tips4travels.com gives you the latest news from India http://tips4travels.com/en Fri, 09 Jan 2009 08:06:37 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/three-suspects-arrested-in-coimbatore.htm Coimbatore, Dec 2 : In the wake of recent Mumbai terror attacks, the State police have beefed up security in Coimbatore and arrested three suspects during regular checking of lodges on Tuesday. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:02:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/high-court-sets-aside-opposition-legislator.htm The Madras High Court Tuesday set aside the election of a woman AIADMK legislator Glory Chandra from Rajapalayam for reportedly producing a false certificate claiming scheduled caste status. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:02:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/sonia-to-visit-jammu&kashmir-for-canvassing-wednesday.htm Congress president Sonia Gandhi is scheduled to visit Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday to address public meetings in Uri in north Kashmir and Doda in Jammu region in support of party candidates. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:02:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/to-preserve-heritage-government-planning-special-centre.htm The government is planning to set up a Centre for Management of Cultural Resources and also a network of Indian Institutes of Art and Culture on the lines of the IITs to safeguard India's rich heritage, Tourism and Culture Minister Ambika Soni said here Tuesday. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/india-waiting-for-pakistan.htm New Delhi/India Tuesday kept its options open in dealing with Pakistan and said it was awaiting Islamabad's response to its demand for strong action against militants based on its territory whom New Delhi blames for engineering Mumbai's bloody terror strikes. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/transafe-services-profit-up-130-percent.htm Logistics equipment provider Transafe Services Ltd posted a growth of 55 percent in turnover and 130 percent in profit after tax (PAT) in the first six months this fiscal compared to the year-ago period, the company announced here Tuesday. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/polling-ends-in-mizoram-with-70-percent-turnout.htm Voting to elect a new government in the northeastern state of Mizoram ended peacefully Tuesday with about 70 percent people exercising their franchise. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/fbi-scotland-yard-helping-in-cracking-mumbai-conspiracy.htm India has decided to intensify cooperation with investigative agencies of other countries, a move that is likely to put extra pressure on Pakistan to come clean on its alleged involvement in the Mumbai terror attacks, said a top intelligence official. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/indian-navy-chief-slams-tv-coverage-of-mumbai-attacks.htm Indian Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta Tuesday criticized the Indian electronic media for its allegedly unrestrained coverage of the Mumbai terror attack, including the live telecast of the anti-terror operation. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/mumbai-heroes-who-saved-many-lives.htm New York, Dec 2 : With Mumbai under terror attacks, two common citizens Vishnu Datta Ram Zende and Nitin Minocha, risked their life and worked overnight to provide relief to victims, guide other people to safety. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/kerala-chief-minister-should-quit-for.htm Outraged by Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan's remarks against the family of commando Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan, who was killed fighting terrorists in Mumbai, people across the country Tuesday demanded his resignation and some are planning a campaign against him. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/pm-to-begin-premier-science-institute.htm Undeterred by the recent terror attacks in Mumbai and to send a strong signal that 'it’s business as usual’, the prestigious Indian Institute of Science (IISc) is decking-up to host Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday to formally herald its centenary celebrations. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/father-of-mumbai-gunman-azam-amir-kasab.htm The sole Mumbai gunman to be captured alive has claimed that his father introduced him to the Pakistan-based militant group suspected to be behind last week's bloody attacks in exchange for cash. ... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:19:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/india-demands-20.htm India claims mounting evidence shows a Pakistani link to the Mumbai terrorist raid. It has asked Pakistan, as a show of cooperation, for 20 fugitives already sought by Indian law enforcement. One is a... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:15:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/pakistan-proposes-joint-mechanism-to-probe-mumbai-attack.htm Mumbai attacks , Pakistan proposed on Tuesday, the formation of a joint investigating mechanism with India to probe the deadly terror strikes that have sparked tension in bilateral ties. Fo... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:14:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/from-petty-thief-in-multan-to-terror-face-in-india.htm ] has once again brought to fore that terror groups in Pakistan were hiring people with weak economic and social background. Twenty-one-year-old Iman, when captured from Chowpatty after the Wednesday'... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:13:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/amway-india-announces-its-e-commerce-foray.htm Powered by Microsoft cluster of technologies with Microsoft Commerce Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Biztalk Server, the e-commerce platform has been implemented by Microsoft Enterprise Servic... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:11:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/musharraf-says-india-is-acting-irresponsibly-in-wake-of-mumbai-terror-attacks.htm London, Dec 2 : Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that India is acting irresponsibly in wake of the terrorist attacks in Mumbai and must review its attitude. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:11:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/zardari-warns-confrontation-between-india-pak-disastrous-for-war-on-terror.htm London, Dec 2 : President Asif Ali Zardari has warned against escalating tensions between Pakistan and India, and said any confrontation between the two would be disastrous for the global war on terro... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:11:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/eu-asks-pakistan-to-help-india-in-mumbai-terror-attacks-probe.htm Brussels, Dec 2 : EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana has urged Pakistan to help Indian authorities investigate the terrorist attacks that killed 195 people in Mumbai. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:11:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/jamaat-e-islami-offers-support-to-ppp-govt.-against-india.htm Lahore, Dec 2 : The Jamaat-e-Islami has offered conditional support to the Pakistan People's Party-led government against threats to national security in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:11:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/if-terrorists-had-biological-weapons-mumbai-rampage-would-have-been-more-devastating.htm Chicago, Dec.2 : A bipartisan commission will tell Vice President-elect Joe Biden today that the United States can expect a weapons of mass destruction (WMD) attack by 2013. It is scheduled to be publ... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:11:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/indian-nanny-of-moshe-to-get-israeli-honour.htm The Indian nanny who rescued Jewish toddler Moshe Holtzberg from the clutches of terrorists during the Mumbai attacks, may be conferred a top Israeli honour usually reserved for saviours of Jews from ... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:11:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/jamnagar-sets-up-quick-reponse-team-to-deal-with-terror.htm Gujarat's coastal Jamnagar police have formed a Quick Response Team equipped with AK47 rifles, bullet-proof jackets and other anti-terror gear to check public places and avert any possible terror attack. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:03:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/mumbai-studio-partially-damaged-in-fire.htm A studio in a western suburb of Mumbai, where a number of television serials are shot, was partially damaged in a fire that broke out in an adjacent industrial unit, officials said Tuesday. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:02:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/indian-equities-recover-after-us-recession-drags-indices.htm A key Indian market index recovered ground Monday after it fell over 3.5 percent during intra-day trading Tuesday, with sentiments dampened by the US officially confirming a recession in the world's largest economy. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:02:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/argentina-tour-an-acid-test-for-india-hockey-colts.htm The Indian junior hockey team will test its crack combination in the away Test series against Argentina from Dec 8-14. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:02:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/pakistan-faces-calls-to-curb-its-pro-islamist-intelligence-service.htm London/Islamabad, Dec.2 : The political spotlight is now on Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in the wake of the Mumbai massacre. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:02:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/india-wants-action-pakistani-group-denies-links-to-terror.htm Supporters of a Pakistani Islamic group demonstrate in Lahore on Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008 to protest Indian government accusations relating to the Mumbai terror attacks. (AP Photo) Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:02:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/india-expresses-strong-concern-over-gaza-blockade.htm India Tuesday reiterated its strong concern over Israel's months-long blockade of Gaza strip, saying there could be 'no justification for the denial of essential supplies, including food and fuel, to the civilian population' in the territory. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/karat-apologises-for-achuthanandan.htm Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) general secretary Prakash Karat Tuesday described as 'regrettable' Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan's derogatory remarks directed at the family of commando Sandeep Unnikrishnan, who was killed by terrorists in Mumbai. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/security-tightened-in-orissa-as-maoists-begin.htm Security was beefed up in five Maoist-affected districts of Orissa Tuesday as the rebels began observing the 'Peoples Liberation Guerrilla Army Week' to motivate their cadre to step up the battle against the government, police said. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/us-warned-india-of-terror-attack-as-far-back-as-september.htm Washington, Dec.2 : U.S. and Indian intelligence agencies received information as early as September that Pakistan-based terrorists were plotting attacks against Mumbai targets, an official said on Tuesday. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/top-seed-ranjeet-storms-into-dscl-national-tennis-quarters.htm Top seed Ranjeet Virali Murugesan proved too good for teenager Prateek Bhambri as he knocked him down 6-1, 6-2 to enter the quarter-final of the DSCL men's national tennis at the DLTA stadium here Tuesday. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/franchise-india-ties-up-with-us-based-francorp.htm City-based Franchise India Holdings Ltd Tuesday announced it has entered into a partnership agreement with the global franchise consultant major Francorp Inc of the US to attract more companies to India through the franchise model. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/bjp-congress-locked-in-a-close-fight-in-rajasthan.htm Rajasthan, the largest state of India, is likely to witness a close contest between the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress as it goes to polls Thursday to elect a 200-member assembly. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/fire-breaks-out-at-sena-bhavan-in-delhi.htm A major fire broke out Tuesday at the Sena Bhavan, close to the highly secured president's house in the Indian capital. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/dj-bhuvi-creating-a-personal-space-in-music-world.htm New Delhi, Dec.2 : Disc Jockey Bhuvi, who is today known for the kind of energy he generates, has opted to enter youngsters' hearts with his debut album DJ Bhuvi - 1 hundred % . Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/indian-origin-guest-recounts-terror-at-taj-hotel.htm Praful Patel, an Indian origin man from Uganda who lives in Britain, was terrified when he heard a loud knock on the door of his Taj Mahal Hotel room in the middle of the night in Mumbai. He thought the terrorists were outside and would kill him if he opened the door - but thankfully, it was a commando who had come to save him. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/pakistan-delegation-not-attending-international-conference.htm Pakistan and some Southeast Asian countries have, in the wake of the Mumbai terror strike, cancelled their participation in the two-day Asian Regional Cooperation Conference (ARCC) on heritage conservation and tourism, which began here Tuesday. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/3-killed-in-north-india-train-blast.htm Three people have been killed and up to 30 injured in a blast on a passenger train in India's north-eastern state of Assam. Police say many of the victims were women and children. The bomb went off ... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:57:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/musharraf-blames-pak-govt-for-tensions-in-ties-with-india.htm ISLAMABAD: Former President Pervez Musharraf has blamed Pakistan's current administration for the tensions in ties with India in the wake of the Mumbai terror attacks, saying it should have made it... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:56:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/in-kerala-21000-suicides-in-3-yrs.htm THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala may be dubbed as 'God's own Country', but more than 21,000 people have committed suicide in the state in the last three years. A total of 21,914 suicides have been re... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:56:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/209-men-kidnapped-for-marriage-in-india.htm NEW DELHI: It may sound curious but a latest government survey shows 209 men were kidnapped in the country last year to force them into wedlock. This figure includes three men above the age of 5... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:56:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/&lsquooakwood-mutiny-worse-than-mumbai&rsquo.htm TAGBILARAN CITY -- A former member of the Magdalo group, which was composed of junior officers tagged in destabilization plots against the Arroyo government, has said the Oakwood mutiny more than five... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:55:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/india-asks-pakistan-to-hand-over-terror-suspects.htm Dec 2 2008 WalesOnline India demanded that Islamabad hand over dozens of suspected terrorists believed to be living in Pakistan, including India’s most-wanted man. Foreign Minister Pranab M... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:47:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/mumbai-hits-the-gym-seeks-counselling.htm By Rina Chandran Mumbai - Days after militant attacks killed 183 people in India's financial capital, residents are hitting the gym, calling their psychiatrists and nervously making plans to meet f... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:44:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/pakistan-offers-india-investigators.htm Islamabad - Pakistan's foreign minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday said his country has offered a joint investigation team to help India probe the Mumbai attacks. The government of Pakistan h... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:43:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/india-demands-pakistan-hand-over-terror-suspects.htm MUMBAI — India picked up intelligence in recent months that terrorists were plotting attacks against Mumbai targets, an official said Tuesday, as the government demanded that Islamabad hand over ... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:43:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/india-pushes-pakistan-on-attacks.htm MUMBAI, India – In a new sign of rising tensions between two nuclear-armed neighbors, Indian officials summoned Pakistan’s ambassador Monday evening and told him that Pakistani nationals w... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:29:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/hand-over-militants-india-tells-pakistan.htm India blames elements from Pakistan for attacks in Mumbai Delhi renews demands for its neighbor to hand over wanted militant leaders U.S. warns India about potential Mumbai attack, source ... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:09:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/the-political-fallout-spreads.htm SAJJAD HUSSAIN/AFP/Getty Images The political fallout from the terrorist attacks in Mumbai is roiling India. As funeral pyres burned on live television and mass candlelit vigils turned into sober p... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:08:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/mumbai-linked-lashkar-e-taiba-has-cold-war-kashmir-roots.htm attacks that killed 188 people. A Lashkar-e-Taiba spokesman, based in the major city of Srinagar in the Indian-controlled part of divided Kashmir, denied the group was involved in the Tue, 02 Dec 2008 05:02:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/agra-tourism-industry-takes-bad-hit-after-mumbai-attacks.htm Agra's tourism industry has been severely hit by the terror strikes in Mumbai that targetted 10 locations across the city, including two luxury hotels. A large number of foreign tourists have cancelled their trips and people visiting the Taj Mahal have nearly halved. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/food-hospitality-exhibition-opens-in-delhi.htm IFE India-2008, a three-day food, drink and hospitality exhibition, opened here Tuesday with the participation of over 300 exhibitors from 24 countries. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/embarrassed-left-refuses-to-back-achuthanandan.htm A visibly embarrassed Left Tuesday refused to come out openly in support of Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan after his sharp remarks on being snubbed by the father of slain commando Major Sandeep Unnikrishnan. While some passed it off as a 'Kerala' matter, some said the 'old age' of the chief minister could have provoked the reaction. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/deshmukh-to-meet-sonia-gandhi.htm New Delhi, Dec 2 : Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh will meet Congress President Sonia Gandhi and other senior leaders here this evening in the wake of his offer to resign following the Mumbai terror attacks. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/leopard-injures-four-in-uttar-pradesh.htm In yet another incident of attack by wild animals, four people were injured when a leopard attacked them in an Uttar Pradesh village, state forest officials said Tuesday. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/dhoni-skips-exam-college-to-make-special-arrangements.htm Indian cricket skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who is enrolled as a graduation student for a Bachelor's in Commerce (B.Com) at a college here, could not sit for his first semester exam, but the college said it would make special arrangements for him to answer it later. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/india-cannot-deliver-what-rice-wants.htm New Delhi, Dec.2 : This is probably one of the last crises that U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice has been tasked to handle, and it is a fruitless task. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/karmapa-lama-calls-for-peace-in-wake-of-mumbai-attacks.htm Bodhgaya, Dec 2 : His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa, Trinley Thaye Dorje led the prayers for world peace and liberation for all sentient beings here at the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/india-not-considering-military-action-against-pakistan.htm India Tuesday said it was not considering military action against Pakistan at this stage but was waiting for Islamabad to act strongly against terrorists based in its territory responsible for terror attacks in the country. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/secretary-general-of-arab-league-meets-manmohan-singh.htm New Delhi, Dec 2 : Arab League General Secretary General Amre Moussa met Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh here today. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/deshmukh-summoned-to-delhi-by-congress-high-command.htm With his fate hanging in balance, Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh was Tuesday summoned to Delhi by the Congress high command. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/hyundai-sales-up-in-november-on-exports.htm Bucking the current downward trend in auto sales, Hyundai Motor India, one of the leading car makers in the country, Tuesday reported 49 percent jump in November sales over the year-ago period, thanks to high exports. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/larson-and-toubro-gets-orders-worth-rs.14.5-bn.htm Engineering and construction giant Larson and Toubro (L T) Tuesday said its newly formed building and factories operating division has bagged orders worth Rs.14.5 billion for building offices. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/lpg-cylinder-explodes-in-lucknow-creates-panic.htm Panic prevailed in Lucknow Tuesday afternoon after an LPG cylinder burst, an official said. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/india-asks-pakistan-to-hand-over-wanted-man.htm India has demanded that Islamabad hand over about 20 suspected terrorists believed to be living in Pakistan. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:02:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/pakistan-ready-to-defend-itself-say-politicians.htm Lahore/Islamabad, Dec.2 : Pakistan's political leaders have supported the government's stance on the Mumbai attacks and said the nation is ready to defend the country against any aggression. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/president-patil-meets-deshmukh-visits-families-of-martyred-police-officers.htm Mumbai, Dec.2 : President Pratibha Devisingh Patil today met Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh here and discussed the recent terrorist attacks in the city. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/jews-were-tortured-before-being-executed-by-mumbai-terrorists.htm Mumbai, Dec.2 : Israeli hostages killed by Islamic terrorists during the attacks on Mumbaiwere tortured by their captors before they were bound together and killed, according to officials in both countries. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/maoists-pay-tribute-to-slain-soldiers-of-mumbai-terror-attack.htm A Maoist guerrilla outfit has paid tributes to the security force personnel 'who laid down their lives for the country' fighting terrorists during the Mumbai terror attack last week. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/mumbai-massacre-leaves-bollywood-stars-numbed-outraged.htm There is a sense of shock, dismay and outrage among members of the film fraternity following the bloody terror strikes in Mumbai, India's entertainment and commercial capital. Though most of the stars have returned to work, they are not at ease as images of the massacre continue to haunt them. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/nwfp-chapter-of-pak-india-forum-to-visit-india-for-easing-tension.htm Peshawar, Dec.2 : The Pak-India People's Forum for Peace and Democracy, NWFP chapter will visit India to decrease tension between the people of India and Pakistan in the aftermath of Mumbai terrorist attacks. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/gooch-doubtful-england-team-will-tour-india.htm London, Dec.2 : Former England captain Graham Gooch doubts the England cricket team will return to India despite the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) agreeing to shift the venue of the first Test from Ahmedabad to Chennai. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/us-expert-says-mumbai-attackers-could-be-linked-to.htm Washington, Dec.2 : A leading expert of terrorism is of the view that the terrorists' who spread mayhem in Mumbai last week, were in some ways connected to a global jihad. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/stage-set-for-internet-governance-forum-meet-in-hyderabad.htm The stage is set for the third edition of Internet Governance Forum (IGF), the world's largest Internet congregation formed by the Union Nations Secretary General. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/india-awaiting-pakistan-response-on-list-of-most-wanted.htm India Tuesday said it was waiting for a response from Pakistan over the extradition of 20 most wanted criminals who are said to be in that country and underlined that the international community was firmly behind New Delhi in the wake of the Mumbai attack. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/shiv-sena-urges-president-to-dismiss-maharashtra-government.htm A delegation of Shiv Sena members Tuesday met President Pratibha Patil here and urged her to immediately dissolve the state legislature and impose President's Rule as 'the people have lost faith' in the state government in the wake of the Mumbai terror strikes. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/mystery-shrouds-japanese-woman.htm Uncertainty loomed large over the cause of the death of a 50-year-old Japanese woman, who was found dead in a central Delhi hotel Monday, a police officer said Tuesday. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/three-killed-in-assam-train-bombing.htm Violence erupted in Assam Tuesday with three people killed and more than 30 wounded in a powerful explosion inside a passenger train even as tribal militants gunned down two Hindi speaking migrants, officials said. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/one-night-at-the-taj-mahal-hotel-survivor-narrates-terror-ordeal.htm We started our evening casually at The Taj Mahal Palace at the Crystal Ball Room. I got there at 9.35 p.m. Wednesday with my brother Manish for our friend's wedding reception. We hadn't been there 15 minutes when we heard sounds we dismissed as construction work or crackers. When the 'boom boom' went on and got nearer, it was apparent they were gunshots. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/no-trace-of-reliance-official-abducted-in-patna.htm A Reliance Communications employee who was abducted from here last week is still untraceable and the family has not received any call for ransom, police said Tuesday. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/rift-opens-up-between-pak-army-government-in-wake-of-mumbai-attacks.htm Islamabad, Dec.2 : A rift has opened up between the Pakistani Government and the army in the wake of the Mumbai attacks. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/mumbai-attacks-might-change-us-initiative-on-war-on-terror.htm Washington, Dec.2 : The terrorist attacks in Mumbai could fundamentally change the U.S. war on terror as President Bush hands over over to President-elect Barack Obama. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/women-take-up-arms-to-fight-monkeys-in-lucknow.htm Fed up with the monkey menace in the Uttar Pradesh capital, homemakers here have taken up arms to scare them away. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/kerala-backwaters-now-add-yachting-to-tourism-attractions.htm Kerala backwaters, famous for their scenic beauty, snake boat races and huge house boats, offer you something more these days - a leisure ride on yachts. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/nato-says-pak-must-continue-action-in-tribal-areas.htm Brussels, Dec.2 : North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) officials have said that Pakistan must continue its military operations against militants in its tribal regions despite rising tensions with India following the terrorist attacks in Mumbai. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:01:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/economic-crisis-takes-toll-on-kolkata-realtors.htm The economic downturn has affected almost every sector in the country with realty being no exception. Though the city proper has avoided a steep fall in prices so far, realtors in Kolkata's suburbs have begun to feel the heat of depressed prices. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/assam-terror-victims-share-pain-of-mumbai-sufferers.htm Young Purnima Begum and her four-year-old son Elvis were glued to the television for the past few days looking at the gory images of the Mumbai terror attacks. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/terrorism-is-a-global-threat-coordinated-efforts-required-says-farooq-abdullah.htm Srinagar, Dec 2 : National Conference leader and former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah has said that terrorism has swept the world and a coordinated effort is required to tackle this threat. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/damage-to-terrorist-attacked-hotels-covered.htm Damage to insured property due to actions of security personnel in an anti-terrorist operation is covered under the terrorism risk cover of fire insurance policies despite existence of an exclusion clause to the contrary, a top insurance official said here. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/pak-says-diplomatic-channel-with-india-operational.htm Islamabad, Dec 2 : Diplomatic channels between Pakistan and India are fully operational, Foreign Office (FO) spokesman Muhammad Sadiq has said. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/goa-arrests-243-illegal-migrants-steps-up-coastal-security.htm As many as 243 migrants illegally staying at a South Goa slum were arrested as part of measures undertaken by authorities to keep Goa terror free during the tourist season. The state has also taken steps to tighten security along its coastline, police said Tuesday. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/candlelight-vigil-in-kolkata-against-mumbai-attacks.htm Kolkata, Dec 2 : Intellectuals and celebrities led a candlelight vigil here last evening against the Mumbai attacks. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/police-claim-mumbai-bombers-took-cocaine-lsd-before-carrying-out-attacks.htm London/Mumbai, Dec.2 : The terrorists who struck prominent targets in Mumbai last week, killing 195 people and wounding a further 295, may have pumped themselves with cocaine and LSD to keep going during their murderous three-day rampage. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/pak-faces-pressure-from-us-west-to-curb-isi.htm London, Dec 2 : Pakistan is facing huge pressure from the US and the West to curb its intelligence service ISI, the organisation that has sponsored an array of Islamist terrorists, following the Mumbai massacre. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/more-troops-on-loc-no-air/rail-links-to-pak.htm ] , which separates India and Pakistan in Kashmir. The government also plans to immediately discontinue air and rail links with Pakistan. After the December 13, 2001 attack on the Indian parliament, t... Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:24:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/terrorists-used-google-earth.htm Slowly but surely pieces of the jigsaw puzzle of the conspiracy behind Mumbai terror attacks are falling into place.In a first in terror strikes in the country, all the 10 terrorists involved in the M... Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:24:00 +0100 http://tips4travels.com/en/asia/india-news/new-e-mail-threat-to-bse-delhi-airport.htm The Deccan Mujahideen which had claimed responsibility for the Mumbai terror attacks is at it again. A second e-mail threatening to blow up the Bombay Stock Exchange and the Delhi Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:24:00 +0100