Dhaka: Bangladesh’s banned Islamist militant outfit Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) has begun stockpiling explosives and is planning a fresh round of attacks across the country in the run up to the Dec 18 general elections, officials said.
The military-backed caretaker government has failed to follow up its drive against Islamist militancy, media reports [...]

World’s sixth largest steel maker Tata Steel on Monday (November 17) said that it has become the first integrated steel company in the world, outside Japan, to be awarded the Deming Application Prize for excellence in total quality management. “This prize has come to us at the right moment when the world is struck by [...]

Beijing: Rescue workers pulled 32 miners from a flooded coal shaft in central China on Tuesday after they were trapped underground for 23 hours, state media said.
The miners rescued from the Gaomendong mine in Henan’s Jiaxian county, near the city of Pingdingshan, were all in poor health and were rushed to a local hospital [...]

Even as India’s maiden lunar probe circles the moon, the Centre has given its approval for Chandrayaan-II and it would be in orbit by 2012. ISRO has started necessary research workfor the next mission for which the Centre has sanctioned necessary funds, Chandrayaan-I Project Director Mylswamy Annadurai told reporters. The second mission would be a [...]

Islamabad: Five people were killed in hours-long clashes between Taliban militants and pro-government tribesmen in north-western Pakistan’s restive tribal district of Bajaur, an official said Tuesday.
The firefight started Monday afternoon when the militants ambushed several tribal elders who were on their way to the district’s main town, Khar, to attend a meeting of a [...]

The Singapore Open triumph underlined Jeev Milkha Singh’s growing stature as a world class player and the seasoned Indian is good enough to win Major tournaments, according to Asian Tour authorities. Heaping praise on the Indian for his mind-boggling success this season, Asian Tour’s Executive Chairman Kyi Hla Han said Jeev’s success story would inspire [...]

Colombo: A powerful earthquake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale struck off the Indonesia’s north Sulawesi province early Monday, Indonesian seismologists said.
US officials issued a tsunami warning for an area within 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) of the epicenter. A similar alert by Indonesia was lifted when the tidal waves failed to materialize, Indonesian officials [...]

Kabul: The Taliban has reportedly rejected Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s offer of protection of the group’s leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, if he joins peace talks with the government.
Only a day ago, Karzai had said that he would go “to any length” to protect Mullah Omar, the former leader of the country’’s Taliban regime, who [...]