)
Osama Bin Laden’s son claims political asylum in Spain
Written on 3 Dec, 2009 at 22:08 in English | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
27-year-old Omar Osama bin Laden is being held in Madrid’s Barajas Airport after arriving in the Spanish capital on a Moroccan-bound flight from Egypt. Omar, husband of a grandmother-of-five previously known as Jane Felix-Browne, is reported to be in the transit... (Continue reading)
Damascus bus blast kills at least six
Written on 3 Dec, 2009 at 8:24 in English | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
Syria and Iraq square up for another ding-dong TO THE BAD OLD DAYS Syria and Iraq square up for another ding-dong DAMASCUS: A blast ripped through a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims near a major Shia religious shrine in Damascus on Thursday... (Continue reading)
India involved in Balochistan, Fata unrest: FO
Written on 3 Dec, 2009 at 8:18 in English | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
No concession for India in transit trade accord: FO No concession for India in transit trade accord: FO ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office spokesperson Abdul Basit on Thursday said Indian elements remain present in Balochistan and Fata. Basit said the interior ministry had... (Continue reading)
Troops kill 12 militants in Swat: army
Written on 3 Dec, 2009 at 8:14 in English | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
The army launched an offensive in April and says at least 2,150 militants have been killed in Swat and neighbouring Buner and Lower Dir districts, claiming in July to have wiped out most of the insurgent bastions. Troops conduct search operations... (Continue reading)
Iran releases detained British yacht crew
Written on 2 Dec, 2009 at 7:10 in English | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
Photo released via Facebook shows Sam Usher, Olly Smith, Luke Porter, Oliver Young, four of the British sailors detained in Iran. The five sailors, including sports journalist David Bloomer, were sailing from Bahrain to Dubai for a race when their... (Continue reading)
Ten militants killed, 128 arrested in Hangu
Written on 2 Dec, 2009 at 7:04 in English | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
HANGU: Ten militants were killed and 128 wanted criminals were arrested from various parts of Hangu district in a joint operation conducted by police and frontier constabulary, DPO Abd ur Rasheed told DawnNews. The operation was carried out along the border... (Continue reading)
ISLAMABAD: A suicide bomber struck near the naval headquarters Islamabad on Wednesday, police said, killing a navy official.
Written on 2 Dec, 2009 at 6:56 in English | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
The attacker walked up to a checkpoint at the entrance to the complex and detonated his explosives when challenged by security forces, scattering bits of flesh across a busy road in central Islamabad, police and witnesses said. ‘The bomber was about... (Continue reading)