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Soon the situation in Chittagong Hill Tracts will be calm: Obaidul Quader

KNF attack to loot money and show capability: RAB

Kidnapped manager of Sonali Bank returns to his family

Home Minister to visit Bandarban tomorrow to inspect situation

Ban strongly condemns shelling that struck Afghan wedding party

New York, Jan 3 :United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned in the "strongest terms" the recent shelling that hit a wedding party in Afghanistan and reportedly killed 25 people and wounded 45 others.

Suspected Pak boat blows itself up near Gujarat coast

New Delhi, Jan 2: A 'suspect fishing boat', reportedly from Pakistan, blew itself up near the Gujarat coast after Indian coast guards chased and fired at it on New Year's eve.

India blocks 32 websites used for Jihadi propaganda

New Delhi, Jan 1: The Government has finally confirmed that 32 websites have been blocked in India on security reasons.

26-11 mastermind Lakhv challenges his detention in Pakistani court

Islamabad, Dec 31: 26/11 terror mastermind Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi has challenged his two-day physical remand in a kidnapping case in a district and sessions court in Islamabad.

NIA assists Bengaluru blast probe, police looks into SIMI angle

Bengaluru, Dec 29: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said National Investigation Agency (NIA) could probe the Bengaluru blast of Sunday that claimed the life of a woman while the city's police commissioner said all angles are being investigated to find out the terror group behind the explosion outside a popular restaurant.

NATO ends combat mission in war-torn Afghanistan

Kabul, Dec 28: The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) has ended its combat mission in war-ravaged Afghanistan on Sunday.

Pakistan: Facilitator of Peshawar school attack killed

Peshawar, Dec 26: The facilitator of the attack on the Army Public School in Pakistan's Peshawar city was killed in a raid conducted by security forces and political administration, reports said on Friday.

Zero tolerance towards Bodo militants: Rajnath Singh

Guwahati, Dec 25: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said there will be zero tolerance in dealing with the Bodo militants of Assam who butchered 62 Adivasi community people on Tuesday, triggering an ethnic tension and reprisal killings and police firing claiming more lives as the toll rose to 76.

Assam toll reaches 70, more killed in police firing, backlash

Guwahati/New Delhi, Dec 24: The death toll in the spiralling ethnic violence in Assam, where tribal Bodo militant group NDFB-S faction gunned down 62 men, women and children on Tuesday in four coordinated attacks, rose to 70 on Wednesday as reprisals followed and police resorted to firing to quell an unruly mob.

BJP wins Jharkhand, ends as second in J&K

Srinagar/Ranchi, Dec 23: With the counting of votes for the Assembly elections in Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir coming to an end, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is all set to form the new government in the eastern state but fell short of reaching the halfway mark of 42-seats to emerge as the winning party in the northern state.

Pakistan forced to delay Lakhvi's bail appeal: Lawyer

Islamabad, Dec 22: A Pakistani government prosecutor on Monday said that he has been forced to delay an appeal against a court order which grants bail to top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi, an accused in the 26/11 terror attack on Mumbai in 2008.

Pakistan: Four terrorists on death row executed

Faisalabad, Dec 21 : Pakistan on Sunday executed four Pakistani terror convicts on death row at a district jail in Faisalabad.

Arrest warrants issued against TTP chief, others

Karachi, Dec 20: A Pakistani court on Saturday issued non-bailable arrest warrants against Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Mullah Fazlullah and other accused in Karachi airport attack case, media reports said on Saturday.

Pakistan: 2 militants executed

Faisalabad , Dec 19: Pakistan on Friday executed two militants in the country's Faisalabad city on Friday, media reports said.

26-11 accused LeT commander bail: India calls move unacceptable

Islamabad/New Delhi, Dec 18: After a Pakistan court granted bail to top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander Zaki ur Rehman Lakhvi, an accused in the 26/11 terror attack on Mumbai in 2008, India on Thursday reacted strongly and said the move by the neighbouring country is "unacceptable."