Peace dividend: India allows investments from Pakistan (Lead)
August 1st, 2012 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 1 (IANS) In a major confidence-building step that will boost economic ties between the two nuclear-armed neighbours and accelerate the pace of regional integration, India Wednesday announced ... Read more...
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Goa temples form alliance to tackle thefts, desecrations
January 6th, 2011 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 6 (IANS) In view of a Special Investigation Team's failure to crack down on the rising incidence of temple thefts and desecration of idols in Goa, more than 300 temples ... Read more...
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Wildlife activists protest elephant killings in Siliguri
November 23rd, 2010 - 7:24 pm ICT by ANI
By Tarak SarkarSiliguri (West Bengal), Nov.23 (ANI): Several voluntary environmental and wildlife organistaions staged a protest here on Tuesday, expressing their anguish over elephants killed by speeding trains in the forest areas.Interacting ... Read more...
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Italian police confiscate 70,000 balls of ‘blue’ mozzarella cheese
June 21st, 2010 - 7:43 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Turin, Jun 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Italian police have confiscated 70,000 balls of mozzarella cheese because they developed a ‘bluish tint’ when exposed to the air. Generally the cheese is milky ... Read more...
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US hopes for positive outcome from Indo-Pak dialogue
April 29th, 2010 - 1:51 pm ICT by ANI
Thimphu (Bhutan), Apr. 29 (ANI): The United States is hopeful of a positive outcome of the talks between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, which ... Read more...
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Next round of India-Pakistan diplomacy likely in Port of Spain
September 28th, 2009 - 9:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 28 (IANS) With the meeting of Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers in New York ending in a stalemate, the next opportunity for the two countries to make another ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Pakistan has vested interest in protecting Saeed, asserts Krishna
September 10th, 2009 - 5:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 10 (IANS) Ahead of his meeting with Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi, External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna said that Pakistan has a vested interest in blocking the inquiry into ... Read more...
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Nine Assam university students suspended for ragging juniors (Lead)
August 7th, 2009 - 6:25 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Aug 7 (IANS) Nine post-graduate students of the Dibrugarh University in Assam, including two girls, have been suspended for ragging juniors, officials said Friday.
A university spokesperson said five students were suspended ... Read more...
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Four students in Assam suspended for ragging
August 7th, 2009 - 3:20 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, Aug 7 (IANS) Four postgraduate students including two girls were suspended for allegedly ragging juniors at Dibrugarh University in Assam, officials said Friday.
A university spokesperson said the decision to suspend was ... Read more...
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Rocket attacks: BSF discover another rocket near border (Lead)
July 11th, 2009 - 12:40 am ICT by IANS
Attari (Punjab), July 10 (IANS) Border Security Force (BSF) officials late Friday evening discovered the splinters of another rocket in the paddy fields outside Kaonke village in Attari area. They said it ... Read more...
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Rocket attacks: Pakistan playing blame game, says BSF
July 10th, 2009 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
Attari (Punjab), July 10 (IANS) Border Security Force (BSF) officials Friday criticised Pakistan's laxity in investigating the July 4 rocket attack on Indian territory and their failure to trace the guilty, saying ... Read more...
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Chidambaram blames states for price rise
April 16th, 2008 - 10:31 pm ICT by admin
(Roundup)New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) As prices of food grains and other essential commodities continued to soar, the government Wednesday blamed the states for the crisis and asked them to rein in ... Read more...
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