Karthikeyan fails to qualify for Australian GP
March 17th, 2012 - 9:08 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, March 17 (IANS) HRT drivers Narain Karthikeyan and Pedro de la Rosa will not compete in the Formula One season opening Australia Grand Prix here Sunday after failing to ... Read more...
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India, Pakistan extend nuke accidents risks accord
February 21st, 2012 - 10:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Islamabad, Feb 21 (IANS) India and Pakistan Tuesday announced a five-year extension of their agreement on reducing the mutual risk from nuclear weapons accidents."Both countries have agreed to extend ... Read more...
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US expels top Venezuelan diplomat
January 9th, 2012 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Jan 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The US has declared Venezuela's consul general in Miami persona non grata and given her until Tuesday to leave the country, a State Department spokesman ... Read more...
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Pakistani players will get a chance to present their side: Pawar
September 5th, 2010 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) International Cricket Council (ICC) president Sharad Pawar said Sunday that tainted Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammed Asif and Mohammed Aamer, have not been punished by the world ... Read more...
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ICC charges three Pakistan players under Anti-Corruption Code
September 3rd, 2010 - 12:29 pm ICT by ANI
Dubai/London, Sep.3 (ANI): The International Cricket Council has charged three Pakistan players with various offences under Article 2 of the ICC Anti-Corruption Code for Players and Player Support Personnel relating to alleged ... Read more...
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Arkansas Governor Beebe vetoes Senate Bill 130
March 2nd, 2010 - 3:47 am ICT by BNO News
LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS (BNO NEWS) – Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe vetoed a bill that would have cost $1.6 million on Monday, the Governor’s Office announced.Gov. Beebe vetoed the bill in accordance with ... Read more...
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Gilani directs law ministry to implement SC’s NRO verdict
January 23rd, 2010 - 4:34 pm ICT by ANI
Lahore, Jan.23 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said that his government respects the judiciary and would soon implement the Supreme Court's verdict on the National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO)."I ... Read more...
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Zardari exempt from prosecution: Gilani
January 23rd, 2010 - 1:21 am ICT by IANS
Lahore, Jan 22 (IANS) Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani Friday said President Asif Ali Zardari was exempt from prosecution in any corruption case according to the constitution, setting up the possibility ... Read more...
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Pakistan, India exchange list of nuclear facilities
January 1st, 2010 - 2:57 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 1 (IANS) Pakistan and India exchanged lists of nuclear installations and facilities despite tension over the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks that has broken the dialogue process between the two countries. ... Read more...
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Bill Clinton persuades N Korea to free two American reporters
August 5th, 2009 - 4:17 am ICT by John Le Fevre
North Korea’s official government news agency, KCNA, has reported that following a meeting with former US president Bill Clinton, Kim Jong-Il has granted a special pardon to two American reporters jailed ... Read more...
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Advani under fire for announcing autonomous state in Assam
March 27th, 2009 - 1:52 pm ICT by IANS
By Syed Zarir Hussain
Guwahati, March 27 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) prime ministerial candidate L.K. Advani's statement announcing an autonomous state to two ethnic communities in Assam if voted to ... Read more...
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India may sign free trade agreement with ASEAN
January 19th, 2009 - 11:44 am ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Jan 19 (IANS) India is likely to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) during the 14th summit of the bloc slated for ... Read more...
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Nepal president asks Maoists to form govt. within seven days
July 30th, 2008 - 10:49 pm ICT by ANI
Kathmandu, July 30 (ANI): Nepals President Dr. Ram Baran Yadav on Wednesday officially requested the Communist Party of Nepal-Maoists (CPN-M) to form a government of consensus by a week.
The President formally ... Read more...
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