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October 17, 2009 6:11 PM
Wing Commander Jai Kishan, of Indian Force became the first Indian skydiver to make the highest jump in the Everest Region. He is a Parachute Jump Instructor of Indian Air Force, based at Agra, Wing Commander Kishan skydived from a height of 27,500 from a Pilatus PC-6 aircraft near the Everest base ...
October 17, 2009 5:30 PM
Pakistan Army has launched the much-awaited major ground offensive to flush out Taliban from their stronghold of Waziristan tribal region and immediately ran into heavy resistance. Backed by tanks and fighter jets, troops are locked in fierce clashes with Taliban, who were reportedly using heavy wea...
October 17, 2009 5:18 PM
In Afghanistan, at least 20 Taliban militants have been killed in air strike against the militants' hideout in the eastern Paktika province. A spokesman of local administration today said warplanes of international troops targeted suspected hideout of the militants in Urgon district last evenin...
October 17, 2009 5:15 PM
Pakistan Army has launched the much-awaited major ground offensive to flush out Taliban from their stronghold ofWaziristan tribal region and immediately ran into heavy resistance. Backed by tanks and fighter jets, troops were locked in fierce clashes with Taliban, who were reported using heavy weapo...
October 17, 2009 4:38 PM
A Pakistani anti-terror court conducting the trial of seven suspects, including LeT commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, for alleged involvement in the Mumbai attacks today adjourned the matter for a week even as defence lawyers boycotted the proceedings. According to reports, the lawyers boycotted the p...
October 17, 2009 4:31 PM
In the backdrop of racial attacks against Indians, three students of the community were bashed and robbed when they were returning home. The Age reported that the latest incident took place on Thursday night when the victims were on their way home from Sunshine station along Anderson road. Three to ...
October 17, 2009 4:27 PM
Pakistan army is advancing towards the Taliban positions in the Waziristan tribal areas as authorities imposed a curfew in the entire region. The advance on Mehsud tribal positions began this morning after a go-ahead was given by the government for starting an offensive on Taliban stronghold at a me...
October 17, 2009 4:24 PM
Maldivian cabinet today met at the bottom of the sea, marking the first ever such meeting to be held underwater. A declaration calling for concerted global action on climate change, ahead of the UN climate conference in Copenhagen was signed at the underwater venue. The declaration was approved at t...
October 17, 2009 3:19 PM
Maldivian cabinet today met at the bottom of the sea, marking the first ever such meeting to be held underwater. A declaration calling for concerted global action on climate change, ahead of the UN climate conference in Copenhagen was signed at the underwater venue. The declaration was approved at t...
October 17, 2009 2:19 PM
In Pakistan, officials say, the army has started moving troops and artillery towards the Taliban militants' stronghold in South Waziristan. They told that 30,000 troops backed by tanks are moving in on the stronghold of Hakimullah Mehsud, the new head of the Pakistan Taliban. They are moving fr...
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