Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh on Sunday mooted 20-year moratorium on mining in tribal areas of Andhra Pradesh. Addressing a public meeting at G K Veedhi, a an interior tribal area in Visakhapatnam district, he suggested to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy to impose the ban on mining as it gives rise to Maoist activity. ...
03:10 AM, Mar 18, 2013
Washington: US military and intelligence officials are so frustrated with Pakistan's failure to stop local militant groups from attacking Americans in neighbouring Afghanistan that they have considered launching secret joint US-Afghan commando raids into Pakistan to hunt them down, officials told The Associated Press. But the idea, which US officials say comes up every couple of months, has been consistently rejected because the White House believes the chance of successfully...
05:43 PM, Jun 22, 2012
Islamabad: President Asif Ali Zardari has urged the US to stop drone attacks in the country's tribal areas after a group of parliamentarians spoke of the growing resentment among local people against it. The issue came up when parliamentarians from the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) met Zardari on Monday, Dawn reported. President's spokesperson Farhatullah Babar said the FATA delegation apprised the president of the resentment against drone attacks. They...
02:50 PM, Apr 26, 2011
New Delhi: Shocking reports of human rights violations by US troops in Afghanistan. The US military has found that a group of soldiers within its ranks formed a death squad that randomly targeted civilians for sport. Five soldiers have been charged with murder for a five-month killing spree that left three people dead in Kandahar. Seven others are charged with attempting to impede the military investigation. All of them have...
05:05 PM, Sep 20, 2010
The Planning Commission says the Environment Ministry is not clearing developmental projects in Naxal-hit areas. ...
08:21 AM, Jul 23, 2010
He pointed out Afghan crisis tough to resolve unless militancy countered. ...
02:23 PM, Mar 23, 2009
CIA chief rejects country's plea to grant control of unmanned aircraft. ...
01:14 PM, Feb 27, 2009
Third American missile strike in two weeks in Pakistan tribal areas. ...
09:49 AM, Sep 01, 2008
2 attacks in tribal provinces, close shave for Chinese engineers. ...
12:13 PM, Jul 19, 2007
Pamphlets banning the entry of NGOs working for women, women health workers and teachers have been distributed. ...
03:52 PM, Nov 29, 2006
