Moscow - A Russian military court will allow public and media access to the trial of three men charged over the murder investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, it ruled in a crucial first hearing Monday.
Police officer Sergei Khadzhikurbanov and two Chechen brothers, Dzhabrail and Ibragim Makhmudov, stand accused of plotting the murder of Politkovskaya, gunned down in front of her central Moscow flat in 2006.
Investigators are still hunting for a third Chechen man, Rustam Makhmudov, suspected of being the pointman in the contract killing.
New Delhi, Nov. 17 : U. S. President elect Barack Obama''s remark suggesting Washington''s scope in facilitating a solution to decadesold Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan, has generated a new optimism in Pakistan.
In an article titled "Obama for Kashmir solution" published in The Nation, former Pakistan Foreign Secretary Shamshad Ahmad states Obama realises that no strategy or roadmap for durable peace in the region including in Afghanistan would be comprehensive without focusing on the underlying causes of conflict and instability.
The latest James Bond flick 'Quantum of Solace' generated some lackluster reviews, but despite that has set an opening-weekend record for the 46-year-old film franchise- selling an estimated $70.4 million in tickets in North American theaters, for Sony Corp. and Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
New Delhi, Nov. 17 : India is looking forward to strengthening its energy cooperation with Russia, especially in the nuclear field, Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon said here today.
"Both India and Russia are keen to expand nuclear cooperation. All the preparatory work has been done", Menon said, inaugurating an international conference on "Changing Patterns of Indo-Russian Cooperation" at Observer Research Foundation.
New Delhi, Nov. 17 : With India continuing to be the major target for terrorist attacks, there is an urgent need to augment policing in the country, according to Shriprakash Jaiswal, Minister of State for Home Affairs of India.
Sumbal (J-K), Nov 17 : Brisk voting continues in Jammu and Kashmir during the first of the seven-phase polling on Monday amidst mild protests from separatists.
Ten constituencies in Leh, Kargil, Bandipora and Poonch districts are voting on Monday.
Sumbal in Bandipora district went to polls with mild protests from a small group of protestors.
Moscow - A Russian military court will allow public and media access to the trial of three men charged over the murder investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya, it ruled in a crucial first hearing Monday.
New Delhi, Nov. 17 : U. S. President elect Barack Obama''s remark suggesting Washington''s scope in facilitating a solution to decadesold Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan, has generated a new optimism in Pakistan.
The latest James Bond flick 'Quantum of Solace' generated some lackluster reviews, but despite that has set an opening-weekend record for the 46-year-old film franchise- selling an estimated $70.4 million in tickets in North American theaters, for Sony Corp. and Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.
New Delhi, Nov. 17 : India is looking forward to strengthening its energy cooperation with Russia, especially in the nuclear field, Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon said here today.
New Delhi, Nov. 17 : With India continuing to be the major target for terrorist attacks, there is an urgent need to augment policing in the country, according to Shriprakash Jaiswal, Minister of State for Home Affairs of India.
Sumbal (J-K), Nov 17 : Brisk voting continues in Jammu and Kashmir during the first of the seven-phase polling on Monday amidst mild protests from separatists.
