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Dutch to free passengers arrested on flight to India

Dutch to free passengers arrested on flight to India Dutch authorities will release all 12 passengers arrested on a U.S. Northwest Airlines plane bound for India on Wednesday after concluding they were not planning an attack, prosecutors said on Thursday. From the statements of suspects and witnesses, no evidence could be brought forward that these men were about to commit an act of violence, a prosecution statement said, adding police had searched for explosives on the plane but found none. Prosecutors told a news conference the crew had raised the alarm after the men handed each other mobile phones and laptops

LeT South India head arrested for IISc attack

LeT South India head arrested for IISc attack In a major breakthrough in the terrorist attack on Indian Institute of Science (IISc), the Bangalore City police arrested a man who is said to be the head of Lashkar-e-Toiba operations in South India. His name was given as Abdul Rahman, aged about 35. Announcing the arrest at a press conference, City Police Commissioner Ajai Kumar Singh said that Rahman was apprehended from his house in Nalgonda in Andhra Pradesh, on Jan 1. On the night of Dec 28, a terrorist had opened fire indiscriminately at delegates participating in an international conference at J

India Docs Question Gender-Abort Study

India Docs Question Gender-Abort Study (AP) India's top doctors' association on Tuesday dismissed a British report that estimated millions of female fetuses in India have been aborted in the past two decades due to a preference for boy babies. But at the same time, activists said the report proves modern medicine has been used for long-held prejudices. A study released Monday in Britain's leading medical journal, the Lancet, said aborting female fetuses is common because of a preference for boys in India, where a bride's family traditionally gives cash and gifts to her husband's relatives. Indian census figures appear to back

Scarborough police: Young adults sell heroin at hotel

Scarborough police: Young adults sell heroin at hotel SCARBOROUGH (Nov 24, 2005): Three people were arrested after a local mother called police to say her daughter had come home high on heroin she had gotten from guests at the Extended Stay America hotel on Ashley Drive Nov. 19. One of the registered guests, Joshua P. Brulotte, 23, of 270 Bar Mills Road in Hollis, had warrants out for his arrest, and he answered the door when police knocked. Police recovered four grams of heroin in 119 bags. Brulotte was charged with trafficking in Schedule W drugs, and warrants charging assault, probation

IBM to establish new software development center in India

IBM to establish new software development center in India IBM Corp. (NYSE:IBM) announced Thursday it will establish a new software development centre in the eastern Indian city of Calcutta, creating 3,000 jobs. The centre is expected to deliver Web-based technologies and business consulting, the company said in a statement. It didnt say when the centre would be fully operational or how much IBM plans to invest in it. IBM Corp. has been aggressively expanding its Indian workforce, growing from 38,500 workers in December 2005 to 43,000 in June this year, the statement said. More : canada.com