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April 28, 2010 12:08 PM

Afghan court sentences a British national

In Afghanistan, a court has sentenced a British national to two years in prison, considered to be the first conviction of a foreigner on corruption charges in the war-affected country. The British, working for a security company has been charged in a corruption case for bribing a pair of officials t...

April 28, 2010 12:04 PM

US agrees to give direct access of LeT operative David Headley to India

The United States has agreed to take suitable steps to give India direct access soon to LeT operative David Headley who has confessed to his role in the Mumbai terror attacks. The US move came following a meeting between visiting Solicitor General of India Gopal Subramanium and American Attorney Gen...

April 28, 2010 11:47 AM

US agrees to give direct access of LeT operative David Headley to India

The United States has agreed to take suitable steps to give India direct access soon to LeT operative David Headley who has confessed to his role in the Mumbai terror attacks. The US move came following a meeting between visiting Solicitor General of India Gopal Subramanium and American Attorney Gen...

April 28, 2010 10:59 AM

Federal prosecutors raise objections on Rana’s demand

In US, Federal prosecutors in Chicago have raised objections to terror suspect Tahawwur Rana's demand for specific details about his involvement in Indian and Danish terror plots. <br/><br/>In a 12-page response to Rana's pre-trial motions, the government said it has al...

April 28, 2010 9:40 AM

Indian-origin doctor shot at US

In the United States, an Indian-origin doctor at the Yale School of Medicine was shot dead by a Chinese colleague. Vajinder Toor was shot multiple times in the parking lot outside his condominium in the New Haven suburb on Monday. <br/><br/>According to Branford police, Dr.Lishan...

April 28, 2010 9:13 AM

A suicide bomber kills at least three people

In Afghanistan, at least three people were killed and 35 others injured on Tuesday night, when a suicide bomber blew himself up in the southern city of Kandahar. Kandahar Police Chief, Sher Mohammed Zazai said the suicide bomber and other militants launched the attack, about one mile from the Kandah...

April 28, 2010 9:01 AM

SAARC University to start at a temporary premises from August in New Delhi

The government has said that the ambitious SAARC University will start functioning at a temporary premises in New Delhi from August this year. The permanent campus of the university is to be set up by 2014, for which land is being acquired in Mehrauli area of South Delhi. Rules, regulations and proc...

April 28, 2010 8:42 AM

Sri Lanka for expeditious resettlement of Tamil Problem with dignity

Sri Lanka has assured India that it is committed to the political settlement of the ethnic problem in the island nation. Sri Lankan Foreign Minister G.L. Peiris met his Indian counterpart S.M. Krishna in Thimpu and said, his country wants an expeditious resettlement of the Tamil Problem with dignity...

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