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Attack on Red Cross convoy in Myanmar

EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS MATERIAL THAT WAS ORIGINALLY 4:3 Unknown attackers shoot at a Red Cross convoy in Myanmar. A witness says two people were wounded. The Myanmar Red Cross Society

Feb 18, 2015

Sirisena's India Visit: United States Approves of India-Sri Lanka Nuclear Pact

United States has expressed its approval of the civil nuclear pact between India and Sri Lanka which meets the IAEA safeguards.

Feb 18, 2015

MP Assembly adjourned till tomorrow after opposition uproar

Bhopal, Feb 18 (ANI): The Madhya Pradesh Assembly has been adjourned till tomorrow following a massive uproar by the Congress Party over the Vyapam scam. The Congress MLAs staged a walkout from the assembly and demanded the resignations of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Governor Ram Naresh Yadav. Earlier on Monday, Congress general secretary Digvijay Singh had alleged that Chief Minister Chouhan's name was replaced by Union Minister Uma Bharti and others in the Vyapam case. Singh alleged that Chouhan's name was replaced in the excel-sheet submitted by the Special Task Force in the court, apparently to shield him in the case.

Feb 18, 2015

Bihar Crisis: BJP MLAs walk out from all party meeting called by State Assembly Speaker

Patna, Feb 18 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs on Wednesday boycotted the all-party meeting which was called by the State Assembly Speaker Uday Narain Choudhary ahead of the Assembly session. The State Assembly will be meeting on February 20 for Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi to prove his majority. Meanwhile, the Patna High Court on Wednesday will pronounce its judgment on the petition filed by the BJP which has challenged the Speaker's decision to recognize the Janata Dal (United) camp led by Nitish Kumar as the principal opposition.

Feb 18, 2015

From Timbuktu to the Oscars, film shows life under Islamists

When Islamist insurgents fled the fabled Malian city of Timbuktu two years ago they left a trail of destruction, but out of the ashes the story of the 10-month occupation has been turned into a film -- which is now up for an Oscar. Duration: 02:28

Feb 18, 2015

Opposition terms Modi's suit auction stint as damage control exercise, BJP defends

New Delhi, Feb 18 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi's controversial suit, along with 455 other gifts given to him, is being auctioned in Surat on Wednesday to raise money to clean up polluted Ganga river. Meanwhile, the Congress party raised objections to Modi's monogrammed suit being called a 'private' gift and alleged that the latter was auctioning it in 'damage control mode'. JD (U) and TMC too took a dig at the auction and said it was a damage control exercise. PM Modi flaunted the suit with his full name 'Narendra Damodardas Modi' on it while meeting US President Barack Obama in New Delhi on January 25. Meanwhile, the BJP said that the Congress party is trying to politicize the issue.

Feb 18, 2015

Girl from Tamil Nadu a step away from settling down on Mars

Coimbatore, Feb 18 (ANI): A nineteen-year-old college student, Shradha Prasad, from Coimbatore city in Tamil Nadu is ecstatic about inching closer to her dream of settling down on Mars after clearing the third round of the Mars One mission. Mars One is an ambitious initiative by a Netherlands based non-profit organisation by the same name, which hopes to send four people on a one-way trip to the red planet in 2024. Prasad is one of the three Indian candidates who have qualified for the fourth and the final round of the mission. The fourth round of selection will comprise of dividing the candidates into teams and test their endurance for settlement conditions on Mars.

Feb 18, 2015

BSP MLAs protest in UP assembly

Lucknow, Feb 18 (ANI): BSP MLAs on Wednesday protested in UP assembly against law and order situation in the state. Talking to mediapersons in Lucknow, BSP leader Swami Prasad Maurya said that people are now frustrated and fed up with 'gundaraj' by the SP government.

Feb 18, 2015

Senior official claims Coast Guard 'blew up' suspected Pak boat, politicos react

New Delhi, Feb 18 (ANI): In a major controversy with Defence Ministry's statement, a senior DIG of the Indian Coast Guard BK Loshali has claimed in a newspaper report that he ordered to destroy the suspected Pakistani boat which was found 365 miles off Porbandar coast in Gujarat. The news created flutter in the defence establishment and subsequently Loshali has denied saying what the newspaper has reported. Loshali has issued a statement saying, he was not heading the operation. Meanwhile, politicos have demanded the concerned authorities to clarify the entire matter.

Feb 18, 2015

Myanmar to revoke minority ID cards

This woman is a part-time teacher in Yangon, who's half Rohingya Muslim. Like many others of this minority group, she has a temporary white-card ID which Myanmar's government is about to revoke. (

Feb 18, 2015

Modi's Pinstripe Suit: Not Matching Too Well With Rest of the Script

Narendra Modi's decision to give away his pinstripe suit for an auction in Surat was a predictable one.

Feb 18, 2015

Coast Guard DIG clarifies controversy, says he was misquoted

Gandhinagar, Feb 18 (ANI): The Deputy Inspector General of Indian Coast Guard, BK Loshali, on Wednesday clarified the controversy over his statement that he ordered to blow up suspected Pak boat. Loshali said that he was not directly in-charge of the operation and all instructions came from the Commander Coastguard. He further clarified that he has been misquoted, adding that the boast set itself on fire and sunk in water.

Feb 18, 2015

No controversy over DIG's statement on Pak boat, says Coast Guard

New Delhi, Feb 18 (ANI): The Deputy General of Indian Coast Guard, KR Nautiyal has said that there is no controversy regarding the statement of DIG BK Loshali, as he has denied making any such statement. Nautiyal said that some information cannot be made public regarding security. He also said that if any information is found relevant there will be investigation.

Feb 18, 2015

'Bali Nine' Executions: Australia Reminds Indonesia of $1b Tsunami Aid, Warns of Serious Consequences

Australian PM Tony Abbott reminds Indonesian authorities of the $1 billion aid when tsunami hit in 2004 and asks them to not execute the Bali Nine prisoners.

Feb 18, 2015

Real face of Pak

Pakistan/Muzaffarabad, PoK, February 17, 2015: Pakistan may be in denial about its involvement in Afghanistan or about supporting Taliban, but none another it's ex President Parvez Musharraf has spilled the beans. He confirms that Pakistan's ISI is supporting Taliban. India's position stands vindicated. Former President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf has said that under his regime, Pakistan had tried to undermine the Afghan government led by ex-president Hamid Karzai. He also added that spies in Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) had given birth to the Taliban after 2001 because the Karzai government had an overwhelming number of non-Pashtuns and officials who were said to favour India, "In President Karzai's times, yes, indeed, he was damaging Pakistan and, therefore, we were working against his interest."That is where the intelligence work comes in. Intelligence being in contact with Taliban groups. Definitely they were in contact, and they should be," the 71-year-old former dictator told The Guardian Former Pakistani president spilled the beans but stayed mum on Pakistan's role in fomenting terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir. Musharaf's interview has revealed what the world has been saying.

Feb 18, 2015