Thursday,
September
17,
2009, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 3:00 am (IST)
US rings nuke alarm bells Al-Qaida seeking nuclear secrets from Pakistan Al-Qaida is trying desperately to get its hands on nuclear secrets from Pakistan, according to a top US official.
US Special Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, told a congressional reception, �Al-Qaida is still there in the region, ever dangerous and publicly asking people to attack the US and publicly asking nuclear engineers to give them nuclear secrets from Pakistan.�
Attack on Indians
Oz begins probe Melbourne, September 16
Under fire for yet another racial attack on three Indians here, the Australian police today said it has launched a probe into the incident and denied covering it up as a concerned India took up the matter with the authorities Down Under.
Austerity at security cost worries Cong
New Delhi, September 16
A day after the train carrying Rahul Gandhi was stoned, the Congress today said a balance had to be struck between security concerns of SPG protectees and commitment to austerity.
Karnataka
CJ rejects charges New Delhi, September 16
Chief Justice of India KG
Balakrishnan and Law Minister M Veerappa Moily have made their intent
clear that they would steadfastly adopt a zero tolerance approach in
knocking out corruption, be it in judiciary or elsewhere.
WHITE PROTEST:
Belgian farmers discharge milk into a field in Ciney, south Belgium, on Wednesday to protest plummeting milk prices. Farmers have been dumping milk on highways and giving it out free following a protest call from the European Milk Board.
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Dalai
Lama can visit Arunachal: Krishna New Delhi, September 16
External Affairs Minister SM
Krishna on Wednesday dismissed China�s objections to Dalai Lama�s
proposed visit to Arunachal Pradesh later this year, and said that the
Tibetan leader is �free to go anywhere in India�. �Arunachal
Pradesh is a part of India and Dalai Lama is free to go anywhere in
India,� Krishna told a news channel here.
Ray
of hope for Indian illegal immigrants in Italy New Delhi, September 16
Here is an opportunity for nearly
100,000 Indian illegal immigrants in Italy, most of them Sikhs, to get a
right to stay in the European nation. Thanks to the intervention by
Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur, they could do so by
easily procuring duplicate Indian passports.
Tube
well connections for favourites Chandigarh, September 16
Farmers in Punjab have been waiting
for a tube well connection for as long as 18 years. However, for a lucky
few, especially farmers of the �VIP� west zone comprising Bathinda,
Muktsar, Faridkot and Ferozepur, there seems to be little waiting
period.
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Al-Qaida is trying desperately to get its hands on nuclear secrets from Pakistan, according to a top US official.
US Special Representative for Pakistan and Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, told a congressional reception, �Al-Qaida is still there in the region, ever dangerous and publicly asking people to attack the US and publicly asking nuclear engineers to give them nuclear secrets from Pakistan.�
