Guess what Kasab wants this time

Mohammed Ajmal Amir Kasab

The dreaded 26/11 terrorist caught his lawyer off guard Wednesday when he made a most strange request to him…

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Swine flu strikes in India, claims first victim

Doctors, wearing protective suits, are seen inside a special ward as they examine a suspected swine flu patient in Ahmedabad June 18

Days after Pune was declared a pandemic city for swine flu, a 14-year-old girl succumbed to the virus there Monday – making it India’s first death due to influenza A(H1N1). The girl was suffering from…

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Pakistan Supreme Court lets 26/11 ‘mastermind’ off the hook?

Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafiz Mohammed Saeed

Pakistan’s Supreme Court Monday indefinitely adjourned the hearing of petitions challenging the release of Jamaat ud Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed, who India claims…

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Taj, Oberoi hotels were warned of 26/11 terror attack: Maharashtra government

In this November 27, 2008 file photo, pigeons fly as the Taj Hotel burns during the terror attacks in Mumbai

The Taj and Oberoi hotels in south Mumbai had been warned of a terrorist attack three months before the Nov 26 strike but they failed to act on the repeated warnings, the Maharashtra government has said in a report.

The observations are made in the action taken report (ATR) on the report of the Ram Pradhan Committee that enquired into the lapses leading to the Nov 26-29, 2008 terrorist attacks that claimed more than 170 lives.

The state government said the Taj Mahal Palace and Tower Hotel, the Hotel Trident-Oberoi and the World Trade Centre were first warned of…

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Manmohan to Zardari: Won’t tolerate anti-India acts from your soil

Pakistan President Zardari and PM Manmohan Singh pose for a photo during the SCO summit in Yekaterinburg, Russia, June 16, 2009

The territory of Pakistan ‘should not be used for acts of terrorism against India’, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh told President Asif Ali Zardari Tuesday in their first meeting since the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.

The 40-minute meeting of the two leaders began here with Manmohan Singh telling Zardari that he was pleased to meet him but stressing in his opening remark that…         read more…

Look who’s filling up India’s BPO sector?

Hewlett-Packard employees work at the company's Business Process Outsourcing centre in Bangalore

Economic meltdown and the US financial crisis have triggered a new trend: while many Western firms are selling off back office operations in India, a clutch of others are…     read more…

Australia police charge yet another Indian

Indians protest against the 'racial' attacks against Indians in Australia, near the Australian Embassy in New Delhi Thursday

The Sydney Police have charged another man for carrying a weapon and participating in a third successive night of protests by Indian students in the Harris Park area of Sydney, even as Indian community leaders called for an end to the protests.

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India to US: Tell Pakistan to act against terror before talks

US Under Secretary of State William Burns shakes hands with Indian Foreign Minister S.M. Krishna in New Delhi Wednesday

Amid a US push for the resumption of talks with Pakistan, India Wednesday made it clear that although it was keen to normalise strained sub-continental relations, talks can resume only after Islamabad takes concrete action against the 26/11 perpetrators and dismantles the terrorist infrastructure on its soil.

In the first contact between the Obama administration and the Manmohan Singh government since it returned to power last month, US Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns Wednesday described India as…            read more…

US issues advisory to citizens against travel to India

In this Nov. 27, 2008 file photo, pigeons fly as the Taj Hotel burns during the terror attacks in Mumbai

The Obama administration has issued an advisory to its citizens against travelling to India, following fears expressed by Indian intelligence sources that…

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Another Indian student attacked in Australia

Protesters burn an effigy of Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd in Allahabad June 1

Yet another student from India was attacked by a group of men after they stopped him and demanded cigarettes and money, the police said Tuesday. This incident took the number of such assaults on Indian students in Australia to six in over three weeks.

The victim, identified only as Singh, 21, was attacked by a group of men in suburban Melbourne after they stopped him and demanded…  read more…