rediff.com
rediff.com  web 

Nov 27, 2009 IST 14:49:48

Post 26/11, new terror factories spring up in Pak

Pakistan may have framed charges against seven Lashkar-e-Tayiba members for their involvement in the Mumbai attacks, but what remains a fact is that certain key personnel of the outfit have been left scot-free. Apart... 'In 10 minutes there were dead bodies everywhere' When time stood still at CST India will back UNSC sanctions against Iran: PM Pak has allowed terror groups to thrive: Antony

   More news stories

26/11 anniversary: A year after the carnage

Can this lead to another 26/11...
Will lax coastal security, corruption among the Customs, Fisheries...

26/11: Questions that need to be...

26/11: The NSG commando's quiet...

More

Top Emailed Stories

Tribute to martyrs of 26/11
United Force of India -- a citizen initiative to bring the youth of...

Taj GM will not enter the suite...

Image: Mumbai pays tribute to...

More

Slide Shows

26/11: 'We are with you Mumbai!'
Rediff.com journalists Vaihayasi Pande Daniel and Rajesh Karkera...

Mumbai: Prayers, tributes to...

'There's a karmic logic to 26/11'

More

Most Commented

MNS hoarding forgets non-Marathi...
A hoarding an MNS leader posted in Mahim, north-central Mumbai, to...

'Kasab killed my family, he has...

26/11 case investigating officer...

More

Obama's State dinner was an...

Indian Express 4 minutes ago

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that his evening with the Obamas at the state dinner in...
Dinner menu for Manmohan spiced with typos
It was not just a gatecrashing couple that marred President Barack Obama's first state dinner Tuesday night in honour of Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The New York Times found fault with the menu too - literally.
President Obama hosted one of the best dinners: PM
The banquet hosted by US president Barack Obama on Tuesday was a "unique experience" and "one of the best dinners".
Obamas Uninvited Guests Prompt an Inquiry
The Secret Service is investigating how a couple aspiring to be reality-show celebrities managed to appear at President Obamas first state dinner.
White House crashers in 16 lawsuits
The Virginia couple accused of crashing President Obama's first White House state dinner on Tuesday are named in at least 16 different civil suits in Fauquier County, sometimes as plaintiffs, sometimes as defendants.
Uninvited guests at White House cause security scare
The couple had not been invited White House state dinner.
Couple gatecrashes White House bash
Horrified and red-faced security officials are now investigating how Tareq and Michaele Salahi, a Washington DC area couple, managed to get into the White House without an invitation.
Security breach at White House dinner
Washington: An unprecedented security breach took place at the high-profile black tie state dinner when a Virginia couple entered the White House uninvited and had a wonderful time in the company of President Barack ...
U.S. will be out of Afghanistan by 2017: White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will not be in Afghanistan eight years from now, the White House said on Wednesday, as President Barack Obama prepared to explain to Americans next week why he is expanding the war effort.
Security breach at PM-Obama dinner!
There were uninvited guests at the White House State where Manmohan-Obama dined on Tuesday.
Uninvited guests crash White House dinner
The Secret Service is investigating how an uninvited couple was admitted to US President Barack Obama's White House state dinner, penetrating layers of security.
Couple 'gatecrash' Barack Obama's White House dinner
Secret Service investigating reports that US reality TV hopefuls breached White House security to attend state dinner The step up from socialite to celebrity can be a tricky one. In the UK this is usually achieved through a romantic tryst with a famous person, swiftly followed by an appearance on a reality TV show. Americans Tareq and Michaele Salahi appear to have taken a more direct route to fame, however, by allegedly gatecrashing President Obama's first White House dinner on Tuesday night. The US Secret Service is investigating how the couple, who its spokesman, Ed Donovan, confirmed were not on the guest list, managed to breach security and attend the 300-strong event. Donovan said an initial finding indicated that a checkpoint did not follow proper procedures to ensure the two were on the list. The Salahis, who were described by the Washington Post as "polo-playing socialites," are also reportedly auditioning for roles in the TV programme The Real Housewives of Washington". Micha
Duo skirts security, crashes state dinner
Crashing a state dinner at the White House apparently takes a security breakdown as well as some kind of nerve. The Secret Service is looking into its own security procedures after determining that a Virginia couple, Michaele and Tareq Salahi, managed to slip into Tuesday night's state dinner at the White House even though they were not on the guest list, agency spokesman Ed Donovan said. President Obama was never in any danger because the party crashers went through the same security screening for weapons as the 300-plus people actually invited to the dinner honoring Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, ... Email
The First Crashers
Secret Service investigates its own security procedures after a Virginia couple crash state dinner.
Secret Service Says Couple Crashed State Dinner
The party crashers went through the same security screening as the 300-plus people actually invited to the dinner honoring Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.

CNN, IBN Live, IndiaTimes, The Hindu, Reuters, ZeeNews, ABC, Guardian, Washington Times, Time, FoxNews, ,

More

Top Stories - Weekly  |  Monthly

Images: Dalai Lama gets a Royal...
Braving the winter chill, thousands of Tibetans and locals lined up...

Heightened alert needed on 26/11...

5 warm-up exercises for your...

More

Top Stories - Weekly  |  Monthly

Join the party in Rio!
'The World Cup in five years and the Olympics thereafter will be...

Gender gap: India ranks a poor...

What India needs: 500 new cities!

More

Videos

'Where are the bulletproof jackets, Mr CM?'
Does Maharashtra's chief minister and home minister have an answer to Sandeep Patil's pointed...

Video: PM arrives at airforce base, Washington DC

Video: MNS assaults Abu Azmi over oath in Hindi

More

Specials

26/11: 'We should unite. It's...
'Hate is a big, bad emotion. It's got to be eradicated. Religion is...

26/11 victim almost died twice...

He walked hundreds of miles...

More

Columns

Drift prevails a year after 26/11
'Our enemies can run rings around India because half of Indian political leadership has lost its...

Tarun Vijay: Barack Obama, us and the US

Column: Why I am worried about Dr Singh's visit

More

Interviews

'Unlike 9/11, not much was said...
'The whole world was with New Yorkers. But in the case of Mumbai,...

Ex-IPS officer wants probe into...

Mossad's ex-chief on the lessons...

More

Stars spotted!  What's this?

Spotted: Himesh Reshammiya in Mumbai
A reader sends us this photograph of him with his idol.

More stars spotted

Met a celebrity?
Email us photos & videos