London: Two significant paintings of legends MF Husain and SH Raza will be the highlights of a Sotheby's auction here next week that is expected to fetch in excess of 2.8 million pounds. Sotheby's sale of South Asian Modern and Contemporary Art on May 31 Comprises 62 lots, several with unprecedented provenance. Raza's 'Bindu', with an estimate of 400,000-600,000 pounds, is an important work executed in 1985 and is one...
01:03 PM, May 29, 2011
Washington: After completing training in LeT camps in Pakistan, Mumbai attacks co-accused David Headley wanted an assignment in Kashmir, according to the federal document unsealed by the court. The document unsealed at the request of the Chicago Tribune showed that he was not given his favourite assignment, as the Lashkar leaders wanted to use him for something else. According to the new documents, it was in February 2002, Headley began...
01:07 AM, May 26, 2011
Washington: Pakistan has returned to the United States wreckage of a US helicopter destroyed during the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, a Pentagon official told on Tuesday. The delivery of the wreckage meets a key US demand of Pakistan in the wake the May 2 mission to kill the al Qaeda leader, which Islamabad branded a violation of its sovereignty. Pakistani officials were kept in the dark about the...
10:55 PM, May 24, 2011
Aboard the USS Carl Vinson: US officials welcomed visitors on Sunday to the USS Carl Vinson warship, from which Osama bin Laden's body was buried at sea, but did not discuss the ultra-secretive attack that killed him, reflecting America's concern over possible retaliation. US defense officials were taking measures to ensure the security of the operatives involved in the May 2 assault on a walled fortress in Abbottabad, Pakistan, particularly...
10:19 AM, May 15, 2011
Washington: US investigation officials have stumbled upon an unreleased video of Osama bin Laden which shows the slain al Qaeda chief speaking on the recent unrest in the Middle East but has no reference to the uprisings in Libya, Yemen and Syria. The CIA-led inter agency Task Force officials said the video was apparently recorded a few days before Osama was shot dead at his Abbottabad hideout on May 2...
07:48 AM, May 14, 2011
Washington: Tiny but highly sophisticated cameras installed on the helmets of the Navy SEALs, who raided Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad compound in Pakistan on a pitch dark night, are helping the CIA to reconstruct the entire 40 minute, second by second, and is providing invaluable inputs about the al-Qaeda chief, a media report said on Friday. Tiny helmet cameras, worn by each of the 25 SEALs, are helping officials to...
09:49 AM, May 13, 2011
Washington: US President Barack Obama had authorised Navy SEAL commandos, on mission to capture or kill al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, to engage the Pakistani police or forces if confronted while carrying out the operation. As against the wishes of some of his advisors, President Obama insisted to increase the size of his combat team so as that they would be able to successfully handle the Pakistani forces if...
11:00 AM, May 10, 2011
Hello and welcome to Devil's Advocate. Nothing could be more embarrassing for Pakistan than the fact that Osama bin Laden was living in Abbottabad for perhaps five years before being killed in a stealth operation by US Navy SEAL commandos. With me to answer the many questions that arises, the countries former President and former army chief General Pervez Musharraf. Karan Thapar: General Musharraf, let's start with the fact that...
05:07 PM, May 08, 2011
Washington: Newly released videos show Osama bin Laden watching himself on television and rehearsing for terrorist videos, revealing that even from the walled confines of his Pakistani hideout, he remained a media maestro who was eager to craft his own image for the cameras. The videos, released by US intelligence officials on Saturday, were offered as further proof that Navy SEALs killed the world's most wanted terrorist this week. But...
10:32 PM, May 07, 2011
Washington: US President Barack Obama and his key national security team in the White House situation room watched a soundless video feed of the raid on al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden at his hideout in Pakistan, a media report has said. "In the White House Situation Room on Sunday night, the president and his national security team watched a soundless video feed of the raid," eminent author and journalist Bob...
12:47 PM, May 07, 2011
Washington: The one major problem for the Navy SEALs who killed Osama bin Laden was the crash of one of their helicopters. It was no ordinary military chopper. Numerous aviation experts say they see several telltale signs of stealth technology in photos of what was left after the SEAL team tried to destroy the craft. Some think it was a secret aircraft. "Had this particular helicopter not crashed, we still...
09:57 AM, May 07, 2011
Washington: US President Barack Obama on Friday met with Navy Seals, who carried out the successful operation that took out al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Al-qaeda has formally announced that their top leader was indeed killed during the raid and would take solid revenge against the US. Obama and US vice president Joe Biden got a first hand account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. It happened...
07:24 AM, May 07, 2011
New Delhi: The story of the hunt for the world's most elusive terrorist and his eventual death in a daring helicopter assault has all the trappings of a Hollywood movie. A decade-long frustrating manhunt culminating in a trail that leads the US secret service to a sprawling compound in the heart of Pakistan, a near-silent Navy SEALs helicopter that hovers over a high security compound at midnight, operatives take on...
07:40 PM, May 05, 2011
Washington: Slain al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, who was shot dead in his hideout by Special US forces in Pakistan, was a mass killer of Muslims and not a martyr as a few people are trying to portray, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said. In her remarks to the National Conference of Editorial Writers, Clinton said the State Department is now working on a narrative "that will convince people...
10:35 AM, May 05, 2011
Washington: The White House has said the US covert operation to kill al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was conducted in a manner fully consistent with the laws of war. "The (Special Operations) team had the authority to kill Osama bin Laden unless he offered to surrender; in which case the team was required to accept his surrender if the team could do so safely," White House Press Secretary Jay...
08:18 AM, May 05, 2011
New Delhi: Three crude bombs were recovered on Monday night inside a compartment of the Sealdah-New Delhi Rajdhani Express after the train reached Dhanbad station, police said. After getting information about the bombs, a police team searched the train thoroughly and recovered the crude bombs hidden under a berth in the D-4 compartment, SP (Railways) Praveen Srivastav told newsmen here. No arrests were, however, made. A bomb squad from Ranchi...
07:14 AM, Apr 26, 2011
London: An important inscribed Mughal emerald personal seal set in a diamond encrusted gold bangle and bearing the name of an East India Company officer will be sold at an auction here in April and is estimated to fetch 50,000 pounds. Auctioneers Bonhmas said that the rectangular table-cut emerald has a lower price estimate of 30,000 pounds at the April 5 sale of Indian and Islamic Art. The three-line Persian...
03:22 PM, Jan 23, 2011
New Delhi/Kolkata: Congress president Sonia Gandhi expressed "her deep grief and anguish" over the train tragedy in West Bengal and wished speedy recovery to the injured. A statement from All India Congress Committee (AICC) said, "While conveying her deep condolences to the bereaved families, she also wished speedy recovery for the injured." RJD chief Lalu Prasad said, "It's unfortunate that incidents like these are happening so often. Utmost caution is...
01:04 PM, Jul 19, 2010
Kolkata: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee was "suspicious" about the cause of the accident involving Sealdah-bound Uttarbanga Express and Vananchal Express at Sainthia station in Birbhum district early Monday. "I am suspicious about the cause of the accident," Banerjee told reporters here when asked about the circumstances that led to the mishap. "We have some doubt in our mind. Whatever happened is not casual thing. We will take all strong steps...
10:57 AM, Jul 19, 2010
![Court orders de-sealing of moblile phone towers]( "Court orders de-sealing of moblile phone towers")
MCD has declared 2,952 mobile towers illegal for coming up without the civic agency's authorisation. ...
07:46 PM, Jul 08, 2010
