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Wednesday, November 11, 2009 WASHINGTON: A team of Indian intelligence officials left the US disappointed after a weeklong stay in Washington, as they could not question American national David Coleman Headley, arrested by the FBI on charges of plotting a major terror attack in India at the behest of Pakistan-based LeT. Sources familiar with the visit of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) officials termed "bureaucratic" and "procedural" hurdles as the main reason for them not being successful in interrogation of Headley, who is now lodged in a Chicago jail. 49-year-old Headley, according to the FBI charge sheet, was being used by the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) to target among others the National Defence College in New Delhi, the Doon school in Dehradun and Woodstock school in Mussoorie. The Indian team, names of its members have not been revealed to the media so far, arrived in Washington on November 1st and was scheduled to grill Headley t...

WASHINGTON: US and Indian troops will this month stage their biggest joint manoeuvres, including live fire exercises, as the two nuclear powers build up military ties, a senior US officer said on Tuesday.Lieutenant General Benjamin Mixon, commander of US Army forces in the Pacific, said 200 US soldiers and 17 Stryker infantry combat vehicles were taking part in the Yudh Abhyas exercises at Babina, south of New Delhi, from Oct. 12 to 29.It is the largest contingent sent by the United States to the annual joint exercises since they began in 2004.India had a close military relationship with Moscow until the collapse of the Soviet Union at the beginning of the 1990s but is now deepening ties with Washington, which is also trying to balance long-standing ties with neighboring Pakistan."As we look at the Pacific in this century, the important players that we are going to see ... are certainly India, Indonesia and China," Mixon said.The exercise will integrate elements of the two a...

Tuesday, September 08, 2009 MUMBAI: It was the South Indian film industry that dominated the 55th National Film Awards for 2007. Priyadarshan's Tamil film Kanchivaram, a period drama about silk weavers of the south, was chosen as the best movie at the 55th National Film Awards. On the other hand, Tamil actor Prakash Raj was declared the Best Actor for his role in the film Kanchivaram thus beating off competition from Bollywood actors Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan. Raj had earlier won the Best Supporting Actor award for Iruvar in 1998 and also a special Jury Award in 2003.Adoor Gopalakrishnan bagged best director for the Malayalam film Naalu Pennungal making it his seventh national award. Umashree received the best actress award for her performance in Girish Kasaravalli's Kannada film Gulabi Talkies.While the films from the South took away most of the awards, the Hindi film industry was not far behind. Yash Raj Films' Chak De! India bagged the award in the Wholesome Entertai...

Wednesday, September 02, 2009 SRINAGAR: Indian troops have killed five militants trying to sneak into Line of Control (LoC), the Indian army claimed Wednesday. "The army has foiled an attempt by militants to infiltrate into held Kashmir from across the Line of Control (LOC)," Indian army spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Uma Maheshwar said. "The militants were killed in northern Gurez sector during an operation that started late Tuesday and is still continuing Wednesday," Maheshwar said.The fighting erupted a day after an Indian soldier was killed.

Friday, August 14, 2009 SRINAGAR: The green flags of Pakistan were hoisted in various areas of Indian held Kashmir on the Independence Day of Pakistan; while, Hurriyat leader Yasmeen Raja has been arrested.According to Kashmir Media Service, people took to streets in various Sri Nagar areas including Habba Kadal, Raj Bagh and Khanqa-e-Mualla and raised slogans of ‘Pakistan Zindabad’, ‘Jeway Jeway Pakistan’ and ‘Hum kia chahtey hein—azaadi’ with Pak flags raised in the air.Kashmiri youth resorted to fireworks in happiness on the Independence Day of Pakistan.Meantime, Hurriyat leader Yasmeen Raja was arrested when she attended a ceremony held to celebrate the national day of Pakistan. Raja also hoisted the national flag of Pakistan on her office.Indian police arrested some other women as well.Various separatist organisations on Thursday congratulated people of Pakistan on its 62nd independence day and also appealed masses to observe complete shutdown on August 15.Congratulating people of...