India successfully test-fired Nuclear-capable Agni-II missile
BALASORE (Orissa): Nuclear-capable Agni-II missile, with a range of 2000 km, was on Monday successfully test-fired by the Army as part of user trial from the Wheelers Island off Orissa coast.
The trial was conducted from a rail mobile system in Launch Complex-4 of Integrated Test Range (ITR) at around 9.15 am, defence sources said soon after the versatile surface-to-surface missile blasted off.
China tests missile interception technology
Beiging: China on Tuesday said it had successfully tested a surface-to-air missile system designed to intercept other missiles.
The test on Monday of a “ground-based, mid-course missile interception technology” had “achieved the expected objective,” the official Xinhua news agency said.
Militants attack Pakistan spy agency office, 7 dead
Multan, 08 Dec 2009: Militants armed with grenades and a car bomb killed at least seven people in an assault …
Football protests continue in Egypt
Cairo, 20 November 2009: Demonstrators have gathered for a second day near the Algerian embassy in Cairo, protesting against attacks on Egyptians during an Algeria-Egypt qualifying match for football’s World Cup finals.
The protest on Friday follows Cairo’s decision to recall its ambassador to Algeria, accusing Algerian fans of thuggery during the match in Sudan on Wednesday – which Algeria won 1-0 to qualify for next year’s World Cup.
A life online: Belle de Jour and other mystery sex bloggers
dLondon, 17 November 2009: She was called a “by-numbers male construct” by India Knight, but this
weekend the blogger Belle de …
Obama, Manmohan with Osama, Dawood among world’s most powerful
New York, 12 November 2009: US President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh find themselves in the unusual company of the world’s most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden and fugitive Dawood Ibrahim in a list of the World’s Most Powerful people compiled by Forbes.
Obama was named most powerful, while Chinese President Hu Jintao and Russian PM Vladimir Putin complete the top three.
26/11 terrorist negotiated Kasab’s release with Israel ambassador
Mumbai, 04 Nov 2009: Amidst their raging battle with security forces during the Mumbai attacks, one of the terrorists had called up Israeli Ambassador in the
US asking him to use his good offices with India to secure the release of Ajmal Kasab failing which he threatened to kill the Jewish hostages in Nariman House.
Lashkar was targetting National Defence College in India: FBI
Washington, 04 Nov 2009: David Coleman Headley and Tahawwur Hussain Rana, arrested last month by the FBI, were part of a LeT plan of a major terror attack on the facilities of a Danish newspaper and the National Defence College in India, federal prosecutors have said.
Opposing the bail application of Rana before a Chicago court yesterday, attorneys from the US Department of Justice said Rana is a danger to the community and might leave the country, if released.
Kalashnikov AK-47 Becomes Weapon of the Past
Moscow, 03 Nov 2009: Russia’s Izhmash Concern, the maker of the renowned Kalashnikov assault rifle, will unveil a new gun next year. The gun is said to replace the legendary AK-47 system designed by Mikhail Kalashnikov.
Vladimir Grodetsky, the general director of the enterprise, said at the round-table discussion devoted to the 90th anniversary of the legendary engineer that the specification of the new gun would make it 40 or 50 percent more efficient than its predecessor.
Ex-KGB spy shot dead in Moscow
Moscow, 03 Nov 2009: A prominent Russian businessman has been shot dead in the Russian capital of Moscow, police have said.
Shabtai von Kalmanovich, who had been convicted in Israel for being a KGB spy, died at the scene, investigators from the state prosecutor’s office said on Monday.