UK TERROR BID Secret data found on hard disk of Kafeel's computer Experts have succeeded in decoding "secret information" stored in the hard disk of a computer seized from the home of Kafeel Ahmed, a suspect in the terror attack on Glasgow airport. Australia sends senior official to India Australia has sent a senior federal police official to India as part of its investigation against Mohamed Haneef who is under detention in Brisbane in connection with the UK failed terror plot. Kafeel didn't show leadership qualities: former employers Nobody remembers him clearly because he did not mingle and did not particularly stand out, said K S Susindar, head of corporate communications, Infotech Enterprises.
41 policemen missing in Chhattisgarh At least 41 security personnel, including 17 CRPF men, were missing and nine injured in a fierce gun battle with naxals in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh. 20 Maoists killed in gunbattle At least 20 Maoists were killed and nine security personnel were injured in a fierce gunbattle in a jungle in naxal-infested Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh.
Lal Masjid operation Fifty militants, 8 commandos dead In a pre-dawn operation, Pakistan army stormed the pro-Taliban Lal Masjid in central Islamabad to flush out militants holding a large number of women and children as hostages, triggering a fierce gunbattle which left 50 radicals and eight commandos dead. Radical cleric Ghazi asked to surrender
KARNATAKA
Two naxalites killed in police encounter Two naxalites of CPI (Maoist) group were killed and two policemen injured in an exchange of fire between them at Vadayara Matha in Chikmagalur district of Karnataka. HMT plans launch of trendy, new-generation watches Bangalore-based HMT plans to launch a range of trendy, new-generation watches after revamping its marketing set-up and roping in new dealers this year.
UN to host World Hindi Conference
The three-day conference starting July 13, will focus on strengthening the heritage of Hindi besides providing a forum to more than 1000 scholars and supporters of the language to present their ideas about what needs to be done to systematically advance its cause.
62 immigrants die in US jails Sixty-two immigrants have died in US jails since 2004 for lack of medical care, human rights groups have told members of the US Congress.
Hunt for life on Mars goes underground The hunt for evidence of life on Mars will go underground next year when a NASA probe digs beneath the surface of the red planet's arctic northern plains, US scientists have revealed.
GMR's consortium bags Rs 11,000-cr airport project at Istanbul Amid stiff global competition from major airport construction companies, a consortium led by Indian developer GMR has bagged an about Rs 11,000-crore (two-billion-euro) project to modernise Istanbul's second airport. Videocon plans US entry in two years Consumer goods major Videocon, which prides in calling itself the Indian multinational, plans to list in the US market in two years by when it dreams of putting its products in American homes.
SPORTS
Lawmakers urge UK to get grip on 2012 Olympics planning The British government is financially exposed over the 2012 London Olympics and should put in place a strong monitoring system to make sure preparations do not fall behind schedule, lawmakers said.
Ambulances are parked near the Lal masjid (Red Mosque) as fighting between militants and government forces erupted on Tuesday. Below: A broken window seen after a heavy gun fire at Lal or Red Mosque in Islamabad on Sunday. Pakistan's army tried to blast through the wall of a besieged radical Islamic seminary to help free 150 hostages held by a cleric and his militant supporters, leaving two soldiers dead.
Daniel Radcliffe (L), Rupert Grint (C) and Emma Watson (R) hold up plaques during handprints ceremony in front of the Grauman's Chinese Theatre. The fifth Harry Potter film is scheduled to be released on July13.
First war of Independence: Indian view on show An exhibition by the Indian Council of Historical Research highlights the suppressed Indian voice of the historic First War of Independence in 1857. The exhibition at Nehru MemorialMuseum and Library in New Delhi is the reflection of the uprising through an Indian prism. ''The best thing about the paintings is that one can't differentiate the victor and the defeated from these', said noted historian Prof Bipan Chandra while inaugurating the exhibition.
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HMT plans launch of trendy, new-generation watches
First war of Independence: Indian view on show
