India offers to train Ugandan police

October 8th, 2009 Uganda wants $5m for arrest of genocide suspectKAMPALA, Uganda — A Ugandan official says the country wants to claim a $5 million reward offered by the United States for the capture of a Rwandan genocide suspect. Ugandan minister Isaac Musumba said Thursday the east African nation would welcome any payment for Monday's arrest of Idelphonse Nizeyimana in the Ugandan capital.

October 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India and Uganda will co-operate "more vigorously" in the agriculture and fisheries sector, Minister of State for Agriculture K.V. Thomas said here Thursday.

October 7th, 2009 Somali minister arrested then released in UgandaKAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda released Somalia's state minister for defense on Wednesday, hours after arresting him because he did not inform Ugandan authorities of his visit, officials said. Yusuf Mohamed Siad was picked up Tuesday in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, and released Wednesday, said Ugandan Army spokesman Felix Kulayigye.

October 7th, 2009 Somali minister for defense arrested in UgandaKAMPALA, Uganda — Ugandan security agents arrested Somalia's state minister for defense because he did not inform authorities of his trip to the country, officials said Wednesday. Yusuf Mohamed Siad was picked up Tuesday in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, and was expected to be released Wednesday, said Ugandan Army spokesman Felix Kulayigye.

October 6th, 2009 Somali defense minister seized in UgandaMOGADISHU, Somalia — Somalia's defense minister was seized Tuesday during a trip to the Ugandan capital in what the Somali president said was likely a "mistake" by Ugandan security forces. Yusuf Mohamed Siad was picked up as he walked out of a mosque in Kampala, Somali government spokesman Sheik Abdirisaq Qeylow said.

September 9th, 2009 Ugandan army rescues 100 kidnapped childrenKAMPALA, Uganda — An army spokesman says Ugandan forces have rescued 100 kidnapped children and young adults during an operation against a brutal Ugandan rebel group in neighboring Central African Republic. Lt. Col. Felix Kulaigye says Ugandan forces also captured a senior commander from the Lord's Resistance Army.

July 10th, 2009 CANTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Police say they've determined who was driving a car with five young people inside that was struck by an Amtrak passenger train after skirting a gate at a road crossing near Detroit.

May 22nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Trial runs for the the newly procured broad gauge train that would ply on phase II of the Delhi Metro began here Friday. 'The trial run was carried out between 3 a.m.

April 29th, 2009 6 killed in train crash in southern IndiaNEW DELHI — Two men seized the controls of a passenger train in southern India and rammed it into another train Wednesday, killing themselves and four passengers, news reports said. Another 11 people were injured when the men, who were not authorized to operate the electric train, drove it into a goods train at Vyasarpadi Jeeva station on the outskirts of Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu state, Press Trust of India news agency reported, quoting railway officials.

April 25th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A group of 25 BBC journalists set out on a cross-country tour of India on a special train to connect to people and 'present to the world stories and personalities' involved in the Lok Sabha polls. The quiet Safdarjung Railway station wore an unusually festive look Saturday noon as the BBC reporters - representing 12 languages across 14 services - trooped on to the platform with their baggage and broadcast gear to board the red-and-white air conditioned train, dubbed the BBC India Election Train.

April 22nd, 2009 RANCHI - Around 200 Maoist rebels hijacked a train carrying over 400 passengers in Jharkhand's Latehar district Wednesday, a day ahead of the second phase of Lok Sabha polls, police said. Security forces scrambled for helicopters to survey the stranded train, prior to mounting a rescue operation.

April 22nd, 2009 Rebels free train passengers in eastern IndiaPATNA, India — Police say suspected communist rebels have freed more than 250 train passengers after keeping them hostage for nearly five hours at a rail station in eastern India. The hijacking Wednesday came a day ahead of parliamentary polling that the guerrillas have vowed to disrupt.

April 22nd, 2009 Suspected rebels stop train in India before votePATNA, India — Police say nearly 250 suspected Maoist rebels have stopped a train with hundreds of passengers aboard in eastern India, a day ahead of parliamentary polling that the guerrillas have vowed to disrupt. Hemant Toppo, superintendent of police, says police reinforcements are being rushed to the forested area in eastern Jharkhand state.

March 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Kolkata football team George Telegraph's Ugandan player Alex Katete died after a heart-attack in Silchar Tuesday morning. Team manager Anjan Dutta told IANS the 24-year-old from Kampala had a heart attack hours after his first match in India Monday evening.

January 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Royal Rajasthan on Wheels, a regal train chugging across the land of maharajas in western India, Sunday started its maiden journey, with the government promising to launch similar services in more states. 'Many states have shown interest in this regard and I am going to take up the issue before the cabinet and also with the states that are keen on having luxury tourist trains,' Tourism Minister Ambika Soni told reporters after flagging off the new train at the Safdarjung railway station here.