Six killed in Pakistan over cellphone calls

September 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The cellphone of slain teenager Aarushi Talwar, missing for over a year since her mysterious killing in her parents' Noida flat, has been found by Delhi Police and handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the murder, police said Monday. "Aarushi's cellphone was recovered by Delhi Police's Crime Branch and handed over to the CBI," Delhi Police spokesman Rajan Bhagat said.

September 2nd, 2009 HAMILTON - Use of handheld mobile phone while driving will be banned here in the next two months due to a rise in the number of accidents, with a New Zealand official stressing that "using a mobile phone while driving is dangerous". The ban comes into effect from Nov 1.

September 2nd, 2009 AGARTALA - A government employee succumbed to injuries after he was beaten by a former militant in a dispute over a mobile phone in Tripura, officials said Wednesday. "A former militant, Jugal Debbarma, 26, severely beat 27-year-old Sukhubasi Debbarma, an employee of the state power department in Takarjala in west Tripura Sunday," a police spokesman said.

August 31st, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Fifteen militants were killed in fighting with the security forces in northwest Pakistan, officials said Monday. The security forces also captured 22 militants during search operations in the Swat and Malakand districts in the past 24 hours till Monday evening, the Online news agency reported citing a statement of the Pakistan Army.

August 15th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least 18 people were killed and over a hundred injured during revelry on Pakistan's 62nd anniversary of independence, media reports said Saturday. The Independence Day was celebrated with traditional zest across Pakistan Friday, newspaper reports said.

August 4th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Three people were killed and six injured in a clash between militants and security forces in northwest Pakistan Tuesday, a media report said. Militants attacked a security forces' camp in Miranshah in North Waziristan and in the ensuing fighting three people were killed, Geo TV reported.

July 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - The son of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has been killed by a US missile attack in Pakistan, US National Public Radio has reported. Saad bin Laden was believed killed in a missile strike from a US drone earlier this year, intelligence officials told the broadcaster Wednesday.

July 20th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Fourteen militants, including three rebel commanders, were killed in fighting with the security forces in northwest Pakistan, officials said Monday. In the past 24 hours to Monday evening, the security forces killed 14 terrorists, including three rebel commanders, in a search operation in the Swat and Malakand districts in northwest Pakistan, the Pakistan Army said in a statement.

July 18th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Seven militants were killed and 11 injured in an air attack by security forces Saturday in northwest Pakistan, a media report said. Fighter jets bombarded the hideouts of militants on receiving a tip-off regarding presence of Hakeemullah Mehsud, the leader of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban, in Upper Orakzai Tribal Agency, GEO TV reported.

June 19th, 2009 PENANG - Can the cellphone replace the blackboard? Not quite, but it is finding new uses in the classroom in pockets of Asia, says a new report. The latest and seventh volume of the "Digital Review of Asia Pacific', released at a function here, highlights the power of new communication technologies in the field of education.

June 12th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least five people were killed and over 100 injured in bomb blasts targeting two mosques in Pakistan Friday, media reports said. One person was killed and several injured in a bomb blast at the Jamia Naeemia mosque in the city of Lahore in eastern Pakistan and four people were killed and over 90 injured in an explosion targeting the Nowshera supply depot mosque in the city of Nowshera in northwest Pakistan, Geo News reported.

May 16th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan has rejected a demand for an apology for the atrocities committed by its military in the buildup to the 1971 war of liberation that saw the creation of Bangladesh as an independent nation, saying bygones should be bygones. 'As far as Pakistan is concerned, this matter stands resolved under the April 9, 1974, tripartite agreement,' Dawn Saturday quoted Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit as saying.

February 8th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Twelve tribesmen were killed Monday when a house was hit by rocket shells in northwest Pakistan, Dawn TV channel reported.

January 7th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - One person was killed and two injured Thursday in a bomb explosion in southwest Pakistan. The bomb was planted on a motorcycle parked by the roadside and exploded as a security forces' vehicle carrying troops was passing by.

December 27th, 2008 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan may ask for consular access to Ajmal Amir Kasab - the lone terrorist caught alive in the Mumbai terror attack - to determine if he is a Pakistani and provide him legal aid if he is found to be one, a senior official here said Sunday. The official said the Pakistan high commission in New Delhi had received a letter from Kasab asking for legal aid.