Archive for 'September,2011'

Anwar al-Awlaki, top al Qaeda militant, killed

Dubai, Sep 30: Signalling another major setback to the terror network after the death of Osama bin Laden in Pakista, the Yemeni Defence Ministry announced today that Anwar al-Awlaki, the public face of al Qaeda in [...]

1,800 ex-LTTE guerrillas released by Sri Lankan after rehabilitation

Colombo, Sept 30 : The Sri Lankan government today released the last batch of some 1,800 former LTTE guerrillas who underwent rehabilitation after the end of a three-decade ethnic conflict in May 2009, officials said. The [...]

P Chidambaram on the controversial 2G note

New Delhi, Sep 30: On the controversial 2G note and whether he had offered to quit during the crisis, Home Minister P Chidambaram today parried questions on the truce between him and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee. [...]

Campaign trail in October by Jayalalitha and Karunanidhi

Chennai, Sep 30: Arch rivals of Tamil Nadu – Chief Minister Jayalalithaa and DMK chief M Karunanidhi, for the Tiruchirappalli (West) bypoll which is all set to host an AIADMK-DMK face-off, will hit the campaign trail [...]

Medvedev states, Putin has ‘greater’ political authority in Russia

Moscow, Sep 30: President Dmitry Medvedev says, ‘Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is the most authoritative politician in the country today and have the benefit of higher popularity ratings’, who has determined not to look for [...]

Flood toll in Bihar rises to 96

Patna, Sep 30 : the official sources said that, “The toll in the Bihar floods today rose to 96 with three children drowning in Begusarai district”. The three children drowned in the River Bagmati at Kaura [...]

Against Advani’s ‘Rath Yatra’, CPI-ML-Liberation calls for two-day protest

Ranchi, Sep 30: Against veteran BJP leader L K Advani’s anti-corruption ‘Rath Yatra’, the CPI(ML-Liberation) today called a two-day protest. Advani’s yatra is scheduled to enter Jharkhand from Bengal on October 21. Party’s national general secretary [...]

48 Indian fishermen arrested by Pakistan

Islamabad, Sep 30 : An official spokesman said today that, Pakistan has arrested 48 Indian fishermen From Rezaul H Laskar en and seized eight boats on charges of illegally fishing in the country’s territorial waters, The Maritime [...]

Milan Luthria says Emraan-Vidya have unique chemistry in ‘Dirty Dancing’

New Delhi, Sep 30 : Milan Luthria says, in ‘The Dirty Picture’ he wanted a scorching chemistry between Vidya Balan and Emraan Hashmi and kept the duo apart before the shooting of the movie. “I think [...]

youth squeezed to death

Indore, Sep 30: Police officials said today ‘A youth was crushed to death and his pillion rider injured when their bike was hit by a heavy vehicle at Airport Road here’. The dead person was recognized [...]