Home | General | Terrorism

Terrorism

National Security Act slapped on Orissa criminal

Bhubaneswar, March 10 (IANS) The National Security Act was slapped Wednesday on a criminal arrested last week in Orissa's mineral-rich Keonjhar district for his alleged involvement in illegal mining and other crimes, police said.

'Jihad Jane', the woman who plotted terror in South Asia via internet

By Arun Kumar---- Washington, March 10 (IANS) A middle-aged American woman, nicknamed "Jihad Jane", has been charged with using e-mail, YouTube videos, phony travel documents and a burning desire to kill "or die trying," to help terrorists in South Asia and Europe. ...
Full story

Court frees two plane-spotting Britons

New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) A city court Friday freed two plane-spotting British nationals who were accused of recording conversations between pilots and the Air Traffic Control here....
Full story

Kidney kingpin gets bail in fake passport cases

New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) A city court Friday granted bail to kidney racket kingpin Amit Kumar in three cases of obtaining passports on fake identity....
Full story

Court tells Shiv Sena leader to pay for damages

Mumbai, March 5 (IANS) In a ruling that can serve as a deterrent for violent protesters, the Bombay High Court Friday ordered a former Shiv Sena legislator to cough up Rs.500,000 (Rs.5 lakh) for the damage caused to a hotel during an agitation by party activists last year....
Full story

Huge explosive haul from Maoist den in West Bengal

Kolkata, March 5 (IANS) Nearly 250-kg explosives were recovered from a Maoist den in West Bengal's West Midnapore district Friday, police said....
Full story

Passenger ships freed from Baltic sea ice

Stockholm, March 5 (IANS) Passenger ships stuck in Baltic Sea ice off Sweden have been freed, an official said Friday....
Full story

School where pope's brother taught is linked to sex abuse

Hamburg, March 5 (DPA) A boarding school in Germany which was once headed by Georg Ratzinger, the brother of Pope Benedict XVI, says it is checking out a claim that a teacher committed sex abuse in the early 1960s. ...
Full story

Second air disaster in Hyderabad in less than two years

Hyderabad, March 3 (IANS) The crash of a naval aircraft in a densely populated area near Begumpet Airport here Wednesday is the second such disaster in residential localities in less than two years in this city....
Full story

Pravin Mahajan dies in hospital

Mumbai, March 3 (IANS) Pravin Mahajan, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing his brother, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pramod Mahajan, died in a Thane hospital Wednesday evening, family sources said.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 next last total: 692 | displaying: 1 - 10
What's new

National Security Act slapped on Orissa criminal

Bhubaneswar, March 10 (IANS) The National Security Act was slapped Wednesday on a criminal arrested last week in Orissa's mineral-rich Keonjhar district for his alleged involvement in illegal mining and other crimes, police said.

'Jihad Jane', the woman who plotted terror in South Asia via internet

By Arun Kumar---- Washington, March 10 (IANS) A middle-aged American woman, nicknamed "Jihad Jane", has been charged with using e-mail, YouTube videos, phony travel documents and a burning desire to kill "or die trying," to help terrorists in South Asia and Europe.

Court frees two plane-spotting Britons

New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) A city court Friday freed two plane-spotting British nationals who were accused of recording conversations between pilots and the Air Traffic Control here.

Kidney kingpin gets bail in fake passport cases

New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) A city court Friday granted bail to kidney racket kingpin Amit Kumar in three cases of obtaining passports on fake identity.

Court tells Shiv Sena leader to pay for damages

Mumbai, March 5 (IANS) In a ruling that can serve as a deterrent for violent protesters, the Bombay High Court Friday ordered a former Shiv Sena legislator to cough up Rs.500,000 (Rs.5 lakh) for the damage caused to a hotel during an agitation by party activists last year.

Huge explosive haul from Maoist den in West Bengal

Kolkata, March 5 (IANS) Nearly 250-kg explosives were recovered from a Maoist den in West Bengal's West Midnapore district Friday, police said.

Passenger ships freed from Baltic sea ice

Stockholm, March 5 (IANS) Passenger ships stuck in Baltic Sea ice off Sweden have been freed, an official said Friday.

School where pope's brother taught is linked to sex abuse

Hamburg, March 5 (DPA) A boarding school in Germany which was once headed by Georg Ratzinger, the brother of Pope Benedict XVI, says it is checking out a claim that a teacher committed sex abuse in the early 1960s.

Second air disaster in Hyderabad in less than two years

Hyderabad, March 3 (IANS) The crash of a naval aircraft in a densely populated area near Begumpet Airport here Wednesday is the second such disaster in residential localities in less than two years in this city.

Pravin Mahajan dies in hospital

Mumbai, March 3 (IANS) Pravin Mahajan, sentenced to life imprisonment for killing his brother, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Pramod Mahajan, died in a Thane hospital Wednesday evening, family sources said.