Pakistan to buy fighter planes to match India
Pakistan has expressed its "concern" at the growing disparity with India in conventional arms and has decided to take fresh initiatives to procure hi-tech fighter planes from Russia, France and Sweden.
Khmer Rouge claims recapture of lost territory in N Cambodia
Hardline Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan has stated that his forces have regained full control over the northern Cambodian jungle base of Anlong Veng, which fell briefly last week to mutineers supported by government troops.
RJD leader held for `engineering' scam
Senior RJD leader and former energy minister Braj Bihari Prasad was arrested on 4th April, 1998, by the CBI on the charge of large-scale malpractice in admissions to engineering colleges in the State in 1996. He was later remanded to judicial custody by Special CBI Judge S K Sharma.
Punjab to challenge Eradi report in SC
Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal who arrived in the Capital on 4th April, after undergoing treatment in the US, has decided to challenge in the Supreme Court the report of Eradi Tribunal on the distribution of Ravi-Beas waters among five northern states.
Nuclear-compatible Cold War heli-cruiser surfaces in Alang
It's not everyday that the world's largest scrapyard plays host to a titanic Cold War legacy, but it was business as usual for scrap traders at Alang-Sosiya in Gujarat when a nuclear-capable helicopter cruiser arrived to meet its death.
UN top official says capital punishment in US is unfair
Pointing out several flaws in the administration of criminal justice, a top UN official has asked the United States to halt executions until it can ensure fairness and impartiality in use of capital punishment.
