Wednesday, November 26, 2008, (Mumbai)

More than 100 people have been killed, including nine foreigners and at least 287 injured in a series of well-coordinated terrorist attacks in Mumbai.
Terrorists, who apparently came in by boats, struck at 10 places in south Mumbai including five-star hotels, hospitals and train stations.

There is hostage situation in at least [...]

A number of hostages have been freed from one of Mumbai’s top hotels – one of several sites in the city targeted by armed men – eyewitnesses said.
But the situation at the Taj Mahal Palace hotel remains uncertain, with an unknown number of people thought to still be in the hotel.
Police chief AN Roy said [...]

Washington, Nov 5 — Democrat Barack Obama today scripted history capturing the White House in a landslide trouncing Republican John McCain to become the first Black President of the United States.
After an extraordinary nearly two-year election campaign, the 47-year-old Illinois Senator, born to a Kenyan father and White American mother, secured 338 electoral college votes [...]

New York, Nov 5 — Leaders of the Indian-American community today welcomed the election of Barack Obama as the next President of the US, expressing confidence that growing ties between the two countries would be further strengthened during his tenure.
Chairman of the American Indians for Democrats Sant Singh Chatwal, a major fund-raiser for the party, [...]

Wednesday, November 05, 2008 8:20 AM (Washington)
Democrat Barack Obama has seized command of the race for the White House.
The Illinois senator has beaten John McCain in Ohio and is building a near insurmountable Electoral College advantage as he bids to become the first black President.
Overall, Barack Obama had won 207 electoral votes, while John McCain [...]

Guwahati, Nov 04: Five days after the Assam serial blasts that claimed 84 lives, Police on Tuesday released the sketch of a suspect and five more sketches of persons who could be involved are being prepared and will be released soon.
Police said the sketch “tallied 77 per cent” with the descriptions provided to the artist [...]

Wednesday, November 05, 2008 1:35 AM (Washington)
Long lines greeted US voters on Tuesday as polls across the country were deluged by people wanting to cast ballots in this historic race between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain.
In Maryland, considered to be a solid Democratic state, queues formed for blocks around polling stations.
Voters also formed [...]

Tuesday, November 04, 2008 12:10 AM (Washington)
With most polls showing Democrat Barack Obama as the favourite, the Illinois Senator on Monday described the US election tomorrow as “a defining moment” in American history, as he sought to become the first black American President of the nation.
“This is a defining moment in our history,” Obama said [...]

GUWAHATI, Nov 3 – State Government today spokesperson Himanta Biswa Sarma said that every act of terrorism perpetrated in the State has its link with Bangladesh. Although, he did not divulge any thing further reiterating that ‘investigation into the serial blasts is going in the right and definite direction and very soon something will come [...]

NEW DELHI, Nov 2 — As the investigators of the Assam serial blasts pointed the needle of suspicion towards HuJI, the issue of continuous illegal immigration from Bangladesh has again come to fore with the Centre saying that citizens of the neighbouring country enter India “clandestinely” through the porous border, posing serious security threat.
“The government [...]

NEW DELHI, Nov 2 — Mega City Policing, a major component of a comprehensive police modernisation scheme, is expected to be extended to all the major cities in the aftermath of recent serial blasts across Assam.
The Union Home Ministry is considering an early implementation of the scheme conceived with the aim of meeting specific [...]

GUWAHATI, Nov 2 – Representing a cross-section of people, residents of Guwahati today came together to denounce terrorism, raising not just the issue of security, but the need to reinforce peace-building efforts. In a well-attended meeting organised by the Asam Nagarik Samaj, speakers condemned the recent group clashes in Darrang and Udalguri districts, which had [...]

GUWAHATI, Nov 2 – Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today asserted that the State Government had repeatedly been pursuing the issue of terrorists using the soil of neighbouring countries to perpetrate violence in the State. “Fundamentalist and divisive forces working from foreign land want to destabilise Assam. We have all along been pursuing this matter with [...]

Sunday, November 02, 2008, (Islamabad)

At least eight Pakistani soldiers were killed and five others injured when a suicide car bomber rammed his explosive-laden vehicle into a paramilitary camp in the troubled south Waziristan tribal region bordering Afghanistan.

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Sunday, November 02, 2008 (New Delhi)
India captain Anil Kumble announced his retirement from the Test cricket after the third Test against Australia in New Delhi.
Kumble said after the completion of the Kotla Test that he had taken the decision on Saturday.
“It was a tough decision when you have played 18 years of cricket and been [...]

GUWAHATI, Nov 1 – Asserting that there could be no compromise on terrorism, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today said that the Centre would take up the matter with governments of other countries if those were found to be involved in the acts of terrorism in India. “There can be no compromise on terrorism. If [...]

GUWAHATI, Nov 1 – Even after more than 48 hours have passed since a series of blasts rocked the State on Thursday, Assam Police continue to be clueless about the identity of the organisation behind the terror strikes, which claimed 81 lives, besides leaving over 200 injured. However, police claimed to have laid their hands [...]

Former premier and opposition PML-N chief Nawaz Sharif on Saturday warned that if the ongoing US missile attacks on Pakistani soil were not stopped forthwith then civil war may break out in the country.
In a scathing attack on PPP-led federal government, he said both the government in Islamabad and the US are loosing public support [...]