Washington: US President Barack Obama on Tuesday defended the FBI on its investigations related to the suspected Chechen-origin Boston bombers, even as he praised Russia for its co-operation in the probe into the attacks.
"I think that all our law enforcement officials performed in an exemplary fashion after the bombing had taken place. We should be very proud of their work, as obviously we're proud of the people of Boston, all the first responders and the medical personnel that helped save lives," Obama told reporters at a White House news conference.
19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the lone-surviving suspect of the Boston Marathon bombings which claimed three lives and wounded over 250, has been charged with conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction. The FBI has named his elder brother Tamerlan, 29, as the main suspect. He died in a police shoot out soon after the blasts.
"What we also know is that the Russian intelligence services had alerted US intelligence about the older brother as well as the mother, indicating that they might be sympathizers to extremists. The FBI investigated that older brother," Obama said....
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03:26 AM, May 01, 2013
Washington: Boston Marathon bombing suspects were trained in carrying out the attack, top US lawmakers claimed on Sunday and said that it is too early to arrive at the conclusion that there is no foreign connection to this act of terror. Congressman Michael McCaul, the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said suspects Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev had help, considering the device's level of sophistication and the type of...
10:44 PM, Apr 28, 2013
Los Angeles: Police in Los Angeles, New York City, London and other cities worldwide stepped up security on Monday following explosions at the Boston Marathon. Los Angeles police Lt Andrew Neiman said the department was urging officers to be extra vigilant around large crowds and would increase security at sporting events such as the Los Angeles Dodgers game on Monday night. The department was also activating its emergency operations center...
04:47 AM, Apr 16, 2013
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday denounced Sri Lanka for the "unspeakable atrocities" on Tamils, taking an unusual hard line against Colombo for the first time. ...
03:15 AM, Mar 20, 2013
The bodies of three Dalit youths from the Mehtar community were found in a mutilated condition in the Ahmednagar district of Maharashtra in what activists claim is a case of honour killing. One of the young men was in a relationship with a girl belonging to the upper Maratha caste. ...
09:00 PM, Jan 31, 2013
New Delhi: Technology hub Bangalore has emerged as the best city to live in India, pipping other metro cities such as New Delhi, Mumbai and Kolkata, in terms of overall quality of living, according to a latest worldwide survey of cities by global HR consultancy Mercer. Amongst Indian cities, Bangalore (139) ranks higher than New Delhi (143), Mumbai (146), Chennai (150) and Kolkata (151) in overall quality of living, according...
01:40 PM, Dec 04, 2012
New Delhi: The deadline for cable operators to switch to digital TV ends on Wednesday in Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata and Chennai. What it essentially means is that if you don't have a set top box, then you can't watch TV starting Wednesday. This is the first of the three-stage process where cable TVs across the country must migrate to digital signals to be distributed through set top boxes. Official data...
10:22 AM, Oct 31, 2012
New Delhi: The country's capital Delhi and financial hub Mumbai have been ranked among the least expensive cities around the world by a survey, as prices for many goods and services are lowest in these two metropolises. According to a research by Swiss Banking major UBS, Delhi and Mumbai are at the bottom of the price range in the list of most expensive cities that surveyed 72 places worldwide. "Prices...
09:24 PM, Sep 14, 2012
New Delhi: According to a survey conducted by CNNGo, New Delhi has been found to be one of the most hated cities in the world. "Travel scams happen everywhere. But few cities fuel as much lengthy discussion and strategising about them as India's sprawling capital," said the article on CNNGo website. Surprisingly, it is not just the crime-riddled cities which have been ranked the most hated cities in the world,...
10:56 AM, Sep 06, 2012
Hyderabad: At a time when the entire State, including Hyderabad, is reeling under severe shortage of power and the government is directing its officials to switch off ACs, it would be well advised to focus its attention on power pilferage as well. The three-hour power cuts in the twin cities could perhaps be avoided if the rampant power theft is at least minimised. A cursory glance at the records of...
02:24 PM, Aug 29, 2012
Kuldip Nayar is the grand old man of Indian journalism. His is the classical post-1947 Indian Success Story. He arrived in India, having travelled from ...
12:16 PM, Aug 29, 2012
Patna: A visiting Pakistani parliamentary delegation on Saturday rubbished reports of atrocities against Hindus living there and said the propaganda in this regard was far from truth. "The reports about atrocities against the Hindus in Pakistan is a myth... The facts about the status of minorities in Pakistan are far from reality," Leader of the House in Senate Jahangir Badar told reporters. He claimed most of the minority community members...
09:21 PM, Aug 25, 2012
The prices of vegetables, fruits and pulses have shot through the roof in major metros. ...
10:49 AM, Jul 20, 2012
The chief reasons behind the escalating food prices are poor production monitoring and abysmal storage facilities which are leading to decay. ...
10:48 AM, Jul 20, 2012
Kollam: Even as Kollam city gained the dubious distinction as the suicide capital of the country by recording the highest suicide rate among the 52 major cities, the authorities remained blissfully unaware of the new status. As per the 2011 data compiled by the National Crime Records Bureau, the suicide rate in the city with a population of 11.1 lakh stood at 39.3 per cent, with 436 persons committing suicide...
01:48 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Hyderabad: The heavy rainfall on Tuesday night not only resulted in traffic jams but also in flooding of over 150 houses in the twin cities. Residents in Nagmayangunta and Himayatnagar were the worst hit. More than 35 complaints were registered with the central emergency wing of the total of 65 reported. Sardar Ali Khan, assistant emergency officer of the Disaster Management Team, told City Express that the city received 32.7...
12:44 PM, Jul 19, 2012
Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Friday pleaded ignorance about the complaint made by Asiad gold medalist Pinki Pramanik of atrocities inflicted on her in custody and demand for justice, as the Opposition's move to raise the issue in the Assembly was rejected on the ground of it being sub-judice. "I have not received anything from Pinki Pramanik's family, nor from any sports organisation. Nobody has talked to me or...
04:45 PM, Jul 06, 2012
New Delhi: The second day of the Budget session on Tuesday began with an uproar in both Houses over the issue of alleged atrocities by Sri Lankan forces. MPs created a ruckus in Parliament and showed newspapers carrying reports of a video threatening to expose alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka in Parliament. DMK, AIADMK and the Left parties submitted notices for suspension of the Question Hour to discuss the...
11:29 AM, Mar 13, 2012
Chennai: The DMK is taking up the issue of Tamils in Sri Lanka and is pushing the Centre to back a US resolution that seeks a probe into the alleged atrocities committed by Sri Lankan forces. A new video is threatening to expose alleged war crimes in Sri Lanka. "There have been several such atrocities in the Sri Lankan war. All parties in Tamil Nadu must come together. The Centre...
10:45 AM, Mar 13, 2012
Experts talk about future in India's metro cities on the Republic Day special show. ...
11:05 PM, Jan 25, 2012
