Helicopter Seized

Russian military helicopters opened fire on Saturday afternoon on a convoy of rebel mercenaries already more than halfway towards Moscow in a lightning advance after seizing a southern city overnight.

Central Bureau of Investigation, or CBI, officers had last week found the helicopter at the property Avinash Bhosale in Pune.

An AgustaWestland helicopter was seized from the property of a builder accused of money laundering and cheating in the Rs 34,000 crore Diwan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd scam case, India's biggest bank fraud.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has "frozen" a helicopter, owned by a Bangkok company and parked in Chennai, as part of treaty assistance to the US where a court has issued a warrant for its "arrest", officials said on Friday.

British Royal Marines in fast boats and helicopters on Thursday seized a supertanker suspected of carrying Iranian oil to Syria near the Mediterranean peninsula of Gibraltar, the first such detention of a ship under the terms of European sanctions targeting supplies to Syria.

A helicopter flown by former parliamentarian Baijayant Jay Panda was seized by the police in Odisha on the weekend, on the charge that he had violated rules by flying over a high security zone.

Turkey's military said on Friday it had seized power, but the prime minister said the attempted coup would be put down.

The government in Moldova said today that two of its nationals were among those captured by the Taliban after their helicopter crash-landed in northern Afghanistan and appealed to the United States for help.

The government in Moldova said today that its nationals were among those captured by the Taliban after their helicopter crash-landed in northern Afghanistan.

Fifteen soldiers including two foreigners were taken hostage by the Taliban on Tuesday after their helicopter crash-landed in northern Afghanistan, local officials and militant sources said.

Spanish police smashed two rings that smuggled hashish from Morocco into Spain by helicopter in dangerous low-altitude night flights, arresting 15 people and seizing nearly a tonne of hashish.

Iraqi forces backed by tanks and helicopter gunships have started battling insurgents in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, one of two major cities seized by Sunni militants during a rapid advance across the north earlier this month.

Iraqi forces launched an airborne assault on rebel-held Tikrit on Thursday with commandos flown into a stadium in helicopters, at least one of which crashed after taking fire from insurgents who have seized northern cities.

A helicopter which was to be used for the shooting of an advertisement featuring actor Saif Ali Khan was seized by the Jaipur Police today for landing at the helipad of a hotel without clearances by the authorities.

Taliban insurgents have seized nine people from a civilian helicopter which made an emergency landing in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Monday.

Russian military helicopters opened fire on Saturday afternoon on a convoy of rebel mercenaries already more than halfway towards Moscow in a lightning advance after seizing a southern city overnight.

Central Bureau of Investigation, or CBI, officers had last week found the helicopter at the property Avinash Bhosale in Pune.

An AgustaWestland helicopter was seized from the property of a builder accused of money laundering and cheating in the Rs 34,000 crore Diwan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd scam case, India's biggest bank fraud.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has "frozen" a helicopter, owned by a Bangkok company and parked in Chennai, as part of treaty assistance to the US where a court has issued a warrant for its "arrest", officials said on Friday.

British Royal Marines in fast boats and helicopters on Thursday seized a supertanker suspected of carrying Iranian oil to Syria near the Mediterranean peninsula of Gibraltar, the first such detention of a ship under the terms of European sanctions targeting supplies to Syria.

A helicopter flown by former parliamentarian Baijayant Jay Panda was seized by the police in Odisha on the weekend, on the charge that he had violated rules by flying over a high security zone.

Turkey's military said on Friday it had seized power, but the prime minister said the attempted coup would be put down.

The government in Moldova said today that two of its nationals were among those captured by the Taliban after their helicopter crash-landed in northern Afghanistan and appealed to the United States for help.

The government in Moldova said today that its nationals were among those captured by the Taliban after their helicopter crash-landed in northern Afghanistan.

Fifteen soldiers including two foreigners were taken hostage by the Taliban on Tuesday after their helicopter crash-landed in northern Afghanistan, local officials and militant sources said.

Spanish police smashed two rings that smuggled hashish from Morocco into Spain by helicopter in dangerous low-altitude night flights, arresting 15 people and seizing nearly a tonne of hashish.

Iraqi forces backed by tanks and helicopter gunships have started battling insurgents in Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, one of two major cities seized by Sunni militants during a rapid advance across the north earlier this month.

Iraqi forces launched an airborne assault on rebel-held Tikrit on Thursday with commandos flown into a stadium in helicopters, at least one of which crashed after taking fire from insurgents who have seized northern cities.

A helicopter which was to be used for the shooting of an advertisement featuring actor Saif Ali Khan was seized by the Jaipur Police today for landing at the helipad of a hotel without clearances by the authorities.

Taliban insurgents have seized nine people from a civilian helicopter which made an emergency landing in eastern Afghanistan, officials said Monday.