Tailors held in Pakistani town for refusing orders
July 20th, 2012 - 1:15 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 20 (IANS) A stitch in time would have saved as many as 10 tailors who were detained in a Pakistani town for rejecting Eid orders and overcharging.The ... Read more...
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LPG prices fall in Pakistan
February 12th, 2012 - 8:54 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Feb 12 (IANS) The prices of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) fell by about Rs.3 to about Rs.128 per kilogram in the country.Chairman of All Pakistan LPG Distributors Association Abdul ... Read more...
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Malay-Sikh trainee offered to shift camp over ‘cutting hair while asleep’ allegations
January 22nd, 2011 - 12:32 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Jan 22 (ANI): The Indian-origin Sikh boy, who created a controversy by alleging that his hair was cut off while he was asleep at a National Service (NS) training camp ... Read more...
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Probe ordered into Malay-Sikh serviceman’s ‘cutting hair while asleep’ claims
January 19th, 2011 - 5:02 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Jan 19 (ANI): Malaysian Defence Minister Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has reportedly ordered officials to investigate the claims made by a Sikh national service trainee that his hair was cut ... Read more...
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Iraqi nationals learn to make ‘Jaipur Foot’
September 23rd, 2010 - 7:36 pm ICT by ANI
By Lokendra SinghJaipur, Sep. 23 (ANI): A group of four Iraqi nationals learnt the art of making the 'Jaipur Foot', a rubber-based prosthetic leg, at a training camp organized here, in order ... Read more...
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Sindh High Court reserves verdict on Musharraf’s high treason trial
August 18th, 2010 - 2:31 pm ICT by ANI
Karachi, Aug.18 (ANI): The Sindh High Court (SHC) has reserved its verdict on the petition seeking the high treason trial of former President General Pervez Musharraf.During the proceeding, the division bench ... Read more...
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Hamas leader killed in Israeli airstrike (Lead)
July 31st, 2010 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Gaza, July 31 (DPA) A leading member of Hamas was killed and eight others were injured in Israeli airstrikes on three targets in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources confirmed Saturday.
The airstrikes took ... Read more...
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Jaipur NGO holds limb fitment camp in Iraq
April 25th, 2010 - 2:09 pm ICT by IANS
Jaipur, April 25 (IANS) A 22-member team of a Jaipur-based NGO that provides artificial limbs to the disabled has returned from Baghdad after holding a month-long artificial limb fitment camp there.
The Bhagwan ... Read more...
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Abu Nasar becomes new al Qaeda leader of Gulf region
February 23rd, 2009 - 12:29 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Feb 23 (ANI): Abu Nasar Al-Haweshi from Yemen has been nominated as al-Qaedas leader for the Gulf Region.Belonging to Yemen, Abu Nasar Al-Haweshi, also known as Abu Baseer, is ... Read more...
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Al Qaeda militant behind 7/7 London attacks arrested in Pakistan
January 22nd, 2009 - 12:09 pm ICT by ANI
Peshawar, Jan 21 (ANI): Pakistani security forces have arrested seven militants during a raid on a militant hide-out in Peshawar, including a senior al Qaeda operative allegedly involved in the July ... Read more...
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Traditional Paithani saris maintaining its golden legacy in contemporary India
December 19th, 2008 - 8:11 pm ICT by ANI
By Abdul Hadi
Aurangabad (Maharashtra), Dec.19 (ANI): Traditional Paithani saris that were once patronized by the royalty, have continued to maintain its charm among the women in contemporary India.
Paithani saris are ... Read more...
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Iraq’s Sadr declares renewal of ceasefire, U.S. welcome
February 22nd, 2008 - 9:27 pm ICT by admin
Xinhua
Baghdad, Feb 22 (Xinhua) Iraq's radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr Friday extended the six-month-old ceasefire of his Mahdi militia for six more months. "Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr has ordered that the activities of ... Read more...
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