Canada’s suspension of ties ‘hostile’ measure: Iran
September 9th, 2012 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, Sep 9 (IANS) Iran has termed Canada's suspension of diplomatic ties with the country as a "hostile" measure, Xinhua reported.According to Iran's state-run Press TV, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, chief of ... Read more...
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Political changes ahead in 2012: Advani
December 31st, 2011 - 5:54 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran Lal Krishna Advani Saturday said the coming year is sure to bring "big changes in national politics".In a year-end ... Read more...
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Why do people justify inept, corrupt systems?
December 18th, 2011 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 18 (IANS) Why do we resist change even when the system is blatantly corrupt or unjust?
A new study calls it 'system justification,' the conditions under which we ... Read more...
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British envoy blames Iran for embassy storming
December 3rd, 2011 - 4:38 am ICT by IANS
London, Dec 3 (IANS) The expelled British ambassador to Iran, Dominick Chilcott, has accused the Iranian government of supporting Tuesday's storming of British embassy compounds by Iranian students."That sort of ... Read more...
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CPI-M asks Modi to step down
November 22nd, 2011 - 3:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Tuesday asked Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to resign over the killings of Ishrat Jahan and three others ... Read more...
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Quirks of fate boost Manmohan’s standing (Comment)
April 2nd, 2011 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's decision to invite his counterpart in Pakistan, Yousuf Raza Gilani, to watch the India-Pakistan cricket match in the World Cup semifinal in Chandigarh may prove to ... Read more...
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Afghans unfazed by envoys’ cables detailing corruption, vote-rigging
December 4th, 2010 - 5:12 pm ICT by ANI
Kabul, Dec.4 (ANI): Afghans appear to be unfazed by Western diplomats detailing their private gripes about President Hamid Karzai's personality and peccadilloes."It's not a constructive relationship anyway. So many bad things have ... Read more...
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Commanding Officer Of The American Military Converses About Iraq With Turkey
September 4th, 2010 - 6:55 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
Washington, September 4, 2010 (Just Flashed): Adm. Michael Mullen happens to be the high-ranking military official of America. He is also the holder of the position of chairman of the Joint Chiefs ... Read more...
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Rajya Sabha refers torture prevention bill to select committee
August 31st, 2010 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 31 (IANS) The Rajya Sabha Tuesday decided to refer the Prevention of Torture Bill to a select committee.
Home Minister P. Chidambaram moved a motion in the Rajya ... Read more...
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Hafeez’s India diatribe with backing of Pak’s top religious parties worrying: Editorial
June 16th, 2010 - 2:54 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Jun.16 (ANI): Jamaat-ud-Daawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Mohammed Saeed was recently seen rubbing shoulders with some of the leading religious leaders of the country during a public rally in Lahore which ... Read more...
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Southwest Airlines Fined
May 1st, 2010 - 9:14 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
May 1, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Southwest airlines has been fined $200,000 for going against the set of laws on overbooking and for kicking the passengers off the flight. ... Read more...
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‘Fund mooted to win over surrendering Taliban’
January 15th, 2010 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 15 (IANS) Surrendering Taliban fighters will be offered money from an international 'trust fund' being proposed by the British government, a newspaper reported Friday.
British officials want a coordinated international ... Read more...
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Kerry Lugar Bill ‘conditions’ were drafted with Pak Army’s acquiescence: Berman
October 10th, 2009 - 12:58 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct.10 (ANI): While the Pakistan Army has been raising questions over some of the conditionalities attached with the Kerry-Lugar Bill, saying it is against nation's sovereignty and integrity, a top US ... Read more...
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Jaswant Singh cannot be excused of expedient silence (Comment)
September 1st, 2009 - 9:23 am ICT by IANS
By Mayank Chhaya
The more expelled Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Jaswant Singh exposes embarrassing machinations and failures in his former political sanctuary, the more he also implicitly acknowledges his own ... Read more...
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BJP’s Muslim members set off internal debate on Hindutva (Comment)
June 27th, 2009 - 1:33 pm ICT by IANS
By Amulya Ganguli
An idea of the seriousness of the crisis faced by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) following its electoral setback can be gauged from the stirrings among its Muslim members.Normally, ... Read more...
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Team Manmohan has a settled look, despite faltering start (Comment)
May 29th, 2009 - 1:47 pm ICT by IANS
By Amulya Ganguli
If the Manmohan Singh government appears to have made a faltering start, the blame falls on the unavoidable exigencies of coalition politics. However, of all its partners, it is ... Read more...
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Pakistan had alerted US to its nuclear tests: Gohar Ayub Khan
April 18th, 2009 - 7:26 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, April 18 (IANS) Pakistan had with a "heavy heart" informed the US of its May 1998 nuclear tests that it had conducted in retaliation to India's tests the same month, ... Read more...
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Nawaz informed US before conducting nuclear tests in 1998 , reveals book
April 17th, 2009 - 2:09 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Apr.16 (ANI): Pakistan had given the United States prior intimation about its decision to conduct its first nuclear test, a book authored by Gohar Ayub Khan has revealed.According to the ... Read more...
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Rights body sees rise in Zimbabwe abductions
May 28th, 2008 - 9:19 am ICT by admin
By Jan Raath
Johannesburg/Harare, May 28 (DPA) One of Zimbabwe's leading human rights organisations has pointed out that cases of abduction and killings of opposition activists are increasing ahead of the controversial run-off ... Read more...
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Oz judge compares Queensland university to an Islamic madrassa
April 23rd, 2008 - 2:09 pm ICT by admin
Melbourne, Apr.23 (ANI): A judge of the Queensland District Court has described the states Griffith University as being similar to a hard-line Islamic "madrassa" in Pakistan.
Accusing the Queensland institution of promoting ... Read more...
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Educational institutions ready to implement backward class quotas
April 10th, 2008 - 6:33 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Educational institutions Thursday said they would implement the quotas for backward class students but their acquiescence was reserved in some cases. The Supreme Court upheld the law ... Read more...
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PPP, JUI-F approved emergency and PCO
November 14th, 2007 - 8:38 am ICT by admin
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