The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the CBI on a petition of Commander (Retd) Jarnail Singh Kalra and Lieutenant Commander (Retd) Salam Singh Rathore, who sought access to the confidential documents on which the agency has relied for their prosecution in Navy war room leak case.
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Obama asks Pakistan to release Davis
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US President Barack Obama has asked Pakistan to treat Raymond Davis, who allegedly shot dead two men in Lahore, as a diplomat and release him.
US may cancel trilateral meet with Pakistan over diplomatic row
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The United States has indicated that it could indeed cancel a high-level meeting involving Pakistan here amid a diplomatic row over continued detention of a US official who shot dead two men in Lahore.
Uranium only to NPT signatories, reiterates Australia
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Australia has once again dashed Indian hopes of supplying uranium by reiterating its policy of not dealing with those countries which have not signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). “We will only supply uranium to countries that are signatories to the NPT and have signed a bilateral agreement with Australia,” Resources and Energy Minister Martin Ferguson told The Age newspaper Thursday.
Pakistan test-fires nuclear-capable cruise missile
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Pakistan Thursday successfully tested a nuclear-capable cruise missile with a range of up to 600 km, a military official said.
Pakistan’s nuclear assets well protected: Indian official
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Pakistan’s nuclear weapons were well protected through the dispersal of various components and chances that terrorists would get their hands on one were remote, an Indian official said Thursday.
Ratan Tata takes a spin in fighter at air show
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Tata Group chairperson Ratan Tata Thursday took a spin in the Boeing fighter F/A-18 Super Hornet at the eighth edition of the Aero India military-cum-civil aviation trade expo here.
Rolls-Royce Bows Out Of Contest To Re-Engine Indian Aircraft
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Andrew Chuter, Defense News: Rolls-Royce has pulled out of a contest to re-engine Indian Air Force Jaguar strike aircraft according to industry sources attending the Aero India show in Bangalore this week.
US understands India’s concern on Pakistan: Antony
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India Wednesday said the US arms aid to Pakistan was a matter of serious concern but the Americans were coming around to understanding the Indian sensibilities.
Pakistan defense photos found in US official’s camera
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Prosecutors have recommended registering an espionage case against US official Raymond Davis, who shot dead two Pakistanis in Lahore, after police retrieved from his camera photographs of some sensitive areas and defense installations, including those of army bunkers on the eastern border with India.
Lahore shooting: 3 more Americans barred from leaving Pakistan
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The government barred the three from going out of the country upon allegations that they were in the vehicle that crushed a man to death in Lahore after Davis was involved in the shooting, the Express Tribune reported Monday.
Musharraf is now an accused in Benazir killing
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Former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf’s name was included on Monday in the list of accused in the Benazir Bhutto assassination case, according to a media report. Musharraf’s name was added to the list following a statement by former Rawalpindi city police chief Saud Aziz, the daily Dawn reported.
Germany indicts LTTE spokesman on terrorism charges
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A spokesman for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in Germany has been indicted on terrorism charges, federal justice authorities said Monday in Karlsruhe. Agilan W., who now holds German citizenship, was arrested in November and indicted January 24.
US official firing case: Victim’s widow commits suicide
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The widow of a Pakistani, who was one of the two people shot dead by US official Raymond Davis in Lahore, committed suicide Sunday, alleging that the authorities were trying to protect her husband’s killer.
Indian warships collar pirates
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Indian Navy and Coast Guard vessels captured a pirate mother ship, complete with buccaneers and hostages, after a firefight around a 100 nautical miles off Kavaratti in Lakshadweep, in the early hours of Sunday.
