Money, muscle power on display in Sikkim Assembly polls

From the Assam Tribune
NEW DELHI, April 28 – Muscle and money power are both on abundant display in Assembly elections in Sikkim, with major political parties fielding 23 history-sheeters and 39 multi-millionaires, even though not a single woman is in the fray in the State.
Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and National Election Watch (NEW), [...]

Indian Navy ship nabs nine sea pirates off Seychelles

From the PTI News.com
New Delhi, Apr 28 (PTI) Soon after being deployed off the coast of Seychelles to carry out anti piracy operations, Indian Naval Ship ‘Nirdeshak’ nabbed nine sea-pirates with the help of Spanish and French navies there.
“INS Nirdeshak — a survey ship of the Indian Navy, has arrested nine sea pirates 240 nautical [...]

Substantial rise in infiltration: Army chief

From The Daily Excelsior
NEW DELHI, Apr 28:Infiltration of terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir, helped by Pakistani establishment, has risen substantially, with March recording the highest influx as compared to the corresponding month in the last seven years.
Army chief Gen Deepak Kapoor today said there was information about more militants preparing to infiltrate into India and [...]

Not a joke

From the editor desk, The Assam Tribune
A beleaguered LTTE has declared a unilateral truce in a bid to stem the advance of the Sri Lankan army, the last bastion of Velupillai Prabhakaran’s loyalists now being confined to just 5 sq km strip of land in the Wanni region. It is unfortunate that Sri Lanka has [...]

Hema Malini whips up Gorkhaland frenzy

From Assamtribune.com
DARJEELING, April 27 – Chal Dhanno ! Aaj teri Basanti ki izzat ka sawal hai. Aaj Jaswant Singh ko jitana hai aur Gorkhaland pana hai!
The above morphed version of the legendary dialogue of cult Hindi movie Sholay fused to fit with the current political mood in Darjeeling was pouted today by the lead actress [...]

Karuna calls off fast after SL govt move to end combat ops

From PTInews.com
As the Sri Lankan Tamils issue threatened to erupt into a major election plank, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi went on a sudden fast demanding a ceasefire in the island but called it off six hours later following Colombo’s announcement that the combat operations have concluded.
In a surprise move, 85-year-old DMK patriarch went [...]

World closer to swine flu pandemic

By Alistair Bell from reuters.com
A new virus has killed up to 149 people in Mexico and the World Health Organization moved closer on Monday to declaring it the first flu pandemic in 40 years as more people were infected in the United States and Europe.By Alistair Bell

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A new virus has killed [...]

Maoist rebels hijack train in Jharkhand

From Deccanherald.com
Maoist rebels on Wednesday morning hijacked a train carrying over 300 passengers at the Heyagarha station in Jharkhands Latehar district, about 135 km from here. The train, bound for Mughalsarai (in Uttar Pradesh) from Barkakhana (in Jharkhand), was released about four hours later. Latehar Deputy Commissioner Sarvendu Thathagat said the train was taken over [...]

Lanka rejects LTTE’s ceasefire offer

By Chandani Kirinde from the Tribune
An offer of an immediate unilateral ceasefire in the north by the beleaguered Tamil Tigers on Sunday was rejected by the Sri Lankan Government. The Media Centre for National Security in Colombo called the ceasefire announcement a gimmick. The LTTE announcement came as the UN under Secretary for Humanitarian Affairs [...]

LeT, JeM, LeJ join hands under ‘Muslim United Army’

From Daily excelsior
Banned terrorist groups in Pakistan’s Punjab province are gaining strength after joining hands on a new platform – Muslim United Army – and have become a serious challenge for the Government which lacks resources to effectively counter their activities.
The banned groups-Lashkar-e-Toiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi – have a common cause under the banner of [...]