Navy sinks two LTTE boats, kills six cadres: Sri LankaCOLOMBO - At least six Tamil Tigers were killed Sunday when the Sri Lankan Navy on routine patrol intercepted two rebel boats off the northeastern coast of Mullaitivu, naval official said. Somali pirates seize three Indians, navy to take actionNEW DELHI - Three Indians are being held hostage by Somali pirates on board a Kenyan fishing vessel in the Gulf of Aden since Jan 9, the Indian Navy said Friday while assuring that action would be taken to free them. PM to inaugurate Ezhimala naval academy ThursdayNEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will Thursday inaugurate the Ezhimala Naval Academy in Kerala, and from June onwards all officers inducted into the Indian Navy will undergo basic training at the academy. Armed forces finally get their own pay panelNEW DELHI - Giving in to the armed forces’ clamour for a separate pay commission, the government has agreed to delink the pay revision of defence personnel from the civilian employees - when the exercise is undertaken some five years hence, a senior official said Thursday. Suicide blast outside Colombo leaves eight killedCOLOMBO - Seven security force personnel and a civilian were killed, while 17 others were injured in a suicide bomb explosion by suspected Tamil Tiger rebels on the outskirts of Colombo Sunday morning, defence sources here said. Bangladesh protests Indian ship crossing into its watersDHAKA - Bangladesh Friday asked India to postpone a deep sea survey in its waters until a wartime maritime boundary between the neighbouring countries is settled by mutual agreement. |
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