Pak for swift action to control Taliban According to a document from the Interior Ministry,
without swift and decisive action, the threat of growing militancy beyond the countrys lawless tribal areas could engulf the rest of Pakistan.
British police on high alert Authorities launched a counter-terrorism investigation after Fridays discovery of explosives in two parked Mercedes cars in Londons West End that had echoes of an earlier al Qaeda plot.
SUICIDE MISSION FOILED
Lankan Navy seizes explosives Sri Lankan naval troops have seized yet another explosive-laden truck in the eastern Trincomalee district while it was getting ready for an alleged suicide mission to the capital city of Colombo.
Robocops soon to fight ultras Real-life Robocops, robots armed with lethal weaponry and a programmed determination to eliminate foes, could become a key element in global counter-terrorist and military operations within 10 years.
Indian-origin Shriti Vadera in Browns cabinet Indian-origin economist Shriti Vadera , a central figure in the Treasury and considered close to Brown, is the third person of Indian origin to become a minister in the British Government and first one in the Brown's cabinet.
A maintenance staff of US Navy stands on an F/A-18A/C Hornet fighter aircraft on board US aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ, off the coast of Chennai on Saturday.
The State government has been recovering hundreds of acres of encroached lands, especially in and around Bangalore, and disposing them off through auctions, inspite of not getting a good price. Is it the right move or are there better options?
We invite our readers to give their opinion in about 100 words.
Responses may be sent to Deccan Herald, No 75, M G Road, Bangalore - 560001 or e-mail: editordh@deccanherald.co.in latest by 2 pm on Saturday.
A selection of responses will be published in Sunday’s edition.
