New Delhi: Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will be visiting Guwahati on Saturday to attend the first anniversary celebration of the third consecutive term of the Congress government in the state. Meanwhile, ULFA hardliners have called for a 12-hour bandh in the state in protest against the visit. On Friday night, one person was killed in a bomb blast allegedly by anti-talk faction of ULFA in Tinsukia district....
08:29 AM, May 26, 2012
Sanaa: A suicide bomber in army uniform killed more than 90 soldiers in the heart of the Yemeni capital on Monday and an al Qaeda affiliate threatened more strikes if a US-backed campaign against militants in the front-line state did not stop. The attack, which also wounded more than 200 people, underscored the threat Yemen faces in its fight to dislodge Islamist militants entrenched in the south and threatening vital...
01:39 AM, May 22, 2012
Beirut: Two suicide car bombers killed 55 people and wounded 372 in Damascus on Thursday, state media said, the deadliest attacks in the Syrian capital since an uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began 14 months ago. The blasts further shredded a ceasefire that was declared by international mediator Kofi Annan on April 12 but which has failed to halt bloodshed pitting Assad's security forces against peaceful demonstrators and an array...
01:39 AM, May 11, 2012
Damascus (Syria): Two strong explosions ripped through the Syrian capital on Thursday, killing more than 40 people and leaving scenes of carnage in the streets in an assault against a center of government power, officials said. Syria's state-run TV said 170 people were wounded in what one official said may have been the most powerful of a series of blasts that have hit the capital this year. The explosions, which...
03:32 PM, May 10, 2012
Islamabad: At least 19 low-intensity bomb blasts targeted ATM machines of state-run banks and railway tracks in Sindh province of southern Pakistan on Wednesday, injuring six persons, including two policemen. The explosions occurred in cities and towns across Sindh, including the capital city of Karachi, early on Wednesday morning. A private security guard was injured in a blast at a bank in Kotri town while two policemen were wounded in...
04:43 PM, May 02, 2012
New Delhi: Shortly after a surprise visit by US President Barack Obama to Afghanistan early on Wednesday morning on the anniversary of Osama bin Laden's death, serial bomb blasts and a suicide car bomb attack rocked Kabul killing six people including one Gurkha guard. The blasts occurred near the foreign military bases in Afghanistan. The Taliban has claimed responsibility for the attacks. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed it in a...
07:49 AM, May 02, 2012
Beirut: Explosions blew the fronts off buildings in the Syrian town of Idlib on Monday, with state TV reporting nine people killed and 100 wounded including security services personnel targeted by an intensifying rebel bombing campaign. Images on state television showed flattened cars and mangled bodies lying under tarpaulins near the site of a pair of bombings. Craters had been blasted in the road. "My wife and I were asleep...
04:40 AM, May 01, 2012
Beirut: A suicide bomber killed nine people including security officers at a Damascus mosque on Friday, Syria's interior ministry said, in another blow to a fraying UN-brokered truce between President Bashar al-Assad and rebels fighting for his downfall. The explosion happened as worshippers were leaving the Zain al-Abideen mosque, which was under heavy security due to its reputation as a launchpad for anti-Assad demonstrations after Friday prayers. A local resident...
03:39 AM, Apr 28, 2012
Oslo: Anders Behring Breivik knew it would take practice to be able to slaughter dozens of people before being shot by police. In a chilling account, the far-right fanatic claimed on Thursday that he sharpened his aim by playing the video game "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" for hours on end. Breivik told an Oslo court he also took steroids to build physical strength and meditated to "de-emotionalize" himself before...
11:58 AM, Apr 20, 2012
Hat Yai: Suspected Muslim insurgents staged the most deadly coordinated attacks in years in Thailand's restive south, killing 14 people and wounding 340 with car bombs that targeted on Saturday shoppers and a high-rise hotel frequented by foreign tourists. A first batch of explosives planted inside a parked pickup truck ripped through an area of restaurants and shops in a busy area of Yala city, a main commercial hub of...
06:49 PM, Mar 31, 2012
Beirut: Two explosions struck the heart of Damascus on Saturday, killing at least 27 people in an attack on security installations that state television blamed on "terrorists" seeking to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Cars packed with explosives targeted the criminal police headquarters and an air security intelligence centre at 7.30 am (0530 GMT), television said, shredding the facade of one building and sending debris flying through the streets. Gruesome...
03:50 AM, Mar 18, 2012
New Delhi: A bomb ripped apart a house in Imphal on Thursday morning leaving an 8-year-old girl dead. One person with serious injuries has been admitted to a local hospital. RDX is believed to be used in the blast. There is no confirmation yet on how the blast took place. ...
04:04 PM, Mar 15, 2012
New Delhi: The police say that they have evidence in the Israel car bomb blast probe in the capital that journalist Mohammed Syed Qazmi was conspiring with the bombers but his family maintains that he is innocent and is being framed. Qazmi's son claims that his father is a celebrated journalist and not a terror suspect. For over two decades, Qazmi has worked with the country's top newsmakers. Today, he...
06:17 AM, Mar 10, 2012
New Delhi: The 2002 Best Bakery case is set to come up for hearing before the Bombay High Court on Monday. The court will begin hearing the appeals filed by nine convicts who were awarded life terms in connection with the case. The court is expected to bring up the matter of Yasmeen Bano Shaikh today. She is one of the key witnesses in the case. In her petition, she...
07:57 AM, Mar 05, 2012
Jammu/New Delhi: One person has been detained by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in connection with the Delhi High Court bombing last year. The person identified as Mohammed Ayub had figured during the interrogation of Wasim Akram, a medical student who is being touted as the main accused in the case by the probe agency, official sources said. Ayub is alleged to have purchased a SIM card for a known...
01:10 PM, Feb 21, 2012
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