A day after a Sri Lankan court ordered their release, 34 Tamil Nadu fishermen, who were taken into custody by the Island Navy for trespassing into their waters, arrived at Rameswaram on Satirday night. The fishermen along with their five boats were earlier handed over to the Indian Coast Guard at the International Maritime Boundary Line by the Lankan Navy, officials said. ...
01:13 AM, Mar 17, 2013
After nearly 32 months of being held captive on board the cargo ship MV Iceberg, five Indians sailors released by Somali pirates returned home on Saturday. ...
08:14 PM, Dec 29, 2012
The disgraced former Pakistan skipper vowed to clear his name after being jailed for spot-fixing. ...
09:16 AM, Jun 22, 2012
Islamabad: Taliban militants have released a Swiss couple, who were abducted over eight months ago in the restive Balochistan province of southwest Pakistan, military officials said on Thursday. Olivier David Och, 31, and Daniela Widmer, 29, were safe and had been brought to Peshawar, the capital of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, after being released in the tribal belt bordering Afghanistan, the officials told the media. They were held in the lawless tribal...
01:28 PM, Mar 15, 2012
Even as 17 Indian sailors freed by Somali pirates are reunited with their families there are many still held hostage. ...
11:55 PM, Jan 10, 2012
New Delhi: Even as 17 Indian sailors freed by Somali pirates are reunited with their families, there are many others still held hostage. Parents of the Indian sailors on board the MV Iceberg are running from pillar to post in the capital to get their children back to safety. Rahul Puranik, crew member of merchant ship Savina Caylyn embraced his 4-year-old daughter on Tuesday after 10 long months. Along with...
10:23 PM, Jan 10, 2012
Parents of the Indian sailors on board the MV Iceberg are running from pillar to post to get their children back to safety. ...
09:03 PM, Jan 10, 2012
Cairo: Egyptian authorities released a prominent blogger detained on charges of inciting violence against the armed forces, a court source said on Sunday, adding that prosecutors were still investigating his case. Military prosecutors detained Alaa Abd El Fattah in October after deadly clashes broke out between the Army and demonstrators in central Cairo. The detention has outraged activists who saw it as part of a broader crackdown. Pressure has been...
11:55 AM, Dec 26, 2011
New Delhi: Kannada actress Maria Susairaj - sentenced to a three-year jail term in Neeraj Grover murder case - walked free on Saturday. Susairaj got into a white car right after she was released from jail. There was heavy police cover deployed outside the Byculla Jail. A Mumbai court had sentenced her for 3 years for destruction of evidence in the gruesome Neeraj Grover murder case, which she has already...
12:11 PM, Jul 02, 2011
Binayak Sen after his release said, "My release was possible due to the efforts of people in India and abroad." ...
10:25 PM, Apr 18, 2011
Binayak Sen, a gold medallist from CMC, Vellore, has been convicted of having links with Naxals. ...
07:37 PM, Apr 18, 2011
Amnesty International and human rights groups had launched a Free Faizan campaign with Faizan's family. ...
11:03 AM, Apr 06, 2011
Lahore: A CIA contractor indicted earlier in the day on two murder charges in Pakistan was acquitted and released on Wednesday after a deal to pay "blood money" to the victims' families was reached, Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah told Reuters. The deal ends a long-simmering diplomatic standoff between Pakistan and the United States. "The court first indicted him but the families later told court that they have accepted the...
05:33 PM, Mar 16, 2011
New Delhi: Sri Lanka on Friday released 138 Indian fishermen who were detained off the Jaffna coast yesterday. But the 112 fishermen held earlier are still in Lankan custody. The fishermen were captured while they ventured into Lankan waters. Earlier External affairs minister SM Krishna is said to have called his counterpart GL Peiris to express concern at the arrest. The fisherman were logded in the Jaffna Jail after they...
03:14 PM, Feb 18, 2011
London: WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, fighting extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes, walked free on bail from a British jail on Thursday protesting his innocence and pledging to continue exposing official secrets. A triumphant but weary-looking Assange spoke to a crowd of journalists waiting in the snow outside Britain's High Court five hours after a judge said he could be released on 200,000 pounds ($312,000) bail and under stringent...
12:57 PM, Dec 17, 2010
New Delhi: In a goodwill gesture on the eve of Eid-ul-Fitr, India on Friday announced the release of 85 Pakistani prisoners, most of them fishermen lodged in various jails in the country. On Thursday, the Union Home Ministry ordered the release 58 Pakistani fishermen lodged in Gujarat jails. The state government has been advised to move the appropriate court in respect of the fishermen facing trial so that the...
05:31 PM, Sep 10, 2010
The Cuban leader launched the 896-page memoir at a televised ceremony held at the Havana International Convention Centre. ...
04:59 PM, Aug 03, 2010
She now begins a 90-day stint in rehab ...
06:07 PM, Aug 02, 2010
The actress will serve just 10 days of her 90-day sentence ...
02:16 PM, Jul 23, 2010
Swap deal suspected in release of abducted government officer. ...
08:06 PM, Feb 20, 2010
