Washington: In a wide-ranging speech on foreign policy on Thursday, US President Barack Obama defended his administration's use of drones to kill terrorists abroad, and in a nod to concerns, outlined plans to limit the use of such strikes.
As described in a White House statement, the key elements of the president's policy for the use of force in counterterrorism operations outside the United States and outside a war zone are as follows:
- The United States will not use lethal force when it is possible to capture a terrorist.
- Lethal force may only be used to prevent or stop attacks against US persons, never as a form of punishment or in lieu of prosecution....
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03:45 AM, May 24, 2013
Washington: President Barack Obama outlined plans on Thursday to limit the use of US drone strikes against extremists abroad and took steps aimed at breaking a deadlock on closing the Guantanamo Bay military prison. In a major foreign policy speech after two weeks of fending off domestic scandals, Obama limited the scope of what his predecessor, George W Bush, had called a global war on terror after the September 11,...
02:46 AM, May 24, 2013
Washington: The US government formally acknowledged for the first time on Wednesday that it had killed four Americans, including militant cleric Anwar al-Awlaki, who died in drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan. Attorney General Eric Holder named the dead US citizens in a letter to members of Congress a day before President Barack Obama is expected to promise more transparency on national security issues in a speech on counterterrorism. A...
06:48 AM, May 23, 2013
Mumbai: Section of traders in Maharashtra on Monday night agreed to call off their prolonged agitation protest against the Local Body Tax (LBT) after a meeting with Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan here. Chavan held lengthy discussions with traders, which ended late on Monday evening, after which some of the participants at the meeting announced that the traders would be calling off the stir. "Traders in Pune, Pimpri Chinchwad, Navi Mumbai...
10:10 AM, May 21, 2013
Mumbai: After more than three weeks, Mumbai traders on Monday called off their strike against Local Boy Tax (LBT). The strike was called off after a meeting took place between Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and protesters. All shops will be opened on Tuesday. Traders, wholesalers and manufacturers launched an indefinite strike against the Maharashtra government's LBT which replaces octroi. Chavan held lengthy discussions with traders, which ended late on Monday...
11:13 PM, May 20, 2013
A car driven by an elderly man who may have lost consciousness plowed through a small-town parade of hiking enthusiasts in southwestern Virginia on Saturday, injuring dozens of people, nine seriously enough to be sent to hospitals, authorities said. The incident occurred in the Appalachian town of Damascus at the start of the annual Trail Days festival, as the main street was filled with hikers making their way from one...
07:35 AM, May 19, 2013
Cape Canaveral: An automated telescope monitoring the moon has captured images of an 88-pound (40 kg) rock slamming into the lunar surface, creating a bright flash of light, NASA scientists said on Friday. The explosion on March 17, 2013 was the biggest seen since NASA began watching the moon for meteoroid impacts about eight years ago. So far, more than 300 strikes have been recorded. "It exploded in a flash...
06:53 AM, May 19, 2013
Kabul: A suicide bomber in a car attacked a convoy of foreign troops in Kabul on Thursday, killing at least 15 people including six Americans, Afghan and foreign officials said, in one of the worst attacks in the Afghan capital in months. Forty people were wounded in the blast at around 8 am (0330 GMT) during the morning rush-hour. It caused heavy damage to mud-built houses in the vicinity. The...
06:44 AM, May 17, 2013
Kirkuk: A suicide bomber detonated his explosives inside a Shiite mosque in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Thursday, killing at least eight people as they attended a mourning ceremony, police said. The bombing followed a series of blasts on Shiite neighbourhoods in Baghdad hours earlier, part of a surge in violence over the last four weeks stirring worries Iraq may slide back into widespread sectarian confrontation. ...
11:40 PM, May 16, 2013
Kabul: Two members of Afghanistan's NATO-led force were killed on Thursday when a suicide car bomber attacked their two-car convoy in the Afghan capital, Kabul, the force said in a statement. The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said four ISAF civilian contractors were also among the dead but it did not provide information on their nationalities. ...
05:10 PM, May 16, 2013
Lahore: Over 1,400 prisoners went on hunger strike at Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore on Wednesday where Indian national Sarabjit Singh was killed, to protest against the hostile attitude of the prison staff. The prisoners refused to have breakfast or lunch, sources said. Senior jail officials were trying to persuade them to end the strike. Jail superintendent Kamran Anjum, however, denied that prisoners had gone on strike. "Some prisoners have...
05:41 PM, May 15, 2013
Panaji: The transporters continued their strike in Goa on the second day on Tuesday, refusing to withdraw it until the government resolves the issue of toll fee levied on the non-Goan vehicles entering the state. "The strike will continue till Goa government resolves the issue. Today is the second day and impact would be visible from tomorrow onwards," All India Motor Transport Congress (AIMTC) president Bal Malkit Singh said. The...
03:00 PM, May 14, 2013
Washington: In an unusual move, US Justice Department secretly obtained two months' of telephone records of journalists working for the Associated Press, an action termed by the global news wire as a "massive and unprecedented intrusion" into how it gathers the news. The Justice Department obtained secret records as part of a year-long investigation into the disclosure of classified information about a failed al-Qaeda plot in 2012. The Associated Press,...
10:56 AM, May 14, 2013
Mumbai: In a good news for people of Mumbai, retailers called off their strike against the Local Body Tax on late Saturday and said they were ready to talk to the government. The announcement came even as the city struggled with shortage of supplies due to the three-week long strike. Supporting the agitation by Maharashtra traders against the newly introduced Local Body Tax which replaces octroi, Indian Merchants' Chamber had...
11:26 PM, May 11, 2013
Mumbai: Mumbai's bustling markets on Thursday wore an empty, deserted look. Since Monday, over one lakh traders in the city have shut shop to protest against the Local Body Tax (LBT) that the Maharashtra government has introduced to replace octroi. Traders say that the protest has caused a loss of Rs 75,000 crore so far. But they are not backing down yet. With talks with the government failing, they have...
07:37 PM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: The resident doctors of Safdurjung Hospital in New Delhi are on strike since Wednesday evening demanding immediate action on their demands for better facilities. They pointed out that there are 600 resident doctors in Safdurjung Hospital but there are only 86 rooms for their accommodation. They are also demanding regular payment of salary along with the increment along with better security in the campus as many incidents in...
11:02 AM, May 09, 2013
Mumbai: Around 20,000 hotels, restaurants, licenced tea and snacks outlets as well as ubiquitous vada-paav stalls in Mumbai go on strike to protest the new service tax (ST). "In Mumbai, around 18,000-20,000 hotels and restaurants have expressed solidarity with the move to protest the new ST on fully or partly airconditioned eating houses," Indian Hotels and Restaurants Association (AHAR) general secretary Shashikant Shetty said. Monday's action is part of an...
10:55 AM, Apr 29, 2013
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed the resident doctors of state-run hospitals to call off their strike immediately. Doctors affiliated to Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) are on strike over several demands including increase in stipend. A division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice MS Sanklecha said Maharashtra government had taken effective steps to resolve the doctors' grievances. The bench was hearing a public interest...
08:17 PM, Apr 24, 2013
Rome: Robinho will stay with AC Milan next season and would like to complete 10 years at the Serie A club, the Brazil striker said on Friday. "I want to finish the season on a positive note, play well next season and then it will be time to renew," the Gazzetta Dello Sport quoted the attacker as saying on Friday. "I can assure you that these won't be my last...
06:13 PM, Apr 19, 2013
Bangalore: Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde on Thursday categorically stated that Karnataka elections will be held on time as it has been scheduled amidst speculations on postponement of the Karnataka elections after a terror attack in Bangalore. "Karnataka Assembly election will be on time...These type of incidents have happened in the past before elections and elections have also taken place," Shinde said. Bangalore was hit by terror attack on Wednesday...
04:40 PM, Apr 18, 2013
