Sangay blames China for self-immolations in Tibet
byDharamsala: Blaming China for self-immolations in Tibet, the Central Tibetan Administration (CTA) today said “if Beijing ends repression, the self-immolations will abate”. The CTA clarified…
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Tibetan student kills herself in China
byBeijing: A Tibetan student died yesterday after she set herself on fire in northwest China’s Qinghai province, authorities said Monday. The 16-year old girl who…
Evidence on 26/11 in Pakistan court is welcome, says India
byNew Delhi: India today welcomed Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) handing evidence on the 26/11 Mumbai attacks to a court in Rawalpindi and hoped “there…
Guidelines soon to stem child abuse in conflict zones
byNew Delhi: Children are the worst sufferers in Maoist-hit conflict zones with many landing behind bars for being accomplices in civil strife or armed conflict….
When terrorists fought terrorists in Pakistan
byIslamabad: Faction and sub-factions within militant forces are battling each other and opening up “new threats and new risks of even greater violence”, said a…
Efforts to reintroduce LSD in Uttarakhand thwarted
byDehradun : An effort to re-introduce LSD, what was popularly known as ‘acid’ in the 1960s in Uttarakhand was thwarted when a special team…
Hope, despair, Legal tangles follow Kolkata hospital fire tragedy
byKolkata: The charred remains of the annexe of the AMRI Hospital stands as a ghostly reminder of the fire that snuffed out 94 lives on…
Treasure hunters chased from Spanish waters
byMadrid: The Spanish navy expelled from the Alboran Sea a US-owned, Panamanian-flagged vessel that was trying to find sunken ships, authorities said Friday. The ship…
Himachal police guards turn thieves: 28 Kg Charas, 4 Kg opium goes missing
byShimla: On a day when the Washington state in USA legalized the use of marijuana, a strange case of high quality marijuana (Malana Cream Charas)…
Uttarakhand IAS officers in Ponty Chadha murder: CM turns down probe
byDehradun : With two senior Congress leaders of Uttarakhand, including union minister for water resources, Harsh Rawat, having openly said that fingers are being…