New Delhi | 2 hours ago
Court sends self-styled godman to police custody
New Delhi, March 16 - Self-styled godman Shiv Murat Dwivedi's flesh trade network involved 1,000 prostitutes and more than hundred brokers across the country, a city court was informed Tuesday by police before getting his custody till March 20.Special Judge S.K.Sarwaria granted police custody of Dwivedi till March 20 as the police presented to the court eight diaries and five CDs seized by them fr ... read more

Bangalore | 2 hours ago
Shootout at ISRO facility, hunt on for two men
Bangalore, March 16 - Security was stepped up around the sensitive Deep Space Network - facility of India's space agency ISRO near here after a shootout early Tuesday between two unidentified men and security guards. Police said hunt was on for the men and maintained it was not a terror attack.The incident occurred at Indian Space Research Organisation's - complex in Byalalu, 40 km from here. 'The ... read more

Islamabad | 3 hours ago
Pakistan seeks US civilian nuclear technology
Islamabad, March 16 - Pakistan Tuesday urged the US to provide it civilian nuclear technology to help the country overcome its energy crisis and also bridge the trust deficit between the two countries.President Asif Ali Zardari made the demand at a meeting with the visiting US Director of National Intelligence, Dennis C. Blair, here. Briefing reporters after the meeting, presidential spokesman Far ... read more

Srinagar | 3 hours ago
Three killed, eight injured in Kashmir attacks
Srinagar, March 16 - Militants struck twice in a day in the Kashmir Valley, killing two civilians and a policeman and injuring eight people, three of them securitymen, Tuesday. The rebels opened fire in the capital city's crowded business centre of Lal Chowk and then attacked a police patrol in Sopore town.A shop worker was killed and two civilians and two troopers were injured in the Lal Chowk m ... read more

Karachi | 4 hours ago
Pakistan national games axed due to security concerns
Karachi, March 16 - Pakistan's sports authorities Tuesday called off this year's National Games to be held in Peshawar because of a spate of bombings in various parts of the country.Lt Gen - Arif Hasan, president of the Pakistan Olympic Association -, told reporters in Lahore that the Games cannot take place as scheduled because of security concerns. '- teams are not willing to come to Pakistan be ... read more

Tehran | 4 hours ago
Iran calls on West to pursue talks in nuclear row
Tehran, March 16 - Iran called on the West Tuesday to pursue talks in the row over the Islamic state's nuclear programmes.'The logical option would be holding negotiations, and if there is any criticism, raising this within the framework of talks,' parliament Speaker Ali Larijani said at a press conference in Tehran. The speaker said making threats, issuing ultimatums and raising issues like sanct ... read more

Srinagar | 4 hours ago
Two killed, four wounded in Sopore guerrilla attack
Srinagar, March 16 - Two people were killed and four others injured when separatist guerrillas attacked a police patrol in north Kashmir's Sopore town Tuesday evening, officials said.A civilian and a policeman were killed, while three civilians and a policeman were wounded in the attack that took place in Sopore town, 54 km from here. 'Militants fired at a routine police patrol in Sopore town toda ... read more

New Delhi | 4 hours ago
Government tracking bank transactions of terrorists
New Delhi, March 16 - With anti-terror operations increasingly focusing on the financing of terrorists, the government Tuesday said it has set up the Financial Intelligence Unit to keep track of suspicious bank transactions and pass on such information to law enforcement agencies.'Banks are stipulated to file suspicious transaction reports pertaining to remittances/withdrawals from bank accounts a ... read more

Srinagar | 5 hours ago
Civilian killed in Srinagar's Lal Chowk firing
Srinagar, March 16 - A shop worker was killed and four people, including two troopers, were injured Tuesday in a militant attack in the capital's crowded business centre of Lal Chowk - the second in the city in three days, police said.Three militants opened fire with automatic weapons from a close range at a Central Reserve Police Force - posse in the main business hub of the city when the area wa ... read more

Bangkok | 7 hours ago
Thai anti-government demonstrators spill blood in protest
Bangkok, March 16 - Thousands of Thai demonstrators spilled their blood in front of the government's administrative compound in Bangkok Tuesday in a symbolic protest against its 'elitist' leader Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his cabinet.The United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship -, also called the red shirts, have been protesting in Bangkok since Sunday to force Abhisit to resign a ... read more