‘Maoist problem biggest security threat for CRPF’
byAgartala: The Maoist problem is the biggest security threat for the CRPF currently, para-military force’s chief Pranay Sahay said here Tuesday. “It (Maoist terrorism) is…
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Will Shimla see a white Christmas?
byShimla: Tourists are drawn by snow in Shimla on Christmas. Will the Queen of the Hills see a blanket of white this Christmas? The capital…
NASA to intentionally crash twin probes into Moon
byWashington: Two NASA moon probes, designed to help scientists learn more about the composition of the moon, will be intentionally crashed into a mountain near…
139 journalists killed on the job in 2012
byGeneva: A total of 139 journalists from 29 countries lost their lives while doing their job in 2012, a 30-percent increase over 2011, the Press…
India lost $123 billion in black money in a decade
byWashington: The Indian economy suffered $1.6 billion in illicit financial outflows in 2010, capping-off a decade in which it experienced black money losses of $123…
Sangay congrats Japan PM-elect
byDharamsala:The Tibetan government-in-exile today congratulated Liberal Democratic Party leader Shinzo Abe on winning the parliamentary polls in Japan and hoped his government would continue…
Stop interfering in Tibet, says China
byBeijing: The Chinese foreign ministry today criticised statements issued by foreign officials on Tibet, and urged those countries to stop interfering in China’s internal affairs….
Pak Players Recruited by Hockey India League
byNew Delhi: Indian Premier League (IPL) franchises may have lost out recruiting star Pakistani cricketers for reasons beyond them, but the Hockey India League (HIL)…
US school shooting: Trigger-happy nation debates gun control
byWashington: The massacre of the innocents in a Connecticut elementary school has rekindled a debate over America’s gun control laws, but prospects of any “meaningful…
Pakistan may disintegrate again, warns A.Q. Khan
byIslamabad: Pakistan is at present in a worse situation than it was in 1971, said disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, warning that “the day…