MUMBAI: One of the terrorists who executed the siege at at least seven places in Mumbai has been caught alive, Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister R R Patil confirmed on Thursday. “One of the terrorists has been caught alive. He has been jointly interrogated by officials of the Research and Analysis (RAW) wing, intelligence officials and [...]
Acting swiftly and decisively, Indian commandos launched a clinical operation on Saturday to eliminate two militants holed up in the iconic Taj hotel in Mumbai to end a 59-hour terror drama, the country’s longest, which claimed 148 lives and soured ties with Pakistan. The militants had attempted to create a diversion by torching two ground [...]
Security at the country’s airports has been intensified Friday following the carnage in Mumbai, India that has killed at least 100 people. The Philippine National Police-Aviation Security Group said that it has placed more personnel at air terminals, especially the Ninoy Aquino International Airport, after self-proclaimed Islamic militants launched raids in India’s financial capital on [...]
Bloomberg Apple Inc. has been banned from showing a “misleading” television advertisement for the iPhone handset in the U.K. for the second time in four months by the country’s advertising watchdog. The ad for the iPhone 3G misled consumers about the speed with which they can access the Internet, the Advertising Standards Authority said in [...]
Oye Lucky Lucky Oye would be the first film in 2008 where Abhay Deol would be seen. However, with the release of this UTV production which is helmed by second time director Dibakar Banerjee (Khosla Ka Ghosla), has Paresh Rawal in a triple role and Neetu Chandra as a female lead opposite him, Abhay Deol [...]
According to latest reports seven terrorists have been killed at the Taj hotel and the encounter is over. However, the Director General NSG JK Dutt said that one terrorist was injured inside the Taj hotel. The NSG chief said that it’s a matter of time before the combing operation is over. NSG commandoes have now [...]
The England squad are to fly home from India following Wednesday’s terror attacks in Mumbai but the two-Test series with India will go ahead as planned, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) said Thursday. Meetings between officials and players at the squad’s hotel in Bhubaneswar on Thursday led to the decision. But the ECB [...]
Ten people reportedly sneaked into Mumbai via the sea route from Karachi and carried out a pre-planned and well-orchestrated strike in India under the aegis of the dreaded Lashkar-e-Taiba militant outfit. A report on Times Now quoted intelligence agencies as saying that the timing of the terror attack coincided with efforts at peace talks between [...]
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has warned of a “severe” economic downturn in the UK in 2009. The Paris-based body has predicted that economic output in the UK will fall by 1.1% next year, more than any other major G7 country. Unemployment in the UK is predicted to rise significantly to over [...]
