Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Stories:3/5/2013 10:58:55 AM



UN talks tough new North Korea sanctions for nuclear test

US ambassador Susan Rice says a US-China draft resolution to punish North Korea for its recent nuclear test would impose some of the toughest sanctions ever ordered by the United Nations.






Delhi markets to be closed on March 7 as part of anti-FDI rally

Markets in Delhi will remain closed on March 7 in support of a rally the same day called against retail in FDI by traders associations.






Senate committee set to vote on Barack Obama's CIA choice

The Senate Intelligence Committee was scheduled to vote Tuesday on President Barack Obama's pick to lead the CIA after weeks of fighting with the White House over access to top-secret information about the use of lethal drone strikes against terror suspects and the attack on the US diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya.






Naval helicopter crashes near Vishakhapatnam, 2 missing

The Chetak helicopter crashed at around 1500 hours during a routine training sortie.Two crew members were immediately rescued while two others were missing and a search was underway for them.






North Korea says to scrap armistice if South and US continue drills

North Korea said on Tuesday it will scrap the armistice signed in 1953 that ended a three-year conflict with rival South Korea if the South and the United States continue with two-month long annual military drills.








Protest in Bihar legislature over lathicharge on contractual teachers

Reports of police lathicharge over agitating contractual teachers here last night, triggered strong protest by opposition in both Houses of Bihar Legislature on Tuesday.






31 ISI modules busted; 48 spies arrested in 3 years across India

More than 30 ISI-backed espionage modules have been neutralised by security agencies across the country in the last three years resulting in arrest of 48 spies, Lok Sabha was informed today.






WikiLeaks has more US classified documents: Assange

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has claimed that his website holds more US classified documents which are yet to be published online.






Veteran actress Rajasulochana passes away in Chennai

Veteran actress and classical dancer Rajasulochana, who starred in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Kannada and Malayalam movies in the 50s and 60s, passed away in Chennai on Tuesday morning. She was 78 and had renal problems.








Stalin,DMK workers arrested for trying to picket Sri Lanka Deputy High Commission

DMK leader M K Stalin and thousands of party workers were arrested on Tuesday when they attempted to picket the Sri Lankan Deputy High Commission here.






Veteran actress Rajasulochana passes away in Chennai

Veteran southern actress and dancer Rajasulochana breathed her last at her residence here on Tuesday morning. She was 77 and is survived by two daughters.






Will continue to raise diesel price rise issue in Parliament: BJP

BJP today said it will continue to raise in both houses of Parliament the issue of diesel price hike, which is hitting the common man, but not stall proceedings.






Pranab Mukherjee, Bangladesh PM jointly inaugurate locomotives and wagons

President Pranab Mukherjee and Bangladesh Prime Minister Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday jointly inaugurated the locomotives and wagons supplied under a $800 million line of credit extended by India, reflecting growing bilateral ties in infrastructure sector.








Bangladesh: Khaleda Zia condemns attacks on Hindus, demands probe

Bangladesh's main opposition leader Khaleda Zia has condemned recent attacks on Hindus in different parts of the country allegedly by activists of fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami and demanded punishment to perpetrators of the attacks.






Japan arrests captain of Chinese boat amid island row

Japan's coastguard arrested the captain of a Chinese boat on suspicion of illegal fishing in its exclusive economic zone on Tuesday, officials said, amid a territorial row between the two countries.






Japan arrests captain of Chinese boat amid island row

Japan's coastguard arrested the captain of a Chinese boat on suspicion of illegal fishing in its exclusive economic zone on Tuesday, officials said, amid a territorial row between the two countries.






UNSC to discuss North Korea nuclear sanctions on Tuesday

The UN Security Council will meet on Tuesday to discuss new sanctions the United States and its allies want to impose on North Korea for its nuclear weapon test last month, diplomats said.








UNSC to discuss North Korea nuclear sanctions on Tuesday

The UN Security Council will meet on Tuesday to discuss new sanctions the United States and its allies want to impose on North Korea for its nuclear weapon test last month, diplomats said.






Malaysian security forces attack Filipinos to end Borneo village siege

Malaysian security forces attacked a group of armed Filipinos early today to end the group's three-week occupation of a Borneo village, the prime minister said after the siege turned violent and became Malaysia's biggest security crisis in years.






Malaysian security forces attack Filipinos to end Borneo village siege

Malaysian security forces attacked a group of armed Filipinos early today to end the group's three-week occupation of a Borneo village, the prime minister said after the siege turned violent and became Malaysia's biggest security crisis in years.






At least 5 die in plane crash in Congolese town of Goma

CAA, the airline operating the Fokker 50 plane, said five crew members were killed while another was still missing after the crash.








At least 5 die in plane crash in Congolese town of Goma

CAA, the airline operating the Fokker 50 plane, said five crew members were killed while another was still missing after the crash.






Syrian soldiers crossing into Iraq for refuge ambushed, 48 killed

The fact that the soldiers were on Iraqi soil at all raises questions about Baghdad's apparent willingness to quietly aid the embattled regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad.






Syrian soldiers crossing into Iraq for refuge ambushed, 48 killed

The fact that the soldiers were on Iraqi soil at all raises questions about Baghdad's apparent willingness to quietly aid the embattled regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad.






Long wait in Kenya vote; 19 dead in Mombasa on election day

Kenya's presidential election drew millions of eager voters who endured long lines to cast ballots yesterday, but the vote was marred by violence that left 19 people dead, including four policemen hacked to death by machete-wielding separatists.




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